Earthquake game device

Claim 2

A game device comprising a building board forming an enlarged generally planar surface, means supporting the building board in elevated position from a supporting surface, a plurality of building blocks positionable on the upper surface of the building board to construct a block building, and an elongated, downwardly inclined trackway having the upper end connected to the building board and communicating with the upper surface of the building board through an opening and the other end oriented at a lower elevation in communication with a storage tray, at least one heavy ball rollable down the trackway by dropping it through the opening into the upper end thereof, and projections on the interior of the trackway engageable by the ball to produce noises and vibrations as the ball rolls down the trackway, simulative of earthquake conditions for producing noise and vibration of the building board to determine if the arrangement of building blocks on the building board will withstand the vibrations simulative of an earthquake.

Claim 3

A game device comprising a building board, means supporting the building board in elevated position from a supporting surface, a plurality of building blocks positionable on the upper surface of the building board to construct a block building, and means attached to said building board simulative of earthquake conditions for producing noise and vibration of the building board to determine if the arrangement of buildings blocks on the building board will withstand the vibrations simulative of an earthquake, said means simulative of an earthquake including an elongated, downwardly inclined tunnel structure having one end communicating with the upper surface of the building board and the other end oriented at a lower elevation to communication with a storage tray, at least one heavy metal ball rollable down the tunnel structure by dropping it into the end thereof communicating with the upper surface of the building board, and projections on the interior of the tunnel structure engageable by the ball to produce noises and vibrations as the ball rolls down the tunnel structure, and additional balls of different weight and numerical indicia on said balls simulative of the Richter scale to enable simulative earthquakes of different severity to be produced.

Claim 4

A game device comprising a building board, means supporting the building board in elevated position from a supporting surface, a plurality of building blocks positionable on the upper surface of the building board to construct a block building, and means attached to said building board simulative of earthquake conditions for producing noise and vibration of the building board to determine if the arrangement of buildings blocks on the building board will withstand the vibrations simulative of an earthquake, said means simulative of an earthquake including an elongated, downwardly inclined tunnel structure having one end communicating with the upper surface of the building board and the other end oriented at a lower elevation to communication with a storage tray, at least one heavy metal ball rollable down the tunnel structure by dropping it into the end thereof communicating with the upper surface of the building board, and projections on the interior of the tunnel structure engageable by the ball to produce noises and vibrations as the ball rolls down the tunnel structure, and additional balls of different weight and numerical indicia on said balls simulative of the Richter scale to enable simulative earthquakes of different severity to be produced.

Claim 5

The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein said projections on the tunnel structure are in the form of transversely extending ridges along the bottom surface of the tunnel structure, said tunnel structure including a tubular member supported from the undersurface of the building board.

Claim 6

The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein said blocks have segments of picture puzzles on opposite surfaces thereof to enable picture puzzle games to be played.

Claim 7

A game device comprising a building board, means supporting the building board in elevated position from a supporting surface, a plurality of building blocks positionable on the upper surface of the building board to construct a block building, and means attached to said building board simulative of earthquake conditions for producing noise and vibration of the building board to determine if the arrangement of building blocks on the building board will withstand the vibrations simulative of an earthquake, said means simulative of an earthquake including an elongated, downwardly inclined tunnel structure having one end communicating with the upper surface of the building board and the other end oriented at a lower elevation in communication with a storage tray, at least one heavy metal ball rollable down the tunnel structure by dropping it into the end thereof communicating with the upper surface of the building board, and projections on the interior of the tunnel structure engageable by the ball to produce noises and vibrations as the ball rolls down the tunnel structure, said projections on the tunnel structure being in the form of transversely extending ridges along the bottom surface of the tunnel structure, said tunnel structure including a tubular member supported from the underside of the building board, and a spinner mounted on said building board, indicia underlying said spinner to indicate assembly and disassembly of building blocks and to drop a ball into the upper end of the tunnel structure.

Claim 8

A game device comprising a building board, means supporting the building board in elevated position from a supporting surface, a plurality of building blocks positionable on the upper surface of the building board to construct a block building, and means attached to said building board simulative of earthquake conditions for producing noise and vibration of the building board to determine if the arrangement of building blocks on the building board will withstand the vibrations simulative of an earthquake, said means simulative of an earthquake including an elongated, downwardly inclined tunnel structure having one end communicating with the upper surface of the building board and the other end oriented at a lower elevation in communication with a storage tray, at least one heavy metal ball rollable down the tunnel structure by dropping it into the end thereof communicating with the upper surface of the building board, and projections on the interior of the tunnel structure engageable by the ball to produce noises and vibrations as the ball rolls down the tunnel structure, said projections on the tunnel structure being in the form of transversely extending ridges along the bottom surface of the tunnel structure, said tunnel structure including a tubular member supported from the underside of the building board, and a spinner mounted on said building board, indicia underlying said spinner to indicate assembly and disassembly of building blocks and to drop a ball into the upper end of the tunnel structure.

Claim 9

The structure as defined in claim 5 wherein said building blocks have through passageways, and connecting pins received in said passageways to stabilize the building to render it more or less earthquake-proof.