Patent · US Expired

Recycling game

US5366227A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 18, 1994
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F11/0002
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A recycling game apparatus includes a toy vehicle having a plurality of bins for holding game pieces and having a card caddy thereon. A deck of cards is supported in the toy vehicle card caddy along with a plurality of game pieces with each game piece having a shaped emulative of a recycling member and stored in a marked bin. The game pieces can be moved into and out of the bins in playing the game. Each card in the deck of cards has information concerning one recycling item which is emulative of at least one game piece, such as aluminum, newspaper, glass, or plastic. Each toy vehicle plurality of bins may be marked with indicia to indicate aluminum, paper, glass, plastic, or trash. The toy vehicle is used to store the game with cards and pieces as well as used in playing the game.

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