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Game equipment

US5026068A · kind A · utility

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41Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 1990
Grant dateJun 25, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F3/00176
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Game equipment, such as board game apparatus, includes a game display, a plurality of sets of game pieces, a recruitment determining device and optionally, several player game pieces. The game display provides a playing area defined by a plurality of basic space units arranged in one or a plurality of levels. The basic space units in each level are arranged to form a plurality of pyramid modules each module including a number of stages of basic space units. The number of basic space units in each stage is determined by a geometric progression of a type used in some "pyramid" or "Ponzi" schemes.

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