US1064914A - Magnetic basket-ball game. - Google Patents

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.1.. H. JONES.

MAGNETIC BASKET BALL GAME.

APLIOATION FILED'JULY 12,1911.

Patented June 17, 1913.

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L. H. JONES.

MAGNETIC BASKET BALL GAMB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12,1911.

'1,0649 14. Patented June 17, 1913.

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LENORA H.` JONES, OF WICHITA, KANSAS,.ASSIGNOR 0F UNE-FOURTH 2,0 JOHN CLARK BROWN, OF SEDGWICK, KANSAS.

MAGNETIC enema-BALL GAME.

Speclcation of Letters latent. Patented June 17, 1913.

agpucation med Ju1y`12, 911. serial un. 638,179.

To all lwhomz't may concern.'

Be it known that I, LENORA H. JONES, a citizen of the United States of America,

. residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick, in the Stateof Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magnetic Basket-Ball Games, whereof the vfollowing is a specification.

i a game ofy thistype or character adaptable for domestic or .parlor use and which will be entertaining and amusing for either children or adults.

To this end' the apparatus of the' game comprises small magnetic bats and magnetizable projectilesusable in connection with a table, board or floor constituting the ield ofthe game and with basket goals thereon.

Figure l ofthe accompanying drawings represents a perspective View of an apparatus embodying this invention adapted for the useof adults, the ligure showing the apparatus in use by players of the game. Fig. 2 represents a plan view with parts broken away of one form of magnetic bat used in the game. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section of said bat on line 3 3 of Fig. 2v

and in edge elevation at the left of said V line. Fig. fl represents a transverse section through said bat on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

f Fig. 5 represents a too plan View of a table constituting'a field for the game. Fig. 6 represents a side elevation thereof, parts being in section. Fig. 7 represents a plan view with parts broken out showing another form of magnetic bat usable in this game.

Fig. 8 represents a side elevation and longitudinal section thereof on line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 represents a transverse section on line 9 9' of Fig. 8.

The same reference numbers indicate corresponding parts in the' diderent igures, round numbers ten and multiples thereof being used for the principal elements and intermediate numbers for the subordinate features thereof respectively. i In Fi 1 the game is illustrated in its preferred orm in which the tield 10 constitutes the top of a table. This ield is Aprovided near `one end withl socket holes 11 and 12 and near the opposite end with socket holes as 1,4: andcentr'ally of its length with a transverse line or score '15 dividing the field into two sections. Upright screens 20 and 30 are disposed at opposite ends of the field. The screen 20 is preferably composed of two posts 21 and 22 and a wire netting 23 stretched between said posts. The posts enter the socket holes l1 and; 12. lThis screen is provided at its center or thereabout with a hole 25 adapted to serve as a goal or basket. This hole is preferably surrounded on the outer side of the screen with a flexible bag 26 for holding the projectile which passes through the goal. The bag may have a hole in its bottom` for the escape of the projectile. The screen 30 may be of similar vconstruction as the screen 20, being composed of posts 3l 32 and a wire netting 33.

A projectile 40 constitutes the playing ball of the game. This projectile may be oonstruoted in shell or solid form in spherical or other shape in whole or in part of soft iron or other magnetizable material. y A magnetic bat, which I have named a tong, is used in all forms of the game by the players ou one side as an implement for throwing the ball into a goal basket and by their opponents for batting it away from or otherwise guarding such basket. The magnetic bat consists essentially of a magnetic body and a handle by which the implement is grasped by the player. When condi-noted as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the magnetic body comprises a easing 51 provided with a handle 52 and inclosing a magnet 55. The casing is preferably constructed of protective material and is provided on'one face withv a central opening 53 and on the other face with an end opening 54. These openings constitute ball 'pockets through which the inclosed magnet 55 is exposed for contact with the playing ball 40. The casing may be recessed to receive the magnet and provided with a cover plate 56 for securing it in place. This cover plate .is preferably provided with a groove .57 which lits over the magnet. The magnetic bat is thus adapted through its exposed magnetic contact or contacts 5.3 and 54 for picking up the ball and tossing 1t into a goal basket and by its-bat body for opposing the entry of a playing ball into the basket. v

In the use of the apparatus lllustra'ted in Figs. l to 4, the players to the number of two, four or six, take places at the sides of thetable 10 as shown inf-Fig. 1, those playing partners being n the same side of the table and the opposing team on theopposite side thereof. The pla-'ying ball 40 is put in play by the leader of oneUside dropping it over the center of the table froma height of six to fteen inches.. who at the same time gives the signal play. The same side side simply pass the ball along Vto tabley with al light tap of the tong. The opponent attempts to prevent a player from scoring by guarding the basket and by knockingthe ball from his opponents tong by lightly striking the latter 0n the top or otherwise with his own. Each playing ball delivered inthe basket may count two points and the first side scoring ten points shall be the winner in the game and the side first win-4 ning ve games shall be the final winner.

-In the scientific game played with nets, a much harder game and one requiring more skill can be played by making the shot from a point back of the center line. The shot is preferably made after picking up the ball by striking the bat against the fingers of the left handas amuch truer shot can be made in this Way.

The hand must be wholly on the handle.

of the magnetic bat, and it` shall be a foul lto strike'the hand of an opponent when so held, tov-strike the basket when attempting to score, to touch the ball with anypart of body as hands and to invert the magneticbat when vcarryingl Vthe ball. Each toul counts one for the opposite side.. When the ball falls from vthe table itvshall be put in play as in the ybeginning of the game.

In Figs. 5 and the table isvprovidednear opposite ends with cup- like baskets 25 and 35 with. l

A tong shown 1n Flgs.' 7, 8 and 9 1s of 'the same general construction as the tong 50, being provided however withdouble bal pockets'63 and 64 opening through-both and the screens 20 and 30 are dispensed faces of the bat. The magnet is slightly Vdifferent in bshape from thel magnet 55 hav; y lng converging -heels which are exposed at both sides of the tong .in the central pocket r63 and on both sides at the end pocket 64.'

In the use ofthe tong 60 the rule against the inversion thereof is dispensed with.

Fig. 5 may be consideredas representing a'. floor' lield. In the use of a floor field the tongs are 'provided with elongated handles y62 indicated in ll? ig. 8 and the ball pockets in the side faces may be omitted, the end pockets being sutlicientfor this use of the device.

I Iclaim as my invention;

1. A game apparatus lcomprising qa bat provided with a magnetic body, and a pro-V ject-ile adapted for magnetic engagement with said bat. I

2. A game apparatus comprising a` bat provided with a magnetic body and a protective handle, and a project-ile adapted for magnetic engagement with said bat.

3. Abat consisting of 'a handle and a magnetic body composed of a magnet and a protective casing provided with an opening forming a' magnetic projectile pocket.

4. A bat consisting of a handle and a magnetic body composed'of a magnet and a protective casing provided with an opening in its face forming a magnetic projectile pocket. l

5. Abat consisting of a handle-and a magnetio body composed of a'magnet and a protectivecasing provided with an opening at one end forming a magnetic projectile 6. A bat consisting of -al handle and a magnetic body composed of a magnet and a protective casing provided` wlth side `and vend openings forming magnetic projectile protective casing providedwith openings at p lts opposite sides and at its outer end formin ma etic ro'ectile ockets.

g gn p JLEN masones@ Witnesses I?. B. STANLEY,

W. H. STANLEY.

It is hereby certified that the residence of the assignee in Letters Patent No.

1,064,914, granted June 17, 1913, upon the application of Lenora H. Jones,

of Wichita, Kansas, for an improvement in Magnetic Basket-Ball Gaines, in the grant and in the heading to the printed specification was erroneously given as Sedgwick, Kansas, Whereas said residence should have been given as Wie/Lita,

Kansas; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conforni to the record of the case in the Patent Oiiice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of July, A. D., 1913.

[SEAL] C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents,

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