US2356531A

US2356531A - Game

Info

Publication number: US2356531A
Application number: US463358A
Authority: US
Inventors: Pitar Adolph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-10-26
Filing date: 1942-10-26
Publication date: 1944-08-22
Anticipated expiration: 1961-08-22

Description

A. PITAR Aug. 22, 1944-.

GAME

Filed Ot. 26, 1942 IN V EN TOR. 400/. PH PITA BY ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 22, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE GAME Adolph mat, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application October 26, 1942, Serial No. 463,358

1 Claim.

This invention relates to games and has particular reference to a game primarily adapted to be played indoors and which is composed of parts fashioned from light weight, inexpensive fiber board, cardboard or the like and so constructed that the same may be readily assembled and set up for playing and disassembled and stored in compact form when not in use.

The invention comprehends a game which is played by throwing or tossing endless or ringshaped members in an effort to engage the same about a post centrally disposed with reference to a base defining a playing field and which playing field is divided into areas of varying values and with pointer means carried by the endless or ring-shaped members for indicating the value or score when engaged about the post.

The invention further resides in a game of said character in which the post is of hollow, truncated, conical formation and which frictionally engages the base through a central aperture therein so as to support the playing field in a substantially horizontal plane above the fioor or supporting surface.

The invention more particularly comprehends a playing field which is divided into radially arranged areas of varying values and with the endlessor ring-shaped members of different colors so as to readily distinguish the same and which members are provided on their peripheries with triangular shaped pointers for indicating the score when engaged about the post.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following specification and accompany drawing in which is illustrated the preferred form of the invention.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a game con structed in accordance with the invention and illustrating the endless or ring-shaped members engaged about the post.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view therethrough.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, the game includes a base I defining a circular playing field which is divided into sectors or radially arranged areas ll of varying values represented by the

numerals

5, 10, 25, and 50, and the indicia Free throw, Double score and No score, opposite areas represented by the numerals being of the same value.

The base I0 is centrally apertured as at I2 and frictionally receives a post l3 therethrough for supporting the base in spaced relation above the floor or supporting surface so that the base may be adjusted on the post in a substantially horizontal plane irrespective of the nature of the supporting surface. The base I0 and post 13 are constructed of fiber board, cardboard or the like, the post being of hollow, truncated, conical formation and provided with a, diagonally serrated outer face I4 whereby the post has sufiicient flexibility to conform to the shape of the aperture I2 and to grippingly engage the base to retain the same thereon.

The game also includes a plurality of endless or ring-shaped members H) which preferably have their upper faces of difierent colors so as to readily distinguish one from the other. The said members are each formed with a triangular shaped pointer I6 projecting outwardly from the periphery thereof so that the area I i of the playing field in which the end of the pointer is located when the said member is engaged about the post indicates the score or the throw.

The endless or ring-shaped members l5 are preferably constructed of light weight material such'as fiber board, cardboard or the like so that should the said members when thrown or tossed during the playing of the game accidently strike an article in the room they will not mar or damage the same. Furthermore, the said members are formed with the central opening therein of relatively larger diameter than the diameter of the post adjacent the base thereof so that the said members may be readily engaged over the upper end of the post and may spin around as they descend onto the playing field.

While the base l0, post I3 and ring-shaped members I 5 are described as preferably being made of light weight material such as fiber board,

cardboard or the like, it is to be understood that the basev and the ring-shaped members may be made of ply wood and the post may be made of wood.

What is claimed is:

In an indoor game of the indicated character, a base defining a playing field and having a cen 'tral opening therethrough, a hollow, truncated upwardly tapering conical post having its lower end open and of a size adjacent its lower end to conform to and frictionally fit within said opening in the base with the lowermost portion thereof protruding from the lower face of the base to provide annular bearing means for engagement with a supporting surface so as to dispose the base substantially horizontal and in spaced relation to the supporting surface and the upper portion of said post projecting upwardly from the upper face of the base and adapted to receive thereover annular playing members of a larger inner diameter than that of the post adjacent the base.

ADOLPH PITAR.