US4010957A
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Sports game board
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-03-29
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Granted: 1977-03-08
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Expires: 1996-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A game board represents various aspects of team sports including opportunities to acquire teams and team players involved in baseball, football, hockey and basketball. The board has a rectangular playing path with successive spaces having indicia of specific professional sports teams, and special bonus and penalty cards. A chance device determines the movement of selected player pieces to given spaces. The players can buy the teams designated on the spaces and buy team players when the pieces land in a specific BUY space. When a player piece lands on a team space owned by another player, various payments are required. The payments increase with the number of team players owned and the number of teams owned which have a common color designation. Stacks of cards related to bonus and penalty spaces provide various monetary awards, fines and directions.
Inventors
- 👤 Russell Tricoli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 05:17
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00028; A63F3/00063; A63F3/00072; A63F3/00006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A game apparatus comprising: a. a playing board including a continuous path of successive delineated spaces, a plurality of said spaces having indicia thereon related to sports teams and purchase prices for said teams, groups of said teams being related to the same sport; b. a plurality of player pieces to indicate individual players; c. a means of chance to indicate the movement of each player piece in turn a number of spaces along said path; d. a plurality of stacks of cards having indicia thereon the terms of which relate respectively to awards and penalties, designated spaces in said path being associated with particular stacks; e. a plurality of team player markers, groups of said markers being related to particular sports; and f. a supply of play money for payment of various purchases, awards and penalties.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A game apparatus comprising: a. a playing board including a continuous path of successive delineated spaces, a plurality of said spaces having indicia thereon related to sports teams and purchase prices for said teams, groups of said teams being related to the same sport; b. a plurality of player pieces to indicate individual players; c. a means of chance to indicate the movement of each player piece in turn a number of spaces along said path; d. a plurality of stacks of cards having indicia thereon the terms of which relate respectively to awards and penalties, designated spaces in said path being associated with particular stacks; e. a plurality of team player markers, groups of said markers being related to particular sports; and f. a supply of play money for payment of various purchases, awards and penalties.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The game apparatus of claim 1 wherein groups of said spaces related to sports teams of different sports include common indicia.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The game apparatus of claim 2 wherein one of said spaces has indicia thereon permitting purchase of team player markers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The game apparatus of claim 3 including full team markers representing ownership of a given number of team player markers for a given sports team.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The game apparatus of claim 4 wherein a plurality of said spaces have indicia thereon related to television stations and purchase prices therefor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The game apparatus of claim 5 wherein one of said stacks of cards has indicia thereon related to team bonuses and a space on said board has like indicia permitting use of a team bonus card only by owners of a full team.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The game apparatus of claim 6 wherein one of said spaces indicates the start of the game and a monetary award upon passing said start space.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The game apparatus of claim 7 wherein one of said spaces indicates a penalty box, a player piece being required to remain in said box until attaining a given number on said means of chance.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The game apparatus of claim 8 wherein said board is rectangular and includes four sides, each of said sides including five sports teams of different common indicia groups.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
The game apparatus of claim 9 including a plurality of cards having indicia thereon relates to respective said sports team spaces, said cards representing ownership of said teams and indicating monetary awards related to said ownership.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1980-03-07 | 1980-09-06 | 1981-03-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-03-07 | 1984-09-06 | 1985-03-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-03-07 | 1988-09-06 | 1989-03-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |