EP1075862A1 - Mannschaftspielsatz und anthropomorphes Stück - Google Patents

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EP1075862A1
EP1075862A1 EP99830525A EP99830525A EP1075862A1 EP 1075862 A1 EP1075862 A1 EP 1075862A1 EP 99830525 A EP99830525 A EP 99830525A EP 99830525 A EP99830525 A EP 99830525A EP 1075862 A1 EP1075862 A1 EP 1075862A1
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Enrico Quercioli
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00028—Board games simulating indoor or outdoor sporting games, e.g. bowling, basketball, boxing, croquet, athletics, jeu de boules, darts, snooker, rodeo
    • A63F3/00041—Football, soccer or rugby board games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A63F2003/00716—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof
    • A63F2003/00719—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof with connections amongst the playing pieces or parts thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A63F2003/00832—Playing pieces with groups of playing pieces, each group having its own characteristic
    • A63F2003/00835—The characteristic being the colour
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/04—Dice; Dice-boxes; Mechanical dice-throwing devices
    • A63F9/0415—Details of dice, e.g. non-cuboid dice

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  • the present invention relates in general to table games and in particular to a team game set that can be used to simulate a match between a pair of opposing teams, for example a football, basketball, hockey, or rugby match or the like.
  • the invention relates to a team game set, characterized in that it includes in combination:
  • a team game set which is of a particularly simple and economical constitution and in which at least some of the game members can be both assembled and personalized by a user who can reproduce on them a coloration, so that the game is also capable of performing an educational function.
  • a further subject of the invention is an anthropomorphic piece for use in a team game set, characterized in that it comprises a body which substantially reproduces the shape of a player and which has, at the bottom, means for connection to a support base, the body being provided with a cover part which simulates a shirt and has a pair of faces, respectively front and back, the outer surface of which is prepared to be coloured by a user, the body and the support base of the piece and also the cover part of the body being produced from a sheet material, such as cardboard or the like.
  • any preferred coloration can be reproduced on the shirt of a piece, so that the user can exercise his imagination to design a coloration which is to his liking and can exercise his manual dexterity in carrying it out on the shirts of the pieces of his game team.
  • the cover part is removable from the body of the piece and comprises two substantially symmetrical halves, separated from each other by a fold line along which is defined an opening which is suitable for permitting the introduction of the head of the body of the piece so as to allow a respective cover part to be associated with the piece.
  • the cover parts thus become interchangeable on the various pieces.
  • the body has at the bottom a groove capable of allowing the insertion of the body in a cruciform arrangement in a corresponding groove formed in an upright part which protrudes from the support base, the body, in the state where the said two grooves are engaged in one another, being connected to the support base in a substantially resilient manner so that by deforming the body with respect to the support base about a general axis defined by said grooves, the body is subjected to a resilient return force sufficient to impart a movement to a movable game member resting on the support base.
  • a team game set according to the invention comprises a playing surface 1 which defines a field formed of two adjacent half-fields 1a, 1b, for example produced as two independent pieces of card or cardboard that can be brought next to each other, each of which is associated with a team.
  • a playing surface 1 which defines a field formed of two adjacent half-fields 1a, 1b, for example produced as two independent pieces of card or cardboard that can be brought next to each other, each of which is associated with a team.
  • the field of the surface 1 is bounded in particular by a perimeter line formed of a pair of opposed field base lines 3 and of a pair of likewise opposed side lines 5, which define at the respective points of intersection four corners 7 of the field.
  • a flag 9 produced from cardboard as a result of the assembly of a pole part, provided with a triangular flag, and a corresponding pedestal.
  • Each structure 19 is produced from a member shaped out of cardboard or similar material on which are arranged a plurality of creases which constitute predetermined fold lines, so that by folding the respective shaped member along the creases and fixing its parts to one another other by means of gluing or other known connection systems, for example, of the tab and slot type (not illustrated in the drawings), a three-dimensional structure is obtained that can rest in a stable manner on a surface.
  • the set includes a plurality of pieces 20 and 20a, the number of pieces illustrated in Figure 1 being purely an indication.
  • Each piece 20 or 20a is substantially anthropomorphic inasmuch as it reproduces diagrammatically and in two dimensions the appearance of a player or of a goalkeeper and comprises a body 27 of cardboard or the like on which is traced the shape of the player with the head 27b above the trunk and in proximity to the shoulders 27c, and from which an appendage 27a extends at the bottom.
  • the appendage 27a is intended to be introduced into a corresponding slot 29a defined in a support base 29, this also being of cardboard or similar material, having a substantially circular or elliptical shape of dimensions such as to be able to be contained within one of the squares 15 of the playing surface 1.
  • the tab 27a may in particular be fixed in the slot 29a by interference or by means of another known connection system, for example by means of gluing.
  • the body 27 has at the bottom a groove 27d parallel to its general axis.
  • the groove 27d is intended to be engaged in a cruciform arrangement in a corresponding groove 28a defined in an upright part 28 which extends upwards from the support base 29.
  • the part 28 is bounded by a cutting line 29b formed on the base 29 and by a linear base crease which allows the part 28 to be folded perpendicularly to the base 29 in order to obtain its configuration illustrated in the figures.
  • the grooves 27d and 28a When the grooves 27d and 28a are coupled to one another, they define a general axis about which the body 27 can rotate to a limited extent, causing a torsional elastic deformation of the part 28. On releasing the body 27 from the deformed state of the part 28, the body tends to return abruptly into a rest position which corresponds to the undeformed state of the part 28. If during its movement the body 27 meets an object arranged on top of the base 29 in the region of the radius of action of the body 27, the object is subjected to a sudden thrust which causes it to be moved away from the piece 20, as will be explained in more detail hereinafter.
  • each piece 20 is equipped with a cover part 30 which simulates a shirt for the player at the level of his trunk, and initially has a light or white outer surface of a material, for example, paper, suitable for receiving any coloration by a user, for example by means of common writing instruments such as felt-tipped pens or the like.
  • a cover part 30 which simulates a shirt for the player at the level of his trunk, and initially has a light or white outer surface of a material, for example, paper, suitable for receiving any coloration by a user, for example by means of common writing instruments such as felt-tipped pens or the like.
  • a square can be arranged for the inscription of the name of the player and/or an area for the indication of the number of the player himself (not illustrated in the figures).
  • the part 30 is preferably produced as an element separate from the body 27 so as to be removable from the body itself.
  • the part comprises two halves, a front portion 30a and a back portion 30b, substantially symmetrical and separated from each other by a fold line 32, for example defined by a corresponding crease.
  • An opening 34 for example of elliptical shape, wide enough to permit the head 27b of the piece 20 to be introduced into it, is formed in a central position with respect to the line 32 so that the part 30 folded along the line 32 can be arranged to rest on the shoulders 27c of the body 27 of the respective piece 20 so as to be associated with the body 27 in a substantially stable manner.
  • the set further includes a movable game member 21, that is, in the case of the football game, a disc of cardboard or similar material representing a ball.
  • the ball 21 has dimensions smaller than those of a square 15 so as to be able to be positioned within one of the squares of the surface 1 or rested temporarily on top of a portion of the support base 29 of one of the pieces 20, when the respective player is in possession of the ball.
  • the set further comprises a main dice 23, for example with six faces, bearing on the faces a plurality of symbols which identify a respective number, and an auxiliary dice 25, this also having for example six faces on which are represented respective graphic symbols, each of which corresponds to a possible state associated with a shot made with the ball 21, by a piece 20, towards a goal structure 19, for example a first state 25a of effective reaching of the goal structure 19 represented by a ball in the net, a second state 25b of stopping of the ball 21 by a goalkeeper 20a, and a third state 25c of missing of the goal structure 19 by the ball 21, represented by a flag similar to one of the flags 9.
  • a main dice 23 for example with six faces, bearing on the faces a plurality of symbols which identify a respective number
  • an auxiliary dice 25 this also having for example six faces on which are represented respective graphic symbols, each of which corresponds to a possible state associated with a shot made with the ball 21, by a piece 20, towards a goal structure 19, for example a first state 25a of effective reaching of
  • both the dice 23 and the dice 25 are also produced from a sheet material, for example cardboard, with the faces separated by crease lines, so as to be able to be assembled and, if required, coloured by a user by folding along the crease lines and then fixed, for example by gluing of their parts, in the assembled state.
  • a sheet material for example cardboard
  • the pieces 20, that is the players of the two teams are first positioned randomly or in an order pre-established by a rule, at the respective squares 15, and the ball 21 is for example arranged in a square 15 close to the centre of the playing field.
  • the users of the set then take turns by throwing the dice 23 and moving one of the pieces 20 of their own team and/or the ball 21 according to a sequence of moves which correspond to the number obtained with the dice 23 for that playing turn, for the purpose of trying to get the ball into the target structure 19 of the opposing team.
  • a shot at goal may be made with the ball 21 to try to score a point in the game.
  • the number obtained by throwing the dice 23 must be such as to permit the ball 21 to be brought within the structure 19 by avoiding the square 15 in which the goalkeeper 20a of the opposing team is located.
  • the auxiliary dice 25 can be used to verify that the target structure 19 has been effectively reached, or to verify the response of the opposing goalkeeper 20a to the shot made.
  • the phase of shooting the ball 21 towards a structure 19 or towards another piece 20 may be effected as shown diagrammatically in Figure 6, that is by resting the ball 21 on top of the base 29 and subjecting the upright part 28 to torsion by means of the application of rotation to the body 27 with respect to the base 29.
  • the latter will undergo a sudden movement owing to the resilient return of the part 28 towards its undeformed state, allowing the ball 21 to be struck, if the latter is correctly arranged in the radius of action of the body 27, and consequently bringing about the movement of the ball 21 on the playing surface 1.
  • a further piece (not illustrated in the figures) may be present which represents a referee and which may be moved by one or other of the users of the game at his own turn to obstruct the movements of the pieces 20 of the opposing team or of the ball 21.

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Cited By (2)

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WO2005113082A3 (en) * 2004-04-13 2005-12-22 Bertus Oelofse Rugby game
EP2620190A1 (de) * 2012-02-24 2013-07-31 Magic Box Int. Toys, S.L.U. Spielzeug mit umkehrbarer Basis

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CH281160A (de) * 1949-10-01 1952-02-29 Sora Hans Fussball-Würfelspiel.
FR1203540A (fr) * 1958-02-18 1960-01-19 Jeu de ballon de table
GB1203185A (en) * 1969-04-12 1970-08-26 Frank Henry Ernest Webb Apparatus for playing a competitive indoor game
US3899838A (en) * 1973-12-13 1975-08-19 John J Lalley Teaching aid
GB2181961A (en) * 1985-10-23 1987-05-07 Kevin Burrowes Board game apparatus
US5221084A (en) * 1992-04-28 1993-06-22 Tom Stelmach Board game simulating the play of football
US5224710A (en) * 1992-04-27 1993-07-06 Valery Feokhari Soccer game apparatus

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH281160A (de) * 1949-10-01 1952-02-29 Sora Hans Fussball-Würfelspiel.
FR1203540A (fr) * 1958-02-18 1960-01-19 Jeu de ballon de table
GB1203185A (en) * 1969-04-12 1970-08-26 Frank Henry Ernest Webb Apparatus for playing a competitive indoor game
US3899838A (en) * 1973-12-13 1975-08-19 John J Lalley Teaching aid
GB2181961A (en) * 1985-10-23 1987-05-07 Kevin Burrowes Board game apparatus
US5224710A (en) * 1992-04-27 1993-07-06 Valery Feokhari Soccer game apparatus
US5221084A (en) * 1992-04-28 1993-06-22 Tom Stelmach Board game simulating the play of football

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2005113082A3 (en) * 2004-04-13 2005-12-22 Bertus Oelofse Rugby game
EP2620190A1 (de) * 2012-02-24 2013-07-31 Magic Box Int. Toys, S.L.U. Spielzeug mit umkehrbarer Basis

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