US1918179A

US1918179A - Game playing club

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Publication number: US1918179A
Application number: US541900A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles H Buckler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-06-03
Filing date: 1931-06-03
Publication date: 1933-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 1950-07-11

Description

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Patented July 11, 1933 UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE CHARLES H. BUCKLER, OF CAMDEN, NEWJERSEY GAME PLAY G CLUB Application filed June 3, 1931. Serial No. 541,900.

pool or billiard balls much in the same man ner that it is possible to play with pool and billiard halls of conventional pool and billiard table equipment.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved one club.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the head of the improved club showing the attachment of the shank therewith.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 83 of Figure 2.

Figure at is an end view of one end of the head of the club.

In the drawing. wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only apreferred embodiment of the improved club, the letter A may generally designate the same. This club is adapted to be used in connection with an out-door game which simulates the playing of pool or billiards, and which has been set forth in my co-pending application, Sfil'lfll Number 549,019, filed July 6, 1981. The game board for the apparatus will preferably consist of alarge rectangular shaped playing surface, preferably of a shape proportionate to but very much larger than that used indoors. This playing board or surface is adapted to be placed fiushwithin the ground. and surrounding the same there are provided walks upon which theplayers walk ing. balls, while'they are preferably of the.

during the playing of the game. At the corners and intermediate the ends of the long sides of the playing board there are provided pockets, in event it is desired to play pool, but a playing boa-rd arranged for the playing of billiards may be provided if desired, and in which event there are of course no pockets. The playing surface of the board is bounded by upright rails which may be cushioned much in the same manner as a conventional pool or billiard table, and the covering of the-cushions and boards may be of-waterproof material, since the device is intended for outdoor playing much in the same manner as miniature golf. 55

The'improved one club A has been provided" for the playing of the game, and it is of special construction, inasmuch as the playsamesize and nature as pool and billiard 0 balls,will have to be sent considerablyfarther during the playing than is the case with con ventional pool andbilliardtable play. The club will have to be designed to permit of a swing, such as a swing with a olf club, but the club will have to be provided with a head construction which will admit of the pool or billiard ball being hit with considerable delicacy, in order to put proper English on the ball for the playing of the game. To that end the improved one club may preferably include a special head construction B and a handle or shank C which is of much the same construction as a conventional golf club handle. The latter'is pref- 85 erably of straight line formation and includes a hand grasping portion 10, a sulficiently' long body 11, which may be tapered downwardly in convergent relation; the

lower tapering end ofthe body 11 being adapted to be received within a proper tapered socket of the head B,

Referring to the head construction B the same includes a preferably wooden body 15, the intermediate portion of'which in transverse cross section is circular. This intermediate portion-is provided with a diametrical socket 16 therethrough which tapers from one side, that is, the top side of the body 15 to the opposite side. From the intermediate large portion the body 15 tapers convergently in diametrically opposed relation to provide reduced ends 17 and 18 which are in aligning relation. This construction elongates the body and there is provided a longitudinal passageway 20 through the body'15 of the club head centrally extending through the ends 1'? and 18 and opening on the extreme reduced edges of said ends 17 and 18, as is 10 shown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

A brass or metal shaft or core 21 is placed in'this passageway 20, snugly fitting therein. At a point intermedlate its ends it is provided wltha tapered transverse passageway 15 22 which is adapted to align in such relation with the tapered passageway 16 to receive the tapered end of the shaft body 11 of they handle C, as is shown in Figure 2 of the draw ing. This tapered end of the shaft body 29 11 iswedged into the socket 16 and the passageway 22, to firmly anchor the head B in a T-shaped relation upon the free lower end of the handle or shaft C, and the shaft body 11- at the lower end of the head does not 25 project therefrom but lies flush, as is shown in Figure 2.

At its ends the metal core 21 is internally screw threaded at 26 and 27 to provide end opening sockets which preferably receive the tip attaching screws 28 and 29 therein.

These screws28 and 29 are preferably firmly anchored in the respective sockets 26 and 27 so that they will not easily unscrew therefrom. They each are provided with end portions 35. which project beyond the end surfaoesof the metal core 21, for respectivelyreceiving the cue tip members 31 and 32 thereon. It is to be noted that the free end surfaces of the metallic core21 are provided with countersunk seats 35 surrounding the projecting ends of the screws 28 and 29. I

Each of the one tip structures31 and 32 includespreferably integral and preferably cylindrical elongated one tip body 38, which may be of some composition material, wood,

metal, ivory, or the like. At one end it is provided with a screw threaded socket 39. to detachably receive either the end 28 or 29 of the supporting screws 26 or 27 therein.

At this end the body 38 is tapered in reducing relation to snugly seat in the countersunk recess 35, as will be seen from Figure 2 of the drawing so that the external peripheral surface of the body 15 merges in a tapering relation into the peripheral surface of the the pool or billiard ball for the imparting of proper English thereto, as will be well understood by those skilled in this art.

It should be noted that the tip ends of the head structure of the playing club are of the samc external construction and diameter as the tip end structures of conventional billiard and pool cues. Also due to the fact that the intermediate portion of the club head between the cue tip is of largest diameter and therefrom tapers decreasingly .in opposite directions towards the cue tip, it is readily uinlersiandable that the player may tilt the shaft and'club head so as to impart the pushing blow to the pool or billiard ball eccentrically thereon for the application of proper English. This would not be the case where a mallet type of club to be used having a large head, such as has been previously used in the playing of out-door board games, utilizing a ball.

The club A'in playing the game given a swing similar to that used in putting, although obviously the ball hit witn the end of the head. The'metallic core gives the proper weight to the club, for obtaining a swing which is forceful enough to give the proper English to the ball. Also the construction of the head of the club and both sides of the axis of the shaft gives the club a proper balance for the swing. Thus the club is directly responsible for the creation of anew game which utilizes certain basic features of the conventional pool and billiard game and certain features of conventionalgolf. It is of course intended that the player may stand upon the table upon the playing of the game, so far as there is no interference with the balls which are being used in play.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts maybe made to the form ofinvention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a one club the con'ibination of an elongated shaft, a head including an elongated wooden body having a passageway longitudinally thereihrough, a weighted bar snugly fitting in said passageway, said wooden body and bar diametrically across said head having a passageway into which the free end of the shaft is snugly fitted to mount the head in a T-shaped relation at an end of the shaft, and one points attached at the ends of the head to the weighted bar.

2. In a'cue club the con'ibination of an elongated shaft, a head construction including a body havin a relatively large intermediate portion and reduced end portion, a metal bar longitudinally disposed through said body and exposed at the reduced end of the body, said body and bar having a passageway diametrically across between the ends of the head, said shaft being connected fixedly in said diametrical passageway to mount the head in T-shaped relation on the shaft, screw ends extending from the ends of said metal bar, and conventional cue points detachably mounted on said screw ends.

3. In a one club, the combination of an elongated shaft, a head construction including a body having a relatively large intermediate portion and reduced end portion, a metal bar longitudinally disposed through said body and exposed at the reduced end of the body, said body and bar having a passageway diametrically across between the ends of the head, said shaft being connected an elongated wooden body having a passage- Way longitudinally therethrough, an elongated Weighted shaft snugly fitting in said passageway and projecting to opposite ends of said body, and a one point attached at an end of said Weighted shaft.

5. In a one club, the combination of a head, including an elongated wooden body having a longitudinal passageway therethrough and v a lateral socket extending from the exterior of said body to said passageway, an elongated Weighted shaft snugly fitting in said passageway and projecting to opposite ends of said body, an elongated shaft with an end thereof in said socket and in contact with said Weighted shaft, and a one point attached at an end of said Weighted shaft.

CHARLES H. BUCKLER.