US1116583A

US1116583A - Game apparatus.

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Publication number: US1116583A
Application number: US81720914A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry L Garrison
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-02-07
Filing date: 1914-02-07
Publication date: 1914-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 1931-11-10

Description

' H. L. GARRISON.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLGATTON FILED FEB.7,1914.

1,116,583, Patented Nov.10,1914.

WITNESSES: 1W VEA/TOR.

UNITED sTaTEs PATENT oEEToE. Y

HENRY L. GARRISON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

T0 all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, HENRY L. GARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games in which a surface projectile is employed, and its object is to provide a goal to receive the ball or projectile, thesamve being provided with means whereby the ball is prevented' from rolling out after'entering the goal.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan viewrof the goal, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. 1

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5

denotes a base plate, thel center of which is the objective point lor goal of the ball or. other surface projectile of the game appara tus, said center being painted or otherwise distinctively marked. Around the base plate, the samebeing circular, is arranged .a series of substantially sector-shaped guard members having intermediate bends dividing the same into two angularly disposed parts 6 and' 7, respectively. The guard members are positioned so that the bendv coincides with the periphery of the base plate, and they are pivoted to said plate by means of small looped wires 8, the part 6 'projecting horizontally outward from the 'a periphery of the base plate and resting at its free end on the table, fioor or other support on which the base plate rests. The part 7 extends upward at an obtuse angle or incline from the part-6, in the direction of the center of the base plate. T he guard members completely encircle the base plate and the parts 7 are so dimensioned that there is in presence oi sufficient space above lthe center of the base plate to accommodate the ball. j

By mounting the guard members as herein described, they arc free to tilt to allow the ball to pass to the center of the plate in side the circle described by the inclined parts 7 .l A ball approaching the base plate rolls over the part 6, and upon striking `the incline 7, the guard member tilts as shown .by dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereupon the ballrolls to the center of the base plate 5. Assoon as the ball rolls oit the partl 7, the same tilts back to its normal upright position, and the ballnow cannot roll out or od the goal, itbeing held in the centerl of the base plate by the upstanding part 7 sur rounding the same.

f The parts may be made of sheet metal or said plate, said members having angularly' disposed parts and being pivoted to the periphery of the base plate at their angle, one of the parts extending horizontally outward from the periphery of the base plate', and the other part being inclined upward and pointing inward toward the center of the plate.

In testimony whereof I'aiiix my signature two witnesses. HENRY L. GARRI'SON. Witnesses:

` S. J. LEHRE'R,

H. Cr. BAToI-rELon.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 10, 1914. Application filed February 7, 1914. Serial No. 817,209.