US1547922A

US1547922A - Baseball game apparatus

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Publication number: US1547922A
Application number: US691211A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hurlbut Carl Noyes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-02-07
Filing date: 1924-02-07
Publication date: 1925-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 1942-07-28

Description

July 28, 1925.

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July 28, 1925. 1,547,922 I C. N. HURLBUT BASEBALL GAME APPARATUS Filed Feb. 7', 1924 2 Sheets-'Sheet 2 Summtoz Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED STAT-cs CARL NOYES-HURLBUT, 0F m smanjveamm;

B'ASEBALL' GAME Areas-arcs Application'filed February {was Serial No: 691,211?

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that GAR-n NoYEs I -IURLEB T,

a citizen of, the United States of America, re=

apparatus, and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed. An object of the invention is to" provide apparatus of the character stated, upon which a contested'game of base ball may be played by opposing parties; and having means for indicating the different 'p'lays which are tozbe' executed by the player, the said means being operated by the respective contestants who will be required to exercise the faculties of skill and experience to carry out the most advancin plays possible to be made at the opportune time and in order to advance their respective interests in the contest.

With this object in View, the apparatus includes a board simulating in miniature the layout of a base ball field includinga diamond, in-field,'out-field, and a ramp positioned immediately behind the home-plate angle of the diamond. The board is provided with depressions disposed within the diamond and in the area of the out-field and at the opposite sides of the diamond exteriorly thereof. An alley is provided at one side edge of the board and communicates at one end with an arcuate runway, the delivery end of which is disposed toward the said ramp. the alley for projecting a ball and the said means may be manipulated by the contestants for striking the ball to knock the same along the alley and around the runway and over the ramp so that the ball may enter one of the depressions in the board to indicate the play which is about to be executed by the player, batter, or base runner, as the case may be.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the base ball game apparatus.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof, cut on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fi ure 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof, cut on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view thereof, out .011 the line 44 of Figure 1;

which is used upon the game board,

Means are provided and located inv Figure 5 is a perspective vi'ewof'the ramp The base ballgame apparatus includes an elongated board 1 which is bounded around its edgesby upstanding flanges A dia' mond 3* is laid off upon the intermediate portion' of the board l and is provided at its corners with spaces 4 indicating home-plate, first, second and third bases. The boarob 1 is provided within the diamond: 3 with a series of depressions 5 adjacent each of which is arranged indicia tosignify thechara'cter of the play which is m'a de inith'e' event that the ball, (hereinafter to: be'zdescribed) enters any one of the said depressi'onsr nee boa rdfil is providedat th'e-opposite'sides:of the diamond 3 and beyond the exteriorthereofwith depressions 6*l avinggadja'cent" their sides indicia to indicate thevcharacter of'th'e play which ismade-should. the: ballhereinbefore re'ferred to enter anyone of theqsaid depressions 6. Pegs 7 are provided and may be inserted in openings provided in the board 1 and the said pegs represent the players and may be advanced around the diamond from base to base in a usual manner as the plays are made by the contestants. The area of the board 1 which represents the out-field is provided with a number of depressions 8, each of which having adjacent its sides, indicia which serve to indicate the play made by a pl; yer and when entered by the ball projected by the contestants. A partition strip 9 is disposed longitudinally of the board 1 in the vicinity of one of the side edges thereof and is spaced from the adjacent side edge forming an alley 10. An arcuate runway block 12 is positioned at the end of the board 1 beyond the end of the partition strip 9 and the curvature of the runway block 12 is disposed transversely of the end of the alley 10 as best shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

A ramp block 13 is positioned upon the board 1 immediately behind the home-plate space of the diamond 3 and the said ramp is provided with an upper surface 14. The inclined surface 13 is disposed transversely of the end of theme of the block 12 and at the home-plate corner of the diamond 3. A. coiled spring 14 is disposed across the alley 12 in the vicinity of one end of the board, and a spool or roller 15 is mounted upon the intermediate portion of the coiled spring 14. In carrying out the game of baseball, a globular ball 16 is used, and in Figure 1 of the drawings, the said ball is shown as being positioned in the alley adjacent the spool 15. In carrying out the game a contest-ant grasps the roller or spool between his fingers and draws the intermediate portion of the spring 14 away from the ball 16.

' The spool is then released and the spring 14 contracts whereby the periphery of the spool is brought into contact with the side of the ball 16 and the ball is projected along the alley 10 around the arcuate curved edge of the block 12 and over the surface 14 of the ramp 13 and moves out upon the field which is laid off at the upper surface of the board 1. .Should the ball enter any one of the depresions in the board 1, the adjacent indicia indicates the character of the play which is to be executed by the player and a pin 7 is placed at the position upon the-diamond which will indicate that such player has made the play called for. Should the ball 16 fail' to enter any one of the depressions, the play is to be considered as a foul. In carrying out the game, each contestant is entitled to project the ball 16, in each inning, as many times as successful plays are executed, and the number of times which the ball is projected is limited only by the put-outs which are brought about by the ball entering those depressions bearing the indicia that the player is put out.

The rules governing the game of base ball may be applied to the various plays made and the several contestants continue to project the ball until such time as each of them successively have been subjected to three put out players upon their respective sides.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A game apparatus comprising a board having an alley located thereon, a 'coiled spring disposed transversely across the alley and a roller mounted upon the intermediate portion of the spring and having its ends spaced from the side walls of the alley.

2. A game apparatus comprising a board having an alley thereon, a coiled spring dis posed transversely across the alley, a roller mounted upon the intermediate portion of the spring and having its ends spaced from the side wall surfaces of the alley, the roller r being provided at its ends with flanges which engage the surface of the board.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CARL NOYES HURLBUT.