US1203021A - Game apparatus. - Google Patents

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A. M. LOCKETT 81 A. M. LOCKETTJR.

GAME APPARATUS. 2

APPLICATION FILED DEC.27. 1915.

Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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' APPLICATION FILED DE'C.27. I9I5.

1,208,021. Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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STATES A i ANDREW M. LOCKETT AND ANDREW M. LOCKETT, JR., OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

GAME APrAnATUs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. a, rare.

Application filed December 27, 1915. Serial No. 68,678.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, ANDREWM. LOGKETT and ANDREW M. LOCKETT, J r., citizens of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in

the parishof Orleans and Stziteof Louis,

" Some of the holes are shorter and some are apparatus are adapted for playing similar.

games in which an object is moved or driven about on a field.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive game apparatus which may be learned easily and whichsimulates the game to be played.

Another object is to provide an apparatus in which the element of skill is increased as much as possible, giving the players the opportunity of using their judgment in the control of the club used and the stroke given the ball, similar to that in actual play on the golf links.

Other objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one of thesections or game boards embodying the invention'; Fig. 2 is a plan View of an indicator embodying the invention; Figs. 3 and 3" are enlarged views illustrating parts of the indicator, showing the ball and projectile member in place; Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the indicator, on the line l[V-][V of Fig. 3, showing the ball and projectile member in end elevation; Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of tge ball and projectile member; Fig. 6 is a view illustrating a mallet which maybe used to strike the projectile member; Figs. 7 and 8 are cross-sec;

features of this character which appear on tions of modified forms of the indicator" when a ball is employed, and Fig. 9 illustrates one of the pinsbr markers to desig-.

nate the location or lie of the ball on the game board when such a marker is employed.

Theapparat us consists of a board or series of boards constituting the golf course. The first hole ofthe golf course .is illus trated on the board 10 in Fig. 1, and it will a be understood that in playing a game over a nine hole course there will be eightniore of these cards, while in order to have a complete eighteen hole course there will be" seventeen more cards or boards. These nine or eighteen boards or cards 10, may be arranged in their proper relation to each other, detached from one another, or united into one larger board or card, without departing from the spirit of the present in vention. The holes are diderent as to distance and to physical features of the course.

longer, but all the cards are preferably of uniform size, the scale ofdistances being modified to suit the space. The board or boards, are ruled longitudinally and transversely by the parallel lines 11 and 12, forming squares, the dimensions of which bear a certain relation to the dimensions of the golf course. The distances may or may not be indicated by marginal figures. For convenience, the direct line betweenthe tee and the putting green has the distances marked thereon, as shown at 10 The tee, the fair green, the hazards and all other physical the golf course, the putting green and the hole, are represented on'the boardsby suitable symbols, drawings or has relief miniature reproductions, the purpose being to rep- H resent on the board on a suitable scale a map or reproduction of an actual golf course. F

It is manifest that with either a large board or with the multiple board equipment any number of -players can engage" in the game by following each other, in the same manner as is done in an actual game of 'golf.

Small holes 10.? may be provided if so desired at all the intersections of the longi tudinal and transverse lines 11 and 12 as indicated for example in the upper left hand corner or section of Fig.1, to receive the nally and transversely extending lines there on dividing the top surfaces f the stripsv into spaces in which figures are printed. The figures are thus arranged in columns and crossrows and are intended to represent pins 13, one'of which is shown in Fig. 9.

Thereare asmany pins as players, and of the distances which the ball is driven by dif- I ferent clubs selected by the players. At one end of each column is the name of a club used in the game, and in the present illustration there is a column each for the driver,

brassy, mid-iron, mashy, niblick and putter,

which are the clubs used in an ordinary game of golf.

The indicator or block 14 has a channel 17 extending longitudinally thereof from end to end of the block, one end thereof being'closed by the plate 18. The channel 17 is located midway between the sides of the block and opens by a narrower channel 19 in the top face of the block 14 between the strips 15 and 16. The channel 17 constitutes a guideway for the projectile member or weight 20, made of any suitable material. The projectile member has a stem 21 rigidly secured thereto, and said stem extends through the narrow channel 19 and carries the ball 22 on the outer end thereof. The ball 22 simulates a golf ball in the present instance and in other games, it simulates the object which is knocked about over the game field. The end of the narrow channel 19 is closed by a plate which covers the end of the block 1 1 and has a hole registering with the end of the channel 7 in order that the reduced end 20 of the projectile member may project from the channel 17. The shoulder 20* limits the outward movement of the projectile member.

vided with a suitable handle and a rubber or wooden head 241, and is used to drive the projectile member 20 longitudinally of the channel 17. However, the ball may befiipped with the fingers or may be projected or driven in any other way the player may desire. i

It will be seen that with this construction a player can make as many as 75 or 80 different strokes with each club, and the control of these strokesis quite possible within limits will make the game ca able of bringing in great skill. It is not only necessary to exercise judgment in the choice of the mits said sphere or ball to move back and forth in a channel 17 of rectangular cross section as shown in Fig. 7, or a channel 17 of circular cross section as illustrated in Fig. 8, without being displaced from the indicator 14. In each case the surface of the sphere or ball 20- projecting beyond the The mallet 24 illustrated in Fig. 6 1s proouter plane of the plate 23' is capable of receiving a variable impact and be projected along the slot different distances for purposes as heretofore explained.

The manner of playing the game will in general be as follows: The player whose turn, it is to play will place the pin representing the golf ball on the tee and will then determine from the distance he wishes to make, the club he will use in making the stroke,being guided in this selection by the distance and the physical obstacles on the green. Suppose that the case is one where the hole is over 400 yards from the tee. In

such a case he would select a driver. He

that the ball is projected opposite the mark ISO-20R, and indicated at A of Fig. 3 This means the player gets 180 yards ofdistan ce toward the hole and 20 yards to the right of a direct line, and he sets the marker at the point indicated. Numerous other strokes are possible. The new location of the ball is'on the fair green, but may have been inqa bunker, in high grass or in any other difficulty which may exist on the course. At his next turn, the player must choose a club which, in an actual game it would be practicable to use. Being on the fair green he would use a brassy, but if he had, landed in a bunker he would be compelled to use either a mashy or any other club which the player feels justified in using. The projectile member 20 is returned to its normal position and is struck.

again with the mallet 24, driving the ball 22 opposite a figure in the mashy column, or in the column of the club selected for the stroke and the marker will be moved accordingly. Should the projectile member 20, or

sphere 20*, come to a stop at the upper end 15 of the indicator 15 the stroke will be counted .as a,foozle. and no advance of the ball will be made on board 10. In the use of the sphere of ball 20 should said sphere or ball project over two of the divisions, on the indicator 15, the lower division of the club selected is the stroke counted.

From the foregoing description it is believed the complete game will be understood. Any suitable rules may of course be adopted for playing the game.

It is to be understood that while the invention has been shown and described in de game field by differently constructed clubs, comprising a board bearing thereon a plurality of columns of figures representing distances which the object is knocked on the game field by different clubs, each column being designated by the name of a particular club, and an object adapted to be projected longitudinally alongside of said columns of figures to positions opposite cross rows of figures so as to indicate the distance the object has been knocked in the game by the particular club selected.

2. An apparatus for playing a game in which an object is projected about on a game field, comprising a board bearing thereon a column of figures separated by transverse lines and representing distances on the game field, said board having a slideway extending longitudinally of the column of figures, a member simulating the object proj ected about the game and a weight connected to said member and adapted to be projectcd along said slideway, said weight carrying said member with it when projected to positions opposite figures in said column so as to indicate the distance the object has been projected in the game.

3. A golf game apparatus comprising a member bearing a representation of at least a part of a golf links, a board bearing a plurality of columns of figures representing distances on the golf links, the columns of figures being designated by the names of different golf clubs, an object representing a golf ball adapted to be projected longitudinally of said columns of figures to positions opposite cross rows of figures to indicate the distance the ball is driven by the club selected, and means whereby said object may be projected with a force depending on the judgment of the player. v

a. A golf game apparatus comprising a member bearing a representation of at least a part of a golf links and having intersecting lines thereon, the intersections representing possible points to which the golf ball may be driven, a board bearing a plurality of columns of figures representing distances on the golf links and having a guidewayextending longitudinally of said columns of figures, the columns of figures being desig nated by the names of different golf clubs, an object representing a golf ball adapted to be projected longitudinally of said guideway to positions opposite cross rows of figures to indicate the distance the ball is driven bythe club selected, markers adapted to be placed at said intersections to indicate the point on the links to which thejball is driven and means whereby said object may be projected with a force depending on the judgment of the player.

5. A game apparatus comprising a game board bearing a representation of a game field, an indicator bearing a column of fig ures representing different distances on said game field, said indicator having a channel in the body thereof extending longitudinally of said column of figures and constituting aguideway, a member adapted to be projected along the said channel, a device simulating an object used in playing the game and rigidly secured to said member said device being disposed outside said channel above the indicator and adapted to be projected with said member to positions opposite figures in said column so as to indicate the distance the object has been projected in the game, and means whereby said member may be engaged and projected along said channel with a variable force depending on the judgment of the player.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW M. LOCKETT. ANDREW M. LOCKETT, JR.

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