US1634451A - Game projectile - Google Patents

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July 5 1927.

w. c. CAMPBELL GAME PROJEGTILE Filed March 24, 1937 azz.

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INVENTOR Patented July 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES WILLIS e. CAMPBELL, or YoNKnns, NEW YORK.

GAME EROJEQTILE.

hppl ication filed March 24, .1927. Serial ,l To. 178,051.

My invention is an improvementin games, and relates more especially to that particular class in which surface projectiles are used in connection with a court, in the present instance the court being laid out in a special manner and the projectiles are of a particu lar construction whereby the playing of the game requires the exercise ofskill on the part of the players, the winner being determined by the number of points gained in the manipulation of the projectiles on the court.

The game I have invented is somewhat similar to the well known game of curling usually played on ice and consisting in sliding curling stones or irons over the ice-surface to a point marked by an upright in the form of a T, but in the present instance I provide a projectile to be used in a game that may be played either outdoors or indoors and in which a court is marked in a particular manner and the sliding projectiles are required to be delivered in a skillful manner from one goal field to another for the contestant to score.

The following is a full description ofthe game, including the preferred lay-out of court in connection with the particular form of projectiles used in playing the game, and what I particularly claim as new and desire to protect by Letters-Patent is specifically setforth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan or diagrammatic View of the court on which the game is played.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged View of one end of the court.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the projectiles.

Fig. 4 is a side view thereof showing a position it may assume in coming to rest.

Fig. 5 is a side View of the projectile in upright position, and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view.

In carrying out my invention the court is laid out on a smooth surface, as for instance a waxed floor, being marked as illustrated in Fig. 1 with broad bands or wide lines 7 extending across the court and spaced apart a suitable distance15 to feet-and narrow lines 8 running longitudinally at each end of the bands, the straight transverse bands being about two and a half inches wide and are designated goal lines while the longitudinal boundary lines extend a short distance at both sides of the-goal lines and are designated side lines, the latter with a foot on the goal line.

being connected at their ends by cross lines 9. Theside lines and connecting lines form a field at'eac'h end of the court with the goal line extending across the center thereof, and in this field a projectile, hereinafter described, delivered by .a player from'the other end 'ofthe court must rest in orderto count one or more points according to the position of-the projectile with respect to the goal line.

In'connection with the court laid out as described I 'employa set of projectiles in the form of thick disks 10 each having a short handle 11 projecting at an inclination from the top of the disk diametrically thereof the handle being secured at approximately the center of the disk by screw 12 to extend over the center and terminates slightly beyond the vertical plane of the edge of said disk whereby to require skillful manipulation in the handling of the disk so that when it comes to rest it will be in upright position. The size of the disk, as to area and thickness, may be varied according to the class of players using the same, for instance small disks for children and heavier disks for adults, and they may be made of any suitable material providing a smooth underside for gliding over the Waxed surface of the court. Furthermore, the handle may be secured to the disk otherwise than shown in Fig. 6 it being necessary only that it project from the upper surface of the disk at about the center thereof diametrically and at an angle of Any number of contestants may play the game and the winner may be an individual or team, as in other games of like character, those at one end of the court vying with those at the other end in placing the thrown diskwith respect to the opposite goal line, the contestant standing within his goal field The disk is manipulated by grasping the handle and delivering or throwing it towards the opposite goal line by a straight-arm whipping motion or stroke and the point or points counted depends upon the position of the handled disk within the goal-field with respect to the goal-line thereof when it comes to rest. Points may be counted according to fancy or agreement, but as a standard for scoring three points are counted if the disk rests on or touches the goal-line and one point if it is within the goal-field away from the goal-line, no count to be scored if the disk is outside of the goal-field or does not come to rest in upright position within the oal-field. The construction of the projectile is such that by a little practice it can be sent along the waxed floor or polished surface of the court to maintain its upright position in its travel towards the opposite goal-line, but if not properly delivered it is liable to turn over and come to rest in the position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings; that is to say by disposing the handle from the disk at the angle shown and hereinbefore described it requires expertness on the part of the player in delivering the projectile as well as expertness in having the projectile come to rest on the opposite goal-line or as near to the same as possible within the goal-field.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the projectile I have herein shown and described in accordance with my invention when used in playing on a court such as illustrated provides a very interesting form of amusement that will encourage healthful' exercise, and by reason of the special construction of the projectile playing of the game will serve to advance the player in skill and accuracy.

I claim:

A slidable projectile used in playing a game comprising a thick disk having its upper and lower faces parallel to each other,

and a straight handle projecting from approximately the center of the disk diametrically and at an angle of forty-five degrees to the top, said handle projecting slightly beyond the vertical plane of the edge of the disk.

\VILLIS C. CAMPBELL.

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