Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A board game apparatus comprising: a playing board, a segmented series of intersecting pathways on said board and forming a playing area, said pathways defining a centrally located circle and sides of an hourglass, the sides thereof extending through a common center and through the circumference of said circle, the ends of said hourglass defined by pathways disposed adjacent and parallel to opposite ends of said board, said pathways further defining a line bisecting said circle and said hourglass along the longitudinal axis thereof and intersecting the ends of said hourglass at the center thereof; at least one storage compartment disposed at each of opposite ends of said board; a plurality of tokens constituting playing pieces for respective players, said tokens having means for indicating ownership thereof, each token adapted to be moved in successive turns along the pathways across the playing area of said board from an entrance point to an exit point; at least one pair of dice for indicating the advance of players' tokens along the pathways at successive turns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
A board game apparatus comprising: a playing board, a segmented series of intersecting pathways on said board and forming a playing area, said pathways defining a centrally located circle and sides of an hourglass, the sides thereof extending through a common center and through the circumference of said circle, the ends of said hourglass defined by pathways disposed adjacent and parallel to opposite ends of said board, said pathways further defining a line bisecting said circle and said hourglass along the longitudinal axis thereof and intersecting the ends of said hourglass at the center thereof; at least one storage compartment disposed at each of opposite ends of said board; a plurality of tokens constituting playing pieces for respective players, said tokens having means for indicating ownership thereof, each token adapted to be moved in successive turns along the pathways across the playing area of said board from an entrance point to an exit point; at least one pair of dice for indicating the advance of players' tokens along the pathways at successive turns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The game of claim 1 wherein the tokens are discs and each segment of said pathways is circular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The game of claim 1 wherein said pathways designate entrance and exit points for tokens.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
The game of claim 1 wherein said board is rectangular, said game further comprising upstanding sides surrounding the playing area, each of said longitudinal sides having a removable center section, said board comprising foldable sections at a pair of mutually spaced hinged joints therein, each joint equi-distantly spaced from a plane bisecting the playing area laterally so that when the center sections of the sides are removed, the foldable sections of said board may be folded together.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The game of claim 2 wherein intersecting points of said pathways are circular segments having diameters larger than segments of said pathways that do not intersect.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The game of claim 1 wherein the sides of the hourglass intersect the circumference of the circle at angles of about 45°, 135°, 225°, and 315°, respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The game of claim 1 wherein the bisecting pathway bisects the circle at angles of 90° and 270°.