US1234618A - Game apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

' R. M. BRENNER.

GAME APPARATUS.-

APPiLICATION FILED JAN-24, 1911.

Patented July 24, 1917.

.Mfiwwew Br I v ATTORNEYS WITNESSES RICHARD M. BRENNER, OF PALISAIDE, NEW JERSEY.

GAME ArrAnA'rUs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 2a, 1917.

Application filed January 24, 1917. Serial No. 144,145.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD M. BRENNER, a citizen of the United. States, and a resident of Palisade, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved game apparatus, more especially designed for use in pleasure resorts, exhibition grounds and like places, and arranged to require considerable skill on the part of a player to successfully play the game. Another object is to provide a game apparatus in the form of a toy for children to afford amusement tothe same and to aid the children in learning rapid addition.

In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a table or alley, provided with rails and open at one end to permit of rolling the ball over the table, the head end of the table being provided with spaced pockets for the ball to pass into, and countersmounted in the said rails, each counter having peripheral members projecting beyond the inner face of the corresponding rail into a possible path of the ball rolled over the table, to cause the ball to turn the counter, each member of which is provided with a score numeral.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game apparatus Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of a portion of the table, one rail and a counter, the section being on the line 33 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 44 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

A table 10 is mounted on a suitable support 11 and is preferably covered on itsupper surface with a fabric material, veneer or other material 12, and the head of the table is provided with a goal preferably in the form of a number of pockets 13 having associated therewith score numerals, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The table 10 is provided with side rails 14 joined with a head rail 15 thus leaving the foot end of the table open for the player to project a ball over the table either by hand or by the use of a one or other tool.

The rails 14 and 15 are provided along the top with an inwardly extending cushion 16 rounded off at the corners at the head of the table, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The cushion 16 is preferably made of rubber covered with cloth or other material to readily deflect a ball which strikes the cushion at an angle, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In each of the rails 14 and 15 are mounted counters 20, preferably in the form of wheels 21, disposed horizontally and mounted on ball bearings 22 carried by a central post 23 attached to the corresponding rail and the tablelO, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. The wheel 21 of each counter is provided on its peripheral face with a plurality of members 2 preferably in the form of disks, bearing different score numerals, as indi cated in Fig. 5. The members 24 project through a slot 25 formed in the inner face of the corresponding rail 14 or 15 so that one of the members 24 projects at the time into a possible path of the ball rolled over the table 10. By reference to Figs. 1 and 5, it will be noticed that the members 24 are spaced equal distances apart, and the axis of the counter is located in such relation relative to the inner face of the corresponding rail that only one of the members 24 can possibly project through the slot 25 into the path of the ball rolled over the table. As shown in Fig. 1, the counters in the two side rails 14 are preferably disposed directly opposite each other while the counters 20 at the head rail 15 are spaced equal distances from the median center line of the table.

b 1 playing the game, the player rolls a over the table with a view to score as high as possible by turning the projecting member of any one or any number of the counters and landing the ball in thepocket 13 marked with the highest score number. In starting the game the counters are turned by hand until the members 24 having the numeral 0 thereon project into the path of the ball, as indicated in Fig. 1. The player is given a number of balls, say 7, and, as stated above, the object is to make as high a score with the seven balls as possible.

Thus the player can roll the ball along the table, say at one side, to strike the several projecting members 2A with a view to turn the counters to display another member with a higher score number thereon, and land such ball into one of the pockets 13. The player with the second ball tries to turn such counters that were not turned before or that had a number '24: with a low numeral displayed, Thus considerable skill is required on the part of the player toeventually turn the counters to display their highest score numerals and to have located as many balls as possible in the pockets 13. It is understood that after a ball has been rolled and landed in a pocket 13 it may be removed from the table so as to make room for the next ball.

The counters 20 are mounted on ball bearings to turn very easily and a player throws the ball with more or less force against a member 24 in order to turn the counter to display a higher score numeral, By the use of the cushion 16 the ball can be projected from one side to the other to turn counters on opposite sides.

It is understood that after a player has rolled the allotted number of balls, the total score is noted down and a next player now proceeds to play with a view to make as high a score as possible.

The game apparatus may be constructed in the form of a toy for use by children. In this case the game is played the same as above described, but it will be noticed that as the children have to add up the displayed numerals of the counters together with the amount scored when the balls are located in any one of the pockets 13, the children readily improve their ability in quickly adding up the different amounts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A game apparatus, comprising a table provided with rails and open at one end to permit of rolling a ball over the table, the head end of the table being provided with spaced pockets for the ball to pass into, and counters mounted to turn on a vertical axis in the said rails,- each 'counter'having peripheral members projecting beyond the Copies of this patent may be obtained for inner face of the corresponding rail into a possible path of the ball rolled over the table.

2. A game apparatus, comprising a table, rails extending alongthe two sides and one end, the other end of the table being unobstructed for rolling a ball over the table,

and counters jo-urnaled in the rails and each having numbered members spaced equal distances apart and projecting singly beyond the inner face of the corresponding rail into a possible path of the ball rolled over the table,

3. A game apparatus, comprising a table provided at the head with pockets, side rails extending along the sidesof the table, a head rail extending across the. head of the table and joined with the side rails, and wheels journaled in the rails on vertically disposed axes, each wheel being provided on its peripheral face with disks spaced equal distances apart and bearing different score numerals on their upper faces, the disks projecting singly beyond the inner face of the corresponding rail.

4. A game apparatus, comprising a table provided at the head with'pockets, side rails extending along the sides of'the table, a head rail extending across the head of the table and joined with the side rails, and wheels journaled in the rails on vertically disposed provided on its. peripheral face with disks spaced equal distances apart and bearing different score numerals on their upper faces, the disks projecting singly beyond the inner face of the corresponding rail, the wheels at the side rails being arranged op posite each other and the wheels at the head rail being arranged equal distances on -op-. posite sides of the longitudlnal center line of the table.

5, A game provided with ing provided apparatus, comprising a table rails, the head of the table be with a goal for a ball rolled over the table, and counters journaled onthe rails and each having counting members projecting singly beyond the inner face of the corresponding railrinto a possible path of the ball rolled over the table? RICHARD M. BRENNER.

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