US336179A

US336179A - Game apparatus

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Publication number: US336179A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1903-02-16

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AU EX A. P. A. VOGELSANG.

GAME APPARATUS.

Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. F. ALEXANDER VOGELSAXG, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENXSYLVAXIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

EPEGIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,179, dated February 16,1886.

Application filed November 2), 1894.

To all whom, it may concern.-

ie it known that l, A. F. ALEXANDER Voonnsiis'o. of the city and county of Philadelphia. and State of lei'insylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to games; and it consists in certain improvementsin the construction of apparatus, which are fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings. which form part thereof.

Herctot'ore a game has been played on board of steamships by passengcrstravelingbctwecu various countries, which consisted in chalking upon the deck a geometrical figure divided into subdivisions, in which figures or numbers were marked, and toward which, from a given distance, circular pieces or disks of wood were pushed by a suitable cue, with the pnrposein vicwot' lodging said disks of wood within one of the subdivisions of the geometrical figure,

or with the intention of displacing an oppo- Serial No. 143,578. (No model exclusive of the cues, and in which U (J are the side rails, and may be formed of two or more sections hinged together, asat B, so that they may be condensed or collapsed, asshown in Fig. 1

C are the end bars or rollers, to which the Smooth floor of oil-cloth or other material is secured. These rollers arc grooved, as at C, to receive the end of the oil-cloth, which is placed therein and a tape. 0. nailed over it by nails 1 so that when the cloth floor D is rolled up on one of the rollers C it will lie smooth. The ends of the side rails are pro vided with dowelpins c. 'hi(-h cuter holes in the said end bars or rol|crs,as shown, and after the said side rails have been fixed in position the act of pressing them down tlat. stretches the Hour l), and the lateral edges thereof are kept down by the said rails U. The side rails may be made in any other desired manner, and may be connected to the end bars, 0, by locks, bolts, or any of the wellknown catches in public use.

The floor D is preferably made of smooth llexible oilcloth, on account of cheapness;

but it may be made of any other substance The object of my invention is to reduecthe said game to a tangible shape in the form of suitable portable apparatus, capable of being used in dwellings or anywhere without the necessity of tirst finding-a smooth surface upon which to play.

My object is also to provide the board or playing-surface with two sets of geometrical figures, so that the game may be played from eithercnd alternately, thereby overcoming the necessity of carrying the disks or blocks back to one end each time.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved portable game apparatus laid out on the floor. Fig. 2 is a sectionalclevation on lineX X, showingthenicth- 0d of attachment of theoil cloth andside rails to end bars. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the side rails removed and closed t'ortransportation. Fig. 4 isapcrspective view of one of the cues and sliding blocks or disks. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the packing-case, and Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of one of the sliding blocks.

A represents the apparatus as an entirety,

as, for instance, pupcror tracingdinen. Each end of the floor D is preferably provided with a geometrical figure, E, of any desired shape, that shown being perhaps the best suited to the purpose, it being divided into two parts, and one of which is again subdivided into twelve parts or squares, in which figures or numbers are placed, as shown; and the other main division,which is arranged on the inner sidcofthefigureds marked 100d. This figure E might be a star, shield, square, or circle, and there may be more than one division marked for reducing the score, should the players blocks lodge therein. \Vhcntheside rails are removed and closed, they tit in the space marked 1 of box or case P, and the floor D is rolled upon one of the rollers or bars C and placed in the other part, (marked 1X5.)

The one is formed of a long handle, L, having secured on its end a crescent. or other shaped sliding piece, L", set at an angle to the one and adapted to receive the sliding block M, which tits in the recess l in said piece L. This sliding block maybe ofwood, metal,

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or part of each, and is made tlat and smooth on the bottonuand preferably rounded on the tops, which are suitably colored or marked. By this means a better tinish is given, and the ornamentation or distinguishing features between the blocks cannot become worn ofi'. These sliding blocks may he slightly recessed on their hottoms. so that the cdgcs may be more readily and truly made level or tlat, as shownatm, and,ifdcsireththey may be weighted with metal, as shown at M of Fig. 6,which figure also shows one of the blocks as sentispherical.

In playing the game the sliding lllOChS M are plat-ed on a given line in one figure E, and pushed with the cue L so as to lodge in one of the squares in the other figure E, it being the object to have them enter into the squares having the highest numbers. The opponent endeavors to dislodge the blocks of the liistplayer and place his blocks so as to count. If they enter the division marked 10 off, the player loses ten points for each block there lodged.

No two games are alike, and the game therefore offers as much variety as billiards.

After all of the blocks M have been pushed to one end the players walk to that end and play to the other end, instead of picking up the blocks and carrying them back.

From the t'orcgoing it is seen that the game is reduced to a practical form for house use, and, being made portable, is admirably adapted to the use of tourists and those going away to summer resorts.

While lpretcr the construction shown, I. do not limit myself to the details thereof, as they may he modified in v arious ways without depatting from my invention.

Iain aware of the patent to Sargent for an extension table, No. 25,529, and claim noth ing therein set forth or shown.

2. The combination of the smooth flexihle game surl'ace D with end rollers or bars, 0'. and adjustable side rails or st rctchcrs. L, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the smooth tlexihc game-surface D with end rollers or bars, C. and adjustable side rails or st retchcrs, C. formed in sectionshingedtogethersuhstantiall asand for the purpose specified.

4. A smooth polished game-surface having a geometrical figure marked thereon at omor both ends, and which figure consists of two main divisions. one ot which is subdivided in to adjacent divisions separated by lines only. and the said divisions having figures of different magnitude marked thereon, and the other ofwhich is marked with the word ofi'fl' or its equivalent, and a figure of any desired magnitude, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention 1 hereunto set my hand.

.l. l. ALEXANUER YOGELSANU.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. llIAYNl-i, R. M. HUNTER.