Abstract An improved game board in which the playing field is similar to that of a checker or chess board with diagonal arrangement of light and dark spaces which may consist either of squares, rectangles, circles or any other shape upon which playing pieces can be moved during the progress of the game; the improved game board consisting of strips on each of which one row of spaces is imprinted, the strips being movable in either end direction so that all the playing pieces on the particular row are thus all shifted respective to the remainder of the playing field, so to make the game more challenging and interesting by a suddenly new created circumstances between the game playing pieces. Each strip is formed from an endless belt with the row of spaces printed on the outside thereof. The belt is rotatable about a pair of spaced apart rollers supported on shafs within a housing. The top wall of the housing has a pair of slots through which the belt passes so that a portion of the belt rests upon an upper surface of the top wall while the remainder of the belt is with the housing.
In a movable game board the combination of a game board panel having a playing field thereupon, and means whereby portions of said playiNg field are movable respective to the remainder thereof so that playing piece upon moved portions are repositioned automatically respective to playing pieces on a remainder of the playing field, said means comprising said playing field being comprised of a plurality of narrow flat members positioned edge to edge adjacent each other, each member being independently movable toward either end direction, each said member being imprinted with a row of playing spaces along the entire length thereof, each said member being longer than said playing field so that certain of said spaces on said member can be aligned selectively with the remainder of said playing field, said member comprising an endless belt with said playing spaces indicated on its outer side, said belt being rotatable about a pair of spaced apart rollers supported on shafts within a housing, a top wall of said housing having a pair of slots through which said belt is passed so a portion of said belt rests upon an upper side of said top wall while the remainder of said belt is within said housing, said rollers being positioned further apart than said slots so that a portion of said belt that is between a slot and a roller is relatively horizontal, and said housing top wall above said relatively horizontal portion is slightly upwardly inclined so to clear said relatively horizontal portion.
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In a movable game board the combination of a game board panel having a playing field thereupon, and means whereby portions of said playiNg field are movable respective to the remainder thereof so that playing piece upon moved portions are repositioned automatically respective to playing pieces on a remainder of the playing field, said means comprising said playing field being comprised of a plurality of narrow flat members positioned edge to edge adjacent each other, each member being independently movable toward either end direction, each said member being imprinted with a row of playing spaces along the entire length thereof, each said member being longer than said playing field so that certain of said spaces on said member can be aligned selectively with the remainder of said playing field, said member comprising an endless belt with said playing spaces indicated on its outer side, said belt being rotatable about a pair of spaced apart rollers supported on shafts within a housing, a top wall of said housing having a pair of slots through which said belt is passed so a portion of said belt rests upon an upper side of said top wall while the remainder of said belt is within said housing, said rollers being positioned further apart than said slots so that a portion of said belt that is between a slot and a roller is relatively horizontal, and said housing top wall above said relatively horizontal portion is slightly upwardly inclined so to clear said relatively horizontal portion.