Mouse trap game
US4508352A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 1983 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F3/00145
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A game board with a top surface divided into zones of differing colors radiating from a central release spot has downward apertures near the outer edge of each zone adjacent a fence that surrounds the board. A trap cup seals off each aperture to prevent the escape of a rodent or other small animal used in the game as a random selector. The cup may be transparent so all players may see into which cup the rodent runs. Around the game board, which may be rotatable, are banks of players' segments, each segment being colored to match a color zone of the game board, with the exception of a "house" color. A transparent hood is secured above the players' segments by hinges, while the inner frame of the segments gives access to a monitor within the area defined by the banks of segments and the game board. Odds placards may be posted on each segment. While the board is slowly rotated a field mouse, pocket gopher or other small animal is released at the center of the board at the release spot on the colored surface to scramble across the board to hide in one of the apertures at the outer edge of a zone. The player whose tokens are on a segment having the same color as the color of the apertur…
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