Pirate game apparatus
US5460381A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2011/0048
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A game apparatus wherein players move along a playing path and make various electrical interconnections along the way. At any one given time only one space on the playing field contains an open switch coupled to a noise generating device. If a player lands on the selected space and closes the switch, a noise will sound and the player gets to keep toy money laid out on the playing field. A selection control unit randomly changes the position of the open switch on the game board each time it is found. As a result, a player never knows whether or not he or she is moving toward or away from the open switch. The selection control unit also eliminates previously used spaces from the random selection process. As such, the players know that once a space has been used and the money for that space has been taken, that space will not be selected again.
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