2nd Inventors' Olympiad - GENIUS 2000 Budapest, Virtual Exhibition

Registry number: A/2-275 Category: A/2 Country: Hungary
Game of skill
The invention
  • The problem to be solved:
    Games of skilles, where game elements being on each other have to be taken away, like MAROKKO or JENGA, require too much skilles from little children (3 - 6 years of age).
  • Definition:
    The solution is a game of skill, the game elements of which are balls of same diameter. The balls are deposited disorderly on a flat surface so, that most of them touch each other. The balls have to be got together one by one by means of tongs without removing other balls.
  • Presentation:
    The game consists of stocks and balls of same diameter as many as fill up the stocks. For example triangular stocks and a black and seven-seven white and red balls can be use. The balls are table-tennis balls.

    The stocks consists of a frame and a bottom element clamped by studs. The internal contour of the frame is essentially conform to the tangential curve of the group of balls. The bottom element is a thin solid sheet, its shape is conform to the outer contour of the frame. The studs are a bit shorter than the diameter of balls in particular so that the internal flange of the frame touches the balls being adjacent to it. The stocks is cut in two halves by a dividing plane. The dividing plane lies on a bisectrix of the stocks and it is perpendicular to the bottom element. The halves of stocks are coupled together at the side cut through by means of a small hinge structure, meanwhile with a lock structure at the tip cut in half. A catching basket is mounted on each halves of stocks at the tip cut in half. Slopes are formed on the two halves of the bottom element in the neighbourhoud of the catching basket, those slopes tilt to lower flate of the bottom element.

    The essence of the game is the balls overturned from the stocks on a flat surface have to be picked up one by one by means of the stocks, meanwhile other balls mustn't be moved. The game is played by two players one of them has to collect the red balls and the other the white ones. If the player moves another ball too, the game is the other players turn. The player, who collected his own balls first can pick up the black one. The winner is, who can collect up the black ball.

  • Application: Toy
  • Advantages:
    Taking away of balls touching each other requires also the manual skill. However balls can take their place only in a single plate, so they stand stably. Therefor little children's skill level is enough for playing.
  • Stage of development: The product is in the phase of developement
  • Documentation available: not
The inventor(s)
  • Name(s): József CSORBA

  • Self introduction:
The protection
  • Form: patent application (HU - P 98 00504)
  • Priority: 09.03.19958
  • Countries where it is force: Hungary
Business intention: Utilizing the intellectual product through sale or licence agreement.
Contact
  • Name: József CSORBA
  • E-mail: walach.zsigmond@bkik.hu
  • Fax:
  • Phone: +361- 277-28-76
  • Address: H - 1213 Budapest, XXI. Királyerdő u. 140., Hungary