Mounted game board

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9789386-B2
Application number	US-201314046812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2013
Priority date	Oct 5, 2012
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A game board assembly is disclosed herein. The game board assembly includes a foldable game board and a plurality of mounts. The foldable game board has a main portion and a plurality of peripheral edge portions that surround the main portion. The game board has a planar configuration where the main portion and the plurality of peripheral edge portions are positioned to be substantially co-planar with one another. The peripheral edge portions are selectively foldable to be non-planar with respect to the main portion. The mounts are each configured to engage the game board in the planar configuration. The mounts are configured to releaseably mount to a surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A game board assembly, comprising:
a foldable game board having a main portion and a plurality of peripheral edge portions that surround the main portion, the game board having a planar configuration wherein the main portion and the plurality of peripheral edge portions are positioned to be substantially co-planar with one another, wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are selectively foldable to be non-planar with respect to the main portion; and, wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are predefined and join the main portion of the game board
a plurality of mounts that are each configured, when the game board is in the planar configuration, to engage both (i) the game board and (ii) a mounting surface that is separate and distinct from both the plurality of mounts and the game board, the plurality of mounts each being configured to be releasably mounted to the mounting surface, wherein the plurality of mounts each include opposed first and second surfaces, the first and second surfaces being parallel to each other and having a gap therebetween to define a slot that is configured to releasably receive a portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions when the game board is in the planar configuration such that, when received in the slot, the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions is parallel to the first and second surfaces.

2. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are selectively foldable along an edge portion of the game board.

3. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mounts and the plurality of peripheral edge portions of the game board cooperate together when the game board is in the first planar configuration in order to create an outer periphery of the game board assembly.

4. The game board assembly of claim 3 , wherein the outer periphery is one of generally square, generally hexagonal, and generally rectangular.

5. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions cooperate with one another to create corner openings located along an outer periphery of the game board when the game board is in the planar configuration, each of the corner openings being configured to receive one of the plurality of mounts.

6. The game board assembly of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of mounts are configured to be received within the corner openings.

7. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second surfaces includes raised ridges configured to grip the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions when the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions is inserted into the slot.

8. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mounts are releaseably attached to the mounting surface by an adhesive.

9. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of mounts includes a container.

10. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of a surface of the game board is a non-permanent writing surface.

11. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the game board is constructed from a ferromagnetic material and a plurality of game tokens are constructed from a permanent magnet such that the game tokens are releaseably secured to the game board.

12. The game board assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mounts each includes a plurality of edges, and the slot extends along at least a portion of each of the plurality of edges.

13. The game board assembly of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of edges includes five edges.

14. The game board assembly of claim 12 , wherein the container includes a plurality of side walls and a bottom wall, each side wall of the plurality of side walls includes an edge that is attached to, or formed with, a different edge of the bottom wall.

15. The game board assembly of claim 14 , wherein the container is along a front surface of the at least one of the plurality of mounts and is external to the slot.

16. A game board assembly, comprising:
a foldable game board having:
a main portion having edge portions, and
a plurality of peripheral edge portions that surround and join the main portion at the edge portions, the plurality of peripheral edge portions having side edges, wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are predefined,
wherein the game board includes a planar configuration in which the main portion and the plurality of peripheral edge portions are positioned to be substantially co-planar with one another, and a non-planar configuration in which the plurality of peripheral edge portions are folded along the edge portions of the game board to be non-planar with respect to the main portion; and

a plurality of mounts that are each configured, when the game board is in the planar configuration, to (i) engage at least two of the plurality of peripheral edge portions and (ii) releaseably mount the game board to a mounting surface that is separate and distinct from the game board, wherein the plurality of mounts and the game board cooperate together when the game board is in the planar configuration in order to create an outer periphery, wherein the plurality of mounts each include a slot that is configured to releasably receive a portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions and an inner surface located within the slot includes raised ridges configured to grip the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions when the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions is inserted into the slot,
wherein the side edges of the plurality of peripheral edge portions define corner openings therebetween when the game board is in the planar configuration, the corner openings being located along the outer periphery of the game board, and
wherein the side edges of the plurality of peripheral edge portions are no longer co-planar with respect to the main portion when the game board is in the non-planar configuration, and the outer periphery is reduced when the game board is in the non-planar configuration.

17. The game board assembly of claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of mounts are configured to be received within the corner openings.

Assignees

• Mattel Inc

Inventors

• Yu Brian
• Saddler Damon
• James Paul

Classifications

• A63F2009/0645

  for erasing a felt pen · CPC title

• A63F3/0023

  Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards (A63F3/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A63F2003/0063

  Magnetic · CPC title

• A63F2003/00536

  Adhesive · CPC title

• A63F2003/00514

  Rim or side edge with storing space for objects, e.g. unused playing pieces · CPC title