Game board with depressions for storing playing pieces

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION A MOVABLE PLAYING PIECE ADAPTED FOR USE IN PLAYING A GAME AND INCLUDING A PROJECTING PORTION HAVING AN END; AND A GAME BOARD FOR SUPPORTING SAID PLAYING PIECE DURING THE PLAYING OF THE GAME, SAID GAME BOARD COMPRISING A BODY OF RESILIENT PLASTIC, SAID BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF RECESSES THEREIN FOR RECEIVING SAID PLAYING PIECE AS THE GAME IS PLAYED, SAID RECESSES EACH HAVING AN OPEN TOP, SIDE WALLS AND A BOTTOM, THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID RECESSES EACH HAVING A SLIGHTLY LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE PROJECTING PORTION OF THE PLAYING PIECE AND SAID RECESSES FURTHER HAVING A LOWER PORTION CONTIGUOUS TO, AND COMMUNICATION WITH, THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF AND OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE PROJECTING PORTION OF THE PLAYING PIECE WHEREBY THE PLAYING PIECE MAY BE RESTED TEMPORARILY IN ANY OF SAID RECESSES, WITH SAID END RESTING ON THE CONVERGENCE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID RECESSES AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE UPPER PORTION AND LOWER PORTION THEREOF TO PERMIT THE PLAYING PIECE TO BE EASILY REMOVED FROM THE RECESS AS THE GAME IS PLAYED, OR ALTERNATIVELY, THE PLAYING PIECE MAY BE PRESSED DEEPLY INTO SAID RECESSES FOR FIRM FRICTIONAL RETENTION THEREIN WHEN SAID BOARD IS NOT IN USE.