US1006516A - Game device. - Google Patents

Description

O. WESTON.

GAMB DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.14. 1911.

1,006,516, Patented 0@t..24,1911'.

@LNE i PTENT FFCE.

OLIVER WESTON, E CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Galvin DEVICE..

'and amusing pastime for any number of players, and to provide a pool gaine which ,ing a sloping bottom 1S.

slopes from the rear end to the front, and

can be played and enjoyed by the unskilled player as Well the skilled player. Furt-her objects Will be evident from the hereinafter description.

The invent-ion is embodied essentially in a pool table mounted in a frame and capable of manipulation by hand to pocket the balls thereon, thus disl'iensing with the cue,

with which it is difcult to shoot accurately unless the player. is Well experienced or skilled in the use thereof.

'The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which similar reference figures indicate similar parts, and in Whichliigure 1 is a perspective ofthe gaine device. Fig. 2 is a. cross section through. the central apertures of a modified form. Fig. 3 is a, longitudinal central section of the gaine device as shown in Fie'. 1. Fig. 4t is a plan view of a modified form.

The frame is shown at 11, and the lower portion thereof forms the receptacle 17, hav- This bottom the same, as Well as the receptacle extends forwardly beyond the ,frame 1l to form the extension 1T of the receptacle, which is exposed..y This frame is .rectangular in shapefand the front end 19 thereof is removable therefrom by means of screws 24; for the purpose hereinafter described. The said end is spaced above the bottom 18 to.

form a passage thereunder. Along the sides of frame and on the inside thereof are ribs orjraclgs 22.

Aotuble 12 is slidably mounted in the said frame and en the said ribs 22 by means of the channels 29 engaged thereby. This table is shorter Ythan the freine 11 and is also Vrectanejolar in shape, the ratioei. the sides of such tables being 'usually tivo to one.

V Therefore, the table is slidable longitudinally in the. said fra-incr This table12 Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed January 14, 1911.

Patented et. 24, 1911.

serial No. 602,629.

has an upper playing surface 13, and has disposed around the periphery thereof corner apertures or passages and centrally located apertures or passages 15, as is common in the standard pool table. Between the said apertures 1,5 and around the periphery of the table are cushions 16 of rubber or suitable material. Between. the end 19 of the frame and the front end of the table are arranged coiled springs 23, whichv extend into the recesses 27 in the front end of the said table. Rods or fingers 21 are'arranged Within the si'irings 23 and have their inner ends secured to the table 12 and their outer ends slidable in the end 19 of the frame. One of the said rods or lingers 21, preferably the central one 20, has itsbfront end projected beyond the end 19 of the frame and has an outer knobI 2G. Rubber headed tacks 28 are arranged on the inner face of the rear end of the frame, and lie in the path of the table 12. provided VVon the front end of the table. The table can be .removed by removingV end 19.

The playingsurfaee of the tablel 12 may be coneaved as'sliown at 13 in the modieartiou shown in 2. In the form shown in Fig. '4. the coiled springs 23 are substituted by an elliptical spring' 23', the linger or rod 21 being secured tothe frontI end of "the table,

'.llie balls or the lilre 14, With which the gaine is played, are arranged on the playing surface of the table. and by pulling op the knob 2G and by holding' the frame stationarv. the table is pulled forwardly in the said frame against the compression of the springs or springf and when released returns to its normal position at the rear end of the frame with an impactagainst. the rubber tacks or cushions 28, which causes the balls to scatter. kiss bound back from the cushions 1G. etc., to remain upon the table or drop do'ufn apertures 15. ln passingi down the apertures or passages'lfi the balls drop onto the bottom 18 and due to the decline of saine thenY are forced to roll to the extension 17".

Numerous games can be played with this gaine device.y which are common, for example; the balls. 'Hfteen in nunflber, can be arranged p'yrauiidically on the table. and the players can talre turns in trying' to obtain the inost number of ba ls by poclreting saine into 'the iwi-tures 15, or the balls can he numbered and the sum thereof obtained Loops 25 may also be by each player indicating the winner. As these and other pool further description thereof is not thought necessary.

When playing with the table having a concave playing surface, the balls tend to return to the center of the table after shooting and gives each player more ot an equal chance. The balls rolling into the extension 17 can easily be removed, and counting ot the balls pocketed is facilitated. Inste'ad of pulling the'knob 2G to move the table, the said table can be drawn against the compression of the spring or springs by pulling on the loops 25 ywith the fingers of the player.

It is also understood that various alterations and additions can be made to the invention, within the scope of the appended claims, 'and that no limitations are inferred by the specific construction shown and described.

Having described my invention,- what I claim as newy isl. A ganie device comprising a trame having a lower receptacle which extends out from the said frame and the bottom of the said receptacle being inclined from the said' extended portion, a table slidably mount-ed within the said trame above the said receptacle and having an upper playingr surface and apertures therein passing through the table to the said receptacle, a spring having tension between the said frame and table, cushions around thc periphery of the said table, and means for pulling' the said table against thetension of the said spring.

2. A game device comprising a frame having a lower receptacle, a table slidably mounted within the said frame above the said receptacle and having an upper playing surface and apertures therein passing through the table to the said receptacle, a spring having tension between the said frame and table, cushions around the periphery of the said table, and means for sliding the said table against the tension of the said spring.

3. A game device comprising a frame, a table slidably arranged on the said frame and havingr an upper playing surface and apertures therein, a spring having compression between the said frame and table, cushions around the periphery of the said table, and means for pulling the said table against the compression of the said spring.

ll. A game device comprising a frame, a Itable slidably arranged on the said frame gill'llQS are Common, a/

and having an upper playing surface and a plurality of apertures therein disposed around the periphery thereof, a spring having tension between the said frame and table, cushions around the periphery of the table between the said apertures, and a i'inger projecting from the said table and having a knob thereon to allow the table to be pulled against the tension of the said spring.

5. A game device comprising a frame having a lower receptacle which extends out from the said frame and the bottom of the said receptacle being inclined from the said extended portion, a table slidably mounted within the said frame above the said receptacle and having an upper playing surface and apertures therein passing through the table to the said receptacle, cushions around the periphery of the said table, and means for sliding the said table.

G. A game device comprising a rectangularframe having the lower end `extended at-onc end and the bottom thereof inclinedfrom .the said end, a rectangular table slidably mounted longitudinally in the said frame and spaced above the said bottom, the said table having an upper playing surface and apertures arranged at the corners and sides thereof which pass through the said table, a spring arranged between one end of the sa'id frame and table tending to hold the said table at one end of the frame, cushions around the periphery of the said table between the said apertures, and a nger projecting from the said table out through the said frame and having` an outer knob to allow the table to he piilled against the tcnsion of the said spring.

7. A game device comprising a frame, a table slidably arranged on the said frame and having an upper playing surface which slopes from the sides and ends thereof to the center of the said table and the said table having a plurality of apertures arranged around the periphery thereof., cushions around the periphery of the said table between the said apertures, a spring having tension between the said frame and table, and means for sliding the said table on the said frame against the tension of the said spring.

In testimony whereof` I do a llix my signaturc in presence of two uitnesses.,`

OLIVER WESTON. lvitncsses MONROE E. MILLER, EUGENE E. IVOLF.

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