US1269941A

US1269941A - Game apparatus.

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Publication number: US1269941A
Application number: US15898017A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sidney Ernest Kelley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-03-31
Filing date: 1917-03-31
Publication date: 1918-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 1935-06-18

Description

S. E. KELLEY,

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, Be it known that l, SIDNEY E. KELLEY, a citizen rof, the United States of America, residing at VVestfi'eld, in the county of Hampden and State of' Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus designed more especially for playing the game of indoor footlball, and consists essentially of a board and markers mounted and movable thereon, and an indicating device in the form of a dial and pointer, all being of novel construction, as hereinafter set forth.

The game board is made to simulate a gridiron7- or foot-ball field, by having marked thereon divisions indicating the number of yards on eitherside of the center, with certainl other designatingmatter, including 'means whereby the necessary two opposite or Icontending sides, representatives of the same'number of teams, are clearly represented or indicated.

rlhe dial determines, with the aid of its pointer, the character of the moves to be madevwith the markers on the board, the game as played by the two sides being directed by said dial and pointer.

The respective'sides play this game alternately, and the manner of playing the same is a fair simulation of that in which is played the outdoor game of foot-ball.

The primary object of my invention is to produce an especially simple and inexpensive game apparatus, of the class specified above. rllhe board with the markers included and the indicating1 device are both Anot only simple structurally, but of a character that makes easy the playing of the game, so thatchildren and persons of ordinary intelligence can lunderstand and use the same practically and satisfactorily.

A further object is to provide a gaine board of this kind with markers which can be easily and quickly applied or mounted in place on the board, and which then are vnot liable to become detached and mislaid .or lost, while at the same time being readily Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ill une 1%, 191%..

Application filed March 31, 191'?. Serial No. 158,980.

players, Harvard and Yale indices being here used for this purpose, merely as an example, inasmuch as any other indices may as well be employed..

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description.

l attain the objects and secure the advantages of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-` Figure 1 is a top plan of the game board with its markers; F ig. 2, an enlarged crosssection through said board, showing the ball marker and one of the linemen markers in elevation, one arm of the cross support, lateral brace, or carrier for the ball being broken off to disclose the arm of ksaid lineman marker behind; F ig. 3, an enlarged end elevation of said ball marker, and, Fig. 4, a top plan of the indicating device.

Owing to the length 0f the board the same is shown in two sections, with the right-hand section under the left-hand section and connected by arrow-tipped dot-and-dash lines, in Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the several views.

A game board is represented at 6 and an indicating device at 7. l will first describe the board 6 and then the indicating device 7.

The board 6 is long and narrow and ma have tapered terminals 11H11. Longitudinal grooves 12-12 are made in the side edges of the board 6, or in the parallel porltions of such edges. @n the upper surface of the tapered terminals l1 are delineated dissimilar characters or insignia to differentiate the two sides or the two players of the game, H and Y and two pairs of banners being here employed as such insignia, with the H on one terminal and the Y on the other terminal. two ends may be in appropriate contrasting colors, as crimson (red) and blue in this case. Goals are indicated at 13-13 on the terminals 11, although these are not neces sary. A gridiron or foot-ball field 14 in miniature is laid out or delineated on the upper surface of the board 6 between the goals 13. rllhis field is divided by long cross lines into ten-yard lengths indicated by `the numerals `10, 20, 30, 40, 50, from each end to the center, the center line being 50, and by short cross-lines 15 into Eve-yard lengths. A line of spots or rectangles 16 extends through the center of the field it? The banners at the The rectangles 16 are in spaced relationship, and their number and arrangement are such that each is assumed to be one yard from the next adjacent rectangle in either direction. The tive-yard space next to the H end of the field let is marked 5' yd loss- Yale,

so too is the tive-yard space inside of and adjacent to the 10-yard li'ne'at that end, and

y slide in either` direction on the board 6;

Said' markers comprise two lineme'n marker's17i and' a ball marker: 18, the latter being' between the two former.

The' lineinen' markers 17, which are usually made ofiV wireextend across the li'e'ld la and the" board' 6. At' each end of each marker7 L7 is,l an angular 'arm 19 which. ex'- t'ends downI on one side of' the. board 6 above" the groovev4 12in that sid'efo'r' edge'of said board,fand1 enters said groove. It will be seen, therefore, that; the' arms 19'A hold the markers 17 in place on the-boardwhether said?markers'be'stationary or moved. One of' the linem'en'y markers 17 is employed2 by the opponent of' the player whois manipulatingthe ball'm'ar'ker18', and the functions of'saidmarkers are similar to those ofaetual linemen in the fieldv gaine.

The'- ball marker' 18,' besides a part that extendsl across the b'oard' 6, like the linemen markers 17, and has at each end an angular arm21, similar'to the arms'19 only longer inrit'svertical' portion, to engage one or the other' of the slotted edges of' said board, comprisesv av ball` 22' which ismounted centrally on said part and provided at the endsV with downwardly projecting feet 253-23;` The feet23'are in the same vertical plane with and' travel' over the rectangles 16- and' solpoint` out clearly the position of the ball22,' the foot' which is iniadvance 1n the direction oftravel being' the one employed' by the player' who is operating the ballfmarker.` The'feet' 231rest on the board 'landso' support the ball 22 from below, while' the member `upon whichl said ball` is mounted holds said" balli against lateral movement' and prevents 4the same from being turned in such a manner as would divert saidf'e'et from their proper course over the rectangles A 16 The b'all122s elevated` somewhatfr'om-the boa'rd''v by the 'feet 23,' wherefore" itis "necessary 'thattle vertical portions of the arms 21 be of sutlieient length to accommodate the transverse part of the marker 18 to said feet and ball and at the same time permit the inturned parts which form the bases ot' said arms to enter and slide in the slots 12. The several parts and members of the ball marker, except the ball itself, may be made ofI wire.

It is now seen that the ball and linemen markers extend' across and embrace the board, yet can be 'moved readily in either direction, and that said markers are always inoperative position. The markers 17 and 18 can easily and quickly be slipped' on and 0E' of the board (5 at the ends of the parallel-sided portion of said board.

The indicating device 7 has a dial 2li delineated' and a pointer 25 mounted thereon as parts thereof. The pointer 25 is pivoted in thecenter of the dial 24C at 2G. The dial comprises a plurality of peripheral` spaces in which are arranged4 ciphers, digits, and tens, and a diametral line 27 divides the large central space inside of said peripheral spaces into halves, and a radial line 28 divides one ot the semi-circular spaces thus produced'into two equal parts. The following' controlling data appears on the dial: In theundivided semi-circular space Goal from touchdown madeforward pass completefield goal'inade, in one oit the quarter-circle spaces Forward pass incomplete and in. the other quarter circle space Forward pass intercepted, and in the combined quarter-circle spaces Goal trom touchdown missed and"Field goal missed. This controlling data gives eiiect to the characters in the peripheral spaces. Said characters or the digits and tens' thereamong designate yards.

In playing the game with the hereinbefore described board, markers, and indieating device, the players take turns, one `spinning the pointer 25 and moving the ball marker 18, each move ot said marker being determined'by the position of said pointer on the dial 2a each time the former comes to rest, until it becomes the turn of the other player to spin said pointer and move said marker. The ball marker 18 is startedeach time from the 50-yard line, with the toot 23 which is forward' in the direction of travel resting on said line. The linemen marker 17 which is ahead' ofv the ball marker 18, in the direction of'- travel of said ballmarker, is the one used, the same being movedby th'e opponentv of the player who is manipulating said' balll marker. The Y player or Yale operates the` ball marker in the half of the lield 121 that is between the center of the board andthe Hl terminal thereof start'- ing-` from said center, andthe H player or Harvard moves the linemen marker that is between' said terminal and said ball marker ineither direction'or forward and recaen backward as required. When it becomes the turn of the I-I player to move the ball marker he also starts at said center, but operates in the other half oit said field, and the Y player operates the other linemen marker.

As already stated the game played With this apparatus is conducted in accordance With ordinary foot-ball rules, which are so Well understood that it is not deemed necessary to eneumber this specication With even an outline of the same. The method of scoring is included in said rules and also applied here.

I am aware that various game boards and associated or correlated devices have before been employed for playing the game of indoor `foot-ball, and do not, therefore, seek to claim broadly means for playing such game.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a game apparatus, aboard having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball field, and a marker spanning and slidingly arranged on said board over said field.

2. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball field, and a ball marker slidingly arranged on said board, said marker consisting in part of a foot to ride over said field and serve as a pointer.

3. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball lield, and a marker slidingly-arranged on said board, said marker consisting in part of a ball provided with feet to ride over said field and serve as pointers.

4. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball iield, and ball and linemen markers spanning and sliiingly-arranged on said board over said iie d.

5. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball eld, a ball marker and linemen markers spanning and slidingly-arranged on said board over said i'ield, said linemen markers being on opposite sides of said ball marker.

6. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball ield, and also having longitudinally-grooved side edges, and a marker spanning said board and provided with arms adapted to engage such grooved edges, said marker being adapted to slide over saidiield.

In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball field, and also having longitudinally-grooved side edges, and a marker which spans said board and engages said grooved edges, and is provided With feet Which are adapted to serve as pointers relative to said field.

8. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball eld, and also having longitudinally-grooved side edges, and a marker comprising a member Which spans said board and engages said grooved edges, a ball mounted on sald member, and feet extending from said ball into position to serve as pointers relative to said field.

9. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-,ball field, such simulation comprising a series of transverse yard lines, and a longitudinally-extending rovir of yard spots, and a ball marker spanning and slidingly-arranged on said board, and consisting in part of feet to rlde over said lines and spots.

10. In a game apparatus, a board having thereon the simulation of a foot-ball iield, such simulation comprising a series of transverse yard lines, and a longitudinallyextending row of yard spots, and a ball marker spanning and slidingly-arranged on said board, and consisting in part of feet to ride over said lines and spots, the field zones and yards lost to both sides being denoted on said field.

SIDNEY ERNEST KEIJIJEY.

Witnesses:

A. C. FAIRBANKS, E A. CUTTER.

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