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Title: Peg board game apparatus and method of playing games therewith
Claims: What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 1. A method of playing a game by at least two players using a peg board having at least one peg projecting therefrom and at least one game piece having a peg receiving aperture and a gripping portion capable of being grasped between human toes, said method comprising the steps of: (a) one player grasping said game piece by said gripping portion between the toes of one foot and moving said game piece from a first position off said peg; (b) said player transferring said game piece to the toes of another player; and (c) said other player moving said game piece to a second position with said peg projecting through said aperture. 2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said peg board is spaced from a supporting surface with a clearance space therebelow and said other player is positioned on the opposite side of said peg board from said first named player, said method including the step of: (a) said first named player placing said game piece gripping foot under said peg board before transferring said game piece to said other player. 3. A game apparatus comprising: (a) a game piece having a base with a side, an aperture extending through said base, and a toe gripping portion projecting from said base; (b) a peg board comprising: (1) a center panel having opposite surfaces, a lower edge, and opposite side edges, (2) a wing panel having opposite surfaces, a lower edge, and opposite side edges, (3) hinge means joining one of said wing panel side edges to one of said center panel side edges for pivoting said wing panel between a fully open position and a closed position with said wing panel in covering relation to one of said center panel surfaces, and (4) each of said panels having a plurality of pegs projecting from at least one surface thereof, each of said pegs being receivable through said game piece aperture for selectively supporting said game piece; and (c) means for limiting said pivoting to an obtuse angle. 4. The game apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein said means for limiting said pivoting includes: (a) a bevel on said one center panel side edge; and (b) an abutment surface on said one wing panel side edge and engageable with said center panel bevel. 5. A game apparatus comprising: (a) a game piece having a base with a side, an aperture extending through said side, and a toe gripping portion projecting from said base; (b) a peg board including a pair of panels, each panel having opposite surfaces and side edges; (c) hinge means joining one side edge of each of said panels together for pivoting said panels between a fully open position and a closed position with one panel in covering relation to the other panel; and (d) a plurality of pegs on each of the surfaces of said panels which are facing when said panels are in said closed position, each of said pegs being receivable through said game piece aperture; and (e) said pegs being of such length and relative position whereby the pegs on one panel abut corresponding pegs on the other panel when said panels are in said closed position. 6. A game apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of game pieces, each game piece having a base with a side, an aperture extending through said side, and a toe gripping portion projecting from said base; (b) a peg board including a center panel and a pair of wing panels, each of said panels having opposite surfaces, a lower edge, and opposite side edges; (c) hinge means joining one side edge of each wing panel to one of said center panel side edges for pivoting each wing panel between a fully open position and a closed position with said wing panel in covering relation to one of said center panel surfaces; and (d) a plurality of pegs projecting from both of said center panel surfaces and from one surface of each of said wing panels, each of said pegs being receivable through the aperture of one of said game pieces. 7. The game apparatus as set forth in claim 6 wherein said pegs on said wing panel surfaces are on the surface of each wing panel which faces one of said center panel surfaces when said wing panel is in said closed position. 8. The game apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein said center panel pegs and said wing panel pegs are of such a length and have such relative positions that pegs on each wing panel abut corresponding pegs on said center panel when said wing panel is pivoted into said closed position. 9. The game apparatus as set forth in claim 6 wherein: (a) said center panel has a pair of legs extending from the lower edge thereof; and (b) said wing panel has a leg extending from the lower edge thereof. Other info: Inventors: DeMent, Jr., Hill D. (Fort Scott, KS, US) Application Number: 765828 Filing Date: 1977-02-04 Publication_date: 1978-09-05 Assignee: Primary Class(es): 273/440 273/282.3, 273/285, 273/287, 273/289, 273/447, 434/258, 482/79 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
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