US1588337A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Description

June 8 1926. I 1,588,337

F. S. RODE GAME. APPARATUS Filed DEC. 17, 1925 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a I Fla. 1 26 a i-a Patented June 8, 1926.

UNITED STATES A EN OFFICE.

FRANK S. BODE, OF JEANNETTE, PENNSYLVANIA.

i GAME Ar'r'anA'rUs.

Application filed December 17, 1925.: Serial No} 6,673.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in. game apparatus.

The primary object of the invention is to provide apparatus by means of whichmany different games involving the production'of competitive counts or scores may beplayed...

A further object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus embodyingnovel features of construction which will permit. the same to be'manufacture'd in large quan tities and at a small cost, whereby the appataken upon lineIV-IVof Figure 2,.

ratus may be properly termed article of manufacture.

Other'objectsand advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a a practical part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the game apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention,

7 Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front.

elevational view of the upper portion of the apparatus and shows the manner in which the same is used,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional '-view taken upon line IIIIII of Fig. 2, H V

. 1 Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken upon line VV of Fig. 2, V Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a part of the lower portion of the apparatus,

Figure 7 is a- I tional view of a slightly modified from of apparatus, and 1 l Figure 8 is an edge plan View of the form shown in Figure 7.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodi-. ment of this invention, the numeral 5 designates what will be termed the board part of the apparatus and which is formed from a. sheet of metal bent to provide theend walls 6 which are rolled at their outer edges to form the finishing beads. 7. The upperv edge of the board 5 is bent forwardly to form a top wall 8 and then downwardly to form the depending flange 9. The upper por tion of one of the end walls 6 has its edge 'be'nt laterally to form aflange 10 which co 0 crates with the flange 9 for holding in relatively small front wall 111 that p are fragmentary front eleva-' extends the full width of the' board 5 and depends for a relatively small portion of its length. wall 11 is rolled'upwardly and inwardly to form the finishing bead 12. V

This board 5 is supported by means of the stands which are designated in their The lower edge of the front" entirety by the reference character 13. Each one of these stands is formed from a single strand ofwire which.has, its ends 14inserted throughapertures 15 formed in an end wall 6, asbest illustrated in Fig. 1.

to provide the downwar'dly diverging' parts 16,the horizontal part "17, andthe looped portions 17 It will be seen that the parts 16 and 17 form a triangle while the loops 17" depend below the horizontal part 17 and constitute feet portions intended to engage The... intermediate portion of'each strandis bent a supporting surface, as best illustrated in I Fig. 1. 7 a I Ext-ending between the horizontal portions 17 is a sheet'metalplatform 18 which has its ends 19 rolled around the portions 17 and is further provided with depending side flanges 20. The top portion ofthis platform 18 is formed with the plurality of depressions 21.; It will be seen that the standards 13 support the board 5 in a vertical plane and that the platform 18with its depressions or pockets 21 islocated below the bottom edge 5 of the board 5, the plane in which the board 5 is located intersecting the depressionsor pockets 21.

In Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5. and 6 the board 5 is illustrated as having struck thereform a multiplicity of disks 22 which are left connected to the board 5 by the stems 23. In striking these disks 22- from the board 5, the'same are moved forwardly of the plane occupied zon'tally alined lateral rojections 24:.and'

25 which have their cities overlapped at 26 for connecting the same together. The per edges 27 9. these two-extensions '24 and erly spaced 25 are'rolled over to form finishing beads which also leave these edges disconnected and provide a space or -slit between the same. The lower edge of the front ex- .5 tension 25 is bent laterally toward the, rear extension 241, as at 28 while a narrow strip 29 is bent forwardly fromthe rear extem sion 24. These two portions 28 and 29 aid in retaining the extensions 24: and 25 propin, respect to each other and constitute a short runway 30, the function of which willbe describedat a later point. From the edges of the members 28 and 29 to the inner faces of the turned over, over- 1 lapping ends 26 is provided a slot'31.

A length of spring wire'32 is provided ,and has its lower end threaded through apertures 331 formed in one'end wall 6 while itsupper end portion 34 isthreaded' ,through the slot 31' and between the extensions 24 and 25 to project 'upwardlybeyond the upper beaded edges 27 of the same. This strand of spring wire is flattened at l which is the portion located between the 2 extensions 2 l and 25. v I

his springwire 32 is intended" to funcn 'as a catapult for projecting the disk or tio projectile 36, see Fig. 2. iv v U InFigs. 7 andS there is shown a slightly modified1form of bo'ard 5. This board, in- ;stead of havingthedisks 22 stamped therel froimpis"provided with the disks 22 which fare supported in spaced relation to the front face of thefbojard 5 by meansof 'the cenftrally located stems 23". These disks 22 a lso cooperate with the board 5 for form- Qing' a multiplicity of tortuous paths through which a coin 'or disk 'may' travel from the ipper portion to the lower portion of the 40 board w The bper'ationof this device" may be 'described in detail as follows Y Attention is first invited to Big. 2 wherein disk, coin, '01:" projectile 36 is illustra'ted ashaving been dropped through the space provided'between the upper edges 27 of the extensions 24; and 25, The element is illustrated in full lines in this figure as restingjupon'the runway80, Byldrawingtheupperend of the strandofspring wire 3291 catapult rearwardly' into the polfsition shown"indottedflines, the strand of [wire will "be placed under tension'and the "element 36 will drop into its dotted line position. v By releasing-the "end 34 of the s rin wirefwith'a *sn'a the said wire will 'flexlntoits fulldine position and will projectthe' element Solute the chamber formed between the" front wall 11 and the parallel (EN-"portion of the board 5. It will beseen, by f'insp ec'ting' Fig." 5," that this chamber or chute is" minus ab'ottom' wall, whereby the 1 element 36will not be'retain ed in the same willhe permitted'to fall toward the disks 22. Figure 2 showns in dotted lines the course of an element 36 after it has been projected or shot into the chamber by the spring wire or catapult 32. This coin will travel downwardly through any one of the 'many tortuous paths until it reaches the platform 18 located below theboard 5 and comes to rest in one of the depressions or pockets 21. It will readily be seen that the coin will be'prevented from falling'a'way from or leaving the surface of the board" 5 by the disks 22. This fact will be clearly fn'oted bya close inspe'ction of the element 86' in its various dotted line positions as illustrated in Fig. 2. In each of these po- 'sitions; the edge of the" element is never en- 'ltir'elyfree 'fro'm'between the disks 22 and theboardf 5. I

It is not'believedfnecessary to goto any great length "in explaining the diiferfent types of games which may be played, with this apparatus. It will be sufficient to "merely state that the pockets jondepressions 21 may bej'given numbers which v'aryin amount or value and competition may be fe'st'ablished by endeavori'ng to project the coin or disk 36 so' that it will travel through a suitabletortuous'pathto cause the same to come to rest in thefpocketor depression j-"b'earing thehumber of" greatest Value. A furthergame that maybe playedis to allot the pockets or depressions 21 .to d'iflerent fifplayers and permit the latter to endeavor to cleposit'the greatest "number 'of Edisks or players 36in his particular pocket 21.

It is to be understoodthat the forms of "this invention herewith shown and described are to betakenaspreferred examples of the 'same,and that various changes in the'shape, size, and"arrangeinentlof parts be re- "sorted 'to without departing from ,the sp-irit of the invention or the scope ofthe sub joined claims.

Having thus described claim r v 1. In apparatus of the type described, a

vertical board, afmult'iplicity of-disks scat tered over the front face of said board and supported in a common plane parallel to the board, a player projecting means at the upper end of the board, and a platform having pockets located below the'board. 2. Inapparatus'of the type'described, a vertical board, an open bottomed chamber extending across theupper'end of the board, I a multiplicity of disksscattered' over the front face .of the board and supported in the invention, I,

a plane parallel to the board, a playerp'rojectingmeans at oneend'of theopen bottom chamberfand a platform having pockets located below the board.

3.In apparatusf of the type described, a verticat'board, an'open bottomed. chamber extending acrossthe tipper end of the board, a mn1tiplicityof disks'scattered, over the front face of the board and supported ina plane parallel to the board, a player projecting means at one end of the open bottomed chamber, a pair of standards for supporting the board, and a platform having pockets supported by the standards below the board.

4. In apparatus of the type described, a vertical board formed of sheet metal, a multplicity of disks struck from said board and connected thereto to reside in a common plane parallel to the board, a player projecting means at the upper end of the board, and a platform having pockets located below the board.

5. In apparatus of the type described, a vertical board formed of sheet metal, a multiplicity of disks struck from said board and supported in a common plane parallel to the latter, an open bottomed chamber extending across the upper end of the board,

vertical board formed of sheet metal and having outwardly turned side edges to form side walls, a multiplicity of disks struck from said board and supported in a common plane parallel to the board, a top wall formed on said board, a front Wall located at the upper end of the board and connected to the top and side walls, said top and front walls forming an open bottomed chamber, player projecting means at one end of the chamber, and a platform having pockets located below the board,

In testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

. FRANK RODE.

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