Patent ID: 7287751

Claim:
A barrier game display unit for instructing on educational concepts through the use of a set of magnetic playing pieces and associated game sheets comprising: a first display side interconnected with a second display side and each having a magnetized panel for mounting the magnetic playing pieces; a retaining frame disposed around a peripheral edge of said magnetized panel on said first and second display sides defining a retaining channel between said magnetized panel and said retaining frame for receiving and retaining the game sheets; a game sheet receiving slot formed in said retaining frame defining an opening continuous with said retaining channel for inserting the game sheets through said retaining frame and into said retaining channel and withdrawing the game sheets from said retaining channel; and, a first mating hinge element carried on a rear of said first display side having a receiving channel, and a second mating hinge element having a projecting member complementary to said receiving channel for engaging said receiving channel being carried on a rear of said second display side cooperating with said first mating element to pivotally attach said first display side to said second display side for moving said display sides between a folded configuration for transport and an unfolded configuration for use; and, a first base panel hingedly attached directly to a rear of said first display side through interconnecting mating elements; and a second base panel hingedly attached directly to a rear of said second display side through interconnecting mating elements; wherein said first base panel and said second base panel are of equally dimensioned and said first base panel is pivotally connected to said second base panel, and wherein said first and second base panels have an unfolded configuration separating said first and second display sides to support the unit in a triangular upright position, and a folded configuration wherein said first and second display sides are drawn together in a collapsed arrangement for transport and said first and second base panels remain interconnected and disposed between said first and second display sides.