{
  "patent_number": "US 3454279",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How the Game Twister Works",
  "original_title": "Apparatus for playing a game wherein the players constitute the game pieces",
  "summary": "A 1966 patent for a floor-based game where players use their own bodies as game pieces on a mat with colored circles.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a game mat featuring a grid of colored circles arranged in rows and columns. A spinner determines which body part—left hand, right hand, left foot, or right foot—a player must place on a specific color. The players themselves act as the game pieces, maneuvering their bodies to occupy the designated spots without falling or touching the mat with other parts of their bodies.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover games played on a board with physical figurines or tokens.",
    "Does not cover digital or video game versions of the concept.",
    "Does not cover the specific color arrangement or the exact number of circles on the mat."
  ],
  "filed": "1966-04-14",
  "granted": "1969-07-08",
  "expires": "1986-07-08",
  "status": "expired",
  "holder": "Milton Bradley Co",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/milton-bradley-co",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Charles F Foley",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/charles-f-foley"
    },
    {
      "name": "Neil W Rabens",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/neil-w-rabens"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 23,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": null,
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3454279/twister-game",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3454279/twister-game/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US3454279",
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