US2483878A

US2483878A - Game board for displaying three like elements in a row

Info

Publication number: US2483878A
Application number: US786916A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charest Alfred
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1947-11-19
Filing date: 1947-11-19
Publication date: 1949-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 1966-10-04

Description

Aj cHAREsT GAME BOARD FOR DISPLAYING THREE LIKE ELEMENTS IN A ROW v 2 sheets-sheet 1/ Filed Nov. 19, 1947 ATTD RN EYE Oct. 4, 1949. 4 A, CHAREs-r 2,483,378

GAME BOARD FOR DISPLAYING THREE LIKE ELEMENTS IN A Row Filed Nov. 19, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 x INVENTOR.

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Patented Oct. 4, 1949 GAME BOARD Fon DISPLAYING THREE LIKE ELEMENTS 1N A Row Y Alfred Charest, Woonsocket, R. I.

Application November 19, 1947, Serial No. 786,916

Claims.

This invention relates to games of the type played by two players and particularly players of all ages, and in particular a mechanical toy or game such as the game commonly known as tic tac toe wherein colors are normally actuated to show through nine openings positioned in rows to form a square, and wherein the first player to place his colors in a row, longitudinally, laterally, or diagonally, is the winner of the game.

The purpose of this invention is to provide means for combining a plurality of mechanically operating instrumentalities by which the simple game of tic tac toe may be played with buttons Yor the like.

In playing the game of tic tac toe it is customary to draw two spaced longitudinal lines and then two similar transverse lines and then the players proceed to mark the squares. By this means it is necessary to use a new sheet of paper with every game or try to crowd the lines in corners, and when the game is played for long periods of time this is objectionable.

With this thought in mind this invention contemplates a mechanically operating game board having a series of slidable bars and levers in combination with grouped openings wherein colors may be displayed through the openings by mechanical means.

The object of this invention is to provide a housing having grouped openings therein and mechanically actuated devices for alternately displaying colors or the like through the openings.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gaine device in which colors are displayed through openings in which the colors may be 5- actuated from either end of the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new combination of slidable bars and levers for actuating elements in playing the game of tic tac toe which is of a simple and economical construction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists of the new and novel combination, construction, and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the claims appended hereto, and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game board.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the game board taken on line 2-2 of Figure 5.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing one end of the game board with the bar locking lever in the releasing position.

Figure 4 is a, cross section through the game board taken on line 4--4 of Figure 5.

Figure 5 is a sectional plan through the game board taken on line 5-5 of Figure 6.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section through the game board similar to that shown in Figure 2, taken on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a detail showing one of the sockets on the ends of the bars.

Figure 8 is a detail showing the intermediate section of one of the bars.

Figure 9 is a cross section through the bar shown in Figure 8.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts the game board of this invention includes a housing having an upper surface Il) with a base I I, side walls I2 and I3, and end walls I4 and I5, and in the center of the upper surface is a box-like easing I6 having openings I1 therein.

Cylinders I8 with gear sections I9 thereon and having color areas ZIJ, 2I, and 22 on the surfaces thereof are rotatably mounted on

shafts

23, 24, and 25 below the openings I1, and the gear sections are positioned to mesh with racks 26 on intermediate sections 2'I of the parallel operating bars each of which has

end sections

28 and 29. The end sections are hinged to the intermediate sections by spline plates 3Q which are held in the end sections by pins 3| and 32, and in the intermediate sections by pins 33. The spline plates are positioned in slots 34 in the intermediate sections 2l' and 35 in the end sections. The intermediate sections are provided with tongues 36 the ends of which are held in sockets 31 as shown in Figure '7, and the sockets are freely mounted on

cross bars

38 and 39 and resiliently held together by elastic bands 40, ythe ends of which are held on hooks 4I on the inner ends of the sockets. The outer ends of the sockets are provided with anges l2 that are held against the outer surfaces of the

cross bars

38 and 39, as shown in Figure 6.

The outer ends of the end sections of the bars are positioned on ledges 43 of locks lli which are pivotally mounted on pins 45 and the upper surfaces of the locks are formed with shoulders 46 that hold the bars as Ishown in Figure 2. The inner edges of the locks rest on levers Ill that are pivotally mounted on pins 43 through which the levers are positioned to be engaged by buttons 49 at the lower ends of posts 50, as shown in Figure 6. rThe posts 5B are provided with collars 5I that limit the upward movement thereof and it will be noted in Figure 3 that by pressing downward on the posts the levers will be actuated to raise the inner edges of the locks so that the outer ends of the bars will be raised above the shoulders and the bars will be released so that they may be returned to the neutral positions by the elastic bands.

The outer ends of the operating bars, which are arranged in groups of threes, as shown in Figure 5, are provided with pins 52 that extend through slots 53 in the upper surface Ill of the housing, and by .moving the pins in the slots the cylinders are actuated through the gear sections and racks. With one player operating the pins 3 on one side and another on the other, both have controllof all cylinders-and rst-.one player may set a color so that it will show-through an opening and then the other player may set a color.

The first player to set three of the same colors :15A game comprising a game board having a '4 plurality of longitudinal and'transverse rows of openings in spaced 1relation in the upper surface thereof, cylindershaving colored areas on the surfaces thereof positioned inthe game board .b'eloWfthe openings, means rotatably mounting 'the cylinders, means actuating each of the cylinders from opposite ends of the game board to display differenticolors through the openings, means vrlocking the cylinder actuating means, means re- *leasing the locking means, andmeans returning Athe actuating 'means to neutral position when re- 'leased 12. A game comprising-a game board having a 'plurality of longitudinal and transverse rows of openings in spaced relation in the upper surface thereohcylinders having colored areas on the fv surfaces thereof positioned in the game board below the openings, shafts mounted in the housing and on which the cylinders are rotatably fmounted, said cylinders having gear segments thereon, bars slidably mounted in the housing ihaving'racks thereon positioned with the racks Ymeshing with the gear-segments of the cylinders, "pins on the ends of the bars extending through -slots inthe housing-'by-which the bars are actulated'to turn thecylinders, resilient means holdfing the bars in neutral positions, locks having fshoulders positioned-to be engaged by the ends =of 'the bars, levers pivotally mounted in the' housing and positioned to operate the locks, and posts fextending through the housingfor actuating the levers.

In a game, the combination, which com- -prises a game boardhaving a substantially en- :closed box-like centrally disposed section pro- -jectingabove the upper surface of the"board,'the -upper surface of the said box-like section `having longitudinal and transverse rows of spaced -openings therein and the upper surface of the game board having groups of elongated slots :therein cylinders having colored areas `on Vthe 6 surfaces-thereof rotatably vmounted in theboxlike section and positioned below the openings -therein said 'cylinders having gear lsegments thereon, groups of parallel bars slidably mounted .in-the game board onoppositesides of the box .likeseetion havingpins on the outer ends thereof positioned in the elongated slots ,and gear racks thereon meshing with the .gear segments of the cylinders, said bars having hinged intermediate sections with tongues on the under surface thereof, sockets in which the ends of the tongues are positioned, transverse bars 'on-which the sockets are mounted, said sockets having flanges posi- 'tioned to engage the transversebars to provide ^stops,^resilient elements urging the bars-through the sockets to centrally disposed positions, locks .positioned to engage the endsof the bars, levers pivotallyrmounted in the board positioned to actuate the ocks, and posts extending through the upper surface of the board for operating the levers.

fi. vnfa' game thecombination which comprises "an Veiongated rectangular shaped substantially hollow hoardv having a centrally disposed box like section extended above the upper surface of the fboard and said box like section having spaced rows.. of .openings in the upper surface thereof, the upper surface of said board having groups of .elongated slotsin the opposite ends thereof,.cyl ,'indershavingcolored areas and gear segments "thereon rotatably mounted in thesaid box like section of the board and positioned to register with. the openings in the upper surface thereof, `the gear segments of the said cylinders being positioned'in staggered relation, groups of paral- `lel bars having gear racks thereon slidably mounte'diin the board and positioned so that the said gear. racks mesh withthegear segments of Ythe -cylinders, and lslidable elements resiliently urged toward the center. of the board positioned Atobel engaged by said bars for returning the bars to Acentrally disposed positions, said bars having actuating pins thereonextended through the slots vinthe upper surfacejof theboard whereby the bars are manually actuated to turn the cylinders to display, different colors'through the openings Vof thesaid box like section of the board,

. the gear` segments of the -said cylinders being positionedin staggered'relation, `groups of parallel -bars havinggear racks thereon slidably mounted inthe board and positioned so that the said gear racks mesh with the gear segments of the cylinders, transversely disposed'locking elements with lshoulders thereon pivotally mounted in the board withl thesaid shoulders positioned'to be engaged fbyendsof the parallel barsto-lock the bars in rplayingl position, i levers pivotally mounted in lthe board and positioned to engage the locking bars, sand buttons positioned in the board and extended througlithe uppersurface thereof vfor actuating .the levers'toiactuate the locking elements to re- I lease f the -parallel bars.

' ALFRED CHALREST.

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