US1377364A - Game-board attachment - Google Patents

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J. JQQUINNI GAME BOARD ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9' 1920.

1 ,3? 7 ,3 64, Patented May 10, 192E.

ATTORNEY.

NT .FFICE.

JAMES J. QUINN, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

I GAME-BOARD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed June 9, 1920. Serial No. 387,651. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Game-Board Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to game board attachments and has for an object to provide pool, billiard or other similar tables or boards with a rotatory arm whereby games such as pool or billiards may be played without the use of the ordinary cue.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this character which is equally well adapted to use in connection with standard size pool and billiard tables as with small tables .where it is desiredas a game for children.

A further object of my invention is to make the attachment of such a character that it may be easily removed, and the table may then be used for the ordinary game of pool or billiards.

A still further object of the invention is to provide mechanical means for throwing dice.

Iwill now describe my invention in detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawings inlwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a pool table and the attachment.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with parts broken away.

The game board, which is designated by the numeral 1, is here shown as a conventional pool tablevprovided with the usual pockets 2. A removable shaft 3 passes vertically through the center of the table and has removably attached to its upper end the 1 the arm causing the dice to slip off and roll horizontally extending arm 4.

On the under side of the table is mounted a spring or other motor of any desired type, indicated by numeral 5. The shaft is operatively and detachably connected with this motor.

The table may be beveled or otherwise slightly cutaway adjacent theshaft opening as shown at 6, so that when the attachment is removed a suitable plug may be firmly secured in place, thus putting the table in condition for the ordinary game of pool or billiards.

Adjacent its extremity the arm 4: may be provided with a small shelf 7 for receiving Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Ma 10, 1921.

dice 8. Numeral 9 refers to a ball in place on the table. s 7

To play the game the motor is started and the shaft and arm carried thereby are rotated at the desiredfspeed in a clockwise direction. The player then places aball on the table in a position where he thinks the arm on striking it will drive :it into one of the pockets. Of course the player may or may not be required to indicate before hand into which pocket he is attempting to place the ball. Also, instead of putting the ball or balls in the pockets, the game may be played by placing a second ball on the table gnfi attempting to strike it with the first While I have shown the rotatable arm as of S-shape, it is not my intention to be limited thereto,and a straight arm or one of any other desired shape may be substituted for the arm I have shown. An arm similar in shape to that illustrated is thought to be preferable however, as in certain positions when the arm strikes the ball it sends it in such a direction that it is struck a second time by the arm.

Further, I do not desire to be limited to a table of any particular shape, as it may be rectangular as shown, or square, round or any other desired shape; and it may or may ,not be provided with pockets.

over upon striking the table.

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

1. In a device of the class described, a game board, pockets in the game board arranged similar to those of the conventional pooltable, an arm rotatably mounted on the game board, means for rotating the arm through a complete circle, and a ball adapted to be selectively placed in relation to the arm, whereby the ball may be driven into a selected pocket.

2. A device of the character described or may not berprovided including a game board similar to a conventional pool table, a curved arm mounted to rotate over the surface of the game board, means for rotating said arm and balls adapted to be selectively placed in relation to the arm, whereby the balls may be directed into selected pockets.

3. A device of the character described including a game board similar to the conventional pool table, a curved arm mounted substantially centrally therein and adapted to rotate over the surface thereof, and means for rotating said arm, whereby balls properly placed may be directed into selected pockets. v

4. A device of the character described including a game board similar to the conventional pool table, an S-shaped arm mounted substantially centrally with respect to the game board and adapted to rotate over the surface thereof, and means for rotating said arm, whereby balls properly placed may be driven into selected pockets.

5. A device of the character described including a game board, pockets located therein, a curved arm adapted to rotate over the surface of the board, and means for rotating said arm, whereby balls properly placed may be driven into selected pockets, and means provided on said arm for supporting dice, whereby the dice will be thrown off tangentially as the arm rotates.

6. 'A device of the class described including a table, a curved arm adapted to rotate in a substantially horizontal plane over the table, means for rotating said arm, and a shelf mounted in the curved portion of said arm for carrying dice, whereby the dice will be thrown off tangentially as the arm rotates.

JAMES J. QUINN.

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