CA1140957A - Poka-pon amusement game - Google Patents
Poka-pon amusement gameInfo
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ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:
A competitive amusement game apparatus in which a player selectively moves a playing member pivotally mounted on a base housing toward an opposing playing member in an effort to strike the head of the opposing playing member. Each of the playing members includes a pair of arms pivotally connected to a body and having a head releasably attached to and positioned on the body.
A shield is connected to the outer end of one of the arms and a hammer is connected to the outer end of the other of the arms for each of the playing members. The hammer of one playing member will strike the head of the opposing playing member to disengage the head of that playing member if the shield of the opposing playing member is not in position in front of the head. If the shield of the opposing playing member is in position, a hammer when moved toward it will simply strike that shield and not reach the head of the opposing playing member. A manually-operable actuating mechanism is operatively connected to each of the play-ing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield of the playing member down-wardly and the hammer of the same playing member toward the other opposing playing member for hitting, and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
A competitive amusement game apparatus in which a player selectively moves a playing member pivotally mounted on a base housing toward an opposing playing member in an effort to strike the head of the opposing playing member. Each of the playing members includes a pair of arms pivotally connected to a body and having a head releasably attached to and positioned on the body.
A shield is connected to the outer end of one of the arms and a hammer is connected to the outer end of the other of the arms for each of the playing members. The hammer of one playing member will strike the head of the opposing playing member to disengage the head of that playing member if the shield of the opposing playing member is not in position in front of the head. If the shield of the opposing playing member is in position, a hammer when moved toward it will simply strike that shield and not reach the head of the opposing playing member. A manually-operable actuating mechanism is operatively connected to each of the play-ing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield of the playing member down-wardly and the hammer of the same playing member toward the other opposing playing member for hitting, and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
Description
11~ 57 SPECIFICATION
This invention relates to an amusement game apparatus and, more particularlyt to a competitive amusement game apparatus in which a player selectively moves a playing member pivotally moun-ted on a base structure toward an opposing playing member in aneffort to hit the opposing playing member's head.
In accordance with one -aspect of the invention, there is provided an amusement game apparatus comprising: a base housingi two playing members mounted on the base housing opposing each other, eac~ of the playing members having a body fixed to ~he base housing, a head releasably attached to and positioned on the body, a pair of arms pivotally connected to the body and normally biased to an upwardly-extended position, shield means connected at-the outer end of one of the arms and hammer means connected at the .
outer end of the other of the arms; and, manually-operable actuat-ing means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means of the same playing member toward the other opposing playing member for hitting and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
In a preferred embodiment, the amusement game apparatus further comprises magnet and spring means for releasably attaching ' and positioniny the head on the body of each of the playing members. The magnet and spring means includes for each playing member a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the inside of the body, a first magnet mounted on . the inside of the head, and a second magnet mounted on the inside ¦
of the ~ody for engagement with the first magnet to position the . - 2 -.
11~095 7 ! head on the body. The first and second magnets disengage from ieach other by the force of the hammer means of the opposing play-ing member hitting the head with the spring means urging the head ! away from the body upon disengagement. The hammer means for each .¦playing member preferably comprises a hammer base attached to one ¦¦of the arms and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly ¦lattached at one end to the hammer base. Whistle means can be ! positioned inside the hammer base and activated for producing a l noise when .the hammer head flexible bellows retract.s and forces ¦ air rom inside the bellows through a hole formed in the hammer :
. base. The bellows is..retractable when the hammer head.hits-.the -'shield.means of the opposing playing member.- I
,1 It is an object of this invention to provide a game apparatus¦
which is amusing and entertaining, which is durable and simple in ¦
,'.construction to provide a reliable game apparatus and to ensure !Ithe safety of the users, and one which has components easily ¦~assembled and simple in construction to allow a low-cost, high-¦lvolume production.
dditional objects and advantages of the invention will be 2a 1l set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part i will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by prac-tise of the invention.
! The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and ~ constitute a part of the specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the amusement game apparatus in accordance with the invention, illus-trating the possible directional movement of the hammer means and 30 shield means of each of the playing members and the releasable 11~957 position of the head of one of the playing members upon disengage-ment from the body of that playing member;
FIG. 2 is a partially fragmented side view of the amusement game apparatus of ~IG. 1 taken along line 2 - 2, illustrating in particular the pivoting movement of the arms of one of the playing members while the opposing playing member's arms remain stationary with the pivoting hammer means engaging the stationary shield ,, means of the opposing playing member and the pivoting shield means moving downwardly away from=the head as the hammer means is moved against the shield means of:=the opposing playing member;
FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the amusement game apparatus of FIG. 1, illustrating in particular the engage-ment of the hammer means of-one of the playing members against the¦
head of the opposing playing member to disengage the head from the body when the arms of both playing members are pivoted with the shield means being moved downwardly away from,the heads of both playing members; and, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of various elements of .the amusement game apparatus, illustrating in particular the components of the manually-operable actuating means, the coopera-tion of the actuating means with the pivotal arms of one of the playing members having the hammer means and shield means connected ¦thereon, and the association of the components of the spring and magnet means with the head and body of the playing member.
. Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred ' embodiment of the invention, an example of which is illustrated in ~!the accompanying drawings.
In accordance with the invention and as shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus includes a base housing 10 and two playing members, generally designated with the reference numerals 12 and 14, which " ~ 1140957 are mounted on the base housing 10 opposing each other. As herein embodied, each of the playing members include a body fixed to the base housing, a head releasa~ly attached to and positioned on the llbody, a pair of arms,pivotally connected to the body and normally S Ibiased to an upwardly-extended position. As best seen in FIG. 1, playing member 12 has a body 16 affixed to base housing 10, head 20 releasably attached to and positioned on body 16, and arms 24 and 26 pivotally connected to body 16 and ~iased in an upwardly-extendea position. In similar manner, playing member 12 has body~
18, head 22, and 'arms 28 and 30.
In accordance~ith-'the invent~in, each,of *he two playing members of the game apparatus -further comprises shield means -~,connected at the outer end of one of the arms and hammer means ~connected at the outer end of the other of the arms.
l, As herein embodied, each shield means comprises a flat shield ,connected to the arm in such a manner that the shield is posi-!ltioned in the front of the head of the playing member when the ¦¦ arms are norma'lly biased to the upwardly-extended position. As ¦¦best seen in FIG. 1, the playing member 12 has a flat shield 32 Z ¦ll connected to the outer end of arm 26 positioned in front of the !¦head 20 of that playing member when the arms 24 and 26 are nor-¦¦ mally biased in their upwardly-extended position. In similar I¦ manner, the playing member 14 has a flat shield 34 connected to ,' the outer end of the arm 30 so that it is positioned in front of the head 22 of that playing member when the arms 28 and 30 are normally biased in their upwardly-extended position. The position of the flat shields 32 and 34 can also be seen in FIG. 2 when they are in their normally biased upwa~dly-extended position.
As herein embodied, and as best seen in FIG. 1, the hammer means of each playing member comprises a hammer base attached to the arm of the playing member and a hammer head formed of a flex-ible bellows fixably attached at one end to the hammer base. The . hammer means is connected to the arm in such a manner that the I hammer is positioned above the head of the playing member when the -5 11 arms are normally biased to the upwardly-extended position. For the playing member 12 illustrated, the hammer means includes a hammer base 36 attached to the arm 24 of that playing member and a hammer head 38 formed of a flexible bellows fixably attached at one end to the hammer base 36. This hammer base 36 and hammer head 38 are connected to the arm.24 in such.a-manner that they'are positioned above the playing member 12 in the normally-~iased upwardly-extending.position and movable..toward the:opposing playing member 14 when the-arms 24 and..26 of the playing member 12 i àre pivoted. ~'In a:similal manner, the hammer means for playing' lll member 14 includes a hammer base 40 connected to the end of the ¦¦ arm 28 and a hammer head 42 formed of a flexible bellows fixably attached at one end to the hammer base 40. This hammer base 40 and hammer head 42 are attached to the arm 28 in such a manner that they are positioned above the playing member 14 in the normally-biased upwardly-extended position and movable toward the opposing playing member 12 when the arms 28 and 30 of the playing member 14 are pivoted.
As embodied herein and illustrated, the hammer head flexible bellows for each playing member is retractable when the hammer " head hits the shield means of the opposing playing member. As wi11 be described in greater detail hereinafter, the hammer head will hit the shield means of the opposing playing member when the arms of that opposing playing member are not pivoted. For example~
and as shown in FIG. 2, when the arms 24 and 26 of the playing member 12 are piv~ted, the hammer head 38 and hammer base 36 connectea to the arm 24 are moved toward the opposing playing .
member 14. If, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the arms 28 and 30 of the opposing playing member 14 are not pivoted, the shield 34 of that playing.member will remain stationary in front of the head 22 so that the hammer head 38 of the playing member 14 when it is moved downwardly will hit shield 34. In doing so, the flexible bellows.of the hammer head will retract upon engagement. - .
As herein embodied, the flexible bellows of the hammer head ,a . for each.~of the playing members can be attached to the respective-' .
hammer,base in such a'~anner.:-to ~orm~.an air.chamber within.the..';
hammer means. A hole-may be formed,.through the'hammer base of -..~.
each playing member...The game apparatus may..further.comprise' whistle.means positioned insideithe'hammer base ~nd activated for producing a.noise when the hammer head flexible bellows retracts and forces air'from inside the bellows through the hole of the hammer base. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hammer base 36 of.playing member 14 has a hole 44 formed therethrough at the end opposite the flexible bellows of the hammer head 38. The whistle means for the playing member 12 can comprise a whistle 46 inserted inside the hammer base 36 so that the flow of air through the , ' , whistlq:46 and the hole 44 when the flexible bellows of the hammer '. head 38 retracts will cause the production of a noise. As ex-.. plained previously and,as illustrated in FIG. 2, the whistling noise can be~achieved when the hammer head 38 strikes the shield !34 of the,opposite playing member 14. To ensure an adequate striking of the flexible bellows 38 against the flat shield 34, , the hammer head bellows 38 has a flat closed outer end for engagement with the shield. In a similar fashion, the hammer base . 40 for the playing member 14 can be provided with a similar hole !
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and whistle means for producing a noise when the hammer head 42 and hammer base 40 of the playing member 14 are moved downwardly to strike the opposing shield 32 of playing member 12. Again, the hammer head 42 of the playing member 14 will only strike shield 32 when the arms 24 and 26 of that playing member 12 are not pivoted. To achieve this intercooperation between the hammer and shield means of the two playing members, the shield means of each playing member is oppositely aisposed from the hammer means of the opposing playing member. Accordingly, as.sho~n..in FIG. l, the ~ .
shield.32 of~.playing member 12 is oppositely disposed;in;direc-tional movement~.to.the hammer head.42 of_the playing member..~4.andthe shield 34~o~ the playing member 14 is.oppositely disposed-in i-directional movement to the hammer head 38 of playing member 12.
In the preferred embodiment of the game apparatus in accord-ance with the invention, the body of each playing member has a top surface on which is positioned the respective head. Thus, as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the body 18 of the playing member 14 has a level top surface 48 on which is positioned head 22. In like manner, the body 16 of the playing member 12 has a level top surface for positioning of head 20 thereon. Preferably, the head of each playing member has a dome-shaped configuration with the body of each playing member having a cylindrical configuration.
The dome-shaped head rests on the top of the cylindrical-shaped body in such a manner to form an integral playing member. While it is of course possible to provide different configurations for the heads and bodies of each playing member, it was found that the dome-shaped head, along with the cylindrical body, provides a configuration to the playing members which is amusing and enter-taining to the players and which very suitably allows for the .releasable attachment and positioning of the head on the body.
Obviously, the head of each of the playing members can have ¦ designed thereon a particular face as illustrated in FIG. 1.
To releasably attach and position the head on the body of each of the playing members, the game apparatus further comprises magnet and spring means. The magnet and spring means for each player comprises a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the inside of the'body~ a first magnet mounted on the inside of the head, and a second mag'net mounted on the i~side -of-the body for engagement of ~the firsti~agnet to' '-- 10 position the head on the ~ody. ,-In the preferrea embodiment illustrated-in~the dr,aw1-ngs,-the playing"member 14 has a--spring-50 attached at one end to the ;nside Qf the head 22 and the other'end to the top surface 48 cf body 18. A first magnet 52 is mounted on the inside of the head 22 while a second magnet 54 is mounted on the top surface 48 of the body 18 for engagement with the first magnet 52 to position the head 22 on the body 18. To mount the spring 50 and magnets 52 and 54 to the head and body of the playing member 14, there is provided a first mounting ring member 56 integrally formed in the center on the top surface 48 of the body 18 and a second mounting ring member integrally formed in the center on the inner surface of the head 22.
Preferably, and as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, one end of the spring 50 is attached to the outer portion of the first i'ring member 56 and the other end of the spring is attached to the outer portion of the second ring mounting member 58. The first ,magnet 52 is mounted in the ring member 56 and the second magnet 54 is mounted in the mounting ring member 58 opposite to the first magnet 52 with both magnets 52 and 54 being positioned inside the spring 50. Projections 60 and 62 may be formed respectively on _ g _ gS~
the outer perimeters of the first and second mounting ring members 56 and 58 for lockingly-engaging the corresponding ends of the spring S0 to the'ring members. While not illustrated in the drawings, the playing member 12 is provided with a similar arrange- .
ment of ma~net and spring means as described above for playing member 14. Accordingly, no further description of that structure for playing member 12 is necessary.
It can be seen:from the foregoing-$hat the magnet and springr .
means.provides-a ~nique releasable -attachment and p,ositioning of , the headion.the body .for each of'the pl-aying members., As will now be described in 'détaï~lbe~ow.,, the tw~ magnets.~or each ~f'the' -r.-playing members that-are engaged to~hold the head on.the body can . become disengaged from each other by-the force of *he hammer means¦
of the opposing playing member hitting the head. When this disen-~
gagement occurs, the spring means urges the head away from the ,. body. This is best seen with reference to FIG. 3. By way of illustration, when the arms 28 and 30 o~ the playing member 14 are pivoted down from their normally biased, upwardly-extended posi-tion, the shield 34 of the playing member 14 is moved downwardly ¦from in front of the head 22 of t~hat playing member. If the arms 28 and 30 of the opposing playing member 12 are also pivoted ¦simultaneously from their normally biased, upwar,dly-extended ¦position, the hammer head 38 of the playing member 12 will move , ¦toward the head 22 of the playing member 14. When this occurs, the hammer head 38 can strike the head 22 of the playing member 14 .to cause the magnets 52 and 54 inside the head 22 and body 18 to jldisengage. Accordingly, the head 22 will be releasea from the ilbody 18 of the playing member 14 by the biasing of the spring 50 against the head 22, thus causing the head to move away from the body as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3.
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~1 114V~57 I¦ It can be seen from the foregoing description of the playing I members and the cooperation between the hammer means and shield llmeans of each of the playing members that the amusement and enter-,!tainment of this game apparatus occurs by the selective manipula-tion and operation of the pivotable arms for the playing members 12 and 14. As previously discussed, if the arms of one playing member are not pivoted, then the shield means remains in front of ¦¦the head o that playing member. -~hus,-if the hammer means o~ the :
l opposing pl-aying member..is moved downwardly at the same time~ it : -~ will-.not strike ~he head ~f the other,playing.member,.but instead- .
will strike the shi~ldimeans.:of.the other playing member. It is:
I only when .the.arms of a~playing.member are pivoted to move the .
Ilhammer means that the s~ield.of.that playing.member is:also moved.
' downwardly to expose the releasably attached head of the playing 1 member to the striking blows of the hammer means of the opposing playing member.
In accordance with the invention and to achieve the selective manipulation of the playing members, the game apparatus further comprises manually-operable actuating means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms .
of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means Qf the same playing member toward the other opposing playing member for hitting the thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member. As herein embodied, the actuating means comprises a pair of independently and manually-operable push-buttons extending from the base housing, with each button having a portion extending .
downwardly into the housing, and a pair of levers at least par-tially positioned inside the base housing and the playing members, 3~ each lever having a first ena connected to a respective one of the - 1~ 114U~357 push-buttons and the second end respectively connected to the arms . of a respective one of the playing members for pivoting the arms in response to manual movement of the push-button.
In the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the drawings, playing member 14 has a push-button 64 extending from the base . housing 10 which is manually-operable by a game player and which is unted on *he.base housing ~djacent the playing-member 14 to which that~button 64.is connected. ~he button 64 has a portion 66 which is'slidably rsceived.and extends downwardly..into the base .. ~
housing 10~ ~.lever 68.is.posit~ioned insïde.the base'housing and ;-.
has one end 70 ~connected to-the push-~utton:64.^and the other'-ènd t -' 72 connected to the arms of the playing.member 14.for p'ivoting ~he :
arms in response-.to manual movement..of'the push-button 64. -.' Preferably, the playing member 14 has an axle 74 which is rotat-ably mounted on and extends through the body 18. The arms 28 and 30 of the playing member 14 are attached to the ends of this rotatable axle 74. This axle 74 includes a lever portion 76 which extends transvérsely outwardly therefrom to which is connected the second end 72 of the actuating lever 68.
As herein'embodied, the actuating means for the playing member 14 further comprises a spring 78 mounted.in the base housing 10 for engaging the first end 70 of the actuating lever 68 and the push-button portion 66 extending into the base housing 10 for biasing the push-button 64 and the arms 28 and 30 of the playing member 14 to the upwardly-extended position. A cup-like hollow mounting member 80 is mounted to the inside of the base housing 10 for positioning and receiving the actuating spring 78 'below the push-button portion 66. Preferably, the push-button portion 66 is formed with a receiving slot 82 for receiving the first end 70 of the actuating lever 68 therein. In this .
. - 12 -configuration, the actuating spring 78 would have an upward end 84 positioned against the first end 70 of the actuating lever 68 for biasing the lever end 70 and the push-button 64 upwardly. The actuating lever 68 would be formed in a right-angle configuration and would have its second end 72 pivotally connected at point 86 to the lever portion 76, of the rotatably mounted axle,74 for urging the arms ~8 and 30 of3Cthe playing-member..14 attached to the axle 74 to their mormally-biased, upwardly-ex'tended~posltion ..
While;*he actuating means has been`.descrlbed ~'nly wi~h res-,'pect to 'the~piaying member 14,-the other,playing member-12-can'be . selectively-manipula'ted by~ctuating m'eans .that'is-operatively-..'~
connected to:that playing,member 12-and.which'has.the same config-uration and components as those-previ~usly describ~d for playing '¦
member 14. Accordingly, ~t is not necessary to further describe Ithe construction and operation of the actuating means for playing .' . mémber 12. ' , In view o,f the foregoing written description of the preferred embodiment and accompanying drawings, it is seen that there is provided a game apparatus which is both amusing, entertaining and competitive for the players by selectively manipulating the arms ' of the respective playing members in an attempt to protect one's own playing member as well as to strike the opposing playing member. The objective of the game is to disengage the head of the 'opposing playing member by striking that head with the hammer means of the player's own playing member. ~owever, because of the, "movement of the shield away from the head of a playing member when the arms are pivoted, a player must be careful to protect his ~ playing member from having his head disengaged while offensively ,.trying to strike the head of the opposing playing member. of ;course, when the hammer does strike the head of an opposing ) . - 13 -.
~ 1140957 playing member, the arrangement of the spring and magnet means is such to provide a unique releasable connection of the head to the body and to ~llow the head to be repositioned back onto the body of a playing member very readily by simply moving the head onto the body with the magnets reengaging themselves to hold the head onto the body. It is further seen that the game apparatus as ~llustrated is durable and simple in construction and in assembly to provide low, CQst~ high~volume ~roduction. .It will.be apparen*
to those skilled'in-the art that modifications;and variations.
could be ~ade in~the game ~paratus in accordance with .the teach--ings of~the invention..withou~ depar~ing;from ~he scope:of.-the -:.^
¦invention. Thusj it is intended-that.the present invention cover. .
¦the modifications.-and variations of this in~ention..within the scope of the claims and their equivalents. .
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This invention relates to an amusement game apparatus and, more particularlyt to a competitive amusement game apparatus in which a player selectively moves a playing member pivotally moun-ted on a base structure toward an opposing playing member in aneffort to hit the opposing playing member's head.
In accordance with one -aspect of the invention, there is provided an amusement game apparatus comprising: a base housingi two playing members mounted on the base housing opposing each other, eac~ of the playing members having a body fixed to ~he base housing, a head releasably attached to and positioned on the body, a pair of arms pivotally connected to the body and normally biased to an upwardly-extended position, shield means connected at-the outer end of one of the arms and hammer means connected at the .
outer end of the other of the arms; and, manually-operable actuat-ing means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means of the same playing member toward the other opposing playing member for hitting and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
In a preferred embodiment, the amusement game apparatus further comprises magnet and spring means for releasably attaching ' and positioniny the head on the body of each of the playing members. The magnet and spring means includes for each playing member a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the inside of the body, a first magnet mounted on . the inside of the head, and a second magnet mounted on the inside ¦
of the ~ody for engagement with the first magnet to position the . - 2 -.
11~095 7 ! head on the body. The first and second magnets disengage from ieach other by the force of the hammer means of the opposing play-ing member hitting the head with the spring means urging the head ! away from the body upon disengagement. The hammer means for each .¦playing member preferably comprises a hammer base attached to one ¦¦of the arms and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly ¦lattached at one end to the hammer base. Whistle means can be ! positioned inside the hammer base and activated for producing a l noise when .the hammer head flexible bellows retract.s and forces ¦ air rom inside the bellows through a hole formed in the hammer :
. base. The bellows is..retractable when the hammer head.hits-.the -'shield.means of the opposing playing member.- I
,1 It is an object of this invention to provide a game apparatus¦
which is amusing and entertaining, which is durable and simple in ¦
,'.construction to provide a reliable game apparatus and to ensure !Ithe safety of the users, and one which has components easily ¦~assembled and simple in construction to allow a low-cost, high-¦lvolume production.
dditional objects and advantages of the invention will be 2a 1l set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part i will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by prac-tise of the invention.
! The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and ~ constitute a part of the specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the amusement game apparatus in accordance with the invention, illus-trating the possible directional movement of the hammer means and 30 shield means of each of the playing members and the releasable 11~957 position of the head of one of the playing members upon disengage-ment from the body of that playing member;
FIG. 2 is a partially fragmented side view of the amusement game apparatus of ~IG. 1 taken along line 2 - 2, illustrating in particular the pivoting movement of the arms of one of the playing members while the opposing playing member's arms remain stationary with the pivoting hammer means engaging the stationary shield ,, means of the opposing playing member and the pivoting shield means moving downwardly away from=the head as the hammer means is moved against the shield means of:=the opposing playing member;
FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the amusement game apparatus of FIG. 1, illustrating in particular the engage-ment of the hammer means of-one of the playing members against the¦
head of the opposing playing member to disengage the head from the body when the arms of both playing members are pivoted with the shield means being moved downwardly away from,the heads of both playing members; and, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of various elements of .the amusement game apparatus, illustrating in particular the components of the manually-operable actuating means, the coopera-tion of the actuating means with the pivotal arms of one of the playing members having the hammer means and shield means connected ¦thereon, and the association of the components of the spring and magnet means with the head and body of the playing member.
. Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred ' embodiment of the invention, an example of which is illustrated in ~!the accompanying drawings.
In accordance with the invention and as shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus includes a base housing 10 and two playing members, generally designated with the reference numerals 12 and 14, which " ~ 1140957 are mounted on the base housing 10 opposing each other. As herein embodied, each of the playing members include a body fixed to the base housing, a head releasa~ly attached to and positioned on the llbody, a pair of arms,pivotally connected to the body and normally S Ibiased to an upwardly-extended position. As best seen in FIG. 1, playing member 12 has a body 16 affixed to base housing 10, head 20 releasably attached to and positioned on body 16, and arms 24 and 26 pivotally connected to body 16 and ~iased in an upwardly-extendea position. In similar manner, playing member 12 has body~
18, head 22, and 'arms 28 and 30.
In accordance~ith-'the invent~in, each,of *he two playing members of the game apparatus -further comprises shield means -~,connected at the outer end of one of the arms and hammer means ~connected at the outer end of the other of the arms.
l, As herein embodied, each shield means comprises a flat shield ,connected to the arm in such a manner that the shield is posi-!ltioned in the front of the head of the playing member when the ¦¦ arms are norma'lly biased to the upwardly-extended position. As ¦¦best seen in FIG. 1, the playing member 12 has a flat shield 32 Z ¦ll connected to the outer end of arm 26 positioned in front of the !¦head 20 of that playing member when the arms 24 and 26 are nor-¦¦ mally biased in their upwardly-extended position. In similar I¦ manner, the playing member 14 has a flat shield 34 connected to ,' the outer end of the arm 30 so that it is positioned in front of the head 22 of that playing member when the arms 28 and 30 are normally biased in their upwardly-extended position. The position of the flat shields 32 and 34 can also be seen in FIG. 2 when they are in their normally biased upwa~dly-extended position.
As herein embodied, and as best seen in FIG. 1, the hammer means of each playing member comprises a hammer base attached to the arm of the playing member and a hammer head formed of a flex-ible bellows fixably attached at one end to the hammer base. The . hammer means is connected to the arm in such a manner that the I hammer is positioned above the head of the playing member when the -5 11 arms are normally biased to the upwardly-extended position. For the playing member 12 illustrated, the hammer means includes a hammer base 36 attached to the arm 24 of that playing member and a hammer head 38 formed of a flexible bellows fixably attached at one end to the hammer base 36. This hammer base 36 and hammer head 38 are connected to the arm.24 in such.a-manner that they'are positioned above the playing member 12 in the normally-~iased upwardly-extending.position and movable..toward the:opposing playing member 14 when the-arms 24 and..26 of the playing member 12 i àre pivoted. ~'In a:similal manner, the hammer means for playing' lll member 14 includes a hammer base 40 connected to the end of the ¦¦ arm 28 and a hammer head 42 formed of a flexible bellows fixably attached at one end to the hammer base 40. This hammer base 40 and hammer head 42 are attached to the arm 28 in such a manner that they are positioned above the playing member 14 in the normally-biased upwardly-extended position and movable toward the opposing playing member 12 when the arms 28 and 30 of the playing member 14 are pivoted.
As embodied herein and illustrated, the hammer head flexible bellows for each playing member is retractable when the hammer " head hits the shield means of the opposing playing member. As wi11 be described in greater detail hereinafter, the hammer head will hit the shield means of the opposing playing member when the arms of that opposing playing member are not pivoted. For example~
and as shown in FIG. 2, when the arms 24 and 26 of the playing member 12 are piv~ted, the hammer head 38 and hammer base 36 connectea to the arm 24 are moved toward the opposing playing .
member 14. If, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the arms 28 and 30 of the opposing playing member 14 are not pivoted, the shield 34 of that playing.member will remain stationary in front of the head 22 so that the hammer head 38 of the playing member 14 when it is moved downwardly will hit shield 34. In doing so, the flexible bellows.of the hammer head will retract upon engagement. - .
As herein embodied, the flexible bellows of the hammer head ,a . for each.~of the playing members can be attached to the respective-' .
hammer,base in such a'~anner.:-to ~orm~.an air.chamber within.the..';
hammer means. A hole-may be formed,.through the'hammer base of -..~.
each playing member...The game apparatus may..further.comprise' whistle.means positioned insideithe'hammer base ~nd activated for producing a.noise when the hammer head flexible bellows retracts and forces air'from inside the bellows through the hole of the hammer base. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hammer base 36 of.playing member 14 has a hole 44 formed therethrough at the end opposite the flexible bellows of the hammer head 38. The whistle means for the playing member 12 can comprise a whistle 46 inserted inside the hammer base 36 so that the flow of air through the , ' , whistlq:46 and the hole 44 when the flexible bellows of the hammer '. head 38 retracts will cause the production of a noise. As ex-.. plained previously and,as illustrated in FIG. 2, the whistling noise can be~achieved when the hammer head 38 strikes the shield !34 of the,opposite playing member 14. To ensure an adequate striking of the flexible bellows 38 against the flat shield 34, , the hammer head bellows 38 has a flat closed outer end for engagement with the shield. In a similar fashion, the hammer base . 40 for the playing member 14 can be provided with a similar hole !
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and whistle means for producing a noise when the hammer head 42 and hammer base 40 of the playing member 14 are moved downwardly to strike the opposing shield 32 of playing member 12. Again, the hammer head 42 of the playing member 14 will only strike shield 32 when the arms 24 and 26 of that playing member 12 are not pivoted. To achieve this intercooperation between the hammer and shield means of the two playing members, the shield means of each playing member is oppositely aisposed from the hammer means of the opposing playing member. Accordingly, as.sho~n..in FIG. l, the ~ .
shield.32 of~.playing member 12 is oppositely disposed;in;direc-tional movement~.to.the hammer head.42 of_the playing member..~4.andthe shield 34~o~ the playing member 14 is.oppositely disposed-in i-directional movement to the hammer head 38 of playing member 12.
In the preferred embodiment of the game apparatus in accord-ance with the invention, the body of each playing member has a top surface on which is positioned the respective head. Thus, as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the body 18 of the playing member 14 has a level top surface 48 on which is positioned head 22. In like manner, the body 16 of the playing member 12 has a level top surface for positioning of head 20 thereon. Preferably, the head of each playing member has a dome-shaped configuration with the body of each playing member having a cylindrical configuration.
The dome-shaped head rests on the top of the cylindrical-shaped body in such a manner to form an integral playing member. While it is of course possible to provide different configurations for the heads and bodies of each playing member, it was found that the dome-shaped head, along with the cylindrical body, provides a configuration to the playing members which is amusing and enter-taining to the players and which very suitably allows for the .releasable attachment and positioning of the head on the body.
Obviously, the head of each of the playing members can have ¦ designed thereon a particular face as illustrated in FIG. 1.
To releasably attach and position the head on the body of each of the playing members, the game apparatus further comprises magnet and spring means. The magnet and spring means for each player comprises a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the inside of the'body~ a first magnet mounted on the inside of the head, and a second mag'net mounted on the i~side -of-the body for engagement of ~the firsti~agnet to' '-- 10 position the head on the ~ody. ,-In the preferrea embodiment illustrated-in~the dr,aw1-ngs,-the playing"member 14 has a--spring-50 attached at one end to the ;nside Qf the head 22 and the other'end to the top surface 48 cf body 18. A first magnet 52 is mounted on the inside of the head 22 while a second magnet 54 is mounted on the top surface 48 of the body 18 for engagement with the first magnet 52 to position the head 22 on the body 18. To mount the spring 50 and magnets 52 and 54 to the head and body of the playing member 14, there is provided a first mounting ring member 56 integrally formed in the center on the top surface 48 of the body 18 and a second mounting ring member integrally formed in the center on the inner surface of the head 22.
Preferably, and as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, one end of the spring 50 is attached to the outer portion of the first i'ring member 56 and the other end of the spring is attached to the outer portion of the second ring mounting member 58. The first ,magnet 52 is mounted in the ring member 56 and the second magnet 54 is mounted in the mounting ring member 58 opposite to the first magnet 52 with both magnets 52 and 54 being positioned inside the spring 50. Projections 60 and 62 may be formed respectively on _ g _ gS~
the outer perimeters of the first and second mounting ring members 56 and 58 for lockingly-engaging the corresponding ends of the spring S0 to the'ring members. While not illustrated in the drawings, the playing member 12 is provided with a similar arrange- .
ment of ma~net and spring means as described above for playing member 14. Accordingly, no further description of that structure for playing member 12 is necessary.
It can be seen:from the foregoing-$hat the magnet and springr .
means.provides-a ~nique releasable -attachment and p,ositioning of , the headion.the body .for each of'the pl-aying members., As will now be described in 'détaï~lbe~ow.,, the tw~ magnets.~or each ~f'the' -r.-playing members that-are engaged to~hold the head on.the body can . become disengaged from each other by-the force of *he hammer means¦
of the opposing playing member hitting the head. When this disen-~
gagement occurs, the spring means urges the head away from the ,. body. This is best seen with reference to FIG. 3. By way of illustration, when the arms 28 and 30 o~ the playing member 14 are pivoted down from their normally biased, upwardly-extended posi-tion, the shield 34 of the playing member 14 is moved downwardly ¦from in front of the head 22 of t~hat playing member. If the arms 28 and 30 of the opposing playing member 12 are also pivoted ¦simultaneously from their normally biased, upwar,dly-extended ¦position, the hammer head 38 of the playing member 12 will move , ¦toward the head 22 of the playing member 14. When this occurs, the hammer head 38 can strike the head 22 of the playing member 14 .to cause the magnets 52 and 54 inside the head 22 and body 18 to jldisengage. Accordingly, the head 22 will be releasea from the ilbody 18 of the playing member 14 by the biasing of the spring 50 against the head 22, thus causing the head to move away from the body as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3.
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~1 114V~57 I¦ It can be seen from the foregoing description of the playing I members and the cooperation between the hammer means and shield llmeans of each of the playing members that the amusement and enter-,!tainment of this game apparatus occurs by the selective manipula-tion and operation of the pivotable arms for the playing members 12 and 14. As previously discussed, if the arms of one playing member are not pivoted, then the shield means remains in front of ¦¦the head o that playing member. -~hus,-if the hammer means o~ the :
l opposing pl-aying member..is moved downwardly at the same time~ it : -~ will-.not strike ~he head ~f the other,playing.member,.but instead- .
will strike the shi~ldimeans.:of.the other playing member. It is:
I only when .the.arms of a~playing.member are pivoted to move the .
Ilhammer means that the s~ield.of.that playing.member is:also moved.
' downwardly to expose the releasably attached head of the playing 1 member to the striking blows of the hammer means of the opposing playing member.
In accordance with the invention and to achieve the selective manipulation of the playing members, the game apparatus further comprises manually-operable actuating means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms .
of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means Qf the same playing member toward the other opposing playing member for hitting the thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member. As herein embodied, the actuating means comprises a pair of independently and manually-operable push-buttons extending from the base housing, with each button having a portion extending .
downwardly into the housing, and a pair of levers at least par-tially positioned inside the base housing and the playing members, 3~ each lever having a first ena connected to a respective one of the - 1~ 114U~357 push-buttons and the second end respectively connected to the arms . of a respective one of the playing members for pivoting the arms in response to manual movement of the push-button.
In the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the drawings, playing member 14 has a push-button 64 extending from the base . housing 10 which is manually-operable by a game player and which is unted on *he.base housing ~djacent the playing-member 14 to which that~button 64.is connected. ~he button 64 has a portion 66 which is'slidably rsceived.and extends downwardly..into the base .. ~
housing 10~ ~.lever 68.is.posit~ioned insïde.the base'housing and ;-.
has one end 70 ~connected to-the push-~utton:64.^and the other'-ènd t -' 72 connected to the arms of the playing.member 14.for p'ivoting ~he :
arms in response-.to manual movement..of'the push-button 64. -.' Preferably, the playing member 14 has an axle 74 which is rotat-ably mounted on and extends through the body 18. The arms 28 and 30 of the playing member 14 are attached to the ends of this rotatable axle 74. This axle 74 includes a lever portion 76 which extends transvérsely outwardly therefrom to which is connected the second end 72 of the actuating lever 68.
As herein'embodied, the actuating means for the playing member 14 further comprises a spring 78 mounted.in the base housing 10 for engaging the first end 70 of the actuating lever 68 and the push-button portion 66 extending into the base housing 10 for biasing the push-button 64 and the arms 28 and 30 of the playing member 14 to the upwardly-extended position. A cup-like hollow mounting member 80 is mounted to the inside of the base housing 10 for positioning and receiving the actuating spring 78 'below the push-button portion 66. Preferably, the push-button portion 66 is formed with a receiving slot 82 for receiving the first end 70 of the actuating lever 68 therein. In this .
. - 12 -configuration, the actuating spring 78 would have an upward end 84 positioned against the first end 70 of the actuating lever 68 for biasing the lever end 70 and the push-button 64 upwardly. The actuating lever 68 would be formed in a right-angle configuration and would have its second end 72 pivotally connected at point 86 to the lever portion 76, of the rotatably mounted axle,74 for urging the arms ~8 and 30 of3Cthe playing-member..14 attached to the axle 74 to their mormally-biased, upwardly-ex'tended~posltion ..
While;*he actuating means has been`.descrlbed ~'nly wi~h res-,'pect to 'the~piaying member 14,-the other,playing member-12-can'be . selectively-manipula'ted by~ctuating m'eans .that'is-operatively-..'~
connected to:that playing,member 12-and.which'has.the same config-uration and components as those-previ~usly describ~d for playing '¦
member 14. Accordingly, ~t is not necessary to further describe Ithe construction and operation of the actuating means for playing .' . mémber 12. ' , In view o,f the foregoing written description of the preferred embodiment and accompanying drawings, it is seen that there is provided a game apparatus which is both amusing, entertaining and competitive for the players by selectively manipulating the arms ' of the respective playing members in an attempt to protect one's own playing member as well as to strike the opposing playing member. The objective of the game is to disengage the head of the 'opposing playing member by striking that head with the hammer means of the player's own playing member. ~owever, because of the, "movement of the shield away from the head of a playing member when the arms are pivoted, a player must be careful to protect his ~ playing member from having his head disengaged while offensively ,.trying to strike the head of the opposing playing member. of ;course, when the hammer does strike the head of an opposing ) . - 13 -.
~ 1140957 playing member, the arrangement of the spring and magnet means is such to provide a unique releasable connection of the head to the body and to ~llow the head to be repositioned back onto the body of a playing member very readily by simply moving the head onto the body with the magnets reengaging themselves to hold the head onto the body. It is further seen that the game apparatus as ~llustrated is durable and simple in construction and in assembly to provide low, CQst~ high~volume ~roduction. .It will.be apparen*
to those skilled'in-the art that modifications;and variations.
could be ~ade in~the game ~paratus in accordance with .the teach--ings of~the invention..withou~ depar~ing;from ~he scope:of.-the -:.^
¦invention. Thusj it is intended-that.the present invention cover. .
¦the modifications.-and variations of this in~ention..within the scope of the claims and their equivalents. .
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Claims (25)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A game apparatus comprising: (a) a base housing;
(b) two playing members mounted on the base housing opposing each other, each of the playing members having (i) a body fixed to the base housing, and having a top flat mounting surface, (ii) a head spring-releasably attached to and positioned on the top surface of the body, (iii) a pair of arms pivotally connected to the body and normally biased to an upwardly-extended position, (iv) shield means connected at the outer end of one of the arms, and (v) hammer means connected at the outer end of the other of the arms and oppositely disposed from the shield means of the opposite playing member, the hammer means comprising a hammer base attached to the arm and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly attached at one end to the hammer base, the ham-mer head flexible bellows being retractable when the hammer head hits the shield means of the opposite playing member and wherein the hammer head hits the head of the opposing player for spring-releasably disengaging that head from the body when the hammer means of that playing member is pivoted and the shield means of the opposing player member is pivoted downwardly; and (c) manual-ly-operable actuating means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means of the same player toward the opposing playing member for hitting and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
(b) two playing members mounted on the base housing opposing each other, each of the playing members having (i) a body fixed to the base housing, and having a top flat mounting surface, (ii) a head spring-releasably attached to and positioned on the top surface of the body, (iii) a pair of arms pivotally connected to the body and normally biased to an upwardly-extended position, (iv) shield means connected at the outer end of one of the arms, and (v) hammer means connected at the outer end of the other of the arms and oppositely disposed from the shield means of the opposite playing member, the hammer means comprising a hammer base attached to the arm and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly attached at one end to the hammer base, the ham-mer head flexible bellows being retractable when the hammer head hits the shield means of the opposite playing member and wherein the hammer head hits the head of the opposing player for spring-releasably disengaging that head from the body when the hammer means of that playing member is pivoted and the shield means of the opposing player member is pivoted downwardly; and (c) manual-ly-operable actuating means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means of the same player toward the opposing playing member for hitting and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
2. The game apparatus of claim 1, including magnet and spring means for releasably attaching and positioning the head on the body of each of the playing members, which magnet and spring means comprises for each playing member a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the in-side of the body and a first magnet mounted on the inside of the head and a second magnet mounted on the inside of the body for engagement with the first magnet to position the head on the body and wherein the first and second magnets disengage from each other by the force of the hammer means of the opposing playing member hitting the head and the spring means urges the head away from the body upon disengagement.
3. The game apparatus of claim 2, wherein the body of each playing member has a top surface on which is positioned the head and wherein the game apparatus further comprises for each playing member a first mounting ring member formed on the center of the top surface of the body and a second mounting ring member formed in the center of the inside surface of the head wherein the ends of the spring are attached respectively to the outer por-tions of the mounting ring members and the first and second mag-nets are mounted respectively in the mounting ring members and inside the spring.
4. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hammer base has a hole formed therethrough and wherein said game appara-tus includes whistle means positioned inside the hammer base and activated for producing a noise when the hammer head flexible bellows retracts and forces air from inside the bellows through the hole of the hammer base.
5. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein for each playing member the hammer head bellows has a flat closed outer end and the shield means comprises a flat shield mounted on the arm of the playing member to face the opposite playing member and to engage the flat outer end of the hammer head of the opposite playing member when the arms of the opposite playing member are pivoted.
6. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the head of each playing member has a dome-shaped configuration.
7. The game apparatus of claim 6, wherein the body of each playing member has a cylindrical configuration and the dome-shaped head rests on top of the cylindrical-shaped body.
8. The game apparatus of claim 6, wherein the hammer means hits the domed head of the opposing player when the hammer means of that playing member is pivoted and the shield means of the opposing playing member is pivoted downwardly.
9. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein for each playing member the hammer means is positioned above the head and the shield means is positioned in front of the head when the arms are normally biased to the upwardly-extended position and wherein the shield means moves downwardly away from the head and the ham-mer means moves toward the head or shield means of the opposing playing member when the arms are pivoted.
10. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the actuating means comprises a pair of independently manually-operable push-buttons extending from the base housing, each button having a portion extending downwardly into the base housing, and a pair of levers positioned inside the base housing, each lever having a first end connected to a respective one of the push-buttons and the second end respectively connected to the arms of a respective one of the playing members for pivoting the arms in response to manual movement of the push-button.
11. The game apparatus of claim 10, wherein each push-button is mounted on the housing adjacent the playing member to which the button is connected and wherein the game apparatus fur-ther comprises a pair of axles, each axle being rotatably mounted on and extending through the body of a respective one of the playing members with the arms of the respective playing member being attached to the ends of the rotatable axle and wherein each axle has a lever portion extending transversely outwardly there-from to which is connected the second end of a respective actuat-ing lever and wherein the actuating means further comprises a spring mounted in the base housing and engaging the first end of the actuating lever and the portion of the button extending into the housing for biasing the push-button and arms of each of the playing members to the upwardly-extended position.
12. The game apparatus of claim 11, wherein the actuat-ing means further comprises a pair of cup-like hollow mounting members, each mounting member being connected to the inside of the base housing for positioning and receiving the respective actuating spring below the portion of the push-button extending downwardly into the base housing and wherein the portion of the push-button extending into the base housing is formed with a re-ceiving slot for receiving the first end of the actuating lever therein and wherein the spring has its upward end positioned against the first lever end for biasing the lever end and push-button upwardly and wherein each actuating lever is formed in a right-angle and has the second end pivotally connected to the lever portion of the corresponding arm axle for urging the pivot-able arms of the playing member attached to the axle to the nor-mally biased upwardly-extended position.
13. The game apparatus of claim 3, including projections formed on the outer perimeter of the first and second mounting ring members for lockingly-engaging the corresponding ends of the springs to the mounting rings.
14. A game apparatus comprising: (a) a base housing;
(b) two playing members mounted on the base housing opposing each other, each of the playing members having (i) a body fixed to the base housing, and having a top flat mounting surface, (ii) a head releasably attached to and positioned on the top surface of the body, (iii) magnet and spring means for releasably attach-ing to and positioning the head on the body comprising a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the inside of the body, a first magnet mounted on the inside of the body, and a second magnet mounted on the inside of the head for engagement with the first magnet to position the head on the body and wherein the spring urges the head away from the body upon disengagement of the first and second magnets, (iv) a first mounting ring member formed on the center of the top surface of the body and a second mounting ring member formed in the cen-ter of the inside surface of the head wherein the ends of the spring are attached respectively to the outer portions of the mounting ring members and the first and second magnets are mount-ed respectively in the mounting ring members and inside the spring, (v) a pair of arms pivotally connected to the body and normally biased to an upwardly-extended position, (vi) shield means con-nected at the outer end of one of the arms, and (vii) hammer means connected at the outer end of the other of the arms and opposite-ly disposed from the shield means of the opposite playing member, the hammer means comprising a hammer base attached to the arm and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly attached at one end to the hammer base, the hammer head flexible bellows being retractable when the hammer head hits the shield means of the opposite playing member and wherein the hammer head hits the head of the opposing player for disengaging the magnets when the ham-mer means of that playing member is pivoted and the shield means of the opposing player member is pivoted downwardly; and, (c) manually-operable actuating means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means of the same player toward the opposing playing member for hitting and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
(b) two playing members mounted on the base housing opposing each other, each of the playing members having (i) a body fixed to the base housing, and having a top flat mounting surface, (ii) a head releasably attached to and positioned on the top surface of the body, (iii) magnet and spring means for releasably attach-ing to and positioning the head on the body comprising a spring attached at one end to the inside of the head and the other end to the inside of the body, a first magnet mounted on the inside of the body, and a second magnet mounted on the inside of the head for engagement with the first magnet to position the head on the body and wherein the spring urges the head away from the body upon disengagement of the first and second magnets, (iv) a first mounting ring member formed on the center of the top surface of the body and a second mounting ring member formed in the cen-ter of the inside surface of the head wherein the ends of the spring are attached respectively to the outer portions of the mounting ring members and the first and second magnets are mount-ed respectively in the mounting ring members and inside the spring, (v) a pair of arms pivotally connected to the body and normally biased to an upwardly-extended position, (vi) shield means con-nected at the outer end of one of the arms, and (vii) hammer means connected at the outer end of the other of the arms and opposite-ly disposed from the shield means of the opposite playing member, the hammer means comprising a hammer base attached to the arm and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly attached at one end to the hammer base, the hammer head flexible bellows being retractable when the hammer head hits the shield means of the opposite playing member and wherein the hammer head hits the head of the opposing player for disengaging the magnets when the ham-mer means of that playing member is pivoted and the shield means of the opposing player member is pivoted downwardly; and, (c) manually-operable actuating means operatively connected to each of the playing members for selectively pivoting the arms of each of the playing members for moving the shield means of the playing member downwardly and the hammer means of the same player toward the opposing playing member for hitting and thereby releasing the head from the body of the opposing playing member.
15. The game apparatus of claim 14, wherein each push-button is mounted on the housing adjacent the playing member to which the button is connected and wherein the game apparatus further comprises a pair of axles, each axle being rotatably mounted on and extending through the body of a respective one of the playing members with the arms of the respective playing mem-ber being attached to the ends of the rotatable axle and wherein each axle has a lever portion extending transversely outwardly therefrom to which is connected the second end of a respective actuating lever and wherein the actuating means further comprises a spring mounted in the base housing and engaging the first end of the actuating lever and the portion of the button extending into the housing for biasing the push-button and arms of each of the playing members to the upwardly-extended position.
16. The game apparatus of claim 15, wherein the actuat-ing means further comprises a pair of cup-like hollow mounting members, each mounting member being connected to the inside of the base housing for positioning and receiving the respective actuat-ing spring below the portion of the push-button extending down-wardly into the base housing and wherein the portion of the push-button extending into the base housing is formed with a receiving slot for receiving the first end of the actuating lever therein and wherein the spring has its upward end positioned against the first lever end for biasing the lever end and push-button upwardly and wherein each actuating lever is formed in a right-angle and has the second end pivotally connected to the lever portion of the corresponding arm axle for urging the pivotable arms of the playing member attached to the axle to the normally biased upward-ly-extended position.
17. The game apparatus of claim 16, wherein the hammer means comprises a hammer base attached to the arm and a hammer head formed of a flexible bellows fixedly attached at one end to the hammer base.
18. The game apparatus of claim 16, wherein the hammer base has a hole formed therethrough and wherein said game appara-tus includes whistle means positioned inside the hammer base and activated for producing a noise when the hammer head flexible bellows retracts and forces air from inside the bellows through the hole of the hammer base.
19. The game apparatus of claim 18, wherein the hammer head flexible bellows for each playing member is retractable when the hammer head hits the shield means of the opposing play-ing member.
20. The game apparatus of claim 16, wherein for each playing member the hammer head bellows has a flat closed outer end and the shield means comprises a flat shield mounted on the arm of the playing member to face the opposite playing member and to engage the flat outer end of the hammer head of the opposite playing member when the arms of the opposite playing member are pivoted.
21. The game apparatus of claim 14, wherein the head of each playing member has a dome-shaped configuration.
22. The game apparatus of claim 21, wherein the body of each playing member has a cylindrical configuration and the dome-shaped head rests on top of the cylindrical-shaped body.
23. The game apparatus of claim 21, wherein the hammer means hits the domed head of the opposing player when the hammer means of that playing member is pivoted and the shield means of the opposing playing member is pivoted downwardly.
24. The game apparatus of claim 23, wherein the shield means of each playing member is oppositely disposed from the hammer means of the opposing playing member.
25. The game apparatus of claim 24, wherein for each playing member the hammer means is positioned above the head and the shield means is positioned in front of the head when the arms are normally biased to the upwardly-extended position and where-in the shield means moves downwardly away from the head and the hammer means moves toward the head or shield means of the opposing playing member when the arms are pivoted.
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