CN1964765B - Modified multi-level table game apparatus and method - Google Patents

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CN1964765B
CN1964765B CN2005800185539A CN200580018553A CN1964765B CN 1964765 B CN1964765 B CN 1964765B CN 2005800185539 A CN2005800185539 A CN 2005800185539A CN 200580018553 A CN200580018553 A CN 200580018553A CN 1964765 B CN1964765 B CN 1964765B
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    • A63F2007/0047Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks played on a table from all sides, e.g. marble games simulating pool, snooker or billiards
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    • A63F2007/3666Rolling boards with a plurality of playing surfaces, e.g. on different levels

Abstract

An improved multi level game table (100) and method of playing three dimensional games such as a pool where the improvements (136) include upward level change of game piece without the use of moving parts. Further improvements directed to the playing surface and game piece control are also taught, so that any game play may be modified and the skill of player challenged and game play enhanced.

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Improved multi-level table game apparatus and method
Related application
The application requires the priority of identical inventor at the U.S. Provisional Application 60/583,194 of submission on June 25th, 2004, and this provisional application integral body is incorporated herein by reference.
Background technology
The present invention relates to be used in for example improved multi-level table game apparatus and the method in the match of billiard ball of Board Game for example.At United States Patent (USP) 6,712, this apparatus and method of several forms are disclosed in 710.At United States Patent (USP) 6,712, device shown is the multistage recreation that is used for billiard ball in 710, the level that this multistage game table ball has the game piece of two or more cardinal principle levels to support play surface or support with stacked relation, their each intervals are enough far to allow the player to move to apply to game piece along described surface near lower surface.Each surface can have one or more and receive bag.Pipeline extends so that the path between this adjacent surface to be provided at adjacent surface place between the bag.In a kind of form of device, provide from this intermediate surface path up and down with the pipeline that bag links to each other in middle play surface with three or more play surface.These pipelines comprise guide plate, and guide plate interacts with part in entering the bag of aiming at these pipelines, thereby part is directed to high surfaces or low surface, and this depends on the speed of part except other factors.United States Patent (USP) 6,712, disclosed equipment provides baffle plate or so-called " penetrating plate (shooter) " in 710: moving-member can be operated with auxiliary billiard ball and rise or drop to another match level from a match level.This baffle plate places the pipeline that connects play surface.Desirable is that this table for game keeps multistage match operation and the needs of elimination moving-member.
Summary of the invention
Put it briefly, in this device shown is the multistage recreation of improvement that is used for billiard ball or similar recreation, described multistage recreation has the game piece support play surface of two or more cardinal principle levels or the level that supports with stacked relation, and their each intervals are enough far to allow the player to move to apply to game piece along described surface near lower surface.Each surface can have one or more and receive bag.Pipeline extends so that the path between this adjacent surface to be provided at adjacent surface place between the bag.In a kind of form of device, provide from this intermediate surface path up and down with the pipeline that bag links to each other in middle play surface with three or more play surface.These pipelines comprise guide plate, and guide plate interacts with part in entering the bag of aiming at these pipelines, thereby part is directed to high surfaces or low surface, and this depends on the speed of part except other factors.
Hereinafter device shown and method comprise United States Patent (USP) 6,712, a plurality of variations or the improvement of disclosed apparatus and method in 710.At first, the shape of pipeline is a kind of in the curve shape scope, and is roughly spirality most.The shape of conduit back wall at first is made for the lower part of obvious bending, is the top of shallow bending then, and the both saves the space and game piece is provided better upwards acceleration and do not need to use moving-member.In addition, the transitional slope that in the curve pipe shape, comprises also got rid of for any moving-member need be with can level transition.Use no longer needs game piece acceleration baffle plate or penetrates plate at this improved pipeline that provides in intergrade.
The configuration of pipeline, size and dimension also are modified to strengthen the property.The rear wall of each this pipeline all widened so that game piece allow the firing angle maximum.The sidepiece of conduit back wall tilts about 15 ° along each direction, just directly impacts rear wall and more may upwards enter the more senior of next-door neighbour with laterally inclined 15 degree or littler game piece like this.Described another kind of mode, the back side of pipeline are designed to described 15 degree hit off center and can present the tangent of conduit back wall is impacted.
On play surface, on the surface of bag, provide accelerator plate at the bag place.For example make by plastics, metal etc. by smooth low-friction material for accelerator plate.Each plate is towards relevant bag slight inclination (approximately+3 to the scope of-3 degree).Be used for the preferred embodiment of game of billiards, when the player attempts the challenging recreation of appropriateness, using the positive angle of about 1 degree.Negative angle can change recreation, because game piece is tending towards more easily changing level.The positive angle of about 1 degree can suppress motion, prevents that therefore ball or other game piece from spontaneously entering in the bag owing to external motion (for example table vibration as a whole).In addition, the angle of described 1 degree provides small slope, and this small slope has the effect of auxiliary level conversion upwards.The opening mouth of each accelerator plate aprons bag.In addition, accelerator plate can have conical slightly shape, and this shape is tending towards the game piece guiding is entered the central area of associated pocket.The smooth surface of the angle of accelerator plate and small conical shape and accelerator plate (for the higher friction surface of the remainder of the play surface that felt or similar material can cover cap be arranged) makes up with the guiding game piece together and game piece is quickened when part arrives towards the mobile accelerator plate of relevant bag.The raising of this acceleration has improved that game piece moves up but not the ability that moves down when entering in the bag at the intermediate surface place at a relatively high speed.More mildly hit in the situation of game piece the player, game piece moves down along pipeline.General effect is to form the game device that can improve and develop player's skill.
More improvement are included in the pendle that the bag place provides pipeline; This conduit upper region is extended towards contiguous play surface, thereby controls game piece better and prevent that them from upwards flying up and fly away from table.Also comprise the adapter guide plate that extends from pendle towards play surface downwards at the pipeline pendle that removes on the level at the superlative degree or lowermost level place, this adapter guide plate can be operated and guide the match part.
By adding " guider " zone, improved the zone of next-door neighbour's bag equally: director region by the plastics that extend (etc.) parts are provided at a bag edge.Director region is extended with about 45 degree from play surface, has about 3/4 inch width and downward opening inclination towards the hole.The spring of match part when director region aids guiding match part descends in the game piece director of part from duct wall, and reduce the match part especially and drop to minimum match level and the possibility that can not withdraw from intergrade from the highest match level of multistage recreation.By means of director region, the corner of the table at place, hole is located in than the projection low about 0.1 of the rising on the game piece director and " locates.Drop in bag zone and when not contacting protruding on the game piece director at the match part, the low director region aids of about 45 degree make game piece upwards bounce-back get back on the nearest play surface rather than impact slope-less play surface edge and can continue to fall to more rudimentary this mode deflection.
The improvement of play surface is comprised that turnover design-play surface itself can overturn, make the top become the bottom, and make the bottom become play surface.In a preferred embodiment, basal surface comprises honey comb design, and it also provides structural intergrity to play surface except the surface that game piece can be placed on it is provided.In another embodiment, play surface can by with play surface in some or all flush fit and some or all the inserted thin layer of low-friction material in the cover cap play surface improve.This thin layer that inserts changes surface characteristic, and allow to play for example hockey and use have the game piece that is different from basic spherical shape.
More improvement comprise uses bar or other device to apply motion to game piece, and wherein the length of this bar is greater than 30 (30) inch.
Provide the no instrument assembling and the dismounting of table for game in addition.Molded pairing alignment pin and receiving area and snap-on connector allow the snap-fitted under the pilot pressure of staff.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective illustration that shows three grades of table game apparatus of currently preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the schematic side sectional view of installing among Fig. 1, shown ball from more senior to more rudimentary motion.
Fig. 3 is the schematic side sectional view of installing among Fig. 1, shown ball from more rudimentary to higher motion.
Fig. 4 is a display ball from the superlative degree to more rudimentary mobile amplification signal part side sectional view.
Fig. 5 is a display ball from the more senior amplification signal part side sectional view that reaches on more rudimentary.
Fig. 6 is the amplification signal part side sectional view of display ball from intergrade towards more rudimentary motion.
Fig. 7 is that ball is from the more rudimentary amplification signal part side sectional view of more senior arrival.
Fig. 8 is the amplification signal part side sectional view that display ball leaves lowermost level and moves towards reservoir downwards.
Fig. 9 is that display ball leaves the amplification signal part side sectional view that moves than lower part and towards higher part.
Figure 10 is that display ball is from the more rudimentary amplification signal part side sectional view that upwards moves towards intergrade.
Figure 11 is that display ball leaves intergrade upwards towards more senior mobile amplification signal part side sectional view.
Figure 12 is that display ball is upwards towards more senior mobile amplification signal part side sectional view.
Figure 13 shows bag and the schematic side sectional view that is connected more rudimentary, intergrade and higher pipeline.
Figure 14 be show bag with the signal part vertical view of the pipeline that links to each other with acceptance angle of widening.
Figure 15 is the schematic transverse sectional view of structure shown in Figure 13.
Figure 16 is bag and is used to hold more rudimentary, intergrade and the schematic perspective exploded view of the pipeline on more senior surface.
Figure 17 is and the similar perspective illustration of Fig. 1, but has two but not three match levels.
Figure 18 is the schematic plan view of club, cue ball and a cover match ball.
Figure 20 is the perspective illustration that has the play surface of accelerator plate on each angle bag.
Figure 21 is the perspective view of one of accelerator plate.
Figure 22 is the side view of one of accelerator plate.
Figure 23 is the perspective illustration of modifying device, and wherein play surface can be overturn so that a plurality of surfaces that are used to play the addition type recreation to be provided.
Figure 24,25 and 26 is perspective views of ball guide plate.
Figure 27 is the schematic cross-sectional perspective view at a part of device in bag place.
Figure 28 has shown the knocked-down situation of preferred embodiment.
Figure 29 has shown movably plate, the game piece director in this called after inner conduit surface.
Figure 30 has shown the no instrument connection features of table and pipeline.
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Fig. 1 to Figure 16, Figure 18, Figure 20 to Figure 22 and Figure 24 to 28 have shown current preferred three grades of embodiment of the present invention.Although other recreation that relates to competition game spare movably also expection is included in the scope of the present invention, described Board Game is billiard ball.Hockey is optional embodiment on the table, and the insert that it need cut the low surface friction of smooth plastics or cardboard/chipboard cooperates play surface.Currently preferred embodiment comprises one or more turnover play surface, as shown in Figure 23 and Figure 28.
At the Board Game that is carried out is in the situation of billiard ball, and game piece (being referred to herein as " match part " or " competition game spare ") correspondingly is roughly sphere (being called " ball " at this).Player's use device for example club and cue ball impacts the match ball, thereby makes the match ball enter the bag (game piece receiving area) of the corner of play surface.The bag of aiming in the every nook and cranny is connected with each other by the upright pipeline 136 of cardinal principle.Pipeline 136 between the bag of the superlative degree and intergrade allows ball to move and upwards move towards the superlative degree from intergrade towards intergrade from more senior downwards.Pipeline between intergrade and more rudimentary bag allows ball to move between more rudimentary and intergrade along either direction.The institute's marsupial that should be pointed out that the intergrade place is connected to and extends upwardly on the five-star pipeline, and is connected to and extends downward on the first degree pipeline.The ball or other game piece that enter such bag from intergrade can move up or down alternatively owing to the speed that applies to that ball.If ball moves enough slowly, it will enter lowermost level downwards.If ball has enough speed, it will be moved upwards up to the superlative degree.For lowermost level also is that so wherein clipping the ball can move up, and the low speed ball will move towards reservoir or gatherer downwards from bag.
Fig. 2 has shown downward the moving of ball, and Fig. 3 has shown moving that ball makes progress.Fig. 4 to Figure 12 is the enlarged drawing that more particularly moves on display ball each paths in travelling to and fro between bag.
Figure 20 to Figure 22 has shown the accelerator plate 140 that the every nook and cranny bag on surface 34 provides previously especially.As mentioned above, accelerator plate has smooth low friction upper surface; When ball leave be coated with higher friction material for example the play surface 34 of felt major part and when arriving on the low friction accelerator plate, ball will be tending towards quickening towards bag.In addition, each accelerator plate is upwards towards coupled bag slight inclination, and it also is tending towards further controlling the motion of ball, prevents unintentional rolling towards bag, and auxiliary " climbing the slope " thus auxiliaryly move towards higher play surface.Accelerator plate also can be slightly for taper shape or flute profile with the ball that is tending towards slowly moving center guide towards bag.
As shown in Figure 27 and Figure 20, director region 150 is closed on the accelerator plate on bag edge or mouth and the opposite side on the side.Director region 150 have the extension plastics at bag edge place (etc.) part.Director region is extended with about 45 degree from play surface, has about 3/4 inch width and downward opening inclination towards the hole.The spring of director region aids guiding match part 110 when the game piece director 148 of part from duct wall descends, and reduce the match part especially and drop to minimum match level and the possibility that can not leave in intergrade from the highest match level of multistage recreation.By means of director region 150, the corner of the table at bag place, hole is located in than transitional slope 152 low about 0.1 and " locates.Drop in bag zone and when not contacting transitional slope 152 at the match part, the low director region of about 45 degree 150 is auxiliary make game piece 110 upwards bounce-back get back on the nearest play surface rather than impact at slope-less play surface edge and can continue to fall to more rudimentary this mode deflection.
Figure 13 and Figure 16 have shown the shape of pipeline 136 when observing from the side better; The bottom 132 of each pipeline is roughly curve, then around relatively little radius bend to form relatively significantly bend, the relative more shallow bend of next-door neighbour's higher match level is led on top 134 with formation around bigger radius bend then.This disposing of pipeline helps the rapid ball that promotes from lower surface moving upward to the high surfaces of closing on.In a preferred embodiment, although also can adopt other improved spiral or curve shape, the geometry of pipeline is spirality substantially.In addition, in curve or helical pipe shape, comprise transitional slope 152, thereby eliminated for the needs of realizing game piece moving-member of controllable transition between the match level.
Same as best image among Figure 13 and Figure 16, provide lip or maintaining part or pendle 146 to dangle with inlet front at each bag.The length of pendle 146 is in about 0.5 to 2 inch scope.Particularly, when ball promptly upwards promotes and leaves bag and when falling on the play surface, pendle is placed to and prevents excessively moving upward of ball, this moving upward may cause ball to leave play surface.Figure 10 and Figure 12 have shown this point especially.In a preferred embodiment, the downside of intergrade top (overhand) has one or more ribs 145 (referring to Figure 10).This rib forms the pattern of the projection (highly being approximately 0.08 inch) that raises, and this pattern can provide ball guiding and control.
Figure 14 has shown the shape (passing the top cross section view of A-A Figure 15) at pipeline when the top is watched especially.Rear wall towards the pipeline that links to each other stretches out sidewall from the bag opening with small angle.The rear wall of pipeline is wideer than the opening of bag.Sidewall is in a preferred embodiment with about 15 ° angle expansion, and over-angle can not increase to about 30 degree, and this depends on the poses of expectation.The preferred embodiment allow ball with a side or opposite side with about 15 ° or littler angle through a bag opening, avoid contacting and form directly with rear wall and initially to contact with sidewall.This provides ball to arrive the maximum conservation of next-door neighbour's more senior required energy.
Figure 29 has shown the preferred embodiment of game piece director 148, and game piece director 148 is the movably parts of plastics of pushing the interior curve on the top 134 that is snapped into pipeline 136.The auxiliary center that ball or other match part 110 is directed to bent back of described game piece director 148, therefore shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 (the optional embodiment of game piece director 148b), just spring is reduced to the bending that pipeline is followed in minimum and promotion game piece path smoothly.The removable aspect of game piece director 148 and selected shape allow the nested connection of knocked-down pipeline 136, as shown in Figure 28.Additional ball guiding structural (game piece guides 149) is presented among Figure 24,25 and 26.
As being easy to see from Figure 16,29 and 30, match table of the present invention allows " no instrument " structure, has to connect and aims at and the structure retaining element.Figure 29 has shown the enlarged drawing of alignment pin 138, and the holding tank that is used for described pin 138b is presented at Figure 27.The another kind of structure that can not have instrument is the same bayonet connection 154 that shows in Figure 15 and 29.
Figure 17 has shown two-stage type 101.Owing to the modularization of pipeline configuration, progression can be improved or is adjusted to the playing condition of any desired.
In addition, for example scalability to be reduced to miniature sizes also be intrinsic in this design.
This different size can be included in any combination of all structures or the structure of this instruction.Though can use hand or any apparatus to apply motion to competition game spare, Figure 18 has shown the bar that can be used for billiard ball.Described bar can increase size still owing to two attachable parts remain portable.Preferred embodiment comprises that the length of being assembled by two parts is 36 inches bar.Preferred embodiment comprises the cue as bar, and comprises the billiard ball as the match part.The size range of spherical match part can be greatly to the billiard ball (2.25 inch diameter) of actual size, and is little of ball bearing (in the rank of 0.375 inch diameter), and the preferred size in the preferred embodiment is about 1.5 inch diameters.The material of match part can be resin, rubber, plastics, glass, foamed plastics even can be wood or metal if necessary.The match part can be dish type, for example can be used for a last hockey, or any other selected shape of the competition game of expectation suggestion.
Itself changes play surface convertibly.Play surface itself can be 102 (referring to Figure 23) of upset, makes the top become the bottom, and makes the bottom become play surface.In a preferred embodiment, basal surface comprises honey comb design, and it also provides structural intergrity to play surface except the surface that competition game spare can be placed on it is provided.In another embodiment, play surface can by with play surface in some or all flush fit and some or all the inserted thin layer of low-friction material in the cover cap play surface improve.This thin layer that inserts changes surface characteristic, and allow to play for example hockey and use have the competition game spare that is different from basic spherical shape.In addition, the size of table for game can be from little travelling size scaling to being not to be used for portable bigger size.In addition, table for game can be modular, allows the user to add or reduce layer according to hope.

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1. one kind is used to the improved multistage game device that uses a plurality of displaceable members to play, and described game device has: border and at least one part that the play surface of a plurality of common levels, each play surface all have rising receive structure; Supporting structure, it keeps described surface with stacked relationship substantially mutually, between adjacent surface, have enough spaces so that the player near the lower surface in these adjacent surface; And at least one pipeline, the part that described pipeline is connected to the described surface of every pair of vicinity receives structure and receives between the structure at described and extends, thus provide moving member described surface between the path of moving, described improvement comprises:
Described accelerator plate that receives structure of enclosing, the material of described plate has the degree of friction of the degree of friction that is lower than play surface, and described plate is arranged with positive angle with respect to play surface; And
Pipeline is a spirality.
2. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described receives structure is bag.
3. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, being shaped as spirality and comprising transitional slope of described pipeline, and this shape is enough to allow moving upward of game piece and the moving-member that do not need to add like this.
4. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described pipeline comprises transitional slope.
5. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described pipeline comprises: the pendle that is used for auxiliary control game piece.
6. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that described pendle comprises the rib of downward protrusion, and described rib is used for the control of auxiliary game spare.
7. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described pipeline comprises:
Can operate the feature with the guiding game piece, described feature comprises one or more in following:
Game piece director on the inner surface of pipeline, described pipeline are spirality;
Be positioned at the vertical game piece guides of cardinal principle on the wall of described game piece director; With
Downward-sloping director region between accelerator plate and bag edge.
8. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises spherical removable game piece.
9. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 8 also comprises the bar that is used for applying to described game piece motion.
10. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that the length of described bar is greater than 30 inches.
11. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the removable game piece of dish type.
12. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described play surface is turnover.
13. improved multistage game device as claimed in claim 1 it is characterized in that, but described pipeline and play surface comprises molded mating area, can use staff to carry out assembly and disassembly by this.
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