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Board game apparatus

US4283059A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
8References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 5, 1977
Grant dateAug 11, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 5, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F3/00006
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A board type game to be played competitively between several players; the game representing competing airlines flying between various cities, so as to acquire a monetary gain; the game includes a gameboard with a playing course imprinted thereupon for playing pieces to travel thereupon, a map showing travel routes imprinted on the gameboard, and the game also includes play money for transactions between the players, a pair of dice and a spinner, a deck of cards, and specialized other pieces particular to the game including control towers, connector bars, merger bars and grand merger bars.

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