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Game box with multiple boards and doorRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Board Games, Pieces, Or Boards ThereforGame box with multiple boards and door description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060273506, Game box with multiple boards and door. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED DISCLOSURES [0001] This invention relates to previous disclosures as follows: [0002] 1) Disclosure Document No. 457733 filed Jun. 14, 1999; Title of Invention: Game Box. [0003] 2) Disclosure Document No. 483231 filed Nov. 27, 2000; Title Of Invention: Snap Box. [0004] 3) Disclosure Document No. 509439 filed Apr. 9, 2002; Title of Invention: Round Door. [0005] 4) Provisional Patent Application No. 60/577,830; filing date: Jun. 8, 2004; Title of Invention: Snap Box. [0006] 5) Provisional Patent Application No. 60/580,595; filing date: Jun. 17, 2004; Title of Invention: Game Box. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0007] This invention relates to a hollow cube box of any size which may be used for any purpose including temporary buildings or building components, storage compartments, storage box, packaging, table, chair, a board game box painted or otherwise marked with the designs of multiple game boards with game pieces stored inside, or any other purpose utilizing a highly stable hollow cube box which can be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0008] A small number of inventions have included a means of combining flat panels to form a hollow cube box without the use of glue, nails, screws, or other conventional fastening devices and which can be easily assembled and disassembled. See for example Spetner U.S. Pat. No. 4,053,192 and Gracia Pub. No.: US 2004/0173610 A 1. [0009] Each of these inventions produces a hollow cube box which is not symmetrical in all dimensions. Each of these inventions requires panels of different design or shape to produce the resulting hollow cube box. The present invention allows the use of six identical and interchangeable flat panels to produce a three-dimensional symmetrical hollow cube box. [0010] Additionally, Gracia, Pub. No. US 2004/0173610 A 1 requires two of the six panels to be formed and not flat. The present invention utilizes six completely flat panels altered only with two parallel grooves in each panel. [0011] Additionally Spetner, U.S. Pat. No. 4,053,192 requires a number of "corner rails" and numerous screws or fastening devices. The present invention requires nothing more than six identical panels each with two parallel grooves on one side. In the preferred embodiment the invention utilizes a single removable key to facilitate assembly and disassembly as described more fully below. [0012] As a result, the present invention is A) relatively inexpensive to manufacture; B) relatively easy to assemble; and C) very stable. [0013] Many inventions have sought to combine one or more games, including board games, with a storage area for the game pieces and/or the game boards. Many of these inventions have required game boards or playing surfaces which are either stacked, overlaid, hinged, folding and/or pivoting. See for example: Lackner, U.S. Pat. No. 716,435,; Zimmerman, U.S. Pat. No. 2,102,449; Stice U.S. Pat. No. 3,563,624; Blumenaus U.S. Pat. No. 3,800,429; Lewis, U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,374; Hemmann U.S. Pat. No. 4,811,954; Yu et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,145,185; and Rizzo, U.S. Pat. No. 5,209,487. Some have utilized separate game modules in combination. See for example Saiz U.S. Pat. No. 5,303,930. At least one invention utilizes a pulley system to lower a game board into a box. See Wolfe, U.S. Pat. No. 6,766,747. [0014] The present invention eliminates all of these devices. When assembled, the present invention requires no moving parts. In the preferred embodiment the invention when assembled has only one moving part: the door. As a result the present invention is A) very simple and easy to use; B) relatively inexpensive to manufacture; and C) very stable and durable. [0015] Other advantages of the present invention are: [0016] 1) As many as six different game boards can be included on one box. [0017] 2) The box can be assembled, disassembled and reassembled very quickly and easily without the use of any adhesives or any fasteners of any kind except two screws. [0018] 3) All six games can be played simultaneously when the box is disassembled. [0019] 4) The game boards appear on the outside of the box providing a unique decorative aspect of the invention [0020] 5) In the preferred embodiment the size of the box permits the storage of game pieces for the six game boards on the box as well as many additional games and pieces. [0021] 6) In the preferred embodiment the invention may also be used as a chair or table. [0022] 7) The invention may also be embodied in sizes much larger or much smaller than the preferred embodiment and used for purposes unrelated to games or furniture. Such purposes might include temporary buildings or building components; storage compartments, packaging, or any other purpose using a highly stable and durable hollow cube box. [0023] For convenience I will use the following definitions in this disclosure: [0024] 1) PANEL. One of six rectangular sides of a hollow cube box. Each panel contains two grooves on the inside surface as described FIGS. 2, 3 and 4. [0025] 2) STANDARD PANEL. A panel which has NOT been modified to accept either a key or a door. [0026] 3) KEY PANEL. A standard panel which has been modified to accept a key. [0027] 4) DOOR PANEL. A standard panel which has been modified to accept a door. [0028] 5) KEY. A relatively thin narrow strip of metal or other durable material the removal of which allows the complete disassembly of the hollow cube box. [0029] 6) OUTSIDE SURFACE. The surface of a panel facing the exterior of a hollow cube box when assembled. [0030] 7) INSIDE SURFACE. The surface of a panel facing the interior of the hollow cube box when assembled. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0031] Six rectangular panels made of a rigid material such as plywood or plastic or metal each have 2 parallel U-shaped grooves close to the edge of two opposite edges on the same side. The other two edges of each panel are inserted into the grooves on other panels. Five such standard panels will combine to form a hollow cube box with one side open. One edge of the sixth panel is inserted into one of the two remaining open grooves. The opposite edge of the sixth panel is modified by cutting away the edge by an amount equal to the depth of a groove but slightly longer than the groove. The amount cut away is replaced by a removable key equal in size and dimensions to what is cut from the panel. The key is inserted into the last remaining open groove. The key panel is then made flush with the key and the key is fastened to the key panel with two screws, one on each end where the key extends beyond the ends of the groove. The result is a six sided hollow cube box held together with only two screws and a series of 12 grooves. The box is very stable. [0032] One of the six panels can be modified to accept a door for access into the interior of the box. The door panel can be combined with the key panel. [0033] All dimensions of the panels can vary depending on the purpose for which the box will be used and the desired overall size of the box and depending on the thickness of the material used. The dimensions of the six panels must all be identical except for modifications made to the key panel and the door panel. [0034] The outside surface of each panel can be painted or otherwise marked with the design of a board game. The design of all six panels when assembled results in a rail-like protrusion of the exposed edges of each panel beyond the outside surface of adjoining panels. These railings cause the outside surface of the bottom panel to be raised up off of the floor thereby preventing damage to the bottom game board. The box is turned over to position the desired game on top for playing. Game pieces and other games can be stored inside the box [0035] The box can also be used for any purpose including temporary buildings or building components, storage compartments, storage box, packaging, table, chair, or any other purpose using a highly stable and durable hollow cube box of any size which can be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0036] FIG. 1 is the outside surface of a standard panel. [0037] FIG. 2 is the inside surface of a standard panel. [0038] FIG. 3 is a side elevation of a standard panel. Continue reading about Game box with multiple boards and door... Full patent description for Game box with multiple boards and door Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Game box with multiple boards and door patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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