Holder for game pieces

Abstract

A holder assembly has magnetic contact engaging material on the backs of the playing pieces and compatible magnetic contact engaging material on an obverse face of a piece holder adapted to rest upon a planar support. Varieties of hand grips are employed to protrude from the reverse face of the piece holder. Each grip is contoured to afford an easy grip to a player, especially those handicapped by arthritis or other hand crippling diseases. The grip is configured to seat the holder at an angle on the planar support and to enable a player to view comfortably the held pieces. The pieces may be laid face down on the support and the holder then contacting them enables the pieces to be erected in order in front of the player. When the magnetic contact engaging material comprises magnets on the backs of the playing pieces and the compatible magnetic contact engaging material comprises iron on the holder, the pieces can be placed and played onto an iron playing board in a secure, non-slidable manner.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A game piece holder assembly adapted to be rested upon a planar support and adapted to receive a multiplicity of flat game pieces each having opposed faces with at least one game indicium on one of the game piece faces and a first contact-engaging medium on the other of the game piece faces, a planar holder having opposed surfaces and a second contact-engaging medium on one of said holder surfaces which is adapted to engage the first contact engaging medium of each of said game pieces, wherein one of said game pieces and said holder contact-engaging media includes a magnet and the other of said game pieces and said holder contact-engaging media includes an iron plate to engage and hold the pieces to the holder. 
     
     
         2 . The game piece holder assembly according to  claim 1  wherein said game pieces include said magnet medium and said holder includes said iron plate medium. 
     
     
         3 . The game piece holder assembly according to  claim 1  wherein said game pieces include said iron plate medium and said holder includes said magnet medium. 
     
     
         4 . The game piece holder assembly according to  claim 1  wherein said planar holder has opposite holder plate upper and lower edges and a reverse face, and further including an hand grip affixed to said reverse face of said holder plate, said hand grip being secured to said reverse plate face such that the plane of said plate is at an angle to rest upon said planar support and to support the game pieces for viewing by a user. 
     
     
         5 . The game piece holder assembly in accordance with  claim 4  wherein said hand grip projects from said reverse plate face such that a point of said grip end remote from said reverse plate face is displaced from the plane of said holder plate lower edge such that the obverse face of said holder plate is canted with respect to said support surface when said holder assembly rests on said support. 
     
     
         6 . The game piece holder assembly in accordance with  claim 5  wherein said hand grip comprises a rearwardly extending portion which is so dimensioned as to enable the viewing of the game pieces by the user. 
     
     
         7 . The game piece holder assembly in accordance with  claim 6  wherein said hand grip has a U-shaped configuration with a user thumb-engaging inner part. 
     
     
         8 . The game piece holder assembly in accordance with  claim 6  where in said hand grip has an opening for the user's fingers and an upper portion for the player's thumb.