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Board game apparatus for the teaching of financial management principles

Patent 5071135 Issued on December 10, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 12, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

2666644

2693961

3539189

Board game
Patent #: 4915391
Issued on: 04/10/1990
Inventor: Aharonian

Board game apparatus Patent #: 4936589
Issued on: 06/26/1990
Inventor: Sinclair

Inventor

Application

No. 537052 filed on 06/12/1990

US Classes:

273/256Property or commodity transactions

Examiners

Primary: Layno, Benjamin H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A63F 003/00

Abstract

A board game is disclosed which includes a game board having a peripheral playing path divided into several fields. The fields represents opportunities to buy or sell housing or stock, personal expenses to be paid, and salary to be received. The playing path is represented as one calendar year, and the fields are grouped into the four financial quarters of the year, wherein each side of the board represents a financial quarter. The game further includes game pieces representing housing and stock, tokens, dice for determining movement of the tokens along the path, and simulated currency. Also included are returns tables having indexed monetary amounts. The dice randomly selects a monetary amount and this amount is added to the value of an investment, adjusting its value. The game involves players buying and selling stocks and housing, paying personal expenses, rent and taxes, and receiving income. The object being to build the greatest financial worth.

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