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FERDINAND PINEL DE GRANDCHAMP, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,709, dated January 20, 1903.

' Application led .Tune 21, 1901. Serial No. 65,470. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINANDl PINEL DE GRANDCHAMP, residing at 111 Market street, Philadelphia, in the county of' Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a game apparatus of the general character of what are called shuflie-boards.

It consists generally in so constructing this board that it may be readily transported and used and also when in use will be of such character that with a short board the pieces will not be liable to pass from either end of the board in the progress of the game. To that end, speaking generally, I provide at each end of the table a hood which can be moved above or below the line of the table, so that when the players are sliding the pieces from one end this hood is adjusted above the level of the table, so as to catch and prevent the pieces from flying beyond the opposite end of the table. When the play is reversed, the hood at the first-mentioned end is depressed below the level of the table, while the hood at the other end is elevated above the level of the table. I also hinge the table substantially central of its length. and so that Y one portion of the table may be folded upon the other portion of the table, so that when out of use it will occupy but a small space. I further construct the movable hoods at each end of the table, so that one hood is of less width than the width of the table, while the other hood is of greater width than the width of the table, so that when the parts of the table are folded one upon the, other the hoods will nest one within the other, so that the whole game will thus when out of use be in a compact form.

I will now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of my gaine; Fig. 2, a vertical section along the linel 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a side elevation, partially in section, showing one hood above the level of the table, while the other hood is shown beloW the level of the table. Fig. 4. is a view showing the table folded upon itself in the position when not in use.

The game consists, essentially, of a table having a raised portion A, forming the playing-board, and the lower portions C C, forining longitudinal gutters, and the end lower portions B B, forming transverse or lateral gutters. Extending along the longitudinal gutters C C are the ledges H. Into these gutters C C the piece, it it escapes from the board A, will drop and be held. Substantially central of the length of the table it is cut so as to practically separate the table into two halves, which are hinged together by the hinges G G, one at each side. At one end of this table the ledges H H are cut away, and from the cut-away portions of the ledges H H and from the ends of the gutters BB project the pins e.

D is a hood, as shown, substantially U- shaped,provided with vertical slots e,through which the pins project. The pins e have a head at their outer end larger in cross-section than the cross-section of the slot. At the opposite end of the table is a corresponding hood D, having corresponding slots e', through which pass the corresponding pins e, the only diderence being that in this case the ledge H is not at that end cut away, so that the hood at that end projects beyond the width of the table and ledge, while at the iirst-mentionedend the hood lies within or is of less width than that ot` the table and ledge. It will also be observed that the distance from the end of the board A to the hood at this end is somewhat greater than at the other end.

' F is a U-shaped spring resting between the heads of the pins e and the surface of the hood D.

The table is supported upon the legs or supports E, which may be of any form of construction desired, their purpose being merely to elevate the table to a sufficient height.

As may be seen, with this construction the hood at either end may be moved up and down vertically, so as to project above the table or to be depressed below the level of the gutter B. By this construction play may be started, say, at the left end, with the hood at that end depressed below the level of the table and the hood at the opposite end elevated above the table. Under' these conditions the pieces are slid from the left-hand end to the right-hand end of the table. When the play is from the opposite end-that is, the righthand endthe hood at the right-hand end is depressed, while the hood at the left-hand end is elevated, the spring F maintaining the hoods at the positions at which they are placed. By this construction, as may be Seen, I am enabled to use a very short board without danger of the pieces flying beyond the end 0f the table, and thus the shui'lie-board becomes adapted for use in parlors and other places where considerable space is not available. When it is desired no longer to use the game or temporarily put it out of use, the hoods at each end are lifted and the table as a whole turned upon its hinges G, so that one part will lie over the other part, as shown in Fig. 4, when the hoods at each end will nest one within the other.

By the construction before described I am enabled to produce a game corresponding to shuffle-boards which is adapted for use in parlors or other places where a large space is not available, and, further, I am enabled to produce a game of that character which when not in use may readily be brought into such compact form as to occupy but little space and be readily put away in any desired space.

I do not intend to limit myself to the details of construction hereinbefore described, except as the same may be specifically claimed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

l. In a game apparatus of the characterdescribed, the combination with a table having a longitudinally-extending top surface, of two hoods which in one position are situated at opposite ends of the table and extending above the said top surface, and means for securing each hood to the table but giving them a limited movement relative thereto, to move either hood into or out of the specified position.

2. In a game apparatus of the character described, the combination with a table having a longitudinally-extending top surface, of two hoods which in one position are situated at opposite ends of the table and extending above the said top surface, and means for securing each hood to the table but giving them a limited movement relative thereto, to move either hood into or out of the specified position, and means for maintaining either hood either in or out of the specified position.

3. In a game apparatus of the character described, the combination with a table having a longitudinally-extending top surface, of hoods at each end of the table and secured thereto, and means for giving each of said hoods a limited vertical movement relative to the table to move it either above the level of the said top surface or entirely below the same.

4. In a game apparatus of the character described, a table having a longitudinally-extending top surface and composed of halves hinged together substantially midway of the length of said top surface, and hoods carried at the ends of the two halves and of such differing dimensions as to be adapted lo nest one within the other when the table is folded upon its hinge.

5. In a game apparatus of the character described, in combination with a board having a raised portion, of a hood at each end of said table said hood having a vertical slot or slots, pins projecting from said board and passing through said slots.

6. In a game apparatus of the character described, in combination with a board having a raised portion, of a hood at each end of said table said hood having a vertical slot or slots, pins projecting from said board and passing through said slots, and a spring interposed between the heads of said pins and said hoods.

7. In a game apparatus of the character described, in combination with a board having a raised portion, of a hood at each end of said table said hood having a vertical slot or slots, pins projecting from said board and passing through said slots, and retaining means for holding said hoods in the desired vertical position.

8. A game apparatus of the character described, having a table hinged substantially central of its length and adapted to fold upon itself and vertically-movable hoods at each end of said table, one hood being less than the width of the board, the other being of width greater than the width of the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND PINEL DE GRANDCIIAMP.

Vitnesses:

WM. WAGNER, .I r., CHARLES C. HEIsLER.

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