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US4061337A
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Board game apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-06-25
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Granted: 1977-12-06
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Expires: 1996-06-25
Abstract
Abstract A game is provided having educational and entertainment value with regard to music. The game includes a game board having spaces providing a path of movement for a game piece about the periphery of the board. Each movement of the game piece is determined from instruction cards placed face down on the game board in separate stacks each covered by a control card visibly depicting a different musical note. The game further includes chance cubes each having a different character letter thereon which corresponds to a note depicted on one of the control cards. The cubes are housed in a container and withdrawn one at a time by a player. In order to gain access to an instruction card to enable movement of his game piece, a player must compare the character letter on the cube with the notes depicted on the control cards and recognize the depicted note which corresponds to the character letter. Having done so the player is entitled to remove the underlying instruction card and move his game piece accordingly.
Inventors
- 👤 William Boyd Callender
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:19
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00119; A63F3/00006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A game including a game board having spaces providing a path of movement for a game piece, instruction means for determining the extent of a player's movement of a game piece along said path, and first and second means associable by comparison by a player to determine whether the player gains access to said instruction means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
56 words
A game including a game board having spaces providing a path of movement for a game piece, instruction means for determining the extent of a player's movement of a game piece along said path, and first and second means associable by comparison by a player to determine whether the player gains access to said instruction means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said first means of said first and second means includes means bearing a plurality of visible and different first indicia and said second means of said first and second means is chance means for providing at one time a single one of a plurality of second indicia each associable with one of said plurality of first indicia.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said first means of said first and second means includes a plurality of indicia bearing cards each having indicia thereon different from the others and said second means of said first and second means is chance means for providing at one time a single one of a plurality of indicia each associable with the indicia on one of said plurality of cards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The game according to claim 3, wherein said instruction means are instruction bearing cards.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The game according to claim 4, wherein said chance means includes multi-faceted block means having indicia on at least one of the facets thereof associable with the indicia on one of said plurality of cards.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said first means of said first and second means provides a first plurality of musical representations and said second means of said first and second means is chance means for providing at one time a single one of a plurality of musical representations each synonymous with one of said first plurality of representations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The game according to claim 6, wherein one of said first and second pluralities of musical representations is comprised of depictions of musical notes and the other is comprised of corresponding character letters for the musical notes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The game according to claim 6, wherein said first means of said first and second means includes a plurality of control cards each bearing a different musical representation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The game according to claim 8, wherein each of said control cards depicts a musical note and said second plurality of musical representations are character letters corresponding to said musical notes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The game according to claim 9, wherein said chance means includes multi-faceted block means having a character letter on at least one of the facets thereof corresponding to one of said musical notes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The game according to claim 10, wherein said block means includes a plurality of blocks each having a different character letter thereon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The game according to claim 8, wherein said instruction means includes a plurality of instruction bearing cards.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The game according to claim 12, wherein each of said control cards depicts a musical note and said second plurality of musical representations are character letters corresponding to said musical notes.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The game according to claim 13, wherein said chance means includes a plurality of multi-faceted blocks each having a single character letter on at least one of the facets thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
The game according to claim 13, wherein said game board includes a peripheral edge and a central portion, said spaces providing for said path to extend uninterrupted about said board between said edge and said central portion, and at least seven separate areas delineated in said central portion for receiving pluralities of said instruction cards and an associated control card.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1980-12-05 | 1981-06-06 | 1981-12-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-12-05 | 1985-06-06 | 1985-12-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-12-05 | 1989-06-06 | 1989-12-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |