US2616697A

US2616697A - Aerial game device

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Publication number: US2616697A
Application number: US233760A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harold W Brasington
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1951-06-27
Filing date: 1951-06-27
Publication date: 1952-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 1969-11-04

Description

1952 6 H. w. BRASINGTON 2,616,697

AERIAL GAME DEVICE I Filed June 27. 1951 INVENTOR. HAROLD W. BRASINGTON amid/m ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AERIAL GAME DEVICE Harold W. Brasington, Darlington, S. 0. Application June 27, 1951, Serial No. 233,760

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to a game device and has for its chief object the provision of elements testing the coordination of the hand and eye of the operator.

Another object of my invention is the provision of adjustment of certain members of the device to suit either a right-handed or left-handed player.

A further object of my invention is to provide a means of scoring points in playing the device, the points of scoring ranging from easy to difficult so as to present a challenge to the player.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description when viewed together with the single figure of the drawing which is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention.

In the embodiment chosen for purpose of illustration, numeral In designates a base which may be made of wood, metal, or any other substance permitting the same to lie fiat upon the ground or floor. Near one end of the base I have placed two standards I l and I2, one at each side edge of the base and each supported rigidly in a vertical position by its own gussets l3 and I4, and I5 and It. The standards are placed parallel to one end of the base and are provided with a top cross member I! rigidly afiixed to the top ends thereof.

Midway the length of the horizontally disposed cross member IT, I have placed a main pulley [8 adapted to receive a flexible cable or rope I9. The end of the rope l9 which is passed through the main pulley i8 is provided with a ball 20 which may be made of hard rubber or other suitable material. The rope on the opposite side of the main pulley I9 is passed over a secondary pulley 2 positioned approximately midway the distance between the main pulley and one of the side standards H. Upon the opposite end of the rope I have provided a handle or grip 22 preferably made of rubber and molded around the rope end. Thus the ball may be raised or lowered and controlled to a certain extent in any plane of movement by manipulating the grip 22 at the rope end.

Near the end of the base l0, opposite the standards II and I2, I have positioned five open

ended tubes

23, 23, 24, 24', and 25. The tubes are made to stand vertically with respect to the base member I!) and are positioned in a straight line on the vertical plane bisecting the upper main pulley I8 and the base I 0.

In the present instance the first tube 23 is of 2 a diameter considerably larger than the diameter of the ball 20; the second, third and fourth tubes successively smaller, and the fifth tube 25 of such diameter as to barely receive the ball.

The object of the game is to swing the ball in pendulum fashion with one hand while holding the rope grip 22 with the other hand. At any selected forward swing of the ball 20, the player may permit the rope to move upwardly, and make an attempt to lower the ball into any one of the three receiving tubes. Since the nearest tube is comparatively large, the final score will not be as high as if the ball were dropped into the rear, small tube. It is apparent that if the initial starting of the swing by one hand is not in the correct plane alignment, the ball could not be placed in any of the tubes. Even if the plane of the swing is made correctly, it is extremely difficult to control the trajectory of the ball to make the same hit a given spot.

While I have shown the receiving tubes as being in a straight line on the vertical plane of the device, they might be arranged in any number and in any position, such as a triangle for example, along the rear end of the base In which would make the game even more interesting.

In playing any game, the stance varies with the player. In the present invention 1 have provided a pulley 2 I for transferring the secondary pulley from one side of the center ball-line to the other so that the guide rope [9 may be handled with either hand. The standards should be sufficiently high and the ball of such weight as to produce slow arcuate movements when swinging and thus give the player a better chance with the guide rope I 9. All of the pulleys are provided with the customary swivel mounting.

While I have described thev game as one to be played out of doors, it may be easily adapted as an indoor sport. Such adaptation might consist of removing the base and standards altogether and affixing the upper cross member I! to a door lintel. Other changes might also be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the following claim.

I claim:

In a game device, a base, standards mounted on said base adjacent one end thereof, a horizontal member supported above said base by said standards, a plurality of tubes of various diameters mounted on said base adjacent said end remote from said standards, a pulley mounted on 3 4 member, the diameter of said ball being less than UNITED STATES PATENTS the diameter of the smallest of said tubes, and Number Name Date a hand grip on the other end of said suspension 705,632 Astarita July 29, 1902 member for manipulating said suspension member to lower said ball into one of said tubes when 5 FOREIGN PATENTS said ball is swung pendulum fashion.

Number Country Date HAROLD BRASINGTON' 382,454 France Oct. 1, 1907 REFERENCES CITED 425,635 France Apr. 10, 1911 744,418 France Jan. 21, 1933 The following references are of record in the 10 I file of this patent: