Patent ID: 7441779

Claim:
A game piece for capturing a spherical transfer object residing on a game board surface, comprising: a carrier body being axis-symmetric about a central axis, the carrier body having an upper end and a lower end and an inner wall extending downwardly and inwardly from proximate the upper end to proximate the lower end to form a substantially conical socket, the socket having a flexible entry opening proximate the lower end and an exit opening proximate the upper end, the entry opening and the exit opening being axis-symmetric about the central axis, the entry opening sized to allow the spherical transfer object to pass therethrough and into the socket when the entry opening is forced over the spherical transfer object, the inner wall having a first surface configured to support the spherical transfer object above the entry opening and a second surface opposite the first surface, the carrier body further having a substantially conical outer wall extending downwardly and outwardly from proximate the upper end to proximate the lower end and surrounding the inner wall to define a cavity between the second surface of the inner wall and the outer wall; wherein the cavity has a generally triangular cross-section such that the upper end of a second, similarly-configured game piece may nest substantially within the cavity of the carrier body.