US4082279A
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Phonemic word game method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-06-17
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Granted: 1978-04-04
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Expires: 1996-06-17
Abstract
Abstract An instructional game includes a game board on which there are a selected number of rows of pegs or pins protruding from the surface of the board. Associated with each pin is a phoneme in a particular language. Two sets of different rings are provided to the two teams or players. The player of one team encircles one peg and its associated phoneme with one of the rings of one set. A player of the opposite team encircles a different peg and its associated phoneme with a ring from the second set. This continues alternately until a player recognizes that he has completed the word when he encircles a particular phoneme whereupon that player or his team removes all the rings, capturing the rings of the opposing team or player. This continues until all of the adversary's rings are captured.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert L. McFadden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 12:48
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0423
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of manipulating the playing surface of a game board by at least two players, said playing surface having a plurality of game areas, each of said areas being provided with selected phonemic indicia at least a plurality of which are less than word length, said indicia also being combinable agglutinatively with selectable others of said indicia to form words or parts of words larger than the constituent indicia, said board also being provided with means for releasably confining game pieces to respective ones of said areas, said method comprising: (a) placing by a first player of one of said game pieces on a selected one of said areas for releasable confinement thereto, (b) then placing by another player, in his turn, of another of said game pieces on a selected other one of said areas for releasable confinement thereto, continuing, if necessary, the placement of additional game pieces on respective game areas by the players in turn until the phonemic indicia associated with at least some of said areas on which pieces have been placed constitute the phonemes of an intelligible word, and (d) thereupon removing by a player all of said placed game pieces and retaining them.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of manipulating the playing surface of a game board by at least two players, said playing surface having a plurality of game areas, each of said areas being provided with selected phonemic indicia at least a plurality of which are less than word length, said indicia also being combinable agglutinatively with selectable others of said indicia to form words or parts of words larger than the constituent indicia, said board also being provided with means for releasably confining game pieces to respective ones of said areas, said method comprising: (a) placing by a first player of one of said game pieces on a selected one of said areas for releasable confinement thereto, (b) then placing by another player, in his turn, of another of said game pieces on a selected other one of said areas for releasable confinement thereto, continuing, if necessary, the placement of additional game pieces on respective game areas by the players in turn until the phonemic indicia associated with at least some of said areas on which pieces have been placed constitute the phonemes of an intelligible word, and (d) thereupon removing by a player all of said placed game pieces and retaining them.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein steps (a) through (d) are repeated until one player has retained all of the game pieces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein steps (a) through (d) are repeated until a specified time interval has elapsed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein steps (a) through (d) are repeated until one player has retained at least a predetermined number of said game pieces.
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