Electrically operated game combination comprising an apertured game board and electrically conductive game pieces

Claim 1

A GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FIRST BOARD HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL ON ITS UPPER SURFACE; A SECOND BOARD ABOVE SAID FIRST BOARD, SAID SECOND BOARD BEING OF ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN; A THIRD BOARD DISPOSED ABOVE SAID SECOND BOARD AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN ALIGNED WITH THE APERTURES IN SAID SECOND BOARD, SAID THIRD BOARD HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL ADJACENT THE APERTURES THEREIN; A POWER SOURCE AND AN INDICATOR SERIALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OF SAID FIRST BOARD AND THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OF SAID THIRD BOARD; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ARMATURES REMOVABLY RECEIVED IN APERTURES OF SAID THIRD BOARD, EACH OF SAID ARMATURES HAVING A GAME PLAYING PIECE SECURED THERETO, AND EACH OF SAID ARMATURES ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH AN APERTURE OF SAID THIRD BOARD AND AN APERTURE OF SAID SECOND BOARD AND MAKE ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OF SAID FIRST BOARD AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OF SAID THIRD BOARD TO COMPLETE AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID INDICATOR, THEREBY ENERGIZING SAID INDICATOR; AND ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE PLUGS REMOVABLY DISPOSED IN SELECTED APERTURES OF SAID SECOND BOARD TO PRECLUDE PASSAGE OF AN ARMATURE THROUGH SAID SELECTED APERTURES AND THEREBY PREVENT ARMATURES INSERTED IN APERTURES OF SAID THIRD BOARD ABOVE SAID PLUGS FROM ENERGIZING SAID INDICATOR.