US2145608A - Playing game - Google Patents

Description

B. A. OEHLER PLAYING GAME Filed Nov. 18, 1956 Patented Jan. 31, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to the improvements in a playing game in the form of a hand-spinning top having designating positions thereon for indicating either advancement 0r recession of each player in a game representing baseball or the like, wherein advanced or retrograde positions of players may be indicated on the device or top, when spinning thereof has ceased.

The main object of the invention is to provide a hand spinning device such as a top with indications adjacent its perimeter and having a pivotally mounted pointing element thereon which is capable of independent spinning movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand-spinning device for playing game purposes, in the form of a disc which is fixedly sedevice may be spun and with a pointer loosely turnable on the peg in the plane of the disc for pointing cooperation with identifying characters on the disc.

Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses and. by reference to the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a top or spinning device having the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view showing a modification of the invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, 3 designates a disc which may be made from relatively stiff card board or metal or any material presenting a stiifness, said disc having a centrally disposed sleeve 4 securely fixed thereto, and said sleeve having prongs 5 on its upper end for indenting engagement with the turning peg 6 for securely fixing the disc 3 to the peg.

Before mounting and securing the disc 3 to the peg 6, a pointer I having an intermediately disposed opening, is mounted on the extending end of the sleeve 4, the opening of the pointer being of a size to permit the pointer being loosely mounted on the sleeve, and for spacing the pointer above the disc 3, a shoulder 8 is provided on the sleeve, and on which the pointer rests or seats.

The disc 3, its centrally secured sleeve 4 and the pointer I, are mounted together on the reduced end 9 of the peg 6 and the prongs 5 of the sleeve are then pressed into the shouldered end H] of the peg. This manner of securing the device together will rigidly fix the disc 3 to the peg E and at the same time provide the pointer 1 free for rotary movement on the sleeve 4.

disposed peg by which the The disc 3 on its top surface adjacent its perimeter is provided with a plurality of indications denoting terms used in a baseball game, as designated at H, and said disc on its perimeter is also provided with a plurality of projec- 5 tions l2, said projections being for the purpose of engagement by a player to stop rotation of the device after spinning the same, or the device may be stopped from spinning by engaging the button 13 which is secured on the upper end of 10 the peg 6.

In playing a game of baseball with this improved device, a player will engage the button l3 and upon twirling the same for spinning the disc 3, the pointer 1 by reason of it being loosely 15 mounted on the sleeve 4 of the peg, will of course be displaced; firstly, on the impulse of twirling or rotating the disc before the pointer is picked up by the twirling momentum of the disc or peg, and secondly, by the sudden stopping of the disc 2 which will result in the pointer subsequently stopping at random on one of the several indications II, as denoting an action or position in the baseball game which the player must assume in advancing or receding a positon, as required in 25 the game.

The reason for stopping the revolving of the disc 3 by touching or engaging the projections I 2 thereof, or by engaging the button 13 shortly after twirling it, is for the purpose of eliminating the time which would otherwise be required for the twirling momentum to cease, and so that a game among players may progress with some activity and speed.

Players in succession may take turns in twirling and stopping the device for freely shifting the pointer l to an at random directing position, and if desired, a playing chart with movable ob- V jects may be used in conjunction with the device.

The modified showing in Fig. 3 is that of a 40 cover disc l5 which is loosely mounted on the turning peg I8 over the disc l4 and said disc l5 having a recess H3 at its perimeter through which the terms or characters H on the fixed disc 14 can be seen, said disc I5 and its recess it an- 45 swering the purposes of the pointer 1 shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when the device is spun by twirling the button I! of the plug l8.

Obviously constructional modifications of the device are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention and therefore it is to be understood that it is not necessary to limit the invention by the terms used in the foregoing description, excepting such as the state of the art may require.

What I claim is:

A spinning device comprising a disc having a shouldered supporting peg, a sleeve to which said disc is fixedly secured and said sleeve at one end 5 having a prong penetrating the shoulder for seccuring it to the peg, radially disposed indicating characters on the top surface of said disc, and indicating means freely mounted on said sleeve between the shoulder of said peg and said disc for cooperation with said characters.

BENJAMIN A. OEHLER.

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