US1577250A - Game - Google Patents

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March 16 1926.

L. W. CORP GAME Filed Nov. 24, 1925 jizz/eizzor Patented Mar. 16, 1923.

TUN ED S A ew s w. CORP, OF sANrAisnmaanAgoatnfonnm.

Application filed iiovember 24,1825. Serial No. 71,124. I

To all whom it'mayconcern."

Be it known that-I, LEWIS W'. Conn, a citizen of the'Uniteda. States, residing-f. at Santa Barbara, in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games,=of

" which the following is a specification.

U My invention .isa game similar to quoit or the throwing of horse shoes. I

An'object of my invention is'a nursery game particularly'adapted for children, of the nature of quoit or throwing horse shoes, in Y which a catapult-like device is used to project a horse shoe-shaped band of iron in the direction of the receiving pins.

- In my invention I utilize a catapult stand, comprising an inclined board with a pair of pegs at its upper end, an elastic hooked over the pegs and a block adapted to form a finger grip on actuating the catapult.

With this catapult I utilize a U-shaped or horse shoe shaped metal band with. hooked ends adapted to 'hook over the elastic band, the finger being placed at the base of the U-shaped bar, stretching the elastic until the finger engages the finger gripping block, when the bar 'may be released, allowing it to be projected at the-target. '1 The target preferably consists of a board with three vertical pins arranged in a triangle with the apeX away from the catapult and the pin forming the apex being of greater height than the other two pins. The game requires considerable skill to be able to ring the pins and to project the'horse shoe to prevent its'twirling and thereby rebounding from the pins.

My invention will be more readily understood from the following description and drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy game, illustrating the different appliances in position for playing.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the catapult.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrow 3 of 'suchfigure.

Fig. 4: is a plan of one of the horse shoes.

Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. .4.

Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the horse shoe.

Fig. 7 is a detail of the prong at the end of the horse shoe to engage the catapult elastic.

dicating the position of three rigid pins.

- Figs; '1, 2 andB:

Fig. 8 is a plan of the target board, in;

. Fig.9 9 9. e 1 v The catapultdevice' is constructed substantially Ias-follows, being illustrated. in

Aninclined'board 1 hasa pro'p 2 positioned'so that the end8of the board may rest onthe floor or 011 atablef This end has a narrow section 4 of convenient width to be {gripped .by the hand. The other end has awide section 5 towhich is secured a pair. of pegs 6. An elastic band 7 is looped overthese pegs being preferably taut. A block 8 forming a finger grip is attached to the board on the upper surface and may be adjusted in different positions lengthwise of the board. The adjustment feature comprises a plurality of apertures 9 in the board preferably somewhat staggered and a pair of pins extending downwardly from. the finger grip adapted to extend through the apertures. Thus-the finger grip may be located in different positions in a board to give greater or less stretch to the catapult elastic and may be staggered in different positions to vary the throw of the projectile slightly. However, if desired,-the finger grip block 8 may be secured in a fixed position on the board by any suitable means."

The projectile is illustrated particularly in Figs. 1 and 4 to 7 and is designated a horse shoe, indicated generally by the numeral 10. This consists of a U-shaped or horse shoe shaped band 11 preferablymade of cardboard or fibrous material and having.

hooked ends 12. These ends are shown particularly in Fig. 7'and consist of a folded piece of sheet metal having folded crimping pieces 13 pressed into the fibre at the ends of the U-shaped strip and having projecting prongs 14 with return ends 15. The hooked ends are adapted to hook over the elastic band 7.

is 'a section of Fig. 8 on the line The target assembly designated the target I is indicated by the numeral 16 and com: prises a board 17 with pins 18, 19 and Y20 secured thereto. These are positioned to form a triangle and the pins 18 and 19 are lower than the pin 20 and preferably placed close to the catapult.

The manner of playing the game is substantially as follows: The catapult and target will be set up as shown in Fig. 1-, at a suitable distance apart.

The projectile will be placed on the catapult with the hooked ends engaging over the elastic and by inserting the fingers at the base of the U-shaped strip the elastic may be stretched and the finger held against the linger grip block 8. release the hold from the linger grip and it will be projected at the target. a

A feature of the game is the projection of the horse shoes with such velocity that they do not drop over the pins of the target as would be necessary with rings, but the open end of the horse shoe should straddle the pins and thereby become caught.

The alineinent of theucatapult may be readily altered by engaging the narrow portion l with the hand and the finger grip block 8 maybe differently positioned on the catapult to give different extensions to the elastic.

Vhile my invention is of a simple char :acter, it may yet be changed in general c0n ietruction and specific details to be suitable for different kinds of games and different The player will then forms of projectiles without departing from the spirit thereof as set fertil in the description drawings and claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is: a y

1. In a game, a catapult device comprising an inclined board, a pair of pegs at the upper end, an elastic stretched over said pegs. a block ttn'niing a finger grip, the said board having a plurality of apertures and means on the block to engz'lge difi'erent apertures. 1 I

2. In a galnea projectile comprising a U-shaped strip of material, sheet metal hooks secured tothe ends thereof by folding the metal and pressing it into the ends of the strips, said hooks having a return bend forming the hooks to engage .a catapult device.

Intestiniony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

Lnwrs W. oonr.

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