US4714255A
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Educational board game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-06-10
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Granted: 1987-12-22
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Expires: 2006-06-10
Abstract
Abstract A question and answer game involving the field of criminal justice includes a game board, playing tokens, a die and cards. The board includes two playing tracks upon which the playing tokens move. The tracks consist of playing spaces having indicia thereon that relates to different question and answer categories. The two tracks intersect at various points and the intersection points are connected to a retaining area via a path. The retaining areas are in turn connected to one of the two tracks via a one-way path. The cards contain questions and answers relating to three levels of difficulty. Prior to the start of the game, players choose a particular level of difficulty. Thereafter, a player landing on one of the intersection points has the option of answering a question from a higher level of difficulty than that chosen by the player before the start of the game. Correctly answering the question will allow the player to move along the one-way path to a position further ahead on one of the tracks than the player would have been had the player not landed on the intersection point.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel P. Henry
- 👤 Fredrick E. LaTorre
- 👤 Willard I. Pope
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 07:37
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00148; A63F9/00; A63F9/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
An educational board game apparatus comprising: (a) a pair of tokens each one representing one of the players; (b) a game board with a multiplicity of consecutive playing sections arranged thereon, each of said playing sections having indicia thereon and arranged cooperatively to define a continuous first track and continuous second track, each of the tracks defining a path along which the tokens are moveable in random increments, the two tracks intersecting each other at a plurality of predetermined intersection points, each of the intersection points connected via a path to a retaining area and in turn a one way path leading back to the first or second track, each of the tracks including a starting space, a finishing space and as many different indicia as there are intersection points; (c) a random number generating means for advancing the tokens around the game board from section to section; and (d) a plurality of decks of cards, one deck per intersection point, each card in each deck having at least two levels of questions thereon of different levels of difficulty concerning the field of criminal justice, each of the cards of each deck identified by indicia common to the corresponding intersection point and distinct from the indicia on the cards of the other categories.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
An educational board game apparatus comprising: (a) a pair of tokens each one representing one of the players; (b) a game board with a multiplicity of consecutive playing sections arranged thereon, each of said playing sections having indicia thereon and arranged cooperatively to define a continuous first track and continuous second track, each of the tracks defining a path along which the tokens are moveable in random increments, the two tracks intersecting each other at a plurality of predetermined intersection points, each of the intersection points connected via a path to a retaining area and in turn a one way path leading back to the first or second track, each of the tracks including a starting space, a finishing space and as many different indicia as there are intersection points; (c) a random number generating means for advancing the tokens around the game board from section to section; and (d) a plurality of decks of cards, one deck per intersection point, each card in each deck having at least two levels of questions thereon of different levels of difficulty concerning the field of criminal justice, each of the cards of each deck identified by indicia common to the corresponding intersection point and distinct from the indicia on the cards of the other categories.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A game as recited in claim 1, in which there are n intersection points, n retaining areas, n different sets of playing sections, and n decks of cards.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A game as recited in claim 1, in which there are three sets of questions on each card, arranged in increasing order of difficulty, and three answers corresponding to each of the questions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A game as recited in claim 1, in which both the first track and the second track have at least one Free Turn space thereon devoid of indicia.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A game as recited in claim 1 in which the first track has a first indicia thereon and the second track has a second indicia thereon, the two indicia being different from each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A game as recited in claim 5, in which each token has indicia thereon corresponding with the indicia on each track.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A game as recited in claim 6, in which one token has a police officer's caricature thereon and the other token has a criminal's caricature thereon.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A game as recited in claim 1, in which the random member generating means has six sides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A game as recited in claim 8, in which each of the six sides has a different indicia thereon representing a number ranging from 1 to 6.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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