US1525962A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

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Feb. 10,1925 .v

D. SHASTEEN GAME APPARATUS Filed May 26 H701 new Patented Feb. 10, T925.

DONALD SHASTEEN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GAME APPARATUS.

Appfication filed May 26, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD SHAs'rnnN, a

citizen of the United of Toledo, in the county of Ohio, have invented a new and Game Ar) aaratus. which invention is States, and a resident of Lucas and State useful fully set forth in the following specification.

My invention has for its ob ect to a means whereby an entertaining game may be played that may a low cost of production. provides a plurality of circular disc like members and a stationary memb ing parts'spaced to engage the rollable members.

The invention may be contained in or apparatuses of different forms.

provide indoor be made at The invention or ring er havreceive and temporarily devices To lllustrate a practical application of the invention, I have selected an apparatus 0 ing the invention and shall inafter. example is shown in drawings.

Figure 1 of the view of the apparatus. in part an end ontaindescribe it here- The apparatus here selected as an the accompanying drawings is a perspective Figure 2 illustrates view and in part a sectional view of the stationary member that receives the rollable members.

Figure 3 illustrates a broken View and a sectional view of a part of the stationary member.

In the preferred vention, a plurality of discs made 0 embodiment of my inf sheet material that will not readily warp and which may be readily rolled on a ca floor, is used, and

rpet or are played with an effort to place the discs in certain defined positions with reference to a stationary member. The discs are formed of any suitable material, but I find that the well known board or heavy Any number of discs 1 may be used game.

beaver cardboard is preferable.

in the The discs are rolled toward the stationar member 2 which is provided with suitable spaced parts for receiving the dis es and temporarily retaining them in the position to which they distant point form of construction shown, member is provided with a plura stalls that are marked with numbe from the member 2.

are rolled from a somewhat In the the stationary lity of rs that indicate the count credited for each more or less successful placement of the discs.

The

stalls are formed by partitioning members 3 that are located in spaced and parallel relation to each other and so as to ex tend in lower forward corner Serial No. 715,794.

front of a board here 3 and the board formed of sheet material of sufiicient rigidity that they will maintain their shape when properly connected together. In the form of construction shown the partitioning members 3 and the board of beaver board or heavy cardboard. The partitioning members are provided with slots 5 that extend from the upper edge of the edges of the partitioning members while the board l is provided with slots 6 that eX- tend from the lower edge of the board. The sum of the lengths of the two slots 5 and 6 is substantially the same as the height of the partitioning members 3, whereby the parts may be readily assembled and they will be retained in the positions in which they are placed. The partitioning members 3'not only extend forward from the board 4 to form the stalls but they also extend to the rear of the board a suiiicient distance such that they will maintain the board 4 upright and thus maintain the partitioning members in position, notwithstanding the fact that a disc may be thrown with considerable force against the board 4, which would otherwise cause it totopple over. The edge of each of the partitioning members is preferably curved as at 7, the curved edge 7 extending from the upper edge of each partitioning member to the of the partitioning member. The rear portion of each partitioning member may be, if desired, provided with a sloping edge 8 that extends from near the rear side of the board 4 to near the lower edge of the partitioning member.

The forward ends of the partitioning members 3 may be also retained in position and the partitioning members 3 may be retained in their spaced and parallel relation by means of a rod 9 that extends through the lower forward corners of the partitioning members, and spacing sleeves 10 that are located on the rod 9 and between the juxtaposed partitioning members. The sleeves 10 are preferably formed of rubber tubing that will form a cushion to the discs as they are rolled towards the board and pass over the rod 9. The rod 9 and the sleeves 10 also provide a means for retaining the disc 1 within the stalls formed between the partitioning members 3, unless it is thrown with too great a force, which may cause it to re bound from the board. l and pass over the 4 may be likewise 4 are formed rod 9. Also, the discs 1 must be rolled With suflicient speed to cause the discs to pass over the rod 9. Thus, the rod 9 and the sleeves 1O perform the double function of holding the partitioning members 3 in proper spaced relation and give limitations to the game that increases the interest in the contest between the players.

The rod 9 may be secured Zn position by any suitable means. I have provided a means whereby the rod may be readily placed in position by being passed through holes 11 formed in the lower forward corners'of the-partitions and: secured by a cotter pin 12 that may be slipped over a portion 13' having a thickness considerably less than theidiameterzof the rod. Thelportion 13 may be formed by a suitable tool that will reduce the thickness of the metal of the rod at the point that it is to be secured by the cotterpin 12. The other end of-the rod may-be securedby a suitable head 14 that maybebent at an angle to the body portion of the rod.

In assemblingthe stationary member allzthat isrnecessary is to insert the partitioning members in the slots of the board. .4, while .at the same time the board ,4: is in serted in the slots of the partitioning mem here. The rod 9 is then threaded through the holes 11 and the slots 10=and secured by slipping the cotter pin12 over theend of the rod.

I claim:

1. In a game apparatus in combination with a plurality of rollable members, a stationary memberhaving a plurality of partitioning members located in parallel and spaced relation to each other, a plurality of elastic members located between the lower forward corners of the partitioning members.

2. In a game apparatus, in combination with a pluralityof rollable members, a stationary member having a plurality of pa-r titioning .members located in parallel and spaced relation to each other, a rod extending through the lower forward corners of the partitioning members, and a plurality of elastic sleeves located on the rod and between juxtaposed partitioning members.

In a game apparatus, a plurality of discs in combination with a stationary member comprising a board having slots, a plurality of partitioning members having slots, the slots of the board for receiving the partitioning members and the slots of thepartitioning members for receiving the board, arod connecting the lower forward corners of the partitioning members, and rubber sleeves located on the rod and bBlTWQQI'IgjUX- taposed partitioning members.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

DONALD snasrrnnn.

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