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US3318601A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Apparatus for playing election game

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-06-02
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Granted: 1967-05-09
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Expires: 1984-06-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Malcolm A Macleod

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 21:09
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00138; A63F3/00006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 254 words
GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING A GAME BOARD HAVING AN ENDLESS SERIES OF AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE OUTLINED SPACES WITH A UNITED STATES JURISDICTION HAVING ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES INDICATED IN EACH OF SAID SPACES, A STARTING POINT BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT SAID SERIES OF SPACES, THE SPACES PROCEEDING IN SEQUENCE IN ONE DIRECTION FROM SAID STARTING POINT HAVING INDICATED THEREON JURISDICTIONS HAVING A GREATER NUMBER OF AVERAGE ELECTROAL VOTES THAN THOSE INDICATED ON THE SPACES PROCEEDING IN SEQUENCE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION FROM SAID STARTING POINT, THE FIRST SPACE FOLLOWING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM SAID STARTING POINT CONTAINING INDICIA OF THE TWO JURISDICTIONS HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES, THE ARRANGEMENT OF SPACES BEING SUCH THAT A PLAYER RETURNING TO THE SPACES ADJACENT HIS STARTING POINT AFTER TRAVERSING THE SERIES MAY MOVE ON TO THE AFORESAID HIGH-VALUE SPACE OF HIS OPPONENT, AT LEAST TWO DISTINCTIVE PLAYING PIECES, EACH OF SAID PLAYING PIECES INDICATING A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, A PLURALITY OF CARDS, EACH OF SAID CARDS DESIGNATING A JURISDICTION HAVING ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES WITH THE NUMBER OF ELECTROAL COLLEGE VOTES CORRESPONDING TO SAID JURISDICTION INDICATED THEREON, CHANCE MEANS INCLUDING RANDOM NUMBER PRODUCING MEANS INCAPABLE OF INDICATING A NUMBER LESS THAN TWO AND OPERABLE TO PRESENT INTEGRAL NUMBERS SELECTIVELY AT RANDOM TO INDICATE MOVEMENT OF SAID PLAYING PIECES ON SAID SERIES OF SPACES, SAID RANDOM MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF DICE, AND A PLURALITY OF MARKERS TO PLACE ON SAID SPACES TO INDICATE THAT THE ELECTORAL VOTES THEREON HAVE BEEN WON BY ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE PLAYERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 254 words
GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING A GAME BOARD HAVING AN ENDLESS SERIES OF AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE OUTLINED SPACES WITH A UNITED STATES JURISDICTION HAVING ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES INDICATED IN EACH OF SAID SPACES, A STARTING POINT BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT SAID SERIES OF SPACES, THE SPACES PROCEEDING IN SEQUENCE IN ONE DIRECTION FROM SAID STARTING POINT HAVING INDICATED THEREON JURISDICTIONS HAVING A GREATER NUMBER OF AVERAGE ELECTROAL VOTES THAN THOSE INDICATED ON THE SPACES PROCEEDING IN SEQUENCE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION FROM SAID STARTING POINT, THE FIRST SPACE FOLLOWING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM SAID STARTING POINT CONTAINING INDICIA OF THE TWO JURISDICTIONS HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES, THE ARRANGEMENT OF SPACES BEING SUCH THAT A PLAYER RETURNING TO THE SPACES ADJACENT HIS STARTING POINT AFTER TRAVERSING THE SERIES MAY MOVE ON TO THE AFORESAID HIGH-VALUE SPACE OF HIS OPPONENT, AT LEAST TWO DISTINCTIVE PLAYING PIECES, EACH OF SAID PLAYING PIECES INDICATING A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, A PLURALITY OF CARDS, EACH OF SAID CARDS DESIGNATING A JURISDICTION HAVING ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES WITH THE NUMBER OF ELECTROAL COLLEGE VOTES CORRESPONDING TO SAID JURISDICTION INDICATED THEREON, CHANCE MEANS INCLUDING RANDOM NUMBER PRODUCING MEANS INCAPABLE OF INDICATING A NUMBER LESS THAN TWO AND OPERABLE TO PRESENT INTEGRAL NUMBERS SELECTIVELY AT RANDOM TO INDICATE MOVEMENT OF SAID PLAYING PIECES ON SAID SERIES OF SPACES, SAID RANDOM MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF DICE, AND A PLURALITY OF MARKERS TO PLACE ON SAID SPACES TO INDICATE THAT THE ELECTORAL VOTES THEREON HAVE BEEN WON BY ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE PLAYERS.

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