1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the game apparatus, and more particularly to the game apparatus with attachable game pieces played on the outer surfaces of the three-dimensional game structure.
2. Description of Related Art
Various board-type racing games have been developed in the past. U.S. Pat. No. 6,883,803 B1 issued to Barry on Apr. 26, 2005 discloses a two-dimensional tourist game board. U.S. Pat. No. 4,182,516 issued to Gill on Jan. 8, 1980 discloses a two-dimensional sailboat racing game. U.S. Pat. No. 3,871,656 issued to Selness on Mar. 18, 1975 discloses a two-dimensional sailing game apparatus. These games are two-dimensional planer games and did not suggest three-dimensional movement for game pieces on the three-dimensional game structure. The present invention is to produce a game in which the player can be challenged to race and capture the opponent's game piece on the transformable three-dimensional game structure.
The three-dimensional game apparatus which incorporate the concept of tic-tac-toe or checker type of games have been developed in the prior art wherein a series of two-dimensional playing surfaces are vertically arranged one above the other. So that game piece can be moved or arranged on a two-dimensional playing surface as well as between the playing surfaces. One such game apparatus is disclosed by Mahoney U.S. Pat. No. 3,464,701 on Sep. 2, 1969, wherein a series of horizontally disposed playing boards are vertically supported in parallel spaced relationship by a box-shaped frame.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,623,729 issued to Wetherell on Nov. 30, 1971 discloses a three-dimensional board game apparatus. U.S. Pat. No. 3,656,755 issued to Thompson on Apr. 18, 1972 discloses a three-dimensional checker game apparatus. U.S. Pat. No. 4,129,303 issued to Flagg on Dec. 12, 1978 discloses a cubic game board. Another three-dimensional game apparatus of the tic-tac-toe type is constructed with rods joined together to form a grid pattern in the shape of a cube. A three-dimensional tic-tac-toe game is played by arranging game pieces on selected horizontal runs of the grid pattern. A game apparatus of this type is disclosed by Green in U.S. Pat. No. 3,606,333 on Sep. 20, 1971.
Even though the prior art's innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, they would not be comparable for the purposes of the present invention as heretofore described.