GB1180263A - A Game Apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

1,180,263. Apparatus for game. H. R. WAGNER. 29 June, 1967 [18 Jan., 1967; 3 May, 1967], No. 30033/67. Heading A6H. A game apparatus comprises a base plate i having a smooth upper surface 2, at least one pushing member 3 slidable on the base plate consisting completely or partially of ferromagnetic or permanent magnetic material, at least one rolling or sliding projectile 7 of ferromagnetic material and at least one handguided, rectilinear permanent magnet 5 which can be set up perpendicularly to the plate, the polar axis a of the permanent magnet being parallel with the polar axis b of the permanent magnetic pushing member. As shown the magnetic 5 housed in the hand element 16 is set up on a transparent cover plate 15 at any desired spot 16' in the area of the projectile 7 (or 8, 9) and, together with the projectile 7 attracted thereto, is then brought into the position 16 spaced from the pushing member 3, and together with the projectile 7 is then slowly moved in direction A toward the pushing member 3, the magnetic poles of which are N and S. At a predetermined distance, which distance depends on the strength of the magnetic force of the permanent magnet 5, the pushing member 3 is magnetically attracted and moved in direction B whereby the speed of the pushing member 3 increases. The pushing member 3 hits the projectile 7 with a certain kinetic energy and the projectile is shot away in direction B. To increase the energy of the impact, a pushing member 3 is used which has a weight several times larger than the projectile weight. It is possible with the above-described method to direct the projectile in a certain direction, in this case direction B, to any desired target 17 which can thus be shot or moves into a certain field 18 which, for example, can be football goal. The target member 17, representing the ball, can on the other hand be shot back or moved into the opposing field 19 by the opponent in the above-described manner by means of a second pushing member 3a and a projectile 7. The apparatus can also be constructed as a hunting game, the pushing members 3, 3a each being the hunter and one or several target members 17 being the rabbit or the like which is being shot by the balls 7. The members 17 can also be arranged as an obstacle for a projectile 7 by placing the obstacle, for example as a fullback in a football field, in the fullback area as indicated at 20. The obstacles are preferably made of ferromagnetic or permanent magnetic material so that they can be moved by means of a permanent magnet 5, 16. A slab of plastic or the like is provided underneath the base plate 1 to reinforce same and a closed bottom 24 and a plurality of rectangularly intersecting ribs 25, 26 which form upwardly open compartments. Other modifications are also described.