US3815911A - Racing tops - Google Patents
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- a racing top game which includes an inl l PP 223,141 clined playing surface upon which a plurality of spinning tops may be launched, and a peripheral barrier 52 us. Cl 273/86 c, 273/108, 46/67 extending upwardly fmm Playing Surface 511 1111.01. A63f 9/14 retainfhe t0PS the Surface' The barrier has a [58] Field of Search.
- the present invention relates to a top game and more particularly to a game in which tops can be raced from one end of a playing surface to another.
- Top games have been previously proposed in which an individual top is launched on a playing surface to knock over individual pins or balls supported on the playing surface, with the object of the game being for each individual player to accumulate the most points" based on the number of objects knocked down by his top.
- Such games are normally played with one top on the playing surface at any given moment so that only the single top knocks down the pins or the like, which thereafter must be reset for the turn of the next player.
- Such games do not lend themselves to simultaneous play by individual players, such that the tops of each player will be simultaneously competing against each other towards a given objective.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a game in which a plurality of tops may be simultaneously launched and raced along a playing surface.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a racing top game in which a plurality of tops are simultaneously launched at one end of a playing surface and raced along the playing surface to a finish line.
- the racing top game includes an inclined playing surface having upper and lower opposed end portions with a peripheral barrier wall extending upwardly from the playing surface.
- the barrier wall has a plurality of top launching stations formed therein at the upper end of the playing surface and a top discharge passage at the lower end of the playing surface through which individual tops may pass. This discharge passage forms a finish line for the racing tops.
- the tops are initially placed in the launching stations by the players and spinning is initiated in any convenient manner so that the individual tops are substantially simultaneously launched from the launching stations onto the playing surface.
- the tops will gravitate towards the lower end of the inclined playing surface and the first top through the discharge passageway formed at the lower end of the surface in the peripheral wall is the winner" of the game.
- a plurality of upwardly extending rigid obstacles are formed on the playing surface in order to obstruct passage of tops from the launching station to the discharge end. Additional obstacles are formed on the inner surface of the peripheral wall. The obstacles will deflect the tops in their path of travel from the launching stations to the discharge end of the playing surface so as to add excitement to the game and uncertainty as to which of the tops will ultimately be the first to cross the finish line and pass through the discharge end of the playing surface.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a racing top game constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention and showing a top in position to be launched and a plurality of previously launched tops moving along the playing surface;
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an elongated sectional view taken along lines 33 of FIG. 1 showing a top in position at a launching station;
- FIG. 4 is a view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 3.
- a racing top game 10 embodying the present invention, as shown therein, includes a playing surface 12 along which a plurality of tops l4, l6, l8, and 20 move during play of the game.
- Playing surface 12 is bounded by a peripheral wall 22 which extends generally vertically upwardly from the playing surface to prevent tops l420 from moving off the playing surface except at the end 24 thereof, as more fully described hereinafter.
- Wall 22 includes a peripheral outer flange 26 which forms a rim about the game and to which a pair of legs 28 (only one of which is seen in the drawing) are secured on opposite sides of the playing surface for supporting playing surface 12 in an inclined configuration. Legs 28 are received in and frictionally engaged within hollow cylindrical sleeves 30 at opposite sides of the uppermost end 32 of playing surface 12 to support the playing surface in a stable configuration. These legs can be removed from sleeves 30 for storage of the game.
- a plurality of launching stations 34 are formed in peripheral wall 22 adjacent the end 32 of playing surface 12 and tops launched at these stations will spin along surface 12 towards the lower end 24 thereof.
- Barrier wall 22 forms a discharge passage 36 at the lower end of the playing surface between the spaced ends 37 of a pair of converging wall portions 38.
- Discharge passageway 36 forms a finish line for the tops raced along playing surface 12.
- Playing surface 12 and peripheral barrier wall 22 are integrally molded from a plastic material in a one piece construction, with playing surface 12 having a plurality of vertically extending obstacles formed therein.
- These obstacles can take a number of various configurations, although preferably, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the obstacles include one or more groups of frustroconical members 40 positioned in spaced arrays with respect to each other.
- one or more chevron shaped walls 42 are provided with their apices 44 directed towards the upper end of playing surface 12. It is noted that apices of chevrons 42 are pointed towards launching stations 34 so that tops striking the chevrons will be deflected outwardly therefrom and will not become caught or hung up in the chevron.
- the obstacles utilized in the game are spaced a sufficient distance from one another so that it is not possible for any of the tops to become hung up or stopped between two obstacles. Thus, a clear path of travel is provided around all of the obstacles placed on the playing surface.
- Wall 22 also is provided with obstacles to cause further deflections of tops spinning on surface 12.
- a plurality of generally triangularly shaped wall extensions 48 are formed on the inner surface 50 to serve as additional obstacles.
- frustroconical members 40 and ends 46 of chevron shaped walls 44 may be fluted or serrated at their upper portions. These flutes or serrations will tend to slow down the spinning motion of the tops and cause a random deflection thereof.
- tops moving along surface 12 from upper end 32 thereof towards the finish line or passageway 36 will be deflected upon engagement with the obstacles 40, 42 along their path of travel.
- the deflection of the tops is purely random and depends upon the angle at which the tops strike the obstacles.
- Each top will therefore be deflected along a different path of travel so that the time taken for the tops to traverse playing surface 12 will vary, normally with one of the tops in FIG. 1) reaching the finish line before the others and thereby winning the race.
- the upper end 32 of playing surface 12 has a generally semi-circular peripheral edge from which the wall 22 extends.
- Top launching stations 34 are formed in this portion of wall 22 and are molded integrally therewith. Stations 34 include a flat shouldered portion 52 located in spaced parallel relation to playing surface 12 and extend outwardly therefrom. Shoulder 52 provides a seat for the stem 54 of a top placed in the launching station.
- Wall 22, at each of the stations 34 includes arcuate wall portions 56 located in vertical spaced relation to each other to define an opening 58 therebetween. This opening permits the insertion of an operating member or the like for initiating spinning of the top at the launching station.
- the structure of the top and the device for launching the top may take any configuration desired, for example a string wound about the stem 54 of the top
- the stem 54 of each top is provided with a spur gear 60 formed integrally therewith and located on the stem to be in position adjacent the opening 58 when the top is seated on shoulder 52 of the launching station.
- Stems 54 include an enlarged annular boss 62 which provides an annular surface 64 adapted to be engaged with upper annular wall section 56, as seen in FIG. 3, to hold the top in a vertical position when it is placed at the launching station and to provide a bearing surface against upper wall portion 56 and the top as the latter is rotated in the launching station.
- a rack or launching member 66 is provided having a plurality of teeth 68 formed thereon that are adapted to be engaged with the teeth 70 of spur gear 60.
- Each of the racks (only one of which is shown in the drawing) is provided with a handle 72 which permits the rack to be pulled outwardly of playing surface 12 in the direction indicated by the arrows in FIGS. 3 and 4.
- an individual top is placed in one or more of the launching stations 34, with an individual rack 72 engaged therewith in the manner described above.
- the tops 14-20 will then traverse playing surface 12, being deflected along their random path of travel by the various obstacles on or adjacent the playing surface and one of the tops will ultimately be the first to pass through passage 36, thereby crossing the finish line and winning the game.
- the tops are again placed in the launching stations for a new race. The races can continue until one of the players has won a predetermined number of races.
- each of the tops and the launchers 72 may be formed of a different color in order to provide identity between the tops and the players.
- a top game in which a plurality of players may simultaneously participate by spinning their tops on a single playing surface.
- the play is affected by the obstacles on the playing surface providing a random motion to each of the tops upon engagement with the obstacles and also by the manner in which the tops are launched. That is, the faster the rack 72 is pulled from the launching station, the more annular velocity the top launched will be given so that it will move at a faster rate along the playing surface.
- a top game comprising a flat playing surface having upper and lower end portions and a peripheral barrier wall extending upwardly therefrom and means for supporting said playing surface in an inclined configuration sloping from said upper end portion to said lower end portion, said barrier wall having a plurality of independent top launching stations integrally formed therein at the upper end of said playing surface, and a top discharge passage at the lower end of said playing surface, a plurality of tops, independent means for separately initiating spinning of said tops at the respective launching stations, and a plurality of rigid obstacles extending upwardly from said playing surface, in spaced relation to each other, for obstructing passage of tops from said launching stations to said discharge passage whereby tops independently launched at said respective launching stations and moving down said inclined playing surface towards said discharge passage are deflected along their paths of travel by engagement with said rigid obstacles.
- said upper end portion of said playing surface has a generally simicircular periphery and said plurality of independent launching stations are located in arcuate spaced relation to each other in the portion of said peripheral barrier wall extending along said semi-circular upper end portion of said playing surface, whereby said tops are adapted to be independently launched at said respective launching stations along angularly related paths of travel.
- peripheral barrier wall has-a plurality of integral rigid obstacle wall portions extending inwardly thereof into said playing surface.
- said rigid obstacles extending upwardly from said playing surface comprise a plurality of frustoconical members located in spaced relation to each other on said surface and at least two chevron-shaped wall members whose apices are directed towards the upper end of said playing surface.
- said supporting means comprises at least two leg members operatively connected to said playing surface at the upper end thereof to support said surface in said inclined configuration.
- each of said tops includes a supporting stem and said launching stations each comprise a flat shoulder formed in said peripheral wall and extending outwardly from said playing surface in substantially parallel spaced relation to said surface, said shoulder constituting a launching platform upon which the stem of a top is seated during initiation of spinningvthereof.
- peripheral wall has a pair of spaced arcuate wall portions adjacent each of said launching platforms, defining an opening therebetween through which said means for spinning a top on the launching platform extends during initiation of spinning.
- each of said tops has an enlarged annular boss formed thereon cooperating with the uppermost of said arcuate wall portions when its associated top is on said launching platform to hold said top in a vertical configuration during the initiation of spinning thereof.
- each of said top stems has an annular spur gear formed thereon below said annular boss and said means for initiating launching comprises an elongated rack gear.
- peripheral wall at the lower end portion of said playing surface includes a pair of converging wall portions having spaced end portions defining said discharge passage and opening towards said upper end portion of the playing surface.
- a top game comprising a relatively flat inclined playing surface having opposed upper and lower end portions, a peripheral barrier wall extending upwardly from said surface and having a plurality of independent top launching stations formed intergrally therein at the upper end portion of said playing surface and, a discharge passage forrned therein at the lower end thereof, said upper end portion of said playing surface having a generally semicircular periphery and said plurality of independent launching stations being located in arcuate spaced relation to each other in the portion of said peripheral barrier wall extending along said semicircular upper end portion of said playing surface, whereby said tops are adapted to be independently launched at said respective launching stations along angularly related paths to travel; a plurality of rigid obstacles extending upwardly from said playing surface, said rigid obstacles comprising a-plurality of frusto-conical their path of travel by said obstacles to achieve a random discharge of tops from said playing surface; said peripheral barrier wall having a plurality of integral obstacle wall portions extending inwardly thereof into said playing surface; and a pluralit
- peripheral wall at the lower end of said playing surface includes a pair of converging wall portions having spaced end portions defining said discharge passage and opening towards said upper end of the playing surface.
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