US Patent Issued on Aug. 11 for "Physical 3D chess cube with extended walls" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,917, issued on Aug. 11.

"Physical 3D chess cube with extended walls" was invented by Pawel Bodytko (Port Orange, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional chess apparatus comprising a cube-shaped board with extended walls along certain edges. The cube features a 4x4 checkerboard pattern on each face. Walls extend from edges where adjacent squares are the same color, acting as gameplay barriers and providing ground clearance for pieces on the bottom face. Chess pieces are designed to be shorter than these walls, allowing for stable placement and movement. The game includes Frontier and Crossroads variants affecting pawn ...