US1684602A - Toy game device - Google Patents

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Patented Sept. 18, y19328.

UNITED `STATES ,PATENT orifice.

ALEXANDER SPITZER, GF BROOKLYN, NEU? YRK.V

TOY GAME DEVICE.

Application filed December 1, 1927'. Serial No. f-l''.`

This invention relates `'to a toy gerne device .and its object isvto provide a mechanismwhereby skill, and accuracy of manipulation f 'Fig 2 is a vertical section on the lineV 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a' vertical section on the line 3 8 of Figure 1. l

Fig'. 4 is a modification illustrziting the device in a form-adapted for holding'in theA hand while in operation.

Referring irstto Figure 1 of the drawings; the device comprises a back panel 5 which may be of wood or of any suitable material. A rotatable disk 6 is mounted on this panel, and near to its outer margin, the said disk is perforated by holes 7 placed at regular intervals and each having on the side nearest to the center of the dislr, a groove or slot S. The disk is divided into sectors 9 which may be of any distinctive colors if desired, and .may be numbered 10, 20, 3() etc. as shown in the drawing, or may have other symbols for identification.

rthe disk. may be spun around; and when it comes to rest, may be centered so that the lowest of the holes 7 is in alignment with the hole 1-1 as seen in Figure 2 of the drawings.

A ball 15 is suspended on a cord 16 which is secured at the pivot 17 either by passing through the hollow center of saine, as seen in Figure 2, or in any suitable manner. This c rd 16 is adjusted as to length so that the ball 15, when struck, will flyupward at the bach of the panel, and if accurately hit will pass through the upper of the holes 7 and rcsy there as seen at 18 in Figure 3; its course l nig indicated by the line 19 in Figure 1. Referring now chiefly to Figure 2; a ball Q1 is attached to an elastic cord 22 which is secured to the panel 5 at 23.

The game may be played in several ways,

.but for illustration, follows it may be describedas The disk 6 is spun around, .and when it comes to rest, it may be adJust-ed as before Stated that the lowest hole'will coincideI with therhole 111 lofthe panel; the -b ll. 15

f hanging directly behind the saine as seen in Figure 1. rllhe ball 21 is then grasped by the player and drawn back in such a manner as to stretch the elastic Acord 22 and is aimed with the intent to Vcause it to recoil Iand toaccurately strike the ball 15 and cause it to tlv up and to pass through the topmost hole.

The player' thus scores according to the numeral under theA hole. lf he fails to prop# erlyhit the ball 15, he loses his lchance and does not score. f

TWhen not in use, the panel may be laid.

back in the boi; o0; it being. hinged as seen in Figure 2 at 31. A forward brace 3o is secured to the bottom of the box when the panel is in an upright position.

The device constructed in the form shown in Figure 1 is adapted for holding in one hand by the handle 35, Vwhile the ball if. manipulated by the other. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is as follows: Y 1. ln a toy device of the character described, a panel, an aperture therein, a pendent element attached to a flexible cord .andV

adapted to be thereby suspended in a position behind and in alignment with the said aperture, another aperture above that fir mentioned and so spaced with respect tothe point ot' attachment of the said flexible cord, that the said pendent element mayV be thrown upward and brought into alignment therewith, an elastic cord secured at a point f below the first mentioned. aperture, and a striker element attached at the free end thereof and adapted to be drawn backward under tension of the said elastic cord, and upon release to strike 'the aforesaid pendent element.

2, ln a toy device of the character de-- scribed, a panel, a pendent element suspended at the baclr of the said panel on a flexible cord, and adapted to hang in position in alignment with a hole in thevsaid panel, another hole above that lirst inentioned and equidistant from the point. of attachment of the said flexible cord to the snp'- porting structure, an elastic cord secured at lGG ' ward, and upon release to recoil and to strike the said pendent element and drive it` upward in the restricted arc of its supporting cord.

3. In a toy device of the character described, an upright board element, a ball i suspended on a flexible cord attached at the back of the said board element, and holes in the said board equidistant dian'ietrically` from the point of attachment ofthe said flexible cord and so placed that the said ball may hang opposite to one hole and upon being setin motion will fly in the arc of its cord radius intoV and through the diametrically opposed hole, and means to strike the said ball and to drive it in the arc as aforementioned.

4. In a toy device Vof the character described, an upright panel suitably supported a rotatable disk thereon mounted by means oi a pivot element, a series of holes through the marginal arca of the said disk and equidistant from the center thereof, holes in the panel structure equidistant from the pivot center' and in the sanieradius as the holes in the aforesaid disk, a flexible cord secured at the p'oint of the pivot mountingand at the back of the said panel, and a `pendent element attached to the "said cord and adapted to hang oppositeto a hole inthe said panel, an elastic cord secured at a point adjacent to the said hole and a striker elewith, a flexibly suspended pendent element hung from the point of thepivot mounting and adapted to be swung from a position of alignment with one hole of the said disk, into and through another of the holes thereof, and means to strike the saidpendent element and to swing it in the manner above v y ree passage y through any disk hole in alignment ytheredescribed, substantially as shown and de scribed.

Signed at New York in the county'of New York and State of New York this 17thy day of October, A. D. 1927. i A l y ALEXANDER SPITZER.

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