Patent ID: 6382627
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A multi-level game board apparatus, comprising:a plurality of transparent, planar game boards each having a plurality of marker seats arranged in a pattern for selectively receiving a series of game markers, each game board having a peripheral edge; a plurality of support shaft assemblies extending at spaced intervals through the peripheral edges of the game boards to secure the game boards together, the game boards and support shaft assemblies being movable between an upright, deployed position in which the game boards are horizontal and each support shaft assembly is in a vertically extended position holding the game boards apart at a first vertical spacing, and a collapsed, storage position in which each support shaft assembly is collapsed downwardly between each adjacent pair of boards to allow the boards to move closer together; a locking device for releasably securing the boards together with the support shaft assemblies collapsed in the collapsed, storage position; and each support shaft assembly including a biasing device for biasing the support shaft assembly into the vertically extended position to move the game boards automatically into the vertically spaced, deployed position when the locking device is released.