U.S. patent application number 11/621156 was filed with the patent office on 2008-07-10 for ba-gua game disk.
Invention is credited to Fu-Bin Lin, Ju-Hsun Yang.
Application Number | 20080164656 11/621156 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39593589 |
Filed Date | 2008-07-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080164656 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yang; Ju-Hsun ; et
al. |
July 10, 2008 |
BA-GUA GAME DISK
Abstract
A Ba-Gua game disk includes a disk having a flat dice area and a
Ba-Gua area surrounding the dice area, a transparent enclosure
placed on top of the disk and composed of an outer cover enclosing
the Ba-Qua area of the disk and an inner cover integrally formed
with the outer cover to enclose the dice area so as to separate the
dice area from the Ba-Gua area, a dice movably and rotatably
received in the dice area to randomly indicate a numeral from one
to six and a ball movably received in the Ba-Gua area to be
randomly rested on a corresponding one of the sections such that
combination of location of the ball and the numeral of the dice
represents a meaning.
Inventors: |
Yang; Ju-Hsun; (Taichung,
TW) ; Lin; Fu-Bin; (Taichung, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
Suite 500, 1101 14th Street
Washington
DC
20005
US
|
Family ID: |
39593589 |
Appl. No.: |
11/621156 |
Filed: |
January 9, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
273/243 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 9/181 20130101;
A63F 9/0406 20130101; A63F 7/048 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
273/243 |
International
Class: |
A63F 3/00 20060101
A63F003/00 |
Claims
1. A Ba-Gua game disk comprising: a disk having a flat dice area
and a Ba-Gua area surrounding the dice area and being inclined
relative to the dice area, the Ba-Gua area being divided into eight
sections respectively representing Qian (), Dui (), Li (), Zhen (),
Kun (), Gen (), Kan () and Xun (); a transparent enclosure placed
on top of the disk and composed of an outer cover enclosing the
Ba-Gua area of the disk and an inner cover integrally formed with
the outer cover to enclose the dice area so as to separate the dice
area from the Ba-Qua area; a dice movably and rotatably received in
the dice area to randomly indicate a numeral from one to six; and a
ball movably received in the Ba-Gua area to be randomly rested on a
corresponding one of the sections such that combination of location
of the ball and the numeral of the dice represents a meaning.
2. The Ba-Qua game disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein an annular
slit is defined at a joint between the dice area and the Ba-Gua
area to receive therein a bottom periphery of the inner cover.
3. The Ba-Gua game disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Ba-Gua
area has a conical outer face inclined relative to the dice area
and an annular belt formed between the dice area and the Ba-Gua
area such that the ball is able to move in the Ba-Gua area and
stops at a location of the annular belt.
4. The Ba-Gua game disk as claimed in claim 2, wherein the Ba-Gua
area has a conical outer face inclined relative to the dice area
and an annular belt formed between the dice area and the Ba-Gua
area such that the ball is able to move in the Ba-Gua area and
stops at a location of the annular belt.
5. The Ba-Gua game disk as claimed in claim 3, wherein the eight
sections, Qian (), Dui (), Li (), Zhen (), Kun (), Gen () Kan ()
and Xun () are formed by eight bars formed on and slightly
protruding out of the conical outer face of the Ba-Gua area.
6. The Ba-Gua game disk as claimed in claim 4, wherein the eight
sections, Qian (), Dui (), Li (), Zhen (), Kun (), Gen (), Kan ()
and Xun () are formed by eight bars formed on and slightly
protruding out of the conical outer face of the Ba-Gua area.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a game disk, and more
particularly to a Ba-Gua (Eight-trigram) game disk for
self-divination and home entertainment.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Yi-Jing (The Book of Changes) and Ba-Gua (Eight-trigram) are
both ancient Chinese heritage. Yi-Jing, Ba-Gua is related to two
(Yi) divinations evolving to four (Xiang) divinations, four (Xiang)
divinations to eight (Fang) divinations, eight (Fang) divinations
to sixteen (Xing) divinations, sixteen (Xing) divinations to
twenty-four (Jie) divinations, twenty-four (Jie) divinations to
thirty-two (Qi) divinations, thirty-two (Qi) divinations to forty
(Wei) divinations, forty (Wei) divinations to forty-eight (Zhu)
divinations, forty-eight (Zhu) divinations to fifty-six (Chi)
divinations and fifty-six (Chi) divinations to sixty-four (Cheng)
divinations. The mysterious principles of Yi-Jing and Ba-Gua tell
the Yin-Yang (Moon & Sun) of the Chinese mythology and the
eternal recycle of all forms. Yi-Jing and Ba-Gua is the most
commonly used method in augury. However, the knowledge involved is
so profound and so vast that no one is able to grasp the essence of
it within a short period of time. There is no shortcut to learning
to master and interpret symbols of Yi-Jing and Ba-Gua. An expert is
needed when interpretation of divinatory symbols is required, which
is quite troublesome and annoyed.
[0005] To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to
provide an improved eight-trigram game disk to mitigate the
aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
an eight-trigram game disk to allow the player to easily grasp the
meaning of the divinatory symbols shown from the game disk of the
present invention The principle of the game disk is entirely based
on forty-eight primary divinations of Yi-Jing Chi-Men (Mysterious
Gate). That is, the divinations of the game disk of the present
invention have eight primary divinations, i.e. Qian is Heaven, Dui
is Marsh, Li is Fire, Zhen is Thunder, Kun is Earth, Gen is
Mountain, Kan is Water and Xun is Wind
[0007] In order to accomplish the aforementioned objective, the
game disk of the present invention has a disk divided into a dice
area and a Ba-Gua area surrounding the dice area and composed of
Qian (), Dui (), Li (), Zhen (), Kun (), Gen (), Kan () and Xun ().
A transparent enclosure attached on top of the disk and has an
inner cover centrally extending from an inner periphery of the
transparent enclosure to cover the dice area such that the Ba-Gua
area is separated from the dice area by the inner cover. A dice is
movably received in the dice area and a ball is received in the
Ba-Gua area such that with assistance of a reference book, the
player is able to easily tell the meaning of what the locations of
the dice and the ball indicate.
[0008] Other objects, advantages and novel features of the
invention will become more apparent from the following detailed
description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the game disk of the present
invention;
[0010] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the game disk with
the transparent enclosure is moved away from the disk;
[0011] FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view by taking line 3-3 of FIG.
1;
[0012] FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the operational procedure
of the game disk of the present invention;
[0013] FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the interpretation of the
divination of the game disk of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the interpretation of the
second divination of the game disk of the present invention;
[0015] FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the interpretation of the
third divination of the game disk of the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the interpretation of the
fourth divination of the game disk of the present invention;
and
[0017] FIG. 9 is a comparison reference chart for Ba-Gua and
possibility.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0018] With reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, it is noted that the
eight-trigram game disk in accordance with the present invention
includes a disk (10), a dice (20), a ball (30) and a transparent
enclosure (40).
[0019] The disk (10) has a centrally formed flat dice area (11) and
a Ba-Gua area (12) both formed on a top face of the disk. The disk
(10) has a flat bottom face so that the disk (10) is able to be
firmly placed on a surface. The dice area (11) is parallel relative
to the bottom face and the Ba-Gua area (12) is inclined relative to
the dice area (11). That is the Ba-Gua area (12) has a conical
outer face and is divided into eight sections (120), namely Qian
(), Dui (), Li (), Zhen (), Kun (), Gen () Kan () and Xun () by
eight bars (121) formed on and slightly protruding out of the
conical outer face of the Ba-Gua area (12). An annular belt (101)
is sandwiched between the dice area (11) and the Ba-Gua area (12).
An annular slit (100) is defined at a joint between the dice area
(11) and the annular belt (101).
[0020] The dice (20) is a cube and has six faces each designated
with a numeral from 1.about.6. The ball (30) is able to roll on the
conical outer face of the Ba-Gua area (12) and eventually received
in one of the eight sections (120).
[0021] The transparent enclosure (40) is placed on top of the disk
(10) to enclose the entire top face of the disk (10). The
transparent enclosure (40) is composed of an inner 8 cover (41)
corresponding to the dice area (11) and an outer cover (42)
integrally formed with the inner cover (41) and corresponding to
the Ba-Gua area (12). Therefore, when the transparent enclosure
(40) of the present invention is placed on top of the disk (10)
after the dice (20) is received in the dice area (11) and the ball
(30) is rested on the annular belt (101), a bottom periphery (410)
of the inner cover (41) is received in the annular slit (100) and
the outer cover (42) is able to connect to an outer periphery of
the Ba-Gua area (12) to entirely enclose the dice area (11) and the
Ba-Gua area (12) such that the dice (11) is retained within an area
defined by the inner cover (41) and the ball (30) is limited within
the B a-Gua area (12) and eventually stopped on top of the annular
belt (101).
[0022] With reference to FIG. 4, when playing the game disk, a
player holds the game disk of the present invention and shakes the
game disk to move the dice (20) as well as the ball (30). After the
dice (20) and the ball (30) stop, the player is able to look up the
indication of the number shown on the dice (20) and the location
where the ball (30) stops from a reference book (90) as shown in
FIGS. 5-7.
[0023] A reference book (90) should at least contain forty-eight
pages. However, only four pages are shown for reference. Each page
of the reference book (90) contains at least a divinatory symbol
column (91) on the top left of the page, an interpretation column
(96) on the top right of the page, a wishing column (92) at the
bottom left of the divinatory symbol column (91) and the
interpretation column (96), a male index (94) and a female index
(93) at the bottom right of the divinatory symbol column (91) and
the interpretation column (96), wherein the wishing column (92) is
categorized into a business column, a fortune column, love affair
column, a health column, schooling column and travelling column.
Each column under the wishing column (92) is again divided into an
index description column (95) containing a short description of
each index, because each divinatory symbol represents different
meanings when it comes to gender.
[0024] Explanation of how the game disk is played is provided as
followings. After shaking the disk (10) and the disk (10) is placed
on a surface, e.g., the ground and the ball (30) stops at Qian ()
with the dice (20) showing the reference numeral 1 (one point), the
player checks the reference book (90) to look for the same
divinatory symbol column (91) at the top left of the pages. If the
player is a female wishing to know how she is doing in the
business, the divinatory symbol Qian 1 ( 1) is designated with the
wishing index numeral six (6), the player is advised not to be
proud of something achieved in the business. If the player is a
male wishing to know show he is doing in the business, the
divinatory symbol Qian 1 ( 1) is designated with the wishing index
which represents that the player is advised not to carry away from
something achieved in the business.
[0025] From the foregoing description, it is quite simple and easy
for the player to play the game disk of the present invention. With
the interpretation of the reference book (90), there is not need
for an expert to interpret the meaning of the divinatory symbol and
the game disk of the present invention can be played by multiple
players simultaneously.
[0026] Despite the Ba-Gua fortune telling game, the game disk of
the present invention can also be used to guess what numeral will
appear on the dice (20), as shown in the A section, at what
divinatory symbol will the ball (30) stops, as shown in the B
section and what the combination of the locations of both the dice
(20) and the ball (30) will represent, as shown in the C
section.
[0027] It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous
characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been
set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of
the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is
illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in
matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the
principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the
broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are
expressed.
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