Three-dimensional game with rotatable track pieces for self-propelled vehicle
US4468031A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 20, 1982 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F9/14
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A three-dimensional game having rotatable track members mounted on a support frame on which a self-propelled vehicle may be guided over a predetermined course through rotation of the track members. The track members are mounted on the support frame so that they can be rotated into a plurality of positions in some of which positions a set of track members forms a substantially continuous path upon which the vehicle may travel from one track member to another track member. Rotation of the track members is accomplished through manipulation of a set of attached knobs. Each track member may include a metal panel to which the magnetized wheels of the self-propelled vehicle are attracted, allowing for rotation of a vehicle-carrying track member in a full circle without the vehicle falling from the track member. The players guide the vehicle over a course depicted on a card drawn from a deck of cards, aligning the track members, while the vehicle is moving, so that the vehicle travels from one track member to another until the prescribed course is completed.
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