US5129651A — Baseball board game and method of play

Claim 1

Independent Claim 115 words

A game for playing the game of baseball by teams comprising: a board having an area defined thereon representing a baseball field, said area being divided into a plurality of first sub-areas each represented by a different one of a first group of reference characters imprinted thereon; each of said first sub-areas being divided into a plurality of smaller second sub-areas with each second sub-area having imprinted thereon a reference character of a second group of reference characters; a first plurality of markers representing a plurality of players of each team; a separate marker representing a baseball; and random selection means comprising the second group of reference characters for determining various plays of the game.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 115 words

A game for playing the game of baseball by teams comprising: a board having an area defined thereon representing a baseball field, said area being divided into a plurality of first sub-areas each represented by a different one of a first group of reference characters imprinted thereon; each of said first sub-areas being divided into a plurality of smaller second sub-areas with each second sub-area having imprinted thereon a reference character of a second group of reference characters; a first plurality of markers representing a plurality of players of each team; a separate marker representing a baseball; and random selection means comprising the second group of reference characters for determining various plays of the game.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 145 words

A game for playing the game of baseball by teams comprising: a board having an area defined thereon representing a baseball field comprising an infield and an outfield, said areas being divided into a plurality of first sub-areas each represented by a different one of a first group of reference characters imprinted thereon; each of said sub-areas being divided into a plurality of smaller second sub-areas with each second sub-area having imprinted thereon two reference characters of a second group of reference characters with the first reference character being of a first color and the second reference character being of a second color different from the first color; a first plurality of marker representing a plurality of players of each team; a separate marker representing a baseball; and random selection means comprising the second group of reference characters for determining various plays of the game.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 145 words

A game for playing the game of baseball by teams comprising: a board having an area defined thereon representing a baseball field comprising an infield and an outfield, said areas being divided into a plurality of first sub-areas each represented by a different one of a first group of reference characters imprinted thereon; each of said sub-areas being divided into a plurality of smaller second sub-areas with each second sub-area having imprinted thereon two reference characters of a second group of reference characters with the first reference character being of a first color and the second reference character being of a second color different from the first color; a first plurality of marker representing a plurality of players of each team; a separate marker representing a baseball; and random selection means comprising the second group of reference characters for determining various plays of the game.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 162 words

A game for playing the game of baseball by teams comprising: a board having a substantially square area defined thereon representing a baseball field, said area being divided into a plurality of first square sub-areas each represented by a different single digit imprinted thereon, and each of said first sub-areas being divided into a plurality of smaller second sub-areas, the second sub-areas having imprinted thereon a two digit number with each digit being a numeral between "1" and "6" and the first digit of each number being of a first color and the second digit being of a second color different from the first color, the board having an area representative of an infield of the baseball field, said infield area being within one of the first sub-areas; plurality of markers representing a plurality of players of each team; a marker representing a baseball; and a plurality of six sided dice of various colors for determining the various plays of the game.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 162 words

A game for playing the game of baseball by teams comprising: a board having a substantially square area defined thereon representing a baseball field, said area being divided into a plurality of first square sub-areas each represented by a different single digit imprinted thereon, and each of said first sub-areas being divided into a plurality of smaller second sub-areas, the second sub-areas having imprinted thereon a two digit number with each digit being a numeral between "1" and "6" and the first digit of each number being of a first color and the second digit being of a second color different from the first color, the board having an area representative of an infield of the baseball field, said infield area being within one of the first sub-areas; plurality of markers representing a plurality of players of each team; a marker representing a baseball; and a plurality of six sided dice of various colors for determining the various plays of the game.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 84 words

The game of claim 3 in which the board further comprises a listing of different types of pitches along one edge of the baseball field and a group of two digit numbers under each of the types of pitches, each of said digits being between numerals "1" and "6" and the first of all the two digit numbers being of the same color and the second digit of all the two digit numbers being of a color different from that of the first digit.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 73 words

The game of claim 4 in which the board further comprises a plurality of groups of batting numbers along another edge of the baseball field, each of the batting numbers being of two digits with each digit being between "1" and 37 6" and the first digit of each number being of the same color and the second digit of each number being of a different color from that of the first digits.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 104 words

The game of claim 5 in which the board further comprises a list of fielding two digit numbers arranged in a plurality of rows with a single digit being at the beginning of each row, the number of rows being equal to the number of larger squares into which the baseball field is divided, each of the digits of the two digit numbers being from "1" to "6" with the first digit of all the two digit numbers being of the same color and the second digit of all the two digit numbers being of a different color from that of the first digit.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 22 words

The game of claim 6 in which the colors of the dice correspond with the colors of the digits on the board.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 41 words

The game of claim 7 in which the board is divided into nine first sub-areas arranged in rows and columns and imprinted with numerals "1" to "9⃡, respectively, and each of the first sub-areas is divided into thirty six second sub-areas.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 41 words

The game of claim 8 in which the two digit number in the second sub-areas of each of the first sub-areas correspond with every combination of the numbers on two of the dice and are randomly arranged in the second, sub-areas.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 58 words

The game of claim 9 in which the field has foul lines extending along two sides from a common corner and the first sub-areas extending along the foul lines extend beyond their respective foul line so that one row of the second sub-areas of each first sub-areas is outside the foul lines to represent a foul ball area.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 61 words

The game of claim 10 in which the board further comprises at least one additional row of small squares extending along the foul ball area second sub-areas, each of the additional squares having imprinted thereon a two digit number with the digits being between "1" and "6" and the rows of additional squares having the numeral "0" at one end thereof.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 42 words

The game of claim 11 in which the group of numbers under each type of pitch comprises sixteen different two digit numbers with some of the numbers having the same first digit and the other of the numbers having different first digits.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 53 words

The game of claim 12 in which in each of the groups of pitching numbers four of the numbers have the same first digit, four of the numbers have the same first digit which is different from the first digit of the other four numbers, and the remaining numbers have different first digits.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 18 words

The game of claim 13 in which each group of batting numbers comprises twelve different two digit numbers.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 31 words

The game of claim 14 in which each group of batting numbers comprises four additional two digit numbers with the additional numbers having a heading indicating a good or designated hitter.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 40 words

The game of claim 15 in which the fielding numbers are arranged in ten rows with the single digit at the beginning of each row being from numerals "0" to "9" and there being thirty four different two digit numbers.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 37 words

The game of claim 16 in which two of the rows contain six two digit numbers, three of the rows contain four two digit numbers and the other rows each contain two of the two digit numbers.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 33 words

The game of claim 17 in which the infield of the baseball field is in a first of the first square sub-areas at a corner of the junction of the two foul lines.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1995-07-14	1996-01-13	1996-07-14	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1999-07-14	2000-01-13	2000-07-14	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2003-07-14	2004-01-13	2004-07-14	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Baseball board game and method of play

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