US2045845A

US2045845A - Pitching horseshoe

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Publication number: US2045845A
Application number: US41468A
Authority: US
Inventors: Flick Melvin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-09-20
Filing date: 1935-09-20
Publication date: 1936-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1953-06-30

Description

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PITCHING HORSESHOE Filed Sept. 20, 1935 mg. Z

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UNITED STATES PATENT 1 OFFICE PITCHING HORSESHOE Melvin Flick, Stillwater, Okla.

Application September 20, 1935, Serial No. 41,468

This invention relates to a 1 Claim.

pitching game piece for the game of pitching horseshoes which game piece is tossed at a peg for the purpose of ringing the peg with the horseshoe or game piece.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a spur on the inner edge of the crown of the horseshoe which projects between the legs thereof so as to strike the peg and turn the body of the horseshoe or game game piece is retained in embraced relation ringpiece whereby the ing the .peg instead of bouncing free of the peg as customarily happens when the'crown has no spur.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a a pitching horseshoe of the character referred to that is strong, compact and. durable, adaptable for meeting the regulations ing, that is well balanced of horseshoe pitchand easily handled in pitching horseshoes, and that is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of a novel construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is disclosed an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game piece or pitching horseshoe constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. Figure 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on line 3-3 of Figure Referring to the drawing in detail A indicates the U-shaped body portion of the game piece or pitching horseshoe. The weight of the entire assembled body is designed to form a well balanced mass when the entire weight is two pounds and six ounces.

The entire body portion is as to be counted. a ringer.

The innermost wall of these recesses is inset with respect to the inner edge of the legs.

In the game of horseshoes the space B between the legs and the crown constitutes the area which counts a ringer when the peg lies at any point within this area. The one face II of the body is flat and the other face I2 is likewise fiat. The planes of the two faces are parallel.

At a point where the legs 4, 5 merge with the prongs I, 8 there are secured the frusto-conical caulks I3, I4, respectively. Projecting from the same face I2 as the caulks I3, I4 is a caulk I5. This caulk is located at the center of the crown portion 6. Caulk I5 is larger across the base than the caulks I3, I4. The caulk I5 is also higher than the caulks I3, I4. The side of the caulk I5 facing the space B is fiat as at I6. From the center of the inner edge of the crown portion 6 projects a spur IT. The forward portion of the spur is rounded or blunt while the sides I8, I9 curve inwardly and merge with the inner edges of the crown.

When the gamepiece or horseshoe A is pitched and slides over the peg the spur I! will strike the peg and turn the body so that the legs on either side thereof will be brought into bearing relation with the peg and hold the body in ring- 'ing relation about the peg.

The spur I7 is the same in thickness as the crown and legs of the horseshoe body, and extends into the space B between the legs approximately one-half of the width of the crown portion. The blunt free end of the spur lies on a line centrally between the legs and also centrally between the confronting ends of the prongs.

The regulations of the National Association provides that the shoe shall not be longer than seven and one-half inches and. my shoe is seven and one-quarter inches and the regulations further provide that the shoe shall not be wider than seven inches and not more than three and one-half inches between prongs and mine is seven inches wide and three and three-eighths inches between the prongs.

Having described my invention, what I claim A pitching shoe comprising a U-shaped member including a crown and integral straight legs merging with the crown, said member formed of a bar of uniform thickness with opposed faces thereof in continuous parallelism, a blunt spur projecting inwardly from the center of the inner edge of the crown for a distance substantially equivalent to one half the width of the crown,

the sides of the spur curving outwardly and toward the crown so as to strike the peg and turn the member about the peg to prevent the shoe from bouncing free of the peg, the free ends of the legs formed with inwardly directed prongs forming a restricted opening between the straight legs so as to catch the peg and hold the shoe,

said prongs and legs merging on the inner edge in a recess inset with respect to the inside edge of the legs, and frusto-conical calks depending from one face of the member, one being located at the free ends of the legs and another 5 in the center of the crown.

MELVIN FLICK.