US1757870A

US1757870A - Game

Info

Publication number: US1757870A
Application number: US413612A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl E Mahr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-12-12
Filing date: 1929-12-12
Publication date: 1930-05-06
Anticipated expiration: 1947-05-06

Description

May 6, H330. c. E. MAHR 1,757,870

GAME

Filed Dec. l2, 1929 Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES CARL E. MAHR, F ROOT, NEW YORK GAME Application filed December 12, 1929. Serial No. 413,612.

This invention relates to a game and particularly -a game which is capable of being played indoors and which will provide a high degree of fascination and amusement while 6 'at the same time requiring a certain amount of skill upon the part of the player or players.

A main object of the game is to provide a new and improved game board upon which a series of counters may be disposed and which are to be displaced by the players by means of projectiles.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a game which is competitive and which is capable of retaining the interest of the players for considerable periods of time.

With these and other objects which will become apparent from the detailed description which follows, the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of elements below set forth, claimed in the claims appended hereto and shown in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the game board with certain of the counters removed from the depressions therefor in order to show the construction of the depressions more clearly,

Figure 2 is a sectional view upon the line 3o' 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 illustrates in plan view a receptacle with the counters therein,

Figure 4 is a plan view of the receptacle with the proj etciles, andV Figure 5 is a cross-sectional View upon line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the various views, 5 indicates the tangular in shape and flat so as to rest upon any horizontal surface, and 6, 7 and 8 are the sides of the game board 5 raised above the upper surface of said game board so as to form a boundary about three sides of the game board to confine the counters and projectiles upon the top surface of the game board. The side 9 of the game board is open and the projectiles are projected from this end of the owgame board toward the counters 10 disposed 'base of a game board which is preferably recin the recesses 1l which are located in any desired arrangement within the circle 12 drawn upon the game board in the position indicated. j 1

@ne of the counters 10 is of slightly larger size as shown at 14 and the counter 14 is intended to be placed at the central recess ll as shown in Figure 1.

V`Upon the gaine board in the further corners thereof are provided two pockets 15 which are marked Player Guti and in the center Y of the gameV board directly in'back ofthe circle 12 is provided another pocket 16 which is marl-red Game Hole.

rlhe projectiles used are shown at 17 in Figure 4 while 18 indicates a receptacle for the counters 10 and 14 when the counters are not in use and 19 indicates a receptacle for the projectiles 17 when not -in use.

The recesses 1l are constructed in a peculiar way shown Amore particularlyv in Figure 2 and they consist of a counter-sunk portion 2O in the game board itself which is preferably made of wood and in the counter-sunk portion 2O is placed a cup-shaped receptacle 21 having the flanges 22 thereon adapted to rest upon the top surface of the game board. The receptacle 2l is secured to the gameboard itself by means of a screw or other fastening means 23. The counters are preferably ordi- 80 nary marbles, but it is of courseobvious that metal spheres or spheres of other construction can likewise be used in place of the marbles. The projectiles 17 are also preferably marbles which are of a contrasting color from the counter marbles.

The game is played as follows:

The various recesses 11 have assigned thereto a certain predetermined value, such as 5, shown within the circle in Figure 1, while the central recess preferably has the value 20 assigned thereto as shown. The game hole has assigned thereto a value of 100, as shown. It is of course apparent that any other values desired may be assigned to these various recesses and pockets. The player takes the projectiles 17 and projects them from the side 9 of the game board 5 toward the counters 10 and 14 which are all n in place upon the various recesses provided 100 within the circle and endeavors to displace as many as possible without at the same time directing the projectile itself into either one of the pockets 15 which would automatically retire the player from the game. If any counters drop into the pocket 16, such counters would count 100 towards the game total while any counters displaced from the recesses and moved outside of the circle l2 will count either 5 or 2O depending upon the recess from which they are moved toward the game total. It is necessary that the counters be displaced out of the circle l2 in addition to being displaced out of the recess itself in order to count toward the game total.

The purpose of the flanges 22 upon the receptacles 21 becomes apparent since these flanges prevent the re-entry as a usual thing of a counter into a recess after it has once been displaced from a recess. In the game described, the game total is preferably placed at 200.

When any number of players up to four are competing in the game, then each player projects all four projectiles unless he is automatically retired from the game by one of the projectiles rolling into a Player Out hole, and after such player has rolled his four projectiles then the board is rearranged again with all the counters in place and the next player projects the four projectiles. If more than four players are competing, then it is generally more satisfactory and more interesting if each player only projects two projectiles.

The player who first scores 200 of course wins the game, or if more than one player has scored 200 then the one with the largest total scored will be the winner.

From the above description it is apparent that a very interesting and fascinating indoor game has been devised which will furnish amusement and interest to a plurality of players, but it is also apparent that various modifications may be made in the structure of the game board itself as well as the rules for playing the game without departing from the spirit of the invention, and it is my intention to include all such modifications and changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A gaine board of rectangular configuration, a raised border upon three sides thereof allowing projectiles to be projected at the other side, a series of recesses in said game board located within a circular' border, receptacles located in said recesses for counters, flanges upon said receptacles resting upon the surface of said game board to prevent accidental reentry of said counters into said receptacles when said counters have been displaced therefrom, a series of hazard pockets in said game board located outside said circular border and a target pocket also located outside said circular border.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CAR-L E. MAI-IR.