Three Dimensional Letters Word Game Components and Game Methods of Play

• US 20170348588A1
• Filed: 04/12/2017
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dan G. Dimitriu
• Original Assignee: Dan G. Dimitriu
• Inventors: DIMITRIU, Dan G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,661,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/04 Card games combined with other games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/0408 with text
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00794 Stereometric shapes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00697 Playing pieces
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0423 Word games, e.g. scrabble electric A63F3/0421; two-dimensional puzzles with rotating rings or discs A63F9/0811, A63F9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/062 Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0098 Word or number games A63F3/0415, A63F3/0421, A63F3/0423 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

A game apparatus and game methods of play that provide mental exercises to increase the level of abstract thinking to create 3-D objects from universally accepted 2-D flat patterns. Since we read and write on 2-D surfaces, the shapes we associate most with a 2-D environment are alphanumeric characters. Combining letters and numbers in a 3-D environment creates challenging exercises for visualizing 3-D shapes. The competitive games involve a series of 3-D manipulative modules. Play of the games involves scoring points for creating and/or discerning words made up of letters recognized from the 3-D manipulative modules. The games are for multiple players and can also be implemented electronically and online.

Claims

1. A game apparatus assembly for implementation of a competitive game of skill played between two or more players, the skill comprising an ability to discern two-dimensional alphanumeric characters from three-dimensional objects, the game apparatus comprising:

a plurality of three-dimensional letter modules, each letter module having height, width, and depth dimensions that overall approximate a cube in shape, each letter module configured to present two, three, or four separate two-dimensional alphanumeric characters when the module is distinctly oriented and/or is viewed from a distinct angle.

2. The game apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an opaque container for receiving and retaining the plurality of three-dimensional letter modules, the opaque container allowing the two or more players to blindly select one or more letter modules at a time during the play of a game.

3. The game apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of three-dimensional letter modules presents three separate two-dimensional alphanumeric characters.

4. The game apparatus of claim 3 wherein the plurality of three-dimensional letter modules include modules selected from a group consisting of:

an AJT module;

a BEG module;

a CUX module;

a DNU module;

an EMH module;

an SAT module;

a GCO module;

an HOB module;

a JET module;

a KDO module;

an LSE module;

an MUG module;

an NCE module;

an OHM module;

a RED module;

a QUD module;

a PER module;

an SRE module;

a TAP module;

a UAO module;

a VUH module;

an XAV module;

a YEH module;

an FEZ module;

an EFT module;

an AUL module;

an ELM module;

an HEF module;

an HUT module;

an REN module;

a DEG module;

an NOD module;

a PEL module;

an NOE module;

an FUN module; and

an HEB module.

5. The game apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of playing cards, each playing card comprising alphanumeric indicia corresponding to at least one two-dimensional alphanumeric character on at least one of the plurality of three-dimensional letter modules.

6. The game apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of bingo-type cards presenting an array of alphanumeric characters corresponding to the two-dimensional alphanumeric characters represented in the plurality of three-dimensional letter modules;

and a plurality of markers positionable on individual alphanumeric indicia on each bingo-type card.