Gameboard with playing piece compartment

Claim 1

A GAME COMPRISING AN OPEN TOP CONTAINER HAVING INTERCONNECTED BOTTOM, END, AND SIDE WALLS, THE SIDE WALLS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TWICE AS LONG AS THE END WALLS, LUGS ON THE END WALLS EXTENDING HIGHER THAN THE SIDE WALLS, TOP AND BOTTOM FLANGES ON EACH LUG EXTENDING THEREFROM TOWARD THE OTHER LUG, A BOTTOM GAME BOARD SEGMENT COVERING SAID OPEN TOP AND HAVING SLOTS IN THE ENDS OF SAID SEGMENT SLIDEABLY RECEIVING, RESPECTIVELY, THE BOTTOM FLANGES OF SAID LUGS, A TOP GAME BOARD SEGMENT COVERING THE BOTTOM GAME BOARD SEGMENT, SAID TOP SEGMENT HAVING SLOTS IN ITS ENDS SLIDEABLY RECEIVING, RESPECTIVELY, THE TOP FLANGES OF SAID LUGS, EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS HAVING HALF OF A GAME PATTERN ON ONE HORIZONTAL SIDE THEREOF, AND BOTH OF SAID SEGMENTS BEING SLIDEABLE LATERALLY OF THE CONTAINER ALONG SAID FLANGES TO OPEN THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID BOTTOM SEGMENT BEING FORMED AND ARRANGED TO HAVE ITS SLOTS SLIDEABLY RECEIVE, RESPECTIVELY, THE TOP FLANGES OF SAID LUGS AND TO MATE EDGE-TO-EDGE WITH THE TOP SEGMENT SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL VERTICAL CENTERPLANE OF THE CONTAINER SO THAT THE HALF PATTERNS OF SAID SEGMENTS DEFINE AN UPWARDLY FACING COMPLETE PATTERN TWICE AS WIDE AS SAID CONTAINER AND OVERHANGING BOTH SIDE WALLS.