US2473675A - Rotating disk racing game - Google Patents

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June 21, 1949; c. F BORESZEWSKI 2,473,675

ROTATING DISK RACING GAME 7 Filed May 30, 1945 2 sne 'ts-sneet 1 I q P aovfid p a M p NI mllll l1 INVENTOR.

llarem'e Eflwewzewh' ATTORNEY.

June 1949- c. F. BORESZEWSKI 2,473,675

ROTATING DISK RACING GAME Filed May 30, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

.ATTORNE1C Patented June 21, 1949 UN l S TAT E S G F-Fl C E ROTATING DISK RACING Clarence F. Boreszewski,, Camden,,N;I J

Application May 30-, 1945; Serial Nc596g'731'1l 3 Claims.

Thisinventiorrrelatesto games, and more particularly toe; racinggame employing a stationary game boardcor baseanda movable member associated:therewithzforuse in determining the winners 'of eaclrarace in the course of play.

Th'e primary -object-of my invention is to provide.anuimprovedyracing game which involves factors asimulating; very", closely conditions found in actual-Traces; such' as 'horseraces.

lvlore-cparticularly, it'is' anobjectof my inventionto provide lari'improved racing game in which players may makeselections' of probable or preferredwimiersyonta basis similar to actual horse races. andinwhichrwinningplayers will be paid ofi." under; odds simulating those found in true races.

Anotherobject of my invention is to provide animproved-gracing gameas aforesaid in which any; number ofz players may participate without limit and.regard-less .of the size of the game board.

Still another :object'of my invention is to pro-- videanimproved racing. game as aforesaid of whichtl'iexrules. andcoursei of play are very simple: and; easy to; follow;

Aafurtherobject' of my invention is to provide:an:improved'racing\ game as set forth above whichwill-notplag in interest and which will. afford .a'xliiglridegree :of entertainment It is also an object of my invention .to' provide an .improvedracing gamesuch as described above which. is. comprised: of a ,minimum. number of parts,1which;can.be .manufacturedat low cost and assembled. with great ease, which is sturdy in constructiomwhich willoccupy a minimum of. space,'.and.; which is positivein action.

According-"tov one form'of my invention, the game includesasstationary disc or other suitable base.andiasrotarymember, which may also. be.

a disc,-carried: by said base. The base is divided into. .a' plurality ofconcentric, annular areas, in-

turn divided intoa plurality of radially aligned, equi+angular sectors: each pertaining to' a particular horse; dog, or. other participant in the race; Each sector'of one of the annular areas (for example, the middle. one) is marked with thename of'a horse orlother similar participant. Each sector of another: of theannuli (for example, the outermost one) issubdivided circumferentially intothreeisubdivisions one of whichis marked Win, ausecond. Place and. the third Show. These subdivisions. may be termed selection boxes? and; amused: by players. of the game to make selectionsrof-anticipated: winners accordingto: whether'r they; select a. particular third annular :area. (for rexampla: the innermost one) is subdividedin-tothree@radially-displaced, circumferential-1y;extendingnrows, in turn subdivided into aplural-ity ofradial columns of blocks each of which: is markedlwitha; number indicating the odds. to. be paidiztorwthez associated horse. One of theaforesa-id thrceerowsindicates the odds to-be:paidiromgaflbanlci ona-horse coming in first .to Win3 'anothenrof said :three rows indicatesthe-.oddsatowbezpaidgonxthat horse if it comes in second to Blaceil; and'the third of said rows indicates the oddsetogbe paidon thehorse if it comes in third, to-Shbwr? Thus, the three circumferentially. extending-:oddsf rows of the third mentioned :annuiar areaare correlated, respectively; with the;Win;?f*"P1ace?"and "Sh0W selection boxes-of itherespective: sectors of the second mentioned sannulanareac The rotary-member carriedby-the base constitutes an indicator; for ind-icatingythe several winning, horsessand .their: respective; positions. at the conclusion of-ean'yyrace; Forythis purpose, the rotary membenhas. threedndicators or markers numbered ."1,. 2?;"and x3i. spaced from each other circmnfrerentially'on, angles-equal to or greater than :the: :an'gleof .each oixsaid sectors of the above mentioned annular; areas. Thus, when; in the. course. of iplay, .,the:.rotary member is spunor rotated;,(eithers'manually or=by a suitable powerxdeviee) andzit eventually comes to a stop, its threes-indicators :willpoint to radial odds columns:ofiathreedifirent sectors, the.

horse: of, theasectori'oppositethe indicator 1 being considered the Win horse, the horse-of the sector: opposite the indicator"2 being considered the Place horse; andthehorse of the sector: opposite the indicator-"3 being considered the Showhorse:

The game-alsoincludes'a pluralityoi tokens or play money which'may, beusedinplaying the game. Any numben of. players may. participate and each or any of.- them maymake any number of selections hechooses. (within limits prescribed by the players themselves) by). merely placingin the appropriateselection-boxxor-boxesof any of the sectors a .tokenztosserveasamarker or. indicator of hisfselectionl. When alltheplayers who wish to do-.- so have made their selections, the

rotary member isttwi-rledand p,ermitted', to' come to a stop. Allplayerswho:.-have;selectedhorses.

horseror. theilikefl-cfany'sector toiconic.inifirst; ing playersgeheweverrtheibankrpayszthema-numw bar of tokens according to the odds indicated in the appropriate odds block.

In another and preferred form of my invention, the outermost and the intermediate ones of the concentric, annular areas may be in the form of complete annuli, if desired, but the innermost area (i. e., the one subdivided into the odds blocks) is preferably only a partial annulus concentric with the other two and only long enough to embrace three of the sectors into which the two complete annuli are divided. The last mentioned area, or partial annulus, is itself divided into three similar sectors of which one is designated the Win sector and the three circumferential rows of odds blocks therein are all marked with appropriate odds indications; another of said last mentioned, three sectors is designated the Place sector and only two circumferential rows of its odds blocks are marked with odds indications; and the third of said last mentioned sectors is designated the Show s ector with only one of its circumferential rows of odds blocks marked with appropriate odds indications. Each of the several sectors of the outermost and intermediate concentric areas is marked with a number or other suitable designation to go with the participant of that sector. The rotary disc is divided into a like number of sectors which are similarly marked with a like number of corresponding designations, as well as with a radial indicator in each of its sectors. Thus, when the rotary disc comes to a stop after having been rotated, the sector thereof having its indicator pointing to the aforesaid Win sector indicates the participant coming in first, and the radial column of three blocks opposite which the indicator comes to rest shows the odds to be paid for the token played on that participant to Win, Place or Show. Similarly, the sector of the rotary disc having its indicator pointing to the aforesaid Place sector indicates the participant coming in second, and the radial column of two blocks opposite which the indicator comes to rest shows the odds to be paid for the token played on that participant, in one case to Place and in the other to Show. Finally, the sector of the rotary disc having its indicator pointing to the aforesaid Show sector indicates the participant coming in third, and the single block opposite which the indicator comes to rest shows the odds to be paid for that participant to Show. The plays or selections are made with the tokens, as in the first modification described above, and the game proceeds in a similar manner for each race.

The novel features that I consider characteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and method of play, as well as additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description of two embodiments thereof, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of game according to my invention,

Figure 2 is a central, sectional view thereof,

Figure 3 is a plan view of another and preferred form of game according to my invention, and

Figure 4 is a plan view of several of the tokens or play pieces forming part of the game.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout, there is shown, in Figures 1 and 2, a racing game having a stationary base A constituting a game board and provided with an upstanding pivot post B. Rotatably carried. by the post B is a sleeve or cap C which is secured to a circular disc D, the disc D thus being rotatable on the post B relative to the base A. The base A is marked off by main circular markings E, F, G and H, such as lines, upstanding ridges, depressions, grooves or the like, into three concentric, annular areas J. K and L coaxial with the post B. A plurality of main radial markings M which extend clear through each of the annular areas J, K and L divide these annular areas into a plurality of substantially equi-angular, radially aligned, correlated sector divisions or groups N, each division including one sector of each of the areas J, K and L, and six such sector groups or divisions being shown by way of illustration, it being understood that any number of such groups may be provided as may be found desirable or feasible.

In each division or sector group, the sector of the annular area J is subdivided by two radical lines P into three selection boxes Q one of which is marked Win, a second Place and the third Show. The boxes Q serve as subdivisions in which players of the game may make selections (in a manner more fully described hereinafter) not only of the participants in the race they anticipate will win, but also the order in which they anticipate the three leading participants will appear at the conclusion of each race or play. Each sector K of the annular area K bears the name or other identifying characteristic of one participant. The innermost annular area L has each of its sectors subdivided by a pair of auxiliary, circular lines R into three radially-adjacent, circumferentially extending rows of subdivisions, and by a plurality of radial lines S into a plurality of circumferentially-adjacent, radially extending rows of subdivisions to provide a plurality of blocks T which may be termed odds blocks. In each of the blocks T is a numeral indicating the odds payable to a player in accordance with (a) whether the participant of the race named in the correlated sector was selected by the player, and (b) the actual position of that participant at the conclusion of a race or play, assuming, of course, that that particular participant finished first, second or third,

To determine which participants (for example. horses) are the winners, the rotary disc D is divided by radial lines V into the same number of cqui-angular sectors W as there are sectors in the areas J, K and L, or at least into three such sectors. These three sectors, or any three of them if there are more than three, are provided with outwardly directed, radial indicators, such as the arrows Y, which are marked, respectively, with the numerals 1, 2 and 3 to indicate the horse coming in first to Win, the horse coming in second to Place, and the horse coming in third to Show. Thus, when the disc D has come to rest after it has been rotated, the arrow Y marked 1 indicates the sector where the horse finishing first is to be found; the arrow Y marked "2 indicates the sector N where the horse finishing second is to be found; and the arrov. Y marked 3 indicates the sector N where the horse finishing third is to be found. At the same time, the odds payable to the players who selected the three winning horses will be found in the particular radial columns of blocks T of the winning horses sectors to which the three arrows Y point.

The game may be played in the following manner with the aid of'differently colored or dilferently marked 1 tokense Zoor' thel lii'r'e, .eaehvrepre-y senting adifierent ivalueror:denomination; i

At the beginnings of the gamecthe tokensarerii-E vided equally. a'mongialll the piayerszeacli of :whom

then contributes awprescribedunumberrof tokens to a common fund-Lcalledltlzie banktv Thecplays ers, or any: of theme then SBIGCVthEiilZhDI SBS for a given race and indicatertheinselectionsandtthe race. horses will, of course, forfeit their tokens to the bank. Shoul'd'the":banktlose ors'pay out all its tokens during the course of a game, the players will then againeachniake a 'conti ibution to replenish its funds.-

By way of illustration, l'et'it' beassumedth'at, in a particular race or play, one player wishes to play a token of a particular color or den'omination on Dunato win, another player wishes to playa' token of one color or valueonBonnie Gray to win and atoken offanother color or value on Duna to place, and a thirdpl'ayer wishes to play a token of still another color or value on Sorrel Queen to show. The first player makes his selection by placing a token Z of appropriate denomination in the Win selection box Q of the Duna sector N; the second player makes his selection by placing an appropriate token Z in the Win selection box Q of the Bonnie Gray sector N and a suitable token in the Place selection box Q of the Duna sector; and the third player makes his selection by depositing a suitable token Z in the Show selection box Q of the Sorrel Queen sector N. The disc D is then rotated and permitted to come to a stop to indicate the three winning horses and the odds paid by each.

Let it be assumed, now, that the disc D has stopped in the position shown in Figure 1 with the arrows Y pointing to the most counterclockwise radial columns of odds blocks T in the sectors opposite these arrows. The arrow Y marked 1 shows that Duna came in first to pay odds of 6:1 for Duna Win selections as shown by the outermost one of the blocks T, to pay odds of 4:1 for Duna Place selections as shown by the intermediate block T, and to pay odds of 3:1 for Duna Show selections as shown by the innermost block T of the particular radial column to which the arrow marked 1 points. Hence, the first mentioned player will receive from the bank six tokens of the color played by him, while the bank takes the token played by this player, and the second mentioned player will receive from the bank four tokens of the color played by him for his particular selection of Duna, the bank taking the token he played on this horse.

The arrow Y marked 2 shows that Silver Streak came in second to pay odds of 2:1 for Place selections for that horse and even money for Show selections. Since, however, no plays or selections were made on Silver Streak, the bank neither receives nor pays out any tokens in this case.

Finally, the arrow Y marked 3 shows that Sorrel Queen came in third to pay odds of 2:1

for Show selections-s; l-iencepthe .third:.mer1- tioned" player will receivecfmmnthe banlc'fltwoir tokens: of. the color. played zcbyvhim WhilB'i giving:

up to: the bank the .tokenfiwhich 'he-iused in :mak

he played. on this horse.

In. the modification shown-- in Figure-1.3, .the s concentric,- annular areas J 1 and? K; are divided into: sectors similarly tosthe corresponding areas:

of. the gameboard of Fig'fur'e' zl; However; each sector N isrprovided: with axnumera'l'iori other suitable marking. Yarbymeans. of which the horse 'of the correlated -sector may beLidentifi'ed.

The :areauL, in this imodificati on, while .concena length suflicient to :embracerthree of the-rsectorsN, its area in onerotthe sectors :Nr beingzdi vided' into threezcircumferential. rows ofodds' blocksT, respectively m'arked -W-- for Win,. -P",

for Place and -S'+ for-Show;.its-Jarea:inJanother sector N2 being divided :into only two such rows -P. and -S and 1 its: area; 1: the; thirldi sectorii Na. havingjon-ly one: such lrowv-Se. Each-xof-iithei. sectors W on thez'disc "D: isaalso ;ma'rked:' with/.a

marking Yb (the latter:markingsizcorresponding in number and in ridentifyinga characteristics J to r the markings Ya) as: well asiwithzazradial'. indicator Y. In addition, the sector N1 is provided with a Win indicator, such as a flag X1, the sector N2 with a Place indicator, such as a flag X2, and the sector N3 with a Show indicator, such as a flag X3. With this modification of my invention, the markers or numerals Yb indicate the three winning horses and their relative positions at the end of each race. Thus, as shown in Figure 3, horse #4 (identified by one of the markers Ya to be Silver Streak) came in first; and since the related indicator Y points to the second from left, radial odds column of the sector N1, this horse will pay odds of 9:1 for Win selections, odds of 3:1 for Place selections, and odds of 2:1 for Show selections. The numeral 1 of the markers Yb shows that horse #1 (Getaway Fast) came in second; and the related indicator Y shows that this horse will pay odds of 4:1 for Place selections and odds of 3:1 for Show selections. Lastly, the numeral 3 of the markers Yb shows that horse #3 (Never Fail) came in third; and the related indicator Y shows that this horse will pay odds of 2:1 for Show selections.

From the foregoing description, it will undoubtedly be apparent to those skilled in the art that I have provided a novel racing game which is highly entertaining and which can b played by as many players as desire to play simultaneously. Although I have shown and described but two embodiments of my invention, many other modifications are possible. For example, the disc D may be motor driven instead of being arranged for manual operation. Also, instead of the disc D, an endless belt with suitably marked, radially extending pointers may be used. Moreover, the area-s J, K and L need not necessarily be annular, nor need they be concentric. Many other changes will, without doubt, readily sug gest themselves to those skilled in the art. Hence, I desire that my invention shall not be limited except insofar as is made necessary by the prior art and by the spirit of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A racing game comprising a base having a plurality of concentric areas, said areas being divided into a plurality of radially aligned sectors, each sector of one of said concentric areas designating a difierent participant in any one race, each sector of another of said concentric areas being subdividedcircumferentially into a number of subdivisions each of which designates a selection to be made by a player of the anticipated position of a particular participant in the race relative to the other participants therein at the conclusion of play representing said race, and each sector of a third of said concentric areas being subdivided into a like number of radiallyadjacent, circumferentially extending rows within the sector, said rows being further subdivided into a plurality of radial columns of blocks extending through said number of rows, at least certain of said blocks bearing indications designating odds payable to a player in accordance with (a) the participant selected by him and (b) the actual position of said selected participant at the conclusion-of said play.

2. A racing game according to claim 1 characterized by the addition of a rotary member on said base mounted for rotation on the common axis of said concentric areas, said rotary member having said number of indicators thereon for cooperation with the same number of different ones of said sectors, and said indicators each having a different numerical marking associated therewith to indicate the order of finish of :said number of said participants in said race.

3. A racing game according to claim 1 characterized in that said first and second named concentric areas have a like plurality of said sectors, the sectors of one of said first and second named concentric areas being differently marked for the purpose of identification, characterized further in that said third concentric area has only said number of said sectors, and characterized still further by the addition of a rotary member on said base mounted for rotation on the common axis of said concentric areas, said rotary member having as many indicators as there are sectors in said first and second named concentric areas, and said indicators being also marked for identification in correspondence with the markings of said marked sectors.

CLARENCE F. BORESZEWSKI.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,701,741 Watling Feb. 12, 1929 1,811,960 Orr June 30, 1931

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