US1252957A - Game device. - Google Patents

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SZAMPSON SCHUYLER, 0F LONG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY.

GAME DEVICE.

T 0 all whom z't may Concern.'

lie it known that I, SAMPSON SCHUYLER, a citizen ot' the United States, and residing at Long Branch, in the county of Monmouth and State ot New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Devices, ot which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to game devices and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class which is designed to amuse both young and old` but the successful playing of which will involve a greater or less degree ot skill and experience; a further object being to provide a game device which involves a number of movable parts, but which is simple in construction, and strong and durable and will not easily get out of order and thus necessitate repairs.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the vaccompanying drawing forms a part. in which the separate parts ot' my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ot' the views. and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved game device with part of the construction broken away and indicating the method of plaving the same;

Fig.- 2 a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 ot' Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a transverse sectionV on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 an enlarged view of oneot' a number ot' perforated balls which I employ: and,l

Fig. 5 a view ot' the ball shown in Fig-4 but at right angles thereto.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown at a a support. comprising a top member (12, legs a3 and brace members a4 connected with said legs, and the top member a2, in the construction shown, is inclined up- *ardly and backwardly: and in the practice of in v invention, I provide a box or casing o which is adapted to be mounted on the support and the bottom b2 ot which is inclined at an angle corresponding to that of the top a2 ot the support.

The construction ot the support. however, or the inclination of the top thereof, is not essential as the box or casing might be placed on any table or support and one end of said Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

Application led March 28, 1917. Serial No. 157,874.

box or casing raised in any way so as to permit of the operation of playing the game as hereinafter described.

vThe box or casing comprises side walls 3, a front wall o", a back wall o5 and a supplemental bottcmor table c which is also inclined upwardly and backwardly. said bottom or table being preferably provided with a felt or similar covering c? as shown in Fig. 2.

The front end of the supplemental bottom cis connected with the bottom b2 by a vcrtical member c3 which is `set inwardly of the front b* of the box or casing totorm a deep space (l, having a supplemental bottom (Z2 inclined downwardly from the right to the lett as clearly shown in Fig. 3. said bottom being provided with a felt or similar covering (Z3.

The supplemental bottom c extends from the right wall b3 to a supplemental side wall o within the lett wall b3, said wall L and the left wall b3 forming a deep space e having a supplemental bottom c2 provided with a telt covering e3 as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The bottom e2 is inclined upwardly and backwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the rear end thereof is in the same transverse plane as the rear end ot' the supplemental bottom c.

Pivoted to the top rear end portion of the side wall b3 is a transverse plate f. and the supplemental side wall L extends above the suppleu'lental bottom c and said extension runs from the front of the supplemental bottom c Yto the front portion of the plate f, as clearly shown at c4 in Fig. Q. and se-I cured to vthe rear corner portions ot' the box or casing Z) above the supplemental bottom c vare triangular-shaped cushion members g.

rI`he front wall L* is provided adjacent to the top thereof with a transverse aper-` ture or opening o7 which extends approximately the t'ull width of the supplemental bottom c, and is provided with a sheet metal facing bs. as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2..

A push rod h is mounted in the front lower left hand corner of the box or casing is provided with a handle member 7L, The space cl at the front of the box'or `casing is provided at the left hand'portion thereof with a beveled runWa d* which serves to verse and depending,` member i3 vvhich serves to limit' the inward movement-thereof, and the inner end portionof said-,device-come prises a.`sl1ank having a head-2"*Y which is preferably triangular in form and which is provided with a pointer, pin or similar device and the shape of the head 4 and the dimensions thereof is such-as to ypermit said head to be freely passed .throllirh and withdrawn from the aperture or opening,r '217 in the operation of playing the. game as hereinafter described.

In practice, I employ one or morel spherical members j having three series of 4beveled apertures therein, two of saidseries consisting' of aperturesjg, js, j4,jj5'and j", and theother of said series consisting--ofa plurality of apertures jl'arranged in a common plane around the periphery of said spherical member j. The apertures y''are alternately numbered-5,10, 5, 10etc., ivhi-le ther other series of apertures designated by the 'reference characters, j24 to j inclusive, are successively numbered 25,150, 75,100 and 200.

- The vgame may `be playedv-av number of Ways,- and will' doubtless -be modified bv those playing the same, and any number-of 40.

players, within certain limits, mayy play in a single `game, and for explanation the following description of onevgame in vvhch't'wo players A and B are playing is submitted. As in other games of asimilar class, the game may consist of any predetermined number-of plays eaehpla'yer and for v'illustration We "will Epresume that f veach Presuming 'A -is playing, yonecIf-the spheriealmembers-'is dropped "into thefspace e and the l pushY rod 'L Adrawn/out by the left hand against the tension' of the sprinf:Y 7a3. and

quickly` released, Which operation moves the'spherical member upthe supplemental inclined bottom e2 of saidspace till `it strikes Jche cushion lmembers'g at the left, andsaid members -directthe saidl spherical? member inwardly onto the supplemental bottom o, or the table of the game Vdevice, and-.byreason of -thefact `that saidtablelisinclined downwardly and forwardly, said "spherical pointer .device by insert-ing the pointof Said device mto one of the apertures 1n said spherical'member, a further Vobject of the "player 'being to insert the point of the pointerldevice intothe aperture 1n said spherical member, which bears the lareatest number, or into the aperture designated by the numeral 200. y

' Inorder that the play just performed should countisaid.spherical member must be raised from the table by means of the pointer device z', as indicated inFig. 2, and if this result cannot be performed the play does-'not count, and if the party playing, or A, should fail to strike one of the `apertures in the spherical membenor Catch said member on the end of the pointer deviee,.

Y It Will also be understood that, if desired,

a game may Vconsist of av series of parts,each consisting of la predetermined number of plays, and any predetermined lnumber vof points may be played and, if desired,a number of points say 5000 may benamed and the,` player first reaching this number yWins the game.

i It would involvea game consisting of ten parts having ten plays each for any player to vaverage vthe above amount, andas the time required for playing cach part is short the l,frame Will be kept .lively and ofv great interest to the players. Y

lIt Willalso be understood thatv the arrangement of the apertures in the spherical member and the values thereof mayibeV Y modified to any desired extent, and a number of vspherical members having different arrangements of apertures and designating numerals maybe used vin connectionavith thewgame, and inthis vvaygames of diervanta'ges.

.v Hax'ingfully described myinvention','vwh"i2 it I claim as new anddesireito g-Secureby Letters-Patent,,isj:f- Y

VLSAZgame.device.comprising.,afsuitable tabley'andiiaglp-eigforatedf; spherical@ member,

means? manipulating@ 130 move it over said table, and means movable over said table and adapted to engage the perforations in said spherical member.

2. A game device comprising an inclined table, a perforated member movable thereover, means for manipulating said member to bring it onto said table, and means adapted to engage the perforations in said member in its movement over said table.

3. A game device, comprising an inclined table, a perforated member movable thereover, means for manipulating said member to bring it onto said table, and a pointed member movable over said table and adapted to engage the perforations in said perforated member.

4. In a game device, an oblong box or casing comprising an inclined table. the front of which communicates with a deep transverse space having an inclined bottom, and a supplemental side wall between which and the adjacent wall is a deep longitudinal space having an inclined bottom, the bottoms of each of said spaces inclining from a common corner of the box or casing, a spring-operated device mounted in said corner, a perforated member adapted to be operated by said spring-operated device to move it onto said inclined table, and means movable over said table and adapted to enter the perforations in said member.

5. In a game device, an oblong box or casing comprising an inclined table, the front of which communicates with a deep transverse space having an inclined bottom, and a supplemental side wall between which and the adjacent wall is a deep longitudinal space having an inclined bottom, the bottoms of each of said spaces inclining from a common corner of the box or casing, a. spring-operated device mounted in said cor ner, a perforated member adapted to be operated by said Vspring-operated device to move it onto said inclined table, and a handoperated member movable through a transverse slot in said box or casing and one end of which is pointed to enter the perforations in said perforated member.

6. A game device of the class described, comprising a box or casing having an inclined bottom or table portion, and a spherical member having radial apertures, mechanical means for depositing saidmember on the higher end portion of said table, and a device movable over the lower end portion of said table to engage the apertures in said spherical member.

7. A game device of the class described, comprising a box or casing having a table inclined from one end portion thereof to the other, and a spherical member having transverse or radial apertures, mechanical means for placing the spherical member on the higher end portion of said table and a handoperated device movable transversely of the lower end of said table and adapted to engage the apertures in said spherical member.

8. A game device of the class described,

comprising a box or casing having a tableV portion inclined from one end of the box or casing to the other, the end wall of the box or casing at the lower end of said table portion being provided withV a transverse aperture, a spherical member movable over said table portion and provided with transverse apertures, mechanical means for placing the spherical member on the higher end portion oit' said table, and a hand-operated device movable through an aperture in the end wall of the box or casing and adapted to engage the apertures in the spherical member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of March, 1917.

SAMPSON SCHUYLER.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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