FR2629730A1 - Game such as a die or ball - Google Patents

Abstract

Novel game, such as a die or ball, characterised in that it contains, on the inside, a system comprising six cavities 10 to 15 connected together by channels 17 to 20, 22 to 25, 27 to 30, four cavities 10, 11, 12 and 13 being placed at each corner of a square delimited by four channels 17 to 20, the other two cavities 14, 15 being located one above the square and the other below and each connected to the four cavities of the corners 10, 11, 12, 13 by four corresponding channels 22 to 25, 27 to 30, all the channels having the same length and a weighty body 31 consisting of pellets (beads) capable of passing from one cavity to another.

Description

 The present invention relates. a game such as a dice or a ball.

 The present invention relates to a game such as a dice or a ball.

 A die or a ball when rolled rolls to finally stop in an unpredictable position.

 One of the objects of the invention is to make a game such as a die or a ball which can stop, when it is thrown in a determined position.

 The game according to the invention is characterized in that the die or the ball internally contains a system comprising six cavities joined together by conduits four cavities being placed at each angle of a square delimited by four conduits, the other two cavities being located one above the square and the other below and each connected to the four corner cavities by four corresponding conduits, all conduits having the same length and, a heavy body consisting of grains capable of passing from one cavity to another.

 The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to a particular embodiment given by way of example only and shown in the single figure which is a perspective view of a game, according to the invention. .

 The game can be a die 1 shown in thin lines or a ball 2 shown in dashed lines.

 To facilitate understanding, the game will be described in detail with reference to die 1.

 The die 1, has six faces 3 to 8, is hollow and internally suitably wedged with a system 9.

 The system 9 comprises six cavities 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 these cavities can be spherical or have a flat part cooperating with the corresponding faces of the die.

 The cavity 10 is located in the center of the face 3, the cavity 11 in the center of the face 4, the cavity 12 in the center of the face 5, the cavity 13 in the center of the face 6 and the cavities 14 and 15 respectively in the center sides 7 and 8.

 The cavities 10, 11, 12 and 13 are connected together by conduits 17, 18, 19 and 20 which are all the same length and are arranged to delimit a square with a cavity at each angle.

 The cavity 14 is connected to the four cavities 10, 11, 12 and 13 respectively by conduits 22, 23, 24 and 25, these conduits all having the same length and this being equal to the length of the conduits 17, 18, 19 and 20 .

 The cavity 15 has four conduits 27, 28, 29 and 30 which open, respectively into the cavities 10, 11, 12 and 13, these conduits 27, 28, 29 and 30 having the same length as the conduits 17, 18, 19 and 20.

 The system is thus part of two square-based pyramids whose bases are joined.

In the system is housed a heavy body 31 formed of small lead balls whose weight corresponds substantially to 45 to 55% of the total weight of the system and whose volume is greater than the volume of a cavity, all the cavities having the same volume . The system works as follows
The die is placed on a face opposite to that which one wishes to draw, for example the face 6. Thus, the die is placed on the playing surface on the face 8, the lead balls then come to lodge in the cavity 15. When the die is thrown, the cavity 15 constitutes an unbalance so that at the end of the race it stops by resting on the face 8.

 It is understood that when it is a ball, the game works in the same way, the ball, when launched, stops at the end of the race, in a position in which the point tangents with the surface on which it is launched coinciding with the tangent point of the cavity 15 and the ball.

 Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment which has just been described and shown.

Many modifications of detail can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (1)

 CLAIM  New game such as dice or ball characterized in that it internally contains a system comprising six cavities (10 to 15) joined together by conduits (17 to 20, 22 to 25, 27 to 30), four cavities (10, 11, 12 and 13) being placed at each corner of a square delimited by four conduits (17 to 20), the two other cavities (14,15) being located one above the square and the other above- below and each connected to the four corner cavities (10, 11, 12 and 13) by four corresponding conduits (22 to 25, 27 to 30), all the conduits having the same length and a heavy body (31) consisting of grains likely to pass from one cavity to another.