RU2452547C1 - Board game - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: games.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to board games or floor games based on throw-in in of a ball to the playing field, and can be used in recreation and entertainment organisation for both children and adults. The game contains a playing field with holes and at least one trap the ball. The trap for the ball is set outside the playing field with the ability to move. The trap for the ball can be attached to a rod that is mounted on the bar with the ability to move along it. The bar is fixed to the ledge which limits the playing field. Trap for the ball can be attached to the rod that is mounted on a movable platform.

EFFECT: development of a new board game.

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Description

The invention relates to board or floor games based on a ball being thrown into the playing field, and may find application in the organization of recreation and entertainment for both children and adults.

In the present invention, the term “ball” includes round objects having the ability to elastically bounce off the surface onto which they are thrown.

Games based on the player throwing the ball into the playing field with holes for receiving them are popular due to the fact that the outcome of the game largely depends on the skills of the player. However, many of the known games have a rather complicated design (for example, US 2008217848 A1, 2008-09-11, JP 2009039188 A, 2009-02-26). This reduces their operational characteristics and limits their implementation in the portable version, necessary for the active use of the game in various conditions (at home, on vacation).

The present invention relates to structurally simple board games, which can be performed in a portable version.

Structurally simple board games include games based on moving the ball around the playing field. These games include games that mimic the game of golf (US 2007205553 A1, 2007-09-06; US 2003160387 A1, 2003-08-28, etc.), a game based on moving the ball with a cursor that moves along the lines that divide the game field into squares with a hole in the center (JP 2007160064 A, 2007-06-28), etc.

As the closest analogue, any game imitating a game of golf and containing a sided playing field with moons for receiving the ball can be selected (US 2007205553 A1, 2007-09-06).

The disadvantage of a game that simulates a game of golf is the lack of entertainment, due to the fact that the accuracy of the throw depends only on the applied force and direction of the throw. Another disadvantage is that the imitation of playing golf requires a playing field with a sufficiently large size.

The technical result obtained by using the present invention is to increase the entertainment start and the ability to perform games with small geometric dimensions.

To achieve a technical result, a board game containing a playing field with holes is provided with at least one trap for the ball, mounted outside the playing field with the possibility of movement.

In one of the possible options, the ball trap can be mounted on a rod that is mounted on the rod with the ability to move along it, while the rod is fixed in the side that limits the playing field.

The trap can be fixed to the rod stationary.

You can fix the trap on the rod with the possibility of its movement along the rod.

In another embodiment, the ball trap can be mounted on a rod that is mounted on a movable platform.

In this embodiment, the trap can also be fixed to the rod stationary.

You can fix the trap on the rod with the possibility of its movement along the rod.

It is advisable to make holes with dimensions in the plane of the playing field, ensuring that the surface of the hole is touched by the ball when it enters the hole.

An option is possible in which the game is equipped with a means for throwing the ball into the playing field.

The invention is illustrated by figures 1 and 2. Figure 1 schematically shows one of the possible variants of the claimed game, characterized by a rectangular shape of the playing field, the location of the holes in the form of hemispheres and two rings to catch the ball. Figure 2 is a diagram explaining the direction of the rebound of the ball from the surface of the holes.

The game contains a flat playing field 1 with holes 2. The playing field is limited by the side 3. The side 3 is designed to prevent the ball from flying outside the playing field 1.

In the General case, the playing field 1 can be made rectangular, square or other shape, while it is advisable to perform it from a material with a high coefficient of elasticity, for example, from metal, wood, plastic, hard rubber. This embodiment contributes to a multiple bounce from the playing field 1 of the ball thrown onto it and increases the entertaining start of the game.

In general, wells 2 may have a different shape. To increase the entertainment start, the geometry of the holes 2 should be such that their transverse dimensions in the plane of the playing field 1 should provide unhindered entry of the ball into the hole and touch the ball to its surface. Wells 2 can be made spherical, parabolic or other shape.

The distribution of the holes 2 on the playing field 1 may be different, for example, uniform or chaotic. In the depicted embodiment, the holes are evenly distributed over field 1.

Outside the playing field 1, one or more traps 4 for catching the ball are installed with the possibility of movement (in figure 1, one trap 4 is shown).

Means that implement the movement of each of the traps may be different. The trap 4 can be mounted on a movable base, for example, on a manually operated movable platform (not shown). In this case, the trap 4 can be mounted on a rod mounted on the platform stationary or with the possibility of moving along it.

In the game embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the trap 4 moves along the edge of the playing field 1 along the rod 5, which is fixed in the side surface of the side 3. The trap 4 is fixed on the rod 6, which is mounted on the rod 5 with the possibility of movement along it. In this case, the trap 4 can be fixed on the rod 6 stationary or with the possibility of moving along it.

The number of traps 4 in the game can be different and is determined by the geometry of the playing field 1 and the rules of the game. When the playing field 1 is round, the game may contain one trap 4; when the playing field is rectangular, the game may contain more than one trap 4; when using two traps, they can be set opposite each other.

The game may be equipped with a means to throw the ball into the playing field 1 (not shown). In a particular embodiment of the game, a catapult can be used as a throw-in, which allows the ball to be thrown in at different angles to the plane of the playing field 1 and with different initial speeds.

The entertaining properties of the game are based on the features of the bounce of the ball from the playing field 1 and from the surface of the hole 2. While the direction of the bounce of the ball from the horizontal surface of the playing field 1 obeys the law of mirror reflection (the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection), the direction of the bounce of the ball from the surface of the hole 2 determined by the angle of incidence of the ball in the hole 2 and the ratio of geometrical dimensions of the ball and the hole 2. If you drop the ball into the hole 2, the vector V _n ball speed immediately before the collision is located on the normal to poverhnos and the wells were recovered from the point of contact of the ball and the hole 2 (Figure 2), the vector V _o of the ball rebound velocity at the time of diametrically opposed vector V _n. We call this the “reverse” reflection. If this condition is not met, then the rebound of the ball obeys the law of specular reflection.

A game may include various game rules.

In particular, in one version of the rules, the player, predicting the angle of the ball rebound, moves the trap 4 so as to catch the ball. The outcome of the game depends on the player’s ability to predict the angle of reflection of the ball.

In another possible variant of the rules, the player must predict the angle of reflection of the ball so that the latter falls into trap 4, set in a fixed place.

The following is an example of two-player game rules.

Traps 4 are located on opposite sides of the rectangular field 1.

Players take turns tossing the ball onto the playing field 1. Each player seeks to give the ball such speed in magnitude and direction that the ball falls into one of the holes 2 and experiences a “backward” reflection. The player’s task is that, after reflection, the ball must fall into trap 4 located on that side of the playing field 1 from which the ball was thrown. In this case, the player is awarded the maximum number of points, for example, 10. If the ball, after bouncing from the playing field, falls into another trap 4, then the player gets less points, for example, 2. If the ball does not fall into any ring, then points are not awarded .

The player who either scored the previously set number of points, for example, fifty, or the one who scored the most points in a given time of the game, for example, 10 minutes, wins.

The game can be claimed by players of different ages, and the number of players is unlimited. The game does not require much time to complete the game cycle and can serve as a means of relieving stress in a short time interval.

Claims (9)

1. Board game containing a playing field with holes, characterized in that it is equipped with at least one trap for the ball mounted outside the playing field with the possibility of movement. 2. The board game according to claim 1, characterized in that the ball trap is mounted on a rod that is mounted on the rod with the ability to move along it, while the rod is fixed in the side that limits the playing field. 3. The board game according to claim 2, characterized in that the ball trap is fixed to the rod stationary. 4. The board game according to claim 2, characterized in that the ball trap is mounted on the rod with the possibility of its movement along the rod. 5. The board game according to claim 1, characterized in that the ball trap is mounted on a rod that is mounted on a movable platform. 6. The board game according to claim 5, characterized in that the ball trap is fixed to the rod stationary. 7. Board game according to claim 5, characterized in that the ball trap is mounted on the rod with the possibility of its movement along the rod. 8. The board game according to claim 1, characterized in that the holes are made with dimensions in the plane of the playing field, ensuring that the surface of the hole is touched by the ball when it enters the hole. 9. The board game according to claim 1, characterized in that it is equipped with a means for throwing the ball into the playing field.

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