US2417615A

US2417615A - Aerial projectile game

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Publication number: US2417615A
Application number: US541745A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugo F Rothe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-06-23
Filing date: 1944-06-23
Publication date: 1947-03-18
Anticipated expiration: 1964-03-18

Description

March 18, 1947. H F, mm: 2,417,615 AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME I Filed June 25, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwue/wtom Patented Mar. 18, 1947 zlJ'NIT ED ifSTATfE'f-S PAT ENT OFFICE i AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME QHugo F.1-Rothe, Trenton, Mich.

* Application -June'23, 1944,'Serial No. 541,745

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to game apparatus comprising a net, game piece -adapted to seat-.in

the meshes of the net and a mallet for projecting the game pieces upwardly'and propel them provide game pieces designed to increase the skill required to project the game pieces across the net thus increasing the interest of the players.

A further object of the invention resides in: providing game piece in the form of trumpet shaped cups-of round and polygonal contour in cross section, the cupsot the same contour being adapted to nest one within the. other While certain of-the polygonal cups .will. nest in cups. of a difierent polygonal contour.

Another object of theinvention residescin'providing apparatus for. playingrgames' which requiresa high degree ofuskill i-to advance the game pieces affording the'participants .theigreat-* est amountof entertainment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanyingdrawings forming apart of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the net forming the game board,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the game board showing the mallet in striking position,

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the game board with the game pieces in playing position,

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the mallet,

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the round game piece,

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on line 66 of Fig. 5, and,

Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are plan views of the different polygonal shaped game pieces.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 denotes generally agame board having its playing surface preferably formed of netting material fabricated from cord, wire, plastic or other suitable material. While a netting material is preferred it is apparent the game board may be made from a perforated sheet material and the term net is intended to cover all mesh or perforated materials. The netting material issupported in a "rectangular frame 6 composed of side bars connected-together .by angular corner braces l to 1 which-are connected uprights or legs 3 for supporting-the frame in an elevated horizontal plane above-"the table or other support on which the gamelboard: is placed. In actual practice it has been found desirable to have the game board elevated four inches or more above the table or support-on which it is resting. The net is tied or otherwise secured to its supporting frame and is not stretched taut.

The game pieces comprise a plurality of cups 9,eachof the cups being substantially trumpet closed bottom'end I l which is slightly weighted.

shape with a wide upper and Ill. and a narrow There are four sets of nine cups eachand the "c-ross sectional contour of the cups in each series varies." The contour of the cups is round, triangular, square, 'quintagonal, hexagonal, heptago- -nal,i octagonal; nonagonal and dodecagonal as shown in Figs. 5 to -14 inclusiveand designated il -respectively. Each set of cups has a" distinguishing color 'toidentify one set from the other andfan identifying number may be placed in the-bottom of each of'the polygonal cups to readily indicate the number of angles. *cups 'owing to their tapered shape are adapted All the to nestimcups ofthe-same cross sectional contour. The round cups-canonly nest in other oupsof acorresponding contour while certain of the polygonal cups can nest in other cups of a different polygonal contour. For instance, the

3 triangular cup can nest in the hexagonal, nonaga handle 59 connected thereto in off-set relation to the center of the head. The relative long end of the head is the striking end and has its striking surface rounded, as at 20.

Various rules may be adopted when the apparatus is employed in playing a game. The game pieces or cups are seated in the meshe of the net 5 with the flared upper ends [0 resting on the sides of the mesh and the lower weighted ends ll depending from the net. The player manipulates the mallet beneath the net so that the head l8 strikes the lower end of a cup to project the cup upwardly and project it across the board. The direction of flight of the cup will depend on the skill of the player in striking the cup with the mallet. The cups either seat in another mesh of the net or nest in one of the other cups and a skilled player may control the movement of the cups with a fair degree of accuracy.

One way in which the apparatus may be employed is what I call the game of advance. The players place their cups in the meshes of the net in a row parallel to and adjacent one of the sides of the frame. The object is for each player to project his cups across the net and line them up in the same order on the opposite side. If a player nests one of his cups in the cup of an opponent the opponents cup must return to the starting position.

In a slightly modified form of game which I call the game of elimination the cups are lined up by the players in the same order as in the game of advance. The object of this game is to nest the cups in the cups of an opponent which are of the proper contour to receive the cup projected. When a cup is nested in an opponents cup of the proper shape the opponents cup is eliminated, Cups which are nested in an opponents cups of the wrong shape must be returned to the starting position. When all the cups of an opponent have been eliminated the game is over, or if desired the various shaped cups may be given difierent values in points and each player adds up the points of the cups eliminated, the player having the highest score being the winner.

Another form of game is the game of king, in which the round cup is designated king. The object is to nest the king cup of a player in the king cup of an opponent. The game is played similar to the game of elimination in that the nesting of a cup in the cup of an opponent, of the proper shape, will eliminate the cup of the opponent. Improper nesting of a cup in the cup of an opponent will result in the opponents cup being considered captive and it will remain captive until the upper cups player separates the cups by strikin them with the mallet. If there are three cups nested together the intermediate cup is eliminated from the game.

The games described in the foregoing are merely illustrative and are subject to various modifications to increase the interest and skill of the players. It is apparent that game apparatus disclosed will require the exercise of the utmost skill of the players so that games may be devised which will be highly entertaining and amusing to the players.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a game board of perforated material and striking means, of a series of trumpet shaped game pieces of different cross sectional contour adapted to seat in the perforations of the game board with their lower ends depending from the game board for engagement by the striking means.

2. The combination with a game board of perforated material and striking means, of a series of trumpet shaped game pieces of different cross sectional contour adapted to seat in the perforations of the game board and nest in pieces of like contour, the lower ends of the game pieces depending from the game board for engagement by the striking means.

3. The combination with a game board of perforated material and striking means, of a series of trumpet shaped members of different cross sectional contour adapted to enter the perforations of the game board and supported therein by their flared upper ends with the lower ends in depending relation to the game board, certain of said members being adapted to nest in other of said members, said members bein shifted over the surface of the game board by the striking means engaging the lower end of said members.

HUGO F. RO'IHE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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