US4884815A
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Educational automotive game method of play
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-04-27
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Granted: 1989-12-05
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Expires: 2008-04-27
Abstract
Abstract An educational two-part game is set forth for use by three or more players. A "driver" or "monitor" controls the game between two or more "passengers" or participants. The "driver" initially picks a first card comprising an automotive "license tag" including at least a trio of letters followed by a three digit number wherein each "passenger" decodes the numbers and combines them with the letters already part of the "license plate" that yields seven to nine letters that each "passenger" must rearrange to develop a variety of words, wherein the "passenger" with the greatest number of words may proceed to part two to answer a trivia question and if correct, receives a predetermined number of points. The first "passenger" to develop one hundred pounts is declared the winner whereupon the participants may switch roles and maintain at least one "driver" and at least two "passengers". The game board provides a position for the "driver" and for the various "passengers" and includes a timing mechanism to limit the amount of time the "passengers" may utilize to develop a series of words per part one of the game. Accordingly, vocabulary development and knowledge of automobiles is enhanced as the "trivia" questions are all automotive related.
Inventors
- 👤 Willie L. Glenn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:37
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/10; A63F2250/1063; A63F2250/1068; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00088
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
355 words
A method of playing an education automotive game comprising the steps of, providing a playing board with a plurality of player positions designated passenger stations, a single player driver station, and an alphabet code translation station positioned centrally of said passenger and driver stations, and providing a plurality of automotive license plate replica cards with respective representative automotive license plate sides positioned face down on a designated area of the drive station, and providing a plurality of automotive question cards with an automotive related question set forth on one side of the question cards and said sides of said cards positioned face down on a further designated area of the driver station, and wherein a further step designates a first participant as a driver and at least a plurality of further participants are designated as passengers, and the driver subsequently selects a single automotive license plate replica card with a plurality of letters and a plurality of numerical digits thereon, wherein a further step requires each passenger to utilize the code translation station to translate the numerical digits into corresponding alphabetic letters, and a further step requires each passenger to subsequently develop as many words as possible from the collections of said plurality of letters and translated numerical digits; a further step requires said driver to subsequently select a question card and request a correct response from a winning passenger developing the greatest number of said words; and awarding a point to said winning passenger upon correct response from said winning passenger to said driver presenting said winning passenger with said automotive question from said selected question card, and wherein said driver upon selecting said single automotive license plate replica card utilizes a timing device to present said passengers with a preset time for developing as many of said words as possible, and further including a step of deciding an ultimate winner of said game upon a respective passenger attaining a predetermined point to total, and including the step of further playing of the game subsequent to a passenger attaining said preselected point total upon two or more passengers attaining said preselected point total simultaneously.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
355 words
A method of playing an education automotive game comprising the steps of, providing a playing board with a plurality of player positions designated passenger stations, a single player driver station, and an alphabet code translation station positioned centrally of said passenger and driver stations, and providing a plurality of automotive license plate replica cards with respective representative automotive license plate sides positioned face down on a designated area of the drive station, and providing a plurality of automotive question cards with an automotive related question set forth on one side of the question cards and said sides of said cards positioned face down on a further designated area of the driver station, and wherein a further step designates a first participant as a driver and at least a plurality of further participants are designated as passengers, and the driver subsequently selects a single automotive license plate replica card with a plurality of letters and a plurality of numerical digits thereon, wherein a further step requires each passenger to utilize the code translation station to translate the numerical digits into corresponding alphabetic letters, and a further step requires each passenger to subsequently develop as many words as possible from the collections of said plurality of letters and translated numerical digits; a further step requires said driver to subsequently select a question card and request a correct response from a winning passenger developing the greatest number of said words; and awarding a point to said winning passenger upon correct response from said winning passenger to said driver presenting said winning passenger with said automotive question from said selected question card, and wherein said driver upon selecting said single automotive license plate replica card utilizes a timing device to present said passengers with a preset time for developing as many of said words as possible, and further including a step of deciding an ultimate winner of said game upon a respective passenger attaining a predetermined point to total, and including the step of further playing of the game subsequent to a passenger attaining said preselected point total upon two or more passengers attaining said preselected point total simultaneously.
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