EP2027895A3 - Game playing apparatus simulating a ball game - Google Patents

Game playing apparatus simulating a ball game Download PDF

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EP2027895A3
EP2027895A3 EP08162777A EP08162777A EP2027895A3 EP 2027895 A3 EP2027895 A3 EP 2027895A3 EP 08162777 A EP08162777 A EP 08162777A EP 08162777 A EP08162777 A EP 08162777A EP 2027895 A3 EP2027895 A3 EP 2027895A3
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game
ball
representative
playing
counter
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EP2027895A2 (en
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Josie Bishop
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JJB Games Ltd
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JJB Games Ltd
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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
    • A63F7/06—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football
    • A63F7/0668—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football the ball being flicked with a finger or hit with a stick, cue or sliding disc which are not connected to the table
    • 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
    • A63F7/06—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football
    • A63F7/0604—Type of ball game
    • A63F7/0628—Golf
    • 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
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00173—Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or playing piece
    • A63F3/0023—Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards
    • A63F2003/00258—Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards rollable, flexible or deformable board
    • 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
    • A63F7/30—Details of the playing surface, e.g. obstacles; Goal posts; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators; Means for detecting misuse or errors
    • A63F2007/3005—Obstacles, obstructions
    • 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
    • A63F7/36—Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, i.e. constructional details of rolling boards, rims or play tables, e.g. frame, game boards, guide tracks
    • A63F7/3603—Rolling boards with special surface, e.g. air cushion boards
    • A63F2007/3607—Rolling boards with special surface, e.g. air cushion boards with a flexible surface
    • 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
    • A63F7/36—Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, i.e. constructional details of rolling boards, rims or play tables, e.g. frame, game boards, guide tracks
    • A63F7/3603—Rolling boards with special surface, e.g. air cushion boards
    • A63F2007/3614—Rolling boards with special surface, e.g. air cushion boards with details about roughness of playing surface
    • 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
    • A63F7/36—Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, i.e. constructional details of rolling boards, rims or play tables, e.g. frame, game boards, guide tracks
    • A63F2007/3625—Rolling board to be positioned on a table or floor
    • 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
    • A63F7/36—Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, i.e. constructional details of rolling boards, rims or play tables, e.g. frame, game boards, guide tracks
    • A63F2007/3655—Collapsible, foldable or rollable parts
    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/0079—Games using compressed air, e.g. with air blowers, balloons, vacuum
    • A63F2009/0086—Games using compressed air, e.g. with air blowers, balloons, vacuum using inflatable objects
    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games
    • A63F2009/0295—Tiddley winks type games
    • 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
    • A63F7/249—Apparatus for projecting the balls projecting the playing bodies through the air, e.g. with a jump

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Abstract

An apparatus for playing a game that is representative of a ball game, the apparatus comprising a counter that is representative of a playing implement used in the ball game, a counter that is representative of a ball used in the ball game and a game playing surface that simulates an environment for playing the ball game, wherein the apparatus is arranged such that squeezing the periphery of the counter representative of the ball against the playing surface by means of the counter representative of the playing implement causes the counter representative of the ball to leave the game playing surface in a manner representative of a ball hit by the playing implement during the ball game.
EP08162777A 2007-08-21 2008-08-21 Game playing apparatus simulating a ball game Withdrawn EP2027895A3 (en)

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GB0716321A GB0716321D0 (en) 2007-08-21 2007-08-21 Game play apparatus

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EP2027895A2 EP2027895A2 (en) 2009-02-25
EP2027895A3 true EP2027895A3 (en) 2012-08-08

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WO2017167432A1 (en) * 2016-03-27 2017-10-05 Sheldon Cowan Game stick, game board, and game set

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US432170A (en) * 1890-07-15 George scott
US710565A (en) * 1902-01-07 1902-10-07 Harry T Coldwell Game apparatus.
US1548291A (en) * 1922-10-09 1925-08-04 Jr Henry Van Arsdale Game
GB663529A (en) * 1948-04-06 1951-12-27 Albert Frank Charles Alois Soc Improvements in table games

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US432170A (en) * 1890-07-15 George scott
US710565A (en) * 1902-01-07 1902-10-07 Harry T Coldwell Game apparatus.
US1548291A (en) * 1922-10-09 1925-08-04 Jr Henry Van Arsdale Game
GB663529A (en) * 1948-04-06 1951-12-27 Albert Frank Charles Alois Soc Improvements in table games

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