US1526711A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

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L. D.` KRoFF ET AL GAME APPARATUS Filed4 oct. 7, ,1922 2sheetssheet .1

L. D. KRoFF ET A1.

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GiAME APPARATUS ApplicationmfledVOctober 7,-1922. ..Seria1,.No. 592,994.

`Be`it ,known .that We, LEONARD DfKRoir and fPn'rnrzllamarla, citizens of the Unite-"cl Statesfresilding at Sterling, in the count-y oi lVhiteside and .State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useftil Improvei `ments inGame Apparatngof ivhih the "fok lowing .is specification.

The presentA inventionhas fior its objects Y to provide means I'or retaining-,player ,pieces on game beards ,during their non-use, wand especially .during shipment, :so that 'the player pieces may not hecoinelost; toprovide lai-,gaine,apparatus With `means tosimu latealbase ballklield `withpictures ofthe players-,in customary positions thereon and the provision of" dummyplayersfor use on `the lield another object of thelinventionis' to provide the `rgarne board Withfa pair of pointers ,pivoted` at V each side.` of the .eld' in two corner [sections ,thereof with `imeans to `cooperate with the pointers @to indicate fstrikes and halls duringtheplayiir2 of thegame.

In its more idetailedVna.tnre,ftheinvent-ion lalso includes those Ynovel Vifea-tures of veonstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, all 'of which will Yh evlfirst 'fully ldescribed and then hetspeciically .pointed outlin thetappended` claims, reference' being had' to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure `lis aperspective View of ia. portion ofr-agame board with the player: ieees locked,V in place.` r `Figure 2 isa top plan viewo'f the same, thegrplayer` pieces having the bottoms cut Figure `3 a longitudinal` `section on; the line B-B of Figurezgthe player pieces being complete ,and locked in place.

Figured is a view.similantol'lfigure3 With the locking slide Withdrawn andthe .player pieces removed. p y

`Figure 5 .is a- Cross {section on the lline 5-5 onFgUreQ. p

Figure@ is across section on the line` G-G on Fignre`2. p

Figure 'l'` is aperspective view of the game apparatus complete. l .Y

In the drawings, in Whicliilike numerals ot` reference designate rlike parts in all of the `f i,'ures,f1 represents the frame of the game board to which is tacked or screwed, at 19, the game board proper 2. The game hoard proper 2 may be made of sheet metal bent up, at 3, and flanged, at fl, to provide .a suit-alle reSt'on the "frame "l and also "to provide a siiflicient @depression "to bring the eajposedsnrface ol the]playerpieces Within the shallow pan `forrned bythegameboard fproper.

Theplate '2, constitutin "the gaine hoard player, has ears 6 stamped A'fronlit `and is provided with a lslot-"7 extending lengthwise in a direction at right anglesto"the'length- Wise direction otthe ears. 8 is' a'sliding plate, one Lend fof which slides "between the =.ears"6 beneat'hthegplate 2 anid the A,otherenld y. of the plate is transversely slotted, Aas vat' 9, to provide a-fpo'r'tion 10 Whihis `bent "down- Wardgly away from the 1; plate 2 .aird "constittes. a resilient melnber to `which-` the .lnger butte-n l2thas` its 'shank 1'3` riveted, Kas" ast r4. `The resiliency dfithe;portion"`1`0 o'f: theplate `8` hl'ds the-` irigenpiece"A l2aga'inst the plate f2 with `sli-lflicient retaining frictiornl to. main- .tain the platefS attanyjposition it n1ay"`he placed when sliding the "lingenA piece "12 halong the slot 7. p

The` plate 2, constituting the gamezhoard proper, is provided `with holes I5 4and Lthe yslide- 8 has Corresponding` holes" ll registering Withfthe'hles yvlien the "siingerfpiece `1^2ffis the 'fa'r "endofthe"slot7. `r(See IFigure 4;) i These hlesrsnrd l1-wl1en "in alignment afdmit the shanks-16t'ithe player j pieces, fj(dnring; plays) in'; the invertedY posi- .tio'n,`l the bases 15 of the player pieeesllying on "the "top A'surfaces f the i plate 12. (See "F. igreslf anfd) ,lWhen thefinger piece lfisilslidto the inner limit o'fnthe 'slot`"7- the Ahholes 111 'llmoye ont oil-alignment Wit-h'the l holes 5, (see1 FigureQ) anch Iproject the edge 5 of alle 'plate-"S .and'.' the ledges of theholes ll into theannularjgrooves`y 18 formed between f the, co'llarsfl an'dfhases 115 of* the; player piecesto thereby loclr'securely the player pieces in j place .against accidental displace- 'ment When shipping the `game or A-when car- Sryn it around.

p ""Referii'ngtto "Figure`7, fit-Will be seen that' 'the "dummylr'players, `when inresting place, are normally turned upside `down, so l that thei'r bases 15 are visibleand grouped to gether in the manner shown. Adjacent lto each group, onthe' upper surface `oihthe ,p game board 2,'there is afpicture dtak bench "20 `With playersfseated thereolny thus 'Simulating one of the features of actual practice in the playing of baseball. The actual conditions of the game are Jfurther approx imated or simulated by the provision of pictures of players 21 located in their customary positions on the baseball field shown on the top surface of the game board. This adds zest to the game, in the use of the toy, and in this connection it will be further y observed that the field is laid out to closely resemble the familiar features and appearance of an ordinary baseball field. The two groups of dummy players occupy two corner sections of the field, as shown, and in the other two corner sections there are indicators for strikes and balls at one corner and runs and outs at the other corner, each indicator consisting of a pivot at 22 with two hands or pointers 23 and 24 thereon, and circles 25 within which are disposed the numerals and the words strikes7 and balls7 and runs7 and outs, as shown. Thus one indicator is at the same side of the field as one group of dummy players, and the other indicator is at the other side in line with the other group of dummy players. It will be understood, of course, that the positions which the dummy players will occupy on the diamond of the base-ball field, in the use of the toy, are determined by the rotation of the cylinder 26 by the push button 27 in the manner fully explained in the application of Leonard D. Kroff, filed April 20, 1920, Serial No. 375,211, of which the present invention is an improvement.

What we cla-im is:

1. In game apparatus, a game board having holes to receive the shanks of player pieces, player pieces having bases and shanks and having annular grooves, a slide with holes adapted to register with those of the board when in one position and to be out of register therewith when in another position whereby to release or retain the player pieces, means by which said slide may be shifted, the edge of each hole in the slide being adapted to have locking engagement with the groove of a player piece.

Q. In game apparatus, a game board having holes to receive the shanks of player pieces, player pieces having bases and shanks and having annular grooves, a. slide with holes adapted to register with those of the board when in one position and to be out of register therewith when in another position whereby to release or retain the player pieces, and means to retain said slide in either of its positions, the edge of each hole in the slide being adapted to have locking engagement with the groove of a player piece.

3. In game apparatus, a game board having holes to receive the shanks of player pieces, player pieces having bases and shanks and having annular grooves, a slide with holes adapted to register with those of the board when in one position and to be out of register therewith when in another position whereby to release or retain the player pieces, and means to retain said slide frictionally in either of its positions, the edge of each hole in the slide being adapted to have locking engagement with the groove of a. player piece.

Ll. In game apparatus, a game board having holes to receive the Shanks of player pieces, player pieces having bases and shanks, a slide with holes adapted to register with those of the board when in one position and to be out of register therewith when in another position whereby to release or retain the player pieces, and means to retain said slide frictionally in either of its positions, said means comprising a slit in the slide and a bent down springy portion with a headed finger button mounted thereon and operable in a slot in the board.

5. In game apparatus, the combination of mea-ns to provide the field upon which the game is played, dummy players, and provisions on said field whereby the dummy players when at rest are supported upside down with only the bases thereof exposed to view, said provisions comprising holes arranged in two groups, `with a dummy player in the hole, and locking means to prevent displacement of said dummy players from said holes while leaving the bases of the players exposed to view.

6. In game apparatus, the combination of means to provide a. field on which the game is played, dummy players, and devices to lock the dummy players in resting position when not in use and with their bases eX- posed to View.

7 In game apparatus, the combination of means to provide a field on which the game is played, dummy players, and devices to lock the dummy players in resting position when not in use, such devices comprising a plate with holes therein for the dummy players and means to shift the plate edgewise to engage and disengage the players.

8. In game apparatus, the combination of means to provide a field on which the game is played, dummy players, and devices to lock the dummy players in resting position when not in use, said devices comprising a plate at each of two corners of the field, with holes in each plate for the players, and means on the field to manually control said plates.

LEONARD D. KROEF. PETER FRANTZ.

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