EP0917896A1 - Dispositf pour jouer des jeux de table sportifs ou similaires - Google Patents

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EP0917896A1
EP0917896A1 EP97830570A EP97830570A EP0917896A1 EP 0917896 A1 EP0917896 A1 EP 0917896A1 EP 97830570 A EP97830570 A EP 97830570A EP 97830570 A EP97830570 A EP 97830570A EP 0917896 A1 EP0917896 A1 EP 0917896A1
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Tiziano Ghidini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/22—Accessories; Details
    • A63F7/24—Devices controlled by the player to project or roll-off the playing bodies
    • A63F7/2409—Apparatus for projecting the balls
    • A63F7/2436—Hand-held or connected to a finger, e.g. cues, clubs, sticks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/22—Accessories; Details
    • A63F7/24—Devices controlled by the player to project or roll-off the playing bodies
    • A63F7/2409—Apparatus for projecting the balls
    • A63F7/2436—Hand-held or connected to a finger, e.g. cues, clubs, sticks
    • A63F2007/2445—Stick-shaped

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for playing simulated table sport games and the like, comprising a plurality of movable game units each defined by a substantially flat element to be put on a playing surface.
  • token-shaped flat pieces or discs are used that are caused to move forward, during the game, by pressing the edge thereof with a disc of same or preferably larger size.
  • pressure exerted on the edge of a disc not only aims at moving the disc forward but also at transmitting a push to the same with an upwardly-directed component, so as to give rise to a disc trajectory at least partly separated from the playing surface.
  • each disc pressed by another disc advances and moves by subsequent jumps and only in the case of very short distances, that is for limited pressures and pushes, displacements without separation from the play table occur, that is substantially parallel to the table itself.
  • the technical task underlying the present invention is to devise an apparatus for playing simulated table sport games and the like capable of substantially obviating the above mentioned limits.
  • an apparatus for playing simulated table sport games and the like which is characterized in that it comprises at least one drive implement for said units having a central grip portion to be manually grasped and at least one main end portion which is partially flexible and is intended for pressing down on an edge band of one said movable unit so as to transmit a push thereto which is directed substantially parallelly to the playing surface.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises a plurality of movable game units 1, each defined by a flat element substantially in the form of a token, to be put on a playing surface and sliding thereon.
  • each movable unit represents a football player.
  • the movable unit 1 acting as a goalkeeper is of greater thickness (see Fig. 3) than the other football players (see Fig. 2), so as to give it a greater weight and a larger section. In this way the possibility that the goalkeeper may be moved by other movable elements 1 is reduced, while there is an increase in the possibility of hindering the ball trajectory.
  • the goalkeeper may also have a non-circular form, a square form for example.
  • Each movable unit 1 comprises an edge band 2 defining a sunken area 3 towards the inside of each face.
  • this sunken area enables a greater adhesion of the movable game unit 1 to the playing surface and, on the other hand, it offers the possibility of inserting removable adhesive elements carrying symbols and numbers for distinguishing teams and players. Due to the use of removable adhesive elements, the movable game units 1 can "wear" the shirts of the different teams that meet by turns.
  • the movable units 1 on each face have contour corners 4 of a curved profile having a radius of curvature of limited value.
  • the curved profile of the contour corners 4 has the function of facilitating sliding of the movable element 1.
  • the apparatus comprises at least one drive implement 5, preferably one implement for each individual taking part in the game, capable of acting on each movable unit 1 in order to cause those unit displacements that are judged the most appropriate.
  • the drive apparatus 5 is comprised of a central grip portion 6 adapted to be manually grasped, between the forefinger and thumb for example, and a main end portion 7 which is partly flexible and is intended for being pressed down on the edge band 2 of a movable unit 1.
  • the particular structure and conformation of the main end portion 7 hereinafter described is capable of transmitting a push to each movable unit 1, which push is directed substantially parallelly to the playing surface, i.e. is adapted to exclusively cause sliding displacements of said unit while avoiding lifting, separations and jumps relative to the playing surface itself.
  • the end portion 7 has a flattened shape substantially terminating with a rounded or curved point, confined between two opposite faces 7b at least one of which is intended to define the push face to be pressed down on the edge band 2 of the movable unit 1.
  • This push face is provided, at least at point 7a, with a smoothed corner 7c.
  • contour corners 4 in unit 1 have a curved profile with a radius of curvature corresponding to one millimetre, the radius of corner 7c is made of about 0.6 millimetres.
  • main end portion 7 in order to be provided with a certain degree of flexibility, is of a progressively reduced thickness towards point 7a.
  • faces 7b are both inclined to an angle ⁇ preferably of 2°40' (see Fig. 6).
  • the drive implement 5 advantageously comprises, in addition to the main end portion 7 designed to carry out sliding displacements of the movable unit 1, an auxiliary flattened end portion 8 which has a rounded contour 8a, is substantially rigid and is confined between two opposite faces 8b at least one of which is an active face provided with a chamfered edge 8c, of an inclination of 35°, for example.
  • the chamfered edge 8c is intended for pressing down on the edge band 2 of a movable unit 1 so as to transmit an obliquely directed push relative to the playing surface to the movable unit itself, that is a push adapted to give rise to a trajectory detaching from the playing surface and causing a jump of the movable unit.
  • both the main end portion 7 and auxiliary end portion 8 are comprised of two push faces and two active faces respectively, that is they have smoothed corners 7c and chamfered corners 8c on both faces, so that either face of the drive implement 5 can be indifferently used.
  • the drive implement 5 thoroughly appears as a shovel-like element having two end portions adapted to perform different functions.
  • the auxiliary end portion 8 gives rise, with its chamfered edge 8c, to a reaction thrust having a component transverse to the unit faces, so that said unit is lifted upwardly.
  • the central grip portion 6 of the drive implement 5 has preferably rounded projecting edges 6a to enable intervention on the movable units 1 when the latter are in a position hardly accessible to the drive implement usually employed.
  • the drive implement 5 is used rotated through 90° and grasped with both hands placed at the main end portion 7 and the auxiliary end portion 8, respectively.
  • one of the projecting edges 6a of the central grip portion 6 becomes an active part and exerts a push on the movable unit 1.
  • a playing field which may comprise a table 10 consisting of a surface 10a of rigid material having a low friction coefficient and suitably delimited by protective rims 10b adapted to prevent all movable game elements, that is football players and ball, from coming out of the table.
  • the invention achieves important advantages.
  • the combination of the movable game units simulating football players for example, and the drive implement in accordance with the invention enables diversified and precise displacements of such units to be carried out and consequently strokes of various type to be obtained by said units acting on other movable elements, such as a ball-shaped element 12 simulating a ball.
  • the movable game unit 1 activated by the drive implement 5, is intended to be directed against a ball-shaped element 12 simulating a ball.
  • the ball-shaped element 12 in order to be able to easily roll on the playing field and stop within limited spaces, is made of a soft material or in any case a material having a high friction coefficient such as silicone, rubber, polystyrene, sponge or the like.
  • the main end portion of the drive implement 5 ensures accomplishment of even very long sliding displacements along the playing surface, because also in the case of important pressures, the direction of the transmitted pushes is not altered.
  • the auxiliary end portion enables imagination to be added in creating playing actions because the movable units can jump over other units disposed on the same trajectory, thereby describing more complicated trajectories that are not only of the sliding type.

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DE1997601884 DE69701884T2 (de) 1997-11-04 1997-11-04 Vorrichtung zum Spielen von Tischsportspielen und ähnlichem

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GB366276A (en) * 1931-01-28 1932-02-04 Austin Read New or improved apparatus for playing a table game
DE648041C (de) * 1935-12-28 1937-07-20 Kleefeld & Co Spielwarenfabrik Tischfussballspiel mit ballstossenden Figuren
US3547443A (en) * 1968-07-08 1970-12-15 Swivel Pool Corp Game combined cue and disc
US3741544A (en) * 1970-02-20 1973-06-26 Affiliated Hospital Prod Surface projectile game apparatus having removable and reversable game-playing panel
US4357017A (en) * 1980-07-30 1982-11-02 Schneider Herman E Auto racing game wherein a numbered array and player-actuated discs determine race car movement
DE8521931U1 (de) * 1985-07-30 1985-10-03 Schuhn, Jakob, 5541 Hersdorf Schnappspiel
EP0766980A1 (fr) * 1995-10-03 1997-04-09 James Graham Brightmore Appareil pour jouer à un jeu de table

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GB366276A (en) * 1931-01-28 1932-02-04 Austin Read New or improved apparatus for playing a table game
DE648041C (de) * 1935-12-28 1937-07-20 Kleefeld & Co Spielwarenfabrik Tischfussballspiel mit ballstossenden Figuren
US3547443A (en) * 1968-07-08 1970-12-15 Swivel Pool Corp Game combined cue and disc
US3741544A (en) * 1970-02-20 1973-06-26 Affiliated Hospital Prod Surface projectile game apparatus having removable and reversable game-playing panel
US4357017A (en) * 1980-07-30 1982-11-02 Schneider Herman E Auto racing game wherein a numbered array and player-actuated discs determine race car movement
DE8521931U1 (de) * 1985-07-30 1985-10-03 Schuhn, Jakob, 5541 Hersdorf Schnappspiel
EP0766980A1 (fr) * 1995-10-03 1997-04-09 James Graham Brightmore Appareil pour jouer à un jeu de table

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GB2595266A (en) * 2020-05-20 2021-11-24 Cib Optimium Ltd Pieces for a table top game and methods of use thereof
GB2595266B (en) * 2020-05-20 2022-05-11 Cib Optimium Ltd Pieces for a Table Top game and Methods of Use Thereof

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