FR2720008A1 - Table football device. - Google Patents

Abstract

Table football device, comprising a cylindrical bar (2) for fixing players (4), characterized in that it comprises a rigid sleeve (1) surrounding the bar (2), this rigid sleeve having a prismatic section. rectangular (3) determining two parallel planes (5 and 6), and in that a recess (7) complementary to the shape and dimensions of the shirt (1) is made in the player (4).

Description

i The subject of the present invention is a table football device,

  including a cylindrical bar for fixing players. The object of the invention is to provide an adequate fixing of the player on the bar, this player can nevertheless be removed and replaced very easily. The invention also aims to facilitate the combination of players, to simplify the manufacture of the toy constituted by this device and to allow the

  reduction in the number of parts required.

  Until now, the assembly of the players on each bar was mainly carried out by injection of the player on the bar itself. This was an additional manufacturing step to add to the process

  toy development ("table football").

  In addition to this drawback, players thus mounted cannot be exchanged, even if they break due to their use, which has the consequence that when

  player breaks, the toy becomes unusable.

  In accordance with the invention, the device for

  table football is characterized by the fact that it

  takes a rigid shirt surrounding the bar, this rigid shirt having a prismatico-rectangular section

  determining two parallel planes, and that a hollow

  complementary to the shape and dimensions of the

  shirt is made in the player.

  So the shirt contains the main bar carrying the players, and instead of being cylindrical like

  this main bar, it includes a prismatic section

  co-rectangular which corresponds to the middle zone post-

  of the players, the rest of the shirt being cylindrical

  than. On this shirt the players are pinched,

  so that the straight planes of the prismatico-rectangular plane

  area prevent players from rotating on the bar. For this purpose, the players present a recess on their posterior middle zone, which corresponds to the shape and the dimensions of the bar. It is possible, with this arrangement, to easily replace the players, with all the advantages that this represents, such as a greater number of

  combinations, easy replacement, etc.

  In addition, it is possible to produce, in the jacket, on the part situated opposite the prismatico-rectangular section, small recesses which define, in cooperation with small shoulders on

  the recess of the player, a mounting point or location-

  player, so that the proper place for the game

can be easily located.

  Furthermore, the coupling of players can be provided on "table football" toys having cylindrical and telescopic bars. In this case, the player has a large circular groove in the middle and rear part of his body, which allows him to mate.

  by means of pressure on a cylindrical bar and telesco-

  spades. So that the player cannot rotate relative to the bar, the back of the groove has a projection in the manner of a nipple, which corresponds to a

hole made on the bar.

  This projection or stud is dimensioned so that penetration into the bar is not excessive, because otherwise it would produce friction on the axial part of the telescopic bar. Thanks to these features, it is also possible to combine players and very easily replace those that break.

  Other features of the invention appear

  tront during the description which follows, made in

  reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate two

  embodiments by way of nonlimiting examples.

  Figure 1 is a side elevational view in partial section of a first embodiment of the

  table football device according to the invention, my-

  trant a cross section of the bar liner

which fixes the guy or the player.

  Figure 2 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the device of Fig.1, and shows in particular the shoulder and the depression which facilitate the setting

player's place.

  Figure 3 is a perspective view of a bar

  and players attached to it in accordance with the invention

  tion. Figure 4 is a side elevational view and

  exploded partial cross section of a cylindrical bar

  that and telescopic as well as a player following a

  second embodiment of the invention.

  The table football device allowing the mounting and fixing of stickmen or players on bars, according to the first embodiment (Fig. 1 and 2), is mainly composed of a shirt 1 which completely covers a cylindrical bar 2 of

fixing the snowmen.

  This jacket 2 is cylindrical with the exception of a prismaticorectangular section 3 occupying the part

  middle and back of the players 4.

  The prismatico-rectangular section 3 of the jacket 1 defines two parallel planes 5 and 6 whose spacing between them is less than the diameter of the

cylindrical part.

  Player 4 has a recess 7 corresponding to the shape and dimensions of the shirt 1, so that when pinched thereon, it remains perfectly retained thanks to the existence of parallel planes 5 and 6, but can move sideways. To obtain a fixed position of the player 4 in the lateral direction of its movement, the shirt 1 comprises a small recess 8 in the zone opposite to the prismatico-rectangular section 3. As a result, this recess 8, in cooperation with a small shoulder or boss 9 produced in recess 7 of player 4, makes it possible to obtain

  the exact location point provided for the player.

  A binding is thus produced which prevents the player 4 from rotating relative to the shirt 1, which

  can be extracted and moved laterally. This fixa-

  tion therefore includes fixed location points for

  easily locate the right place for the game.

  The second embodiment of the table football device according to the invention and of fixing players on the toy bars, comprises a telescopic and cylindrical bar having an external part

and an axial part 11 (Fig. 4).

  The player 12 has on its middle and rear part a circular recess forming a groove 13 complementary to the shape and dimensions of the part

  external 10 of the telescopic bar.

  In this way, the player 12 fits perfectly on this bar, because the opening of the groove 13 is more

narrower than its internal diameter.

  Although the fixation of player 12 is satisfied-

  health under these conditions, it could possibly rotate relative to the external part 10 of the bar, or move laterally. In order to avoid this, a stud 14 is provided at the bottom of the groove 13, as well as an orifice 15 in the external part 10 of the bar o the player 12 must be placed. Therefore, when the latter is placed on the bar, the stud 14 remains inserted in the orifice

15.

  The length of the stud 14 is limited by the thickness

  the external part 10 of the bar and by the

  existing between this and its internal or axial part 11. Therefore, once the stud 14 fitted into the corresponding orifice 15, this stud does not interfere with the movement and rotation of the external part 10 by

  relative to the axial part 11 of the telescopic bar.

Claims (3)

  1. Table football device, comprising a cylindrical bar (2) for fixing players (4), characterized in that it comprises a rigid shirt (1) surrounding the bar (2), this rigid shirt having a section prismatico-rectangular (3) determining two parallel planes (5 and 6), and in that a recess (7) complementary to the shape and dimensions of the jacket   (1) is provided in the player (4).   2. Device according to claim 1, character-   laughed in that the shirt (1) includes small indentations   elements (8) at the players' locations, these recesses being positioned opposite the prismatico-rectangular sections (3), and in that protrusions (9) are provided in the recesses (7) of the players (4 ),   these projections corresponding to the recesses (8).   3. Device according to claims 1 and 2,   in which the bar is cylindrical and telescopic, with an internal or axial part (11) and an external part   (10) on which the players are placed (12), character-   laughed at by the fact that each player (12) comprises a groove (13) whose dimensions and shape correspond to an external part (10) of the bar, in that a stud (14) is formed at the bottom of the throat (13) and corresponds to an orifice (15) in the external part (10), and in that the length of the stud (14) is less than the distance between   the parts (10 and 11) of the bar increased by the thick-   sor of the external part (11) thereof.