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Hangman Game Apparatus

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Hangman Game Apparatus
Inventor James Grossi
Patent #4,012,044
Issued March 15, 1977

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Briefly, the aforementioned and other objects of the present invention are satisfied by providing a miniature three dimensional gallows including a platform having an operable trap door. A noose is suspended over the trap door and separate magnetically interconnectable human figure components, including head, torso, arm and leg representations are provided. The head is proportioned to be carried in the noose, so that a human figure, suspended from the noose can be constructed in steps from the components....

FIG. 1 is a pictorial presentation, generally in elevation of a gallows for the game of the present invention including a trap door;

FIG. 2 is a cross sectional elevational fragmentary view through the trap door in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view of a collection of human figure components for the game of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a spinner for the game of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a view of a collection of blocks for the game of the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a word list for the game of the present invention.

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