US1575204A - Amusement device - Google Patents

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March 2 1926., 1,575,204

M. R. HILTY AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Nov. 10. 1923 JEWL;

Patented lVlar. 2, 1926.

MICHAEL BA HILTY,

PATENT OFFICE.

or commons, TEXAS.

AMUSEMENT nnvrcn.

Application filed November 10, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL R. HILTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Comanche, in the county of Comanche and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Amusement Device, of which the. following is a specification.

The present invention relates to amuse- ]0 mentdevices susceptible to use as an amusement for the home or at summer resorts and carnivals.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of an amusement device or game whereby any number of persons may exercise their skill in trying to hit a target which will sound or otherwise indicate when the target has been hit.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an amusement device or game which will test the skill of ones eye in throwing a ball or other missile at a targetplaced on the floor or positioned against a wall.

Another objectof this invention is to provide an amusement device which may be n'mnufactured at a very low cost and therefore placed on the market at a price which will be attractive'to the purchaser.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de vice.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the device, showing the relative position of the various parts.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows. v

Figure 4 is a detail side elevation of the plunger.

In the drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A designates. a novel game or amusement device embodying my preferred construction and comprising a base or platform B having legs or spacing strips 0 secured to the inner face thereof; D a target in the form of a plunger; E a signal secured to the inner side of the platform B, and F a pivoted tapper adapted to strike the bell E when the plunger D is caused to move inwardly by reason of the Serial No. 674,019.

plunger D being struck as by a ball or other missile H. y

The base B as in the example shown, may be made of wood of any desirable shape and thick enough so as to not give when struck with a ball or other missile. The outer face 10 of the base B is preferably smooth in order that the ball H will not glance to one side when the game is being played. A hole 11 is provided centrally of the base B for receiving the plunger D and allowing the same to move freely therein. In the example shown, strips C have been secured to the inner face 12 for spacing the base B and providing a recess 12 for receiving the bell within the hole 11 is provided on its outer end with an enlargement or head 15. As can be seen from the drawings, the inner end of the stem 14 rests on one free end of the pivoted tapper F and may be held from ac cidental withdrawal by a retaining pin 15'. The signal E as in the example shown, consists of a bell 16 which is mounted on the inner face 12 and within the recess 12 as by a screw 17. The bell is positioned so that when the target D moves inwardly, the tap per F will be caused to strike the bell and signal that the target has been hit.

The tapper F may be pivotally mounted on the face 19. as by the brackets 18 and pivot pin 19. A weight 20 formed on the arm 21 of the tapper F is adapted to normally urge the plunger outwardly and therefore return the target to a normal or set position without the necessity of hand resetting. It can be seen that when the target has been caused to move inwardly by reason of a missile coming in contact therewith, the weight 20 will be caused to strike the bell 16 and then, due to its weight, will return the target to a set position.

Any number of persons -may play the game. The game may be one hundred or more and is preferably played with a solid rubber ball; the players standing at opposite sides of the device, say five feet and throwing the ball at the target. VVhe'n one strikes the target, he may be credited with ten and when striking within the colored ring may be credited with five. The person who first scores one hundred points is credited with winning the game.

Changes in detail may be made without departing from the spirit or scope'of my invention; but,

I claim:

1. In an amusement device a platform, spacing strips secured to the under side of said platform and providing a recess below said platform, a bell mounted on the under face ofsaid platform in said recess, a movable target extending vertically through the platform and adapted for reciprocatory motion, and a tapper pivotally secured intermediate its ends to the under face of the platform for striking the bell when said movable target is caused to move downwardly when struck with a missile.

2. In an amusement device a platform, spacing strips secured to the inner side of said platform and providing a recess, a bell mounted on the inner face of said platform in said recess, a movable target slidably mounted in a hole in said platform and extending pastthe inner and outer faces there of, a head formed on the outer end of said target and spaced from the outer face of the platform, a tapper' having its arm pivotally secured to the inner face of said platform, and a weight formed on one end of the tapper arm for returning the movable target to a set position after said target has been caused to move inwardly by being struck with a missile.

MICHAEL RAY HILTY.

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