Game playing board containing scoring areas formed by electrically conductive strips

Claim 1

A GAME BOARD COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A PLAYING BOARD HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATING UPPER SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING CIRCUIT ELEMENTS SECURED TO SAID BOARD AND ARRANGED IN A SERIED CIRCUIT WITH A POWER SUPPLY AND A SCORING MEANS, SAID CIRCUIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF BREAKS THEREIN DEFINED BY GAPS IN SAID CIRCUIT ELEMENTS WHICH APPEAR ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID PLAYING BOARD, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GAPS OCCURING IN A SCORING AREA DEFINED BY A STOP FOR AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING SCORING MEMBER HAVING A CONDUCTING SURFACE ADAPTED TO BRIDGE SAID GAP WHEN SAID SCORING MEMBER IS ABUTTING SAID STOP AND PREPOSITIONED IN SAID SCORING AREA, A SECOND SCORING MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE DIRECTED TO BRIDGE A SECOND GAP IN SAID CIRCUIT AND TO EFFECT ENERGIZING OF SAID SCORING MEANS WHEN ANOTHER SCORING MEMBER IS RETAINED BY SAID STOP AND BRIDGING THE GAP ADJACENT SAID STOP.