Gameboard building apparatus
US5048840A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2003/00359
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A gameboard apparatus made up of a gameboard adapted to have assembled thereon stacking pieces and top pieces that are frictionally interlockable onto the gameboard and with each other. The gameboard comprises a plurality of adjacent gameboard or playing-position squares arranged in an equilateral matrix and is preferably divided into equal sections. The squares each comprise within their bounds vertical walls adapted to frictionally interlock with complementing vertical walls of stacking pieces and top pieces. The stacking pieces are hermaphroditic in nature having on one end interlocking male wall and on the other interlocking female walls whereby stacking pieces are adapted to frictionally interlock with complementing vertical walls of the gameboard, top pieces and each other. The top pieces comprise on an upper end a flat surface upon which to place game-playing articles and on the other end vertical walls adapted to frictionally interlock with complementing vertical walls of the gameboard and stacking pieces. The gameboard with the stacking pieces and top pieces built upon the gameboard may be placed in a tray and packaged as an assembly kit.
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