Educational board game and method for teaching occupational skills
US6224056A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2003/00025
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An educational board game and method for teaching occupational skills that conveys relevant occupational education information to a user in an interesting and entertaining manner, thereby encouraging the user to utilize the board game and method on a regular basis to reinforce basic training information and learn new training information. More specifically, the invention comprises an educational board game, wherein players progress for correctly answering questions from various categories of a selected occupational education subject matter, that includes: a game board having a playing surface that includes a center portion representing a goal to be achieved, a boundary area surrounding the center portion and comprising a plurality of starting point spaces, each space bearing a visual indicator, and a plurality of movement spaces interspersed between the starting point spaces, each movement space bearing a visual indicator of an occupational education subject category, and spoke areas connecting the center space with the boundary area and comprising further movement spaces; a plurality of individual game pieces, each game piece bearing a visual indicator corresponding to a starting …
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