Customizable Game Scoring Board with Interconnectable Segments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game boards are typically provided in fixed shapes, limiting their adaptability and configurability to suit different game requirements or player preferences.
Innovation Solution
A customizable game scoring board composed of interconnectable board segments, including straight and corner track segments, with track peg holes and connectors that allow for the formation of various shapes and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If game boards are provided in fixed shapes, then manufacturing and structure are simple, but adaptability and configurability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The game board is divided into multiple separate board segments that can be individually manufactured and then assembled together. Each segment contains standardized connection features (peg holes and tracks) that enable flexible configuration. This segmentation allows the board to be customized into different shapes and layouts while keeping individual segment manufacturing relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The board segments are designed with universal connection features that can be used across all segments. The standardized track and peg hole patterns allow the same segment design to be used in multiple different configurations and game types, providing multi-functionality and adaptability without requiring complex custom designs for each configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If game boards are made as single fixed pieces, then structural integrity is maintained, but flexibility and reconfigurability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the board into segments connected by standardized mechanical joints (tracks and pegs), the system achieves both reconfigurability and structural integrity. Each segment remains structurally sound on its own, and the connection features are designed to maintain stability when assembled, allowing the board to be taken apart and reconfigured while preserving the integrity of individual components.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system allows the board to transition between static stable configurations and dynamic reconfigurable states. The track and peg mechanism provides stable connections when assembled, but allows for easy disassembly and reconfiguration, enabling the board to adapt its structure dynamically based on game requirements while maintaining structural integrity in each configured state.
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AI summary
A customizable shape game scoring board device includes a plurality of board segments including an end segment and track segments. A top surface of each track segment has a plurality of track peg holes. The track peg holes in each track segment are arranged into a plurality of tracks extending across a top surface of the track segment. Track connectors are positioned on the connection faces of an the track segments. The track segments are arrangeable to define a series of joined track segments forming a plurality of tracks extending from an initial one of the track segments to a terminal one of the track segments. An end peg hole extends into an upper face of the end segment. An end connector is engageable to the track connector on a free one of the connection faces of the terminal segment.