US4452453A
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Baseball board game apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-11-12
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Granted: 1984-06-05
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Expires: 2001-11-12
Abstract
Abstract A game board apparatus for symbolically representing the play of a baseball game for two players. The board has rectangular coordinates disposed thereon with indicia identifying rows and columns. A baseball field is superimposed on said indicia. A plurality of movable team member figures representing members of each team and a ball figure is provided and dimensioned for placement on the board. A first cubic die is thrown for determining if a team member at bat takes a ball or makes either a strike or a hit. A second cubic die is thrown to determine whether a hit is a fly, grounder, or bunt. A set of six regular dodecahedron dice are provided which each have their sides numbered 1 through 12. Three are coded to the columns, and three are coded to the rows. Up to six are thrown for a fly, four for a grounder and two for a bunt. When thrown after a hit, the numbers on each similarly coded die are combined to define the row and column coordinates away from home plate which is (0,0) to which the ball is hit. Thereafter, the alternate throwing of one regular dodecahedron dice by each player is used to determine the number of squares the fielders, runners or the ball can move on each turn.
Inventors
- 👤 James A. Daley
- 👤 Gregory J. Dore
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:23
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00028; A63F3/00031
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
212 words
Game board apparatus for symbolically representing the play of a baseball game for two players which each have a team and which comprises: a board on which is disposed rectangular coordinates and indicia identifying rows and columns and a baseball field superimposed thereon, said baseball field thereon constituting a continuous course of play; a plurality of team member symbols representing members of each player's team, each team member symbol being dimensioned for placement at a plurality of positions on said board; a ball symbol dimensioned for placement at a plurality of positions on said board defined by the intersection of said rows and columns; first means for determining one of three events, said first means having indicia of strike, ball, and hit thereon; second means for determining one of three events after a hit indicia has appeared on said first means, said second means having, fly, grounder, and bunt indicia thereon; third means for randomly, with center weighting, determining on which of said columns said ball symbol is to be placed after a fly indicia has appeared on said second means; and fourth means for randomly, with center weighting, determining on which of said rows said ball symbol is to be placed after a fly indicia has appeared on said second means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
212 words
Game board apparatus for symbolically representing the play of a baseball game for two players which each have a team and which comprises: a board on which is disposed rectangular coordinates and indicia identifying rows and columns and a baseball field superimposed thereon, said baseball field thereon constituting a continuous course of play; a plurality of team member symbols representing members of each player's team, each team member symbol being dimensioned for placement at a plurality of positions on said board; a ball symbol dimensioned for placement at a plurality of positions on said board defined by the intersection of said rows and columns; first means for determining one of three events, said first means having indicia of strike, ball, and hit thereon; second means for determining one of three events after a hit indicia has appeared on said first means, said second means having, fly, grounder, and bunt indicia thereon; third means for randomly, with center weighting, determining on which of said columns said ball symbol is to be placed after a fly indicia has appeared on said second means; and fourth means for randomly, with center weighting, determining on which of said rows said ball symbol is to be placed after a fly indicia has appeared on said second means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein: said first means comprise a first cubic die having hit indicia on two sides thereof; and said second means comprise a second cubic die having fly indicia on two sides thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The apparatus as described in claim 2 wherein said hit indicia are on opposite sides of said first cubic die, said first cubic die also including: ball indicia on two opposite sides thereof; and strike indicia on two opposite sides thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The apparatus as described in claim 2 wherein said fly indicia are on opposite sides of said second cubic die, said second cubic die also including: grounder indicia on two opposite sides thereof; and bunt indicia on two opposite sides thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein: said third means and fourth means comprise three regular dodecahedrons, each regular dodecahedron having numerical indicia marked thereon from 1 to 12.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus as described in claim 5, wherein: at least some of said team member symbols are runner figures and at least some are fielder figures.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The apparatus as described in claim 6, wherein: said numeric indicia on said board identifying said rows and columns is disposed on at least two adjacent sides of said board, said row numeric indicia and said column numeric indicia each being from 1 to less than 36.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus as described in claim 7 wherein said third means are color coded to said column numeric indicia and said fourth means are color coded to said row numeric indicia.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus as described in claim 7 where locations whose numerical coordinates totaled exceed 59 are not present on said super imposed baseball field.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-06-05 | 1987-12-05 | 1988-06-05 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-06-05 | 1991-12-05 | 1992-06-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-06-05 | 1995-12-05 | 1996-06-05 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |