Patents by Inventor Nigel Gordon Backhurst

Nigel Gordon Backhurst has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4026557
    Abstract: A game apparatus comprises a board and playing pieces. The pieces comprise two differently colored sets. The board comprises a game zone having paths defined thereon and a central zone within the game zone. There are three sets of paths. A first set includes at least five endless paths in an expanding series from an inner endless path of the series to an outer endless path of the series. A second set includes at least five direct paths which extend directly outwards from the inner endless path to the outer endles path so that points of intersection are defined where the direct paths intersect the endless paths. A third set of at least five oblique paths form an expanding concentric series in which each path extends obliquely outwards beginning at one of the points of intersection between the inner endless path and a direct path to one of the points of intersection between the outer endless path and a direct path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Inventors: Paul Antony Hammet LeBrun, Nigel Gordon Backhurst