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Apparatus and method of playing a menu item collecting game

US4948146A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1989
Grant dateAug 14, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2250/022
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A game in which a number of players each attempt to collect all of the parts of a meal indicated on a menu allocated to each player at the outset of the game. No two menus are alike, but there is one part of the meal that is common to each of the menus. Other parts are common to some but not all of the menus. Each of the parts of the meal is displayed on one side of a commonly shaped, preferably pie shaped, piece. The pieces fit into cutout portions of a tray provided to each player. In addition to the menu item pieces, similarly shaped pieces have instructions on one side which cause players to trade pieces. All of the pieces are placed face down and each player in turn picks up a piece to obtain the needed parts of the meal. As each player picks and replaces unneeded items, the other players attempt to recall the location of items they need so that they can pick them on their next turn.

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