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MAHJONG GAME SET
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Dec. 11, 2014
ABSTRACT
(71) Applicant: Pang-Ling HU, Taipei City (TW)
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Inventor.
Pang_Ling HU’ Taipei City (TW)
A mahj ong game set has a table and four mahj ong tile sets. A
tabletop of the table has a concaved surface and multiple tile
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holders; Wherein each tile holder has multiple tile standing
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recesses and multiple tile displaying recesses. Each mahjong
tile set has multiple mahjong tiles respectively having differ
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MAHJONG GAME SET
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a mahjong game set
and more particularly to a mahj ong game set having exercise
effect.
[0015] FIG. 6 is another operational view of the tile holder
of the table of the mahjong game set in FIG. 1, showing an
ending of a mahjong match.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
to be seated sedentarily and move very little for a long time
[0016] With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, a preferred embodi
ment of a mahjong game set in accordance with the present
invention comprises a table 10 and four mahjong tile sets.
[0017] With reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the table 10 is
square, and has a concaved surface 12 and four tile holders 13.
[0018] The concaved surface 12 is formed on a tabletop 11
ofthe table 10.
[0019] The four tile holders 13 are respectively mounted on
four sides of a table edge of the tabletop 11. Each tile holder
13 has twenty-seven tile standing recesses 131 and twenty
during a mahjong match.
[0006] In addition, some players throw mahj ong tiles hard
seven tile displaying recesses 132 formed on the tile holder
13. The tile displaying recesses 132 are formed between the
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] Mahjong game is a traditionally Chinese strategy
game having at least 144 mahjong tiles, and played by four
players seated around a table.
[0005]
When playing mahjong game, players are seated
around a table and draw or move mahj ong tiles with slight and
slow moving of the hands. Further, a complete mahjong
match usually takes several hours, which means players have
for entertainment as well as exercising. However, a tabletop
of a table for playing mahjong game is usually a smooth
plane. The mahjong tiles may slip out of the tabletop during a
mahjong match. With this concern, the players cannot throw
the mahjong tiles too hard, and the exercise effect is hence
limited
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007]
The main objective of the invention is to provide a
mahjong game set having exercise effect for players playing
mahjong matches with the mahjong game set.
[0008]
The mahjong game set comprises a table and four
mahjong tile sets; the table has a concaved surface formed on
a center of a tabletop of the table and also has multiple tile
holders; wherein each tile holder has multiple tile standing
tile standing recesses 131 and the table edge of the tabletop
11. The tile standing recesses 131 are formed at intervals and
arranged in a ?rst line. The tile displaying recesses 132 are
also formed at intervals and arranged in a second line. The
?rst line and the second line are parallel to each other. A
horizontal cross section of the tile standing recess 131 is
circular, and a horizontal cross section of the tile displaying
recesses 132 is oval.
[0020] Each mahjong tile set has twenty-seven mahjong
tiles 21 respectively having different pattern surfaces or char
acter surfaces. Each mahjong tile set includes nine circle
mahj ong tiles 21A, nine character mahjong tiles 21B and nine
bamboo mahjong tiles 21C. The nine circle mahjong tiles
21A of each mahjong tile set respectively have a pattern
surface, and the nine pattern surfaces respectively have one
circle, two circles, till sequentially up to nine circles. The nine
character mahjong tiles 21B of each mahj ong tile set respec
recesses and multiple tile displaying recesses concavely
formed on the tile holder; each mahjong tile set has multiple
tively have a character surface having a set of Chinese char
mahjong tiles respectively having different pattern surfaces
acters representing numerals sequentially from “ ‘5'? ”
or character surfaces, each mahjong tile is spherical and can
be placed in the concaved surface, the tile standing recess or
the tile displaying recess of the table.
thousand in English), till up to Chinese character “ 714% ”
[0009] When players play a mahjong match with the mah
jong game set, each player selects a mahjong tile and throws
includes one of the nine bamboo mahj ong tiles 21C having a
the selected mahj ong tile hard into the concaved surface of the
table. The spherical mahjong tiles roll in the concaved surface
and do not slip out of the table. The players get enough
(meaning ten thousand in English), “ LIT? ” (meaning twenty
(means ninety thousand in English). Each mahjong tile set
pattern surface having a bird and the other eight bamboo
mahj ong tiles 21C respectively having a pattern surface hav
ing sequentially two straight lines, three straight lines, till up
to nine straight lines. Each mahj ong tile is an oval sphere and
exercise from throwing the mahjong tiles during the mahjong
has the pattern surface or the character surface on a side of the
match so that the players feel comfortable even for a long time
mahj ong tile.
[0021] Four players are required for playing a mahjong
of sitting.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view ofa table ofa mahjong
game set in accordance with the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a top view ofthe table ofthe mahjong game
set in FIG. 1;
[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mahjong tile of the
mahjong game set in FIG. 1;
[0013] FIG. 4 is an operational view ofa tile holder of the
table of the mahjong game set in FIG. 1, showing an opening
of a mahjong match;
[0014] FIG. 5 is another operational view of the tile holder
of the table of the mahjong game set in FIG. 1, showing a
matching of a mahjong match; and
match with the mahjong game set in accordance with the
present invention. All the mahjong tiles 21 are put in an
opaque bag, and each player draws twenty-seven mahjong
tiles 21 from the bag until all the mahj ong tiles 21 are drawn
by the players. With further reference to FIG. 4, when a player
has three or four mahjong tiles 21 having the same pattern
surfaces or the same character surfaces, the player puts the
three or four mahjong tiles 21 with same pattern/character
surfaces respectively into the adjacent tile displaying recesses
132 of the tile holder 13 in front of the player. The horizontal
cross section of the tile displaying recess 132 is oval, such that
a mahjong tile 21 can lie in the tile displaying recess 132 and
a side of the mahjong tile 21 having a pattern surface or a
character surface faces upward to show the mahj ong tile 21 to
other players. The rest of the mahj ong tiles 21 are respectively
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put into the tile standing recesses 131. The horizontal cross
section of the tile standing recess 131 is circular, such that a
tern surfaces or character surfaces, each mahj ong tile is
mahjong tile 21 can be positioned upright in the tile standing
tile standing recess or the tile displaying recess of the
table.
2. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 1, wherein
each mahjong tile is an oval sphere; a horizontal cross section
of the tile standing recess is circular, and a horizontal cross
section of the tile displaying recesses is oval.
3. The mahj ong game set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
tile standing recesses are formed at intervals and arranged in
a ?rst line; the tile displaying recesses are formed at intervals
recess 131. Then the side of the mahjong tile 21 having the
pattern surface or the character surface faces to the player
such that the rest of the mahj ong tiles 21 are not seen by other
players.
[0022]
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 5, after all the mah
jong tiles 21 are sorted by the players, the mahjong match
starts. Each player selects one of his mahjong tiles 21 and
throws the selected mahjong tile 21 hard into the concaved
surface 12. All the players throw the selected mahj ong tile 21
in turn. When another player has two mahj ong tiles 21 having
the same pattern surfaces or the same character surfaces as the
thrown mahjong tile 21, the player can announce out loudly
“Pong” and draw the thrown mahjong tile 21. Then the player
puts the three same mahjong tiles 21 into his tile displaying
recesses 132, selects a mahjong tile 21 from his tile standing
recesses 131 and throws the selected mahjong tile 21 hard into
the concaved surface 12. Optionally, when another player has
three mahj ong tiles 21 having same pattern surfaces or char
acter surfaces as the thrown mahjong tile 21, the player can
announce out loudly “Kong” and draw the thrown mahjong
tile 21. Then the player puts the four same mahjong tiles 21
into his tile displaying recesses 132, selects a mahj ong tile 21
from his tile standing recesses 131 and throws the selected
mahjong tile 21 hard into the concaved surface 12. Then the
same process as above resumes again. With further reference
to FIG. 6, the above-mentioned process keeps going until one
player has no mahjong tile 21 in his tile standing recess 131
and wins the mahjong match.
[0023] In the process of the mahjong match using the mah
jong game set in accordance with the present invention, each
player has to throw the mahjong tiles 21 hard, such that the
spherical and can be placed in the concaved surface, the
and arranged in a second line; the ?rst line and the second line
are parallel to each other.
4. The mahj ong game set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the
tile standing recesses are formed at intervals and arranged in
a ?rst line; the tile displaying recesses are formed at intervals
and arranged in a second line; the ?rst line and the second line
are parallel to each other.
5. The mahj ong game set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
tile holders are mounted on a table edge of the tabletop.
6. The mahj ong game set as claimed in claim 2, wherein the
tile holders are mounted on a table edge of the tabletop.
7. The mahj ong game set as claimed in claim 4, wherein the
tile holders are mounted on a table edge of the tabletop.
8. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 1 comprising
four tile holders.
9. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 2 comprising
four tile holders.
10. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 7 compris
ing four tile holders.
11. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 1, wherein
each mahj ong tile set has twenty-seven mahj ong tiles.
12. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 2, wherein
each mahj ong tile set has twenty-seven mahj ong tiles
players get enough exercise from the process of the mahjong
13. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 10, wherein
match.
[0024] In other preferred embodiments of a mahj ong game
set in accordance with the present invention, a quantity of the
mahjong tiles of each mahjong tile set can be increased or
decreased, and the pattern surfaces or character surfaces of
the mahj ong tiles can also be changed under a premise that the
each mahjong tile set has twenty-seven mahjong tiles; each
tile holder has twenty-seven tile standing recesses and
twenty-seven tile displaying recesses.
14. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 11, wherein
each mahjong tile set includes nine circle mahjong tiles, nine
character mahjong tiles and nine bamboo mahjong tiles.
players can distinguish the mahjong tiles. The tile holders of
15. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 12, wherein
the table can be adjusted for two, three or more than four
players. The mahjong tile can be a sphere as long as the
each mahjong tile set includes nine circle mahjong tiles, nine
character mahjong tiles and nine bamboo mahjong tiles.
mahjong tile can roll in the concaved surface of the table.
[0025] Even though numerous characteristics and advan
tages of the present invention have been set forth in the
foregoing description, together with details of the structure
and features of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative
only. Changes may be made in the details, especially in mat
ters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the prin
ciples of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad
general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims
are expressed.
What is claimed is:
1. A mahj ong game set having exercise effect comprising:
a table having
a concaved surface formed on a center of a tabletop of
the table; and
multiple tile holders; wherein each tile holder has mul
tiple tile standing recesses and multiple tile displaying
recesses concavely formed on the tile holder; and
four mahjong tile sets; wherein each mahj ong tile set has
multiple mahjong tiles respectively having different pat
16. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 13, wherein
each mahjong tile set includes nine circle mahjong tiles, nine
character mahjong tiles and nine bamboo mahjong tiles.
17. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 14, wherein
the nine circle mahjong tiles of each mahj ong tile set respec
tively have a pattern surface, the nine pattern surfaces respec
tively having one circle, two circles, till sequentially up to
nine circles; the nine character mahj ong tiles of each mahj ong
tile set respectively have a character surface having a set of
Chinese characters representing numerals sequentially from
ten thousand, twenty thousand, till up to ninety thousand;
each mahj ong tile set includes one of the nine bamboo mah
jong tiles having a pattern surface having a bird and the other
eight bamboo mahjong tiles respectively having a pattern
surface having sequentially two straight lines, three straight
lines, till up to nine straight lines.
18. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 15, wherein
the nine circle mahjong tiles of each mahj ong tile set respec
tively have a pattern surface, the nine pattern surfaces respec
tively having one circle, two circles, till sequentially up to
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nine circles; the nine character mahjong tiles of each mahjong
tile set respectively have a character surface having a set of
Chinese characters representing numerals sequentially from
ten thousand, twenty thousand, till up to ninety thousand;
each mahj ong tile set includes one of the nine bamboo mah
jong tiles having a pattern surface having a bird and the other
eight bamboo mahjong tiles respectively having a pattern
surface having sequentially two straight lines, three straight
lines, till up to nine straight lines.
19. The mahjong game set as claimed in claim 16, wherein
the nine circle mahjong tiles of each mahj ong tile set respec
tively have a pattern surface, the nine pattern surfaces respec
tively having one circle, two circles, till sequentially up to
nine circles; the nine character mahjong tiles of each mahjong
tile set respectively have a character surface having a set of
Chinese characters representing numerals sequentially from
ten thousand, two thousand, till up to ninety thousand; each
mahjong tile set includes one of the nine bamboo mahjong
tiles having a pattern surface having a bird and the other eight
bamboo mahjong tiles respectively having a pattern surface
sequentially having two straight lines, three straight lines, till
up to nine straight lines.
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