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tower: 3D chess platform

a chess platform and tower technology, applied in the field of toys & games, can solve the problem of no tabletop apparatus available for playing true 3d, and achieve the effect of lack of versatility or variety

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-02
FOURCELL KENNETH
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[0005]Because there is no tabletop apparatus for playing 3D chess, I decided to create one. Unlike prior art devices—with their fixed levels, widely spaced tiers, and lacks versatility or variety; my invention stands a mere three and a half feet tall, has e

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There are many 3D chess variants, but the majority of these games and ideas exist solely for the internet, today there is no tabletop apparatus available for playing true 3D.

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[0030]An apparatus for holding a number of chess boards in a vertical stacked array simulating a three dimensional playing environment, this apparatus has seventeen interlocking, interchangeable, rotating and revolving parts: consisting of one (1) base, (see FIG. 4a), eight (8) arms (see FIG. 4b), and eight (8) platforms (see FIG. 4c). Each of these sixteen parts socket together (see FIG. 3). When fully assembled the apparatus will form a tower three and a half to four feet tall, with eight rotating and revolving platform, (see FIG. 2) each of these eight platforms will hold a chessboard (see FIG. 4d)of varying designs and sizes (including a custom design clear acrylic chessboard with alternating raised squares) up to 0.25″×20.″×20.″

[0031]Assembly of the device is simple and requires no tools or skill: first find a flat solid surface on which to place the base on, (see FIG. 4a) find one of the eight (8) arms (see FIG. 4b). Insert the hub end “dowel side” of the arm (see FIG. G / g2) i...

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Whereas prior art inventions had sets with widely spaced and fixed boards, this invention—for playing chess and its variants in the third dimension; has seventeen interlocking, interchangeable, rotating, revolving parts. When fully constructed the several parts forms a tower with eight interlocking, rotating, revolving tiers no more than three and a half to four feet in height, each tier is design to hold a custom design clear acrylic chessboard with alternating raised squares of varying styles and design measuring up to 20.″×20.″×0.25; moreover, the basic rules of three dimensional / multilevel chess.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention is in the field of toys & games. It is an apparatus for playing chess and its variants in the third dimension, more over; figurines, knick-knacks, curios, and music boxes can also be display on this apparatus.[0002]Three-dimensional chess is not a new concept, for instance, Raumschach (German for space chess) is one of the oldest three-dimensional chess variants and has survived until present times. Herr Doktor Ferdinand Maack invented Raumschach in 1907. Maack first experimented with an 8×8×8 array but later determined that a 5×5×5 array yields a better game. Maack founded a Raumschach club in Hamburg in 1919, which remained active until the Second World War.[0003]Probably the most familiar 3D chess variants is tri-dimensional chess, which was popularized by the star, trek TV series.[0004]There are many 3D chess variants, but the majority of these games and ideas exist solely for the internet, today there is no tabletop apparatus avai...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F3/02A63F9/00A63F11/00
CPCA63F9/00A63F3/02
Inventor FOURCELL, KENNETH
Owner FOURCELL KENNETH