US5328188A
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Magnetic board game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-05-11
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Granted: 1994-07-12
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Expires: 2013-05-11
Abstract
Abstract A game having a magnetically permeable game board areas, each of the areas having a magnet associated therewith and a plurality of magnetic game pieces to be propelled by a player by a repeller toward the game board in an effort to position the magnetic game piece over an area having the highest scoring value associated therewith.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory R. Brotz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 20:29
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B67/00; A63B67/06; A63B67/14; A63F; A63F9/00; A63F9/02; A63F9/0204; A63F9/0208; A63F9/34; A63F3/00; A63F3/00173; A63F3/00574; A63F2003/0063; A63F3/00697; A63F2003/00716; A63F2003/00719; A63F2003/00738; A63F2009/0295
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
268 words
A method for playing a game by a player comprising the steps of: providing a game board formed of magnetic field permeable material and a plurality of magnetic game pieces, said game board having a surface with a plurality of adjoining areas defined on said surface with each of said areas having a magnet of the same or different polarity and each of said areas having a scoring value associated therewith; propelling a first magnetic game piece onto the surface of said game board, the game piece being attracted to one of said areas and landing thereon; propelling a series of additional magnetic game pieces onto said game board so that said additional game pieces are each attracted to and land on one of said areas whether or not already occupied by one or more of the previously propelled game pieces, with those game pieces landing on an already occupied area stacking on the one or more game pieces already occupying said area, the stacking of game pieces in an area of a given scoring value increasing the score of any player to a degree grater than would occur without stacking of the game pieces; attracting game pieces of different polarities to selected ones of said areas; repelling game pieces from said areas of like polarities and causing said repelled game pieces to travel to other ones of said areas of the game board or to other game pieces of opposite polarity to same game piece; and causing movement of other game pieces already on the game board by the attraction or repulsion to said repelled game pieces.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
268 words
A method for playing a game by a player comprising the steps of: providing a game board formed of magnetic field permeable material and a plurality of magnetic game pieces, said game board having a surface with a plurality of adjoining areas defined on said surface with each of said areas having a magnet of the same or different polarity and each of said areas having a scoring value associated therewith; propelling a first magnetic game piece onto the surface of said game board, the game piece being attracted to one of said areas and landing thereon; propelling a series of additional magnetic game pieces onto said game board so that said additional game pieces are each attracted to and land on one of said areas whether or not already occupied by one or more of the previously propelled game pieces, with those game pieces landing on an already occupied area stacking on the one or more game pieces already occupying said area, the stacking of game pieces in an area of a given scoring value increasing the score of any player to a degree grater than would occur without stacking of the game pieces; attracting game pieces of different polarities to selected ones of said areas; repelling game pieces from said areas of like polarities and causing said repelled game pieces to travel to other ones of said areas of the game board or to other game pieces of opposite polarity to same game piece; and causing movement of other game pieces already on the game board by the attraction or repulsion to said repelled game pieces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
174 words
A game for two or more players comprising: a game board of magnetic field permeable material having a surface area and a plurality of adjacent areas defined on said surface, each of said areas having a scoring value associated therewith; a plurality of magnets each disposed under one of said areas; a plurality of magnetic game pieces each having different indicia for each player; and means to propel one of said plurality of magnetic game piece by a player toward said game board such that in a first mode said magnetic game piece is attracted by magnetic attraction to one of said areas and positions itself over the magnet beneath said area and in a second mode said magnetic game piece is attached by magnetic attraction to a magnetic game piece previously positioned over one of said areas with said magnetic game pieces stackable on one another by magnetic attraction wherein the player having the most magnetic game pieces stacked over the areas with the highest scoring values being the winner of the game.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
174 words
A game for two or more players comprising: a game board of magnetic field permeable material having a surface area and a plurality of adjacent areas defined on said surface, each of said areas having a scoring value associated therewith; a plurality of magnets each disposed under one of said areas; a plurality of magnetic game pieces each having different indicia for each player; and means to propel one of said plurality of magnetic game piece by a player toward said game board such that in a first mode said magnetic game piece is attracted by magnetic attraction to one of said areas and positions itself over the magnet beneath said area and in a second mode said magnetic game piece is attached by magnetic attraction to a magnetic game piece previously positioned over one of said areas with said magnetic game pieces stackable on one another by magnetic attraction wherein the player having the most magnetic game pieces stacked over the areas with the highest scoring values being the winner of the game.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The game of claim 2 wherein said magnets under said areas are of different polarities.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The game of claim 3 wherein said areas are formed of segments of magnetic sheet material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The game of claim 4 wherein said sheets of magnetic material are formed in concentric rings.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The game of claim 2 further including at least one adjacent area of a non-magnetic ferrous material.
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