US1444683A - Game - Google Patents

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Feb, 6, 1923.

AHORA/frs Patented Feb. 6, 1923.

HRMAN HAAS, 0F MARENGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME.

Application filed October 29, 1921. Serial No. 511,298.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN Haas, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Marengo, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Games, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in games, and it consists in the combinations,

constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a game having a plurality of pockets for holding prizes and in which means is provided for causing the prizes to drop out of the pockets when certain plays are made.

A further object of my invention is to provide a game in which means is provided for keeping a record of the score of several players by the use of pegs arranged to tit into holes distributed on a portion of the board adjacent the player.

A further object of my invention is to provide a game in which a ball is caused to descend an inclined board having pins on the surface thereof and arrive at one of a plurality of compartments at the bottom of the board, each of which compartments has a number which designates the score made in the play.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, in .Which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a side `elevation of the mechanism shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the mechanism shown in Figure 1.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of an inclined game board 1, the perimeter of which is substantially circular atv one end, as shown at 27 and squared off at the opposite or lower endQ--The game board 1v is provided With a plurality of equally spaced apart vertical pins 3. The pins 3 are glued or otherwise fixed to the surface 4 of the game board 1. The inclined game board 1 is supported at its upper end by two legs 5, and at its lower end by a pair of shorter legs 6.

Adjacent the game board 1 at one side thereof is an inclined alley 7 which merges with the top surface of the inclined boar-d 1 at its upper end 8 and falls considerably below the lower end of the inclined board at its lower end 9 substantially as shown in F igure'2. It will therefore be seen that the pitch of the inclined alley will be considerably greater than that of the pitch of the game board 1. A rail 10 extends from the bottom of one side of the game board 1 around the circular end 2 and to the top of the alley 7. The alley 7 is bounded on its outer side by a wall 11 and on the side adjacent the board 1 by a partition wall 12 which extends from the surface of the alley 7 up to and slightly above the surface 4 of the board 1. An opening 13 is provided in the wall 12 above the surface 4 of the board 1. The purpose of the opening 13 will be hereinafter described.

At the lowerv end or foot 9 of the alley 7 is a spring actuated projector 14 having a finger grip 15 by means of which it may be manually drawn out as shown in Figure 2 against the tension of the spring 16. A ball 17 is provided and placed in the alley 7A adjacent the projector 14. Vlien the hand is released from the finger grip 14, the spring 15 will cause the projector to be thrown forward so as to project the ball 1"( up the alley 7 and to the top of the inclined board 1.

At the foot of the game board 1 is a substantially rectangular metal)y casing 18 having the side facing the pins 3 entirel)7 open. A plurality of partitions 19 are supported at one end upon the board 1 and at the other end by a metal strip 20 which strip is bent and securely fastened to the sides` of the game board 1. The arrangement of the partitions 19 isclearly shown in Figure 1, half of the partitions being exposed beyond the end wall 21 of the casing 18.. A pluralit-y .of traps 22 are hingedly disposed at the level'of the surface -l of the board l, one adjacent each of the partit-ions 19. The space between the partitions 19 and the rail 10 is not provided with a trap.

Each of the compartments between the partitions 19 and one` of the partitions 19 and the partition wall 13 is provided with a number inscribed on the wall 21 of the tot and the traps 22, together 'with the strip 20 comprises a plurality of pockets in which articles may be placed. l/Veights 23 are pro-v will be .overbalanced and the ball will drop through the trap 22.

An inclined chute 24 is provided beneath the portion of the traps 22 directly under the casing 18 so that the ball 17, after passing through theI traps 22, will be returned to the bottom of the alley 7. rlFhis is clearly shown in Figure3. A. trough 25 is disposed beneath the portion of the traps 22 which extends beyond the casing 18 so that any articles, such as small prizes, which are placed upon the traps 22, will drop into the trough 25 when the ball 17 has caused the trap 22 to fall as previously described.

The top of the casing 18 is provided with holes 26 arranged in rows from oneside of the casing to the other, and pegs 27 are provided to be placed `in the holes 26 and thereby record the score Amade by the players, each player using one of the rows of holes for the keeping of his or her score.

To guard against the possible escape of the ball 17 when the trap 22 is dropped, a leaf 29 is provided and extends upwardly from the top .surface of the trap 22 at a point adjacent the wall 21 of the casing 18.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. rllhe ball 17 is first manually placed at the foot of the alley 7. 'lhe projecting member 14 is then manually retracted against the` action of the tension spring 16 and released. The" sudden releasing of the projecting member 14 will cause the ball 17 to be forcibly projected up the alley 7 where it will Contact vat some point on the side of the wall 10 at the circular end 2 of the game board. This 'will cause the ball 17 to start in its descent down the inclined board 1. The progress of the descent of the ball 17 down the board 1 will be retarded by the upwardly extending pins 3,. which pins also will serve to change the course of descent of the ball down the board 1. llf the pins tend to throw the ball toward the alley 7, the openings 13 provide a means for the ball tov be thrown directly back -into the alley 7. lf this is done, no Score is made., lf, however, the ball succeeds in reaching the bottom of the board 1, it will enter between one of `the several partitions 19 and roll upon and through the traps 22. rlhe trap 22 in dropping willalso release whatever prize Vhas been .placed upon the outer portion of the trap 22 in the ypockets previously described.

which number will designate the scorewhich he or she has made.

The pinsv v27 may then be moved in the holes 26 to record the score as made. l claim: i 1. A game 0f the character described comprising an inclined game board, a plurality of pins extending upwardly from the surface thereof, an inclined alley communicat-ing with the upper end of said game board, a ball, means for projecting said ball up said alley to the upper end of said game board, a plurality of compartments disposed at'the lower end of said game board, said compartments having hinged mounted trap doors at the bottoms thereof, each of said trap doors arranged to extend beyond the outer wall of said compartments and arranged to carry a small article placed thereon, a counterweight for each trap door to normally keep said door closed, and gravity operated means for returning said ball to `its start-ing point after it has descended said game board and passed through one of said trap doors.

2. A game of the character described com-l prising an inclined game board having a tending upwardly from the surface thereof,

a ball, means for projecting said ball to the said compartment."

HERMAN HAAS.

4.plurality of equally spaced apart pins eX-

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