GB2208105A

GB2208105A - Board game

Info

Publication number: GB2208105A
Application number: GB8813532A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Prem Prakash Vijh
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1987-06-09
Filing date: 1988-06-08
Publication date: 1989-03-01
Also published as: GB8813532D0; GB8713487D0

Abstract

Apparatus for use in playing a board game consists of a flat board having a raised rim or wall along the edges of the board, and a set of discs for sliding movement on the board. The board is provided with apertures positioned as in a snooker table, for "potting" of discs during the playing of a game. A "cue" disc is impelled by means of flicking with the fingers, or by using wooden strips, or by using spring-loaded plungers. The cue disc can be larger or heavier than the object discs. <IMAGE>

Description

BOARD GAME APPARATUS This invention relates to apparatus for use in playing a board game.

According to the present invention, there is provided apparatus for use in playing a board game, comprising a flat board, a raised rim or wall along an edge or edges of the board, and a set of discs for sliding movement on the board.

Preferably, the board is rectilinear in plan view.

Preferably, also, the board is provided with one or more apertures for receiving a said disc.

The apparatus having the constructional features in accordance with the present invention provides a means for playing a variety of games being similar in action to billiards or snooker, but having a far smaller space requirement and much less sensitive to level accuracy.

Nevertheless, such games afford challenge and interest similar to that associated with billiards and snooker, and call for similar levels of skill.

An embodiment of the present invention will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a board and discs in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of Fig. 1 to a larger scale; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 in Fig.2; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the apparatus consists of a rectangular board 10 the edges of which are provided with a raised rim or wall 11. Both the board 10 and wall 11 are of substantial construction, for example in solid wood or plywood or a pressed board of good quality.

It is envisaged that plastics material may be used in the construction of the board 10 and/or wall 11.

At each corner, and centred along each of the longer sides, the board 10 is provided with circular apertures 12 each of which is 50mm diameter and contiguous with the wall 11 which is continuous around the board. At the corner apertures 12, the wall 11 is provided with radiussed inserts 13 to match the apertures 12 so that the wall 11 provides a smoothly continuous face for inpingement by playing pieces described herebelow.

As best seen in Figs. 3 and 4, the wall 11 consists of a mitred timber frame rabated to receive the board 10 the latter being glued and pinned within the frame in conventional manner.

The underside of the board 10 is provided with 4 height-adjustable supports indicated generally by reference numeral 14. Each support 14 is mounted to pad 15 glued to the underside of the board/wall assembly and disposed clear of the corner apertures 12. Each support 14 is a conventional screw-threaded adjuster and is provided with a socket 16 of a high-friction rubberlike material to reduce slippage while the board is in use.

The top surface of the board 10 is provided with a lo-friction surface finish consistent with ease of sliding thereon of discs 17 and 18 which serve as playing pieces. The disc 17 is a "cue" disc meaning that the disc 17 serves a function similar to that of the white ball used in the game of snooker. The disc 17 is 40mm diameter and about lcm thickness. The disc 18 is one of a plurality of discs (dependent upon rules fomulated for playing in a particular game) and each disc 18 is an "object" disc serving a function similar to the coloured balls as used in the game of snooker. Each disc 18 is 30mm in diameter and about lcm thickness.

The discs 17 and 18, and also the wall 11, are preferably of a highly resilient material such as a hard timber or a plastics material promoting high exchange of kinetic energy upon collisions during the course of a game.

The top surface of the board 10 is provided with line markings 19 which extend parallel with the wall 11 and at a fixed distance therefrom, the fixed distance being equal to the diameter of the apertures 12 (50mm). The purpose of the line markings 19 is to delimit the "playing area' for the cue disc 17 which would be difficult to impel when lying relatively close to the wall 11.

Various means may be used for impelling the cue disc 17. This can be done by flicking with the fingers; or wooden strips may be used, or spring-loaded plungers may be used.

In use of the board game described above, the board 10 is simply set on a domestic table and levelled by appropriate adjustment of the supports 14. Thereafter, many different games may be devised using cue and object discs 17, 18 for sliding movement on the surface of the board 10. Such games may include impelling the cue disc 17 so as to "pot" an object disc 18 in one of the apertures 12, such as is depicted in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Modifications of the apparatus described above, within the scope of the present invention, include the use of cue and object discs having the same diameter.

Also, a cue disc may be greater in weight than an object disc, being made of a denser material. The board 10 need not be rectilineal, but may for example have a circular outline.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. A board game comprising a flat board, a raised rim or wall along an edge or edges of the board, and a set of discs for sliding movement on the board.

2. A board game according to claim 1, wherein the board is rectilinear in plan view.

3. A board game according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the board is provided with one or more apertures for receiving a said disc.

4. A board game according to claim 3, wherein the or each aperture is circular.

5. A board game according to claim 4, wherein the or each aperture is contiguous with said rim or wall as seen in plan view.

6. A board game according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the rim or wall provides a continuous face for impingement by a disc in the course of sliding movement on the board.

7. A board game according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the set of discs includes a cue disc (as hereinbefore defined) and at least one object disc (as hereinbefore defined), the diameter of the cue disc being greater than the diameter of the object disc.

8. A board game according to claim 7, wherein the ratio of the cue and object disc diameters is 4:3.

9. A board game according to any one of claims 1 - 6, wherein the set of discs includes a cue disc (as hereinbefore defined) and at least one object disc (as hereinbefore defined); the cue disc being heavier (in terms of its weight) than the object disc.

10. A board game according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the board has a line marking which extends parallel with and at a fixed distance from the rim or wall.

11. A board game substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.