Multi-channel game puzzle with movable base
US5332221A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2007/4043
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A multi-channel game puzzle with movable base utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle, the game puzzle including a housing defining a main chamber and having a vertical axis further including a plurality of channels positioned in a common plane within the main chamber being equally spaced and extending radially outward, a central hub having a socket cooperating with a movable shaft for rotably mounting the central hub within the main chamber about the common vertical axis movement reciprocally between an upper locked position for locking the playing pieces in the channels and a lower free swivel position for permitting free swiveling of the inner chamber relative to the housing upon manual tilting of the housing between a first communication position, a second communication position, a third communication position and a fourth communication position and including a plurality of sets of game pieces each set having like marked game pieces also including a unitary blocker piece having distinctive marking characteristics wherein play is commenced by a player grasping the outer surface of the housing, releasing the hub to the free swivel position and tilting to …
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