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US4007937A
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Tennis game board
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-05-27
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Granted: 1977-02-15
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Expires: 1995-05-27
Abstract
Abstract A game board includes a tennis court with a net line across the center and boundary lines outlining the playing and serving areas. The court is divided into a grid with horizontal and vertical coordinates to indicate the particular locations of the ball and players. Various selective cards and tiles determine the serving, hitting and positioning of the ball and movement of the players to simulate an actual game of tennis. Player markers, a ball marker and scoring markers follow the positions on the court and the scores of the opponents.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert M. Casciano
- 👤 Donna R. Casciano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 17:32
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00028; A63F3/00044
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A tennis game board comprising: a rectangular tennis court area, a net line across the center of said court area dividing said court into opposite sides, a plurality of longitudinal and lateral boundary lines dividing said court area into playing and serving areas, a plurality of equally spaced longitudinal and lateral grid lines dividing said court area into a plurality of like incremental rectangular areas, coordinate markings along said grid lines to indicate successive individual incremental areas of said court, a plurality of player markers to indicate the position of individual players with respect to the court area, a ball marker to indicate the position of the ball on the court area, a plurality of stacks of cards having indicia thereon selectively designating types of service and return of service of the ball by the players, a stack of ball position cards having indicia thereon selectively directing movements of the returned served ball to designated incremental rectangular area positions on the court, a stack of player movement tiles having indicia thereon selectively directing player movements to designated area positions on the court with respect to the position of the ball, a stack of ball hit tiles selectively directing further ball movements to succeeding designated area positions on said court during continuing play following said movements of the returned served ball, a plurality of scoring markers, and means for indicating the scores of different players.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
A tennis game board comprising: a rectangular tennis court area, a net line across the center of said court area dividing said court into opposite sides, a plurality of longitudinal and lateral boundary lines dividing said court area into playing and serving areas, a plurality of equally spaced longitudinal and lateral grid lines dividing said court area into a plurality of like incremental rectangular areas, coordinate markings along said grid lines to indicate successive individual incremental areas of said court, a plurality of player markers to indicate the position of individual players with respect to the court area, a ball marker to indicate the position of the ball on the court area, a plurality of stacks of cards having indicia thereon selectively designating types of service and return of service of the ball by the players, a stack of ball position cards having indicia thereon selectively directing movements of the returned served ball to designated incremental rectangular area positions on the court, a stack of player movement tiles having indicia thereon selectively directing player movements to designated area positions on the court with respect to the position of the ball, a stack of ball hit tiles selectively directing further ball movements to succeeding designated area positions on said court during continuing play following said movements of the returned served ball, a plurality of scoring markers, and means for indicating the scores of different players.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
The game board of claim 1 wherein said boundary lines include a pair of baselines across opposite ends of said court, a pair of intermediate service lines positioned between said opposite baselines and said netline dividing each side of said court into fore and back court areas, a longitudinal centerline extending between said service lines, and a pair of intermediate sidelines parallel to and spaced from said centerline and from the outer longitudinal boundaries.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The game board of claim 2 wherein said coordinate markings include successively numbered incremental areas along the sides of said court and lettered incremental areas across the ends of said court.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The game board of claim 3 wherein said stacks of cards indicating types of service and return of service of the ball include a stack of first serve cards, a stack of second serve cards and a stack of return of serve cards.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The game board of claim 4 wherein said ball position cards directing the returned served ball include a first stack of cards indicating a lettered incremental area and a second stack of cards indicating a numbered incremental area.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The game board of claim 5 wherein said means for indicating the scores includes three rectangular boxes respectively displaying points, games and sets, each box including two columns for receiving two scoring markers, and a plurality of lines dividing said columns into successive scoring areas.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
183 words
The game board of claim 5 wherein one side of said court is selected as the server's side and the other side as the receiver's side, stacks of said first and second serve cards being disposed on the server's side, said second serve cards providing said server with a second chance to serve the ball after a fault or let first serve card, said return of serve cards and ball position cards being disposed on the receiver's side, said ball position cards being associated with said return of serve cards to represent the positions of the ball of an in return of serve by the receiver, selective groups of said ball hit tiles and player movement tiles from respective stacks of tiles being positioned on both sides of said court for selectively directing movements of each player in turn to reach the ball position and to hit the ball to a new position, said player and ball markers being successively positioned on the respective incremental court areas indicated by the player movemet and ball hit tiles to simulate an actual game of tennis.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-02-15 | 1984-08-16 | 1985-02-15 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-02-15 | 1988-08-16 | 1989-02-15 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |