Lewis G Long

US Patent:

20120126478, May 24, 2012

Filed:

Nov 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/373443

Inventors:

Lewis M.K. Long - Alexandria VA, US

International Classification:

A63F 3/02

US Classification:

273260

Abstract:

A game of chess or checkers played on a gameboard having a checkerboard pattern formed by alternating light and dark colored squares; and having a fully extended form (five vertical rows and eight horizontal rows) and a modified form (five vertical rows and six horizontal rows), wherein a first hinged mechanism and a second hinged mechanism are integral parts of the gameboard, and wherein the first hinged mechanism is located between a first horizontal row and a second horizontal row, and the second hinged mechanism is located between an eighth horizontal row and a seventh horizontal row.