US1350384A - Game - Google Patents

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G. H. PARKER.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I 1,350,334, PatntedAug. 24,1 920.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY G. H. PARKER.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.|2. 1919.

Patented Aug. 24,. 920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

INVENTOR G .6- V Q ATTORNEY f; UNITED sT Ares [P ATEN-T' GEORGE HENRY Immune, or srmroan, co NEc'rIctrr, ASSrIGNOR r CHRISTINE a. f PARKER, or STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

' GAME.

I Specification of itette rs l atent. Patefifed Ai g, 24,1920

Application filed August 12, 1919. Serial No. 317,027.

" Be it known that I, Groncr. HENRY PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the-same.

This inventlon relates to amusement devices.

It is an object of the invention-to provide an unusual and entertaining form of amuse ment device of a character particularly adapted for ing interest.

Another object is to provide an improved construction of game or amusement device which is inexpensive to maintain and operattracting crowds and arousate, and from which a revenue may be re-v ceived.

Other objects and advantages will be in part noted hereinafter inconnection with the following description of the accompanying drawings which illustrate a typical but preferred embodiment of the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the improved device;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through oneyend of the device,partially broken away;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of an end of the device;

Fig. 4 is a detailed view of one part; and Fig. 5 is a detailed view of a part of the track or runway thereof.

Referring more particularl to the drawings, there is represented in or runway 2 extending from the top of standard 1 by a circuitous and uneven course to a lower part of the standard. The track :2 is preferably formed of a composition of boarding or other material capable of assuming curved and twisted shapes and is supported by a framework consisting of a pluunit consists of legs 8 and the track and sup- I porting framework thereof to legs 9.

ig. 1 a device i including a vertical standard 1 and a track 40 The standard 1 is provided with an elevator 1O (Fig. 2) arranged for raising and lowering by a chain 11 operatiri over pul-.

leys and having a handle 12 'so tat the ele- 'vator in its'lower position is adapted to receive balls 13 from the lower-and discharge end of the track 2, to raise the same to the top of the standard and thence to permit their departure by avity from the starting raised portion of t e trackover the bumps and curves of the latter back to the discharge end of the runway. The balls 13 are maintained on the track between edge guide rails 14 preferably of thin flexible metal which act resiliently when struck by the example, six, are disposed in the elevator 1.

Spectators are then invited to make their selection as to the ball expected .to be the first to traverse the course of the track 2 and reach the dischar e end 16. With the chances on the balls p aced, the elevator 10 is raised and the balls then start'evenly on their course. The order of finish is definitely and automatically indicated by the relative order thereof within the narrow. alley 17 divided at the end of the track. Midway ofthe channel there may be provided a stop pin 18 normally urged upward by a spring 19 and depressible by a hand lever 20 when it is desired to carry the balls on into the elevator 10. In practice suitable prizes may be given to the player who preselected the winning ball. It will be understood that the constructional features 10f the device illustrated mayv be widely variedand that,

for example, the track'2 may be twisted or curved or looped, as desired, whilev the configuration thereof permits the balls to traverse the full course by gravity or under an initial impulse.

Having described my, invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-is:-- 0

1. 111 9.11 amusement-device, in comb1na-.

' extended'runway therefor having an'elevated starting end and a lower discharge end, and means to carry a plurality of said balls from the lower to the elevated end andto deliver the same simultaneously to the latter.

2. In an amusement device, in combination, a circuitous runwa having an elevated starting end and an ad acent but lower discharge end, means to elevate balls from said discharge end to said starting end, and means to indicate the order of arrival of the balls at'said discharge end.

3. In an amusement device, in combination, a runway having an elevated starting end and an ad'acent but lower discharge end andjhaving minor hills and'valleys and side bends in its length, guide rails at the sides of said runway, and an elevator to receive the balls from said discharge end and to raise the same to said starting end of said runway.

4. In. an amusement device, in combination, a plurality'of balls, a runway therefor,

- versely alinedrelationship in said runway,

guide rails at the sides of said runway, and

means to prevent extended travel of the balls lower discharge end, guide rails at the sides of said runway, means to prevent rouping of the balls in file adjacent guide rai s, a vertical standard connecting the discharge and starting- 'ends of said runway, and an elevator to receive the balls from said discharge end and raise the same to said starting end of said its length, said discharge end terminating in ascertainable.

a narrow portion to receive the balls in file in the order-of their arrival thereat.

7 In an amusement device, in combination, a plurality of balls a sectional gravity runway having an elevated starting end and an adjacent but lower discharge end and having minor hills and valleys and side" bends in its length, said discharge end terminating in a narrow portion to receive the balls in file in the order of their arrival thereat, a

vertical standard connecting the starting and discharge end of said runway, and means for receiving the balls from said discharge end and elevating them to said starting end. 8. In an amusement device, in combination, a plurality of balls a gravity runway having a raised starting end and a lower discharge end, the discharge end being narrowed to provide an alley for receiving the balls in the order of their arrival and a do.

pressible stop in said alle to check'the balls.

9. In an amusement evice, in combination, a runway having an elevated'startin end and an adjacent but lower dischar e en and elevatin means for balls adapted to receive the bal s from said discharge end of the runway and to release the balls to start in transversely alined position.

10. In an amusement device, in combination, a wide inclined runway for balls, means to start a plurality of the balls simul-. taneously at the upper end of said runway for gravitational travel down the same, means tending to insure promiscuous lateral distribution of the balls intheir course down said runwaywhereby continued grouping thereof in file is prevented, and means whereby the order of arrival of the balls at the lower end of said'runway is readily In testimony whereof I GEORGE HENRY'PARKER. Witnesses:

G. FREDERICK STARK,"

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afiix my signature, .m the presence of twowitnesses.

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