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GAME APPARATUS. Y

No. 259,207 Patented June 6, 1882.

m5566- faz/67W?? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

vHENRY E. POND, OF FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES H.. NASON, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,207, dated J'une, 1882.

Application filed April 1,1882. (No model.) i

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it' known that I, HENRY E. POND, of Franklin, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Game Apparatus, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. i

My invention relates to a game apparatus,

A and has for its object to include in asi'ngle n one diagram the square of an ordinary checker or chessboard, and also the diagram of the game known as morris or fox and geese."7 The two portions of the box are hinged together, and when opened form an alley which is provided with spots for ten-pins, andis also provided with a removable bridge andV pockets for playing the game ot' sipio. A small spring-gun is employed to shoot or propel balls at the ten-pins, or at the stationaryy ball employedinthegameofsipio. Allthemovable apparatus-such as the balls, ten-pins, checkers, and dice-can be contained within a small box providedfor the purpose, it being held in place inthe main box or the game apparatus by a suitable brace, the said main box being closed by a clasp, so that it can be readily carried about without danger of losing any of its contents.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus closed, showing the diagrams of two of the games; Fig. 2, a similar view, showing the opposite side o f the box with backgammon-board diagram thereon 5 Fig. 3, a view of the interior of the box arranged for the game ot' sipio; Fig. 4, a similar view thereof, arranged for ten-pins; Fig. 5, a plan view of the box when closed, showing the movable apparatus in the interior thereof; and Fig. 6, a

longitudinal section of the gun employed for propelling the balls.

The apparatus consists mainly of a box made in two portions, a b, hinged together at e, thesaid portions,when turned over upon one another, as shown in Figs. l and 2, being held together by a clasp, and then forming a rectangular box, one of the sides of which is shown in Fig. 1 as provided with a diagram, e,'for the game of morris or fox and geese, and diagram f for checkers, while the other side is marked out for the game of backgammon, as shown in Fig. 2.

When the two portions of the boxareturned upon the hinges c into line with one another, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, they form a long trough, having an alley, g, provided at one end with a springlgun, h, for propelling a ball along the said alley.

The portion a ot' the box is provided with grooves'2 for a bridge, t', (see Fig. 3,) having a seriesot different openings or arches, toward which a ball,j, mounted upon a spot near the middle of the alley, may be propelled, it being struck by the ball k, (see Fig. 6,) thrown from the gun k.

A series of pockets, l, located behind the bridge t', receive the balls in case they pass through the arches, and thus indicate which arch the ball came through, different numbers being scored for sending a ball through theA diierentcarches.

The end of the alley g in the portion act' the apparatus is provided with spots for ten-pins propelled directly from the gun It or by a ball an.,i (see Fig. 4.,) which may be shot at by a ball mounted upon the spot, las at j, (see Fig. 3,)

and propelled by impact from the ball shot from the gun.

When using the apparatus for ten-pius, as shown in Fig. 4,-the bridge t' is removed from the grooves.

The gun his provided with a pivot, n, as shown in Fig. 6, mounted in a socket in the end of the alley g, the ends of the said gun y resting upon arcs o, and being held in place by an elastic strap, p, permanently attached to the alley g, and passing over a projection, q, near the muzzle of the gun, thus enabling the gun to be turned and held in any desired direction while the ball is being tired. The said gun has a chamber, i', in its muzzle portion of sufficient size to receive the ball k, as shown in Fig. 6, and also has a plunger, s, connected with the movable breech-piece t, drawn by an elastic spring, u, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) toward the body of the gun. The said breech-piece t has connected with it a holding-rod, @,which is engaged by the trigger w to hold the said breech-piece back, with the spring u strained, as shown in Fi". 3, and dottedlines Fig. 6. By pressing on the end a" of the said trigger the :rod c is released, when the said breech-piece t and plunger s are propelled forward and strike the ball k, which is then at the back of the chamber 1', thus propelling the said ball for ward.

The small detachable portions of the apparatus-such as the balls j k, ten-pins on, dice, checker or chess men y-areinclosed in a box, E, (see Fig. 5,) having suitable partitions, and the portion aot' themain outside boX or apparatus is provided with a removable brace, a2, iitted in slots 3,for retaining the said interiorbox, in proper position.

In packing up the apparatus, as shown in Fig. 5, the bridge i and braces a2 are inserted in their respective slots 2 3, and the box z and its contents placed between the said bridge and brace. Asuiiicientspaceisleftatthesideof the said box z for the dice-boxes 03 and gun 71which may be partly inserted in one ofthe said diceboxes. When packed in this way the appa- 'ratus can be carried in any position without danger of losing any of the small articles or of having them rattle about.

I claim- 1. In a game apparatus, the main box or case, consisting of two portions, a b, adapted, when opened, to form an alley, and having their sides marked with diagrams, as described, for different games, in combination with a box for containing the removable devices employed in the games, and means to secure the same in the interior of the main box or case when closed, substantially as described.

2. The main box, consisting of two portion hinged together, and provided on its outside with diagrams ot' gaines 'to be played thereon when closed, and adapted, when opened, to form an alley, combined with removable bridgepiece fi, pockets l, and the spring-gun h, sub stantially as described.

3. The alley g, provided with the pivotal socket, combined with the segments an'd elastic band p, and the spring-gun, adapted to be held pointing in any desired direction by the said band, substantially as described.

4. In a game apparatus, the ball-propelling gun, it consisting oi' the main chambered portion or barrel of the gun, with the plunger, breech-piece, and spring, and the guide-rod fv, connected with lthe said breech-piece, and trigger, adapted to engage the said guide-rod, substantially as described.

In testimonywhereof I have signed lnyname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY E. POND.

Witnesces J Essa L. N AsoN, JAMES H. NnsoN.

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