Game board support and inverting tray

Claim 1

A game apparatus comprising, in combination, a horizontal support for a rigid game board having playing pieces with upper and lower faces to be positioned thereon; said support including a pair of transversely extending members and a pair of longitudinal members mounted on and extending from one transverse member to a point beyond the other transverse member to form a projection indicating the front of said support; and a separate detached tray for supporting playing pieces not on the game board and all having the same face up; said tray having upstanding side and rear edges; said side edges being spaced a greater distance apart than said longitudinal members; said tray when empty and said edges, cooperating with said support, said game board and the playing pieces thereon when placed upside down in contact therewith to confine the playing pieces therebetween so that the inverting of the support, game board and tray simultaneously inverts all of the playing pieces and returns them to the tray from the board for resumption of play; the spacing of the longitudinal support members above a supporting base for the transversely extending members facilitating the inverting of the support, board and tray.