EP0523145B1 - Game with mobile figures - Google Patents
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- the present invention relates to a set of mobile figurines that can move over a tablet.
- the technical field of the invention is that of games and toys with manual controls.
- the invention relates more particularly to a board game in which the players move, by means of manual control means connected to moving parts by mechanical transmissions located under the game tablet, figurines located above this tablet.
- a set of mobile figurines which can move along transverse bands thanks to transverse slots provided in a shelf, comprising drive means comprising assemblies which can be moved transversely by players, each set comprising a rigid transverse rod and a rigid vertical axis supporting a figurine, a rotation of the rod around its longitudinal axis causing a rotation of said vertical axis and of the figurine.
- the problem posed therefore consists in providing a device for playing mobile figures with manual controls which make it possible to control the movement of the figures on a tablet in at least one longitudinal direction of play, by authorizing the movement of the figures inside longitudinal strips.
- a device for playing mobile figures with manual controls which make it possible to control the movement of the figures on a tablet in at least one longitudinal direction of play, by authorizing the movement of the figures inside longitudinal strips.
- the solution to the problem posed consists in providing a set of mobile figurines which can move above a substantially horizontal shelf, said set and said shelf having a longitudinal central axis and a median transverse axis, said figurines being able to move interior of longitudinal strips by means of drive arranged under the plane of said shelf, which drive means comprise at least one handle and comprise means of joining with said figures, in which said drive means comprise at least two assemblies which can be moved in a direction parallel to said median longitudinal axis by players actuating said handles, and each of said assemblies comprises at least one longitudinal element, at least one vertical element, at least one transverse element, which longitudinal, vertical and transverse elements are rigid and which elements of one of said e nsembles are rigidly linked together, and each of said assemblies comprises said handle which is prominent relative to the lateral longitudinal flanks of the frame of said set, and said flanks comprise at least one slot which allows the longitudinal displacement of said assemblies over a distance whose value is close to and substantially less than half the length of said frame, and said frame comprises means for longitudinal
- said guide means comprise longitudinal angles which are regularly spaced and which delimit between them longitudinal spans (which are placed under said shelf and which are preferably located opposite said strips which are for example drawn on said shelf) in which can slide said longitudinal elements, and each of said longitudinal elements is connected by a rear end to said vertical element, and in each of said spans is arranged one of said longitudinal elements so that in two adjacent spans, the free ends of the corresponding longitudinal elements can cross during the longitudinal movement of said corresponding sets.
- said assembly comprises at least one internal longitudinal rod which can move in a direction transverse to said clearance relative to an external longitudinal cradle which constitutes said longitudinal element, which longitudinal rod is rigidly connected to at least one internal vertical spacer which can be moving in said transverse direction relative to an external vertical spacer which constitutes said vertical element, which internal vertical spacer is rigidly connected to at least one transverse rod which can slide in said transverse direction relative to an external transverse slide which constitutes said transverse element , and said longitudinal rod carries said means of junction with said figurines.
- said assembly comprises at least one rotary joining means which can rotate about a substantially vertical axis above said longitudinal element, under the action of horizontal belts which are set in motion by said handle by means of a transverse rod rotatably mounted relative to said transverse element, and vertical belts located in said vertical element.
- said vertical elements of said assemblies which are situated on the same side with respect to said median transverse axis and which are provided with said protruding handle on the same side of said set, are of different length (or height), and each of said flanks longitudinal side of said frame comprises at least two of said slots which are superimposed so that said assemblies can cross during their longitudinal movements, and preferably said assemblies provided with said shortest vertical elements are provided with a transverse element also shorter.
- said figurines are removably connected with respect to said joining means of said assemblies of said driving means, and said tablet of said game comprises a playing surface covered with a removable interchangeable plate of so that said game simulates a competitive sport, a strategy game, a combination game or a show.
- said joining means are magnetic
- said tablet is non-magnetic
- said figures are each provided in their base with at least one permanent magnet which can cooperate with a permanent magnet provided on said longitudinal element of said set of said drive means.
- said joining means are mechanical, the base of said figurines is connected to said longitudinal element of said driving means by at least one pivot which can pass through said shelf by means of slots provided therein.
- a game according to the invention further comprises a set of said figurines which are fixed on a horizontal circular plate comprising a central pivot around which said horizontal circular plate can rotate, and a free space is provided between said figurines and said horizontal circular plate which may contain a ball allowed to escape under the effect of centrifugal force due to the rotation of said circular plate, by side openings arranged between said figures and said plate.
- said set further comprises figurines or models comprising a superstructure which can tilt laterally between transverse guides fixed on the base of said figurine, which superstructure is capable of tilting during an impact with another of said figurines during 'a displacement of said figurines on the surface of said game.
- a simple sliding of control buttons along said slots opening on the two halves of the length of at least one of the two sides of the device causes an equivalent displacement of the figurines along the useful length of the playing field (delimited between the two goal lines in a game imitating a competitive team sport), while a slight movement of the control buttons in a direction perpendicular to the guide slots allows obtain a homologous movement of the figures in the width of the game.
- a rotation of the control buttons makes it possible to obtain the rotation of the figures on the playing surface.
- these figurines can be provided with a beveled base similar to that described in patent FR No. 920 246 of 16.01.1940 (Vanlanthen).
- Figure 1 is a simplified perspective view of a first embodiment of the assembly of drive means according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates by a perspective view substantially on the same scale as in FIG. 1, a frame of a game according to the invention which can be used in cooperation with the sets of drive means of FIG. 1.
- Figure 3 illustrates in the same way as in Figure 1 a second embodiment of said sets of drive means according to the invention.
- Figure 4 illustrates in the same way as in Figure 1 a third embodiment of said sets of drive means according to the invention.
- Figure 5 illustrates in the same way as in Figure 1 a fourth embodiment of said sets of drive means according to the invention.
- Figure 6 illustrates in partial longitudinal section a particular embodiment of a game according to the invention.
- Figure 7 illustrates in cross section another embodiment of a game according to the invention.
- Figure 8 illustrates in cross section another embodiment of a game according to the invention.
- Figure 9 illustrates in partial plan view, a particular embodiment of the drive means and the frame according to the invention.
- Figures 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 14a, 14b illustrate in sections and plans some details of embodiment of figurines used with games according to the invention.
- Figure 1 there are shown located inside a frame 9 whose envelope is shown in dotted lines, several means of driving a set of movable figures according to the invention.
- a set of drive means comprises in this embodiment two longitudinal elements 116 and 118 substantially parallel, which each have on their upper face connecting means 1 with figurines.
- each of said longitudinal elements 116, 118 is connected via a vertical element 14, rigidly, to a transverse element 12, which can slide in a transverse slide 16, which transverse slide 16 is itself mounted in this embodiment via a second vertical spacer 17 on a support which can slide itself inside a longitudinal slide 18 which extends substantially over the entire length of said frame; it can be seen in this figure that the clearance and said frame are provided with a median transverse axis M3-M4 and a median longitudinal axis M1-M2. It can also be seen that said longitudinal elements extend parallel and are spaced apart in a substantially regular manner in said longitudinal direction of said clearance.
- said longitudinal elements 111 and 113 are themselves connected to a transverse element which can be actuated by a handle situated on the side opposite to said clearance relative to the observer looking at this figure, from same as the longitudinal elements 112 and 114 are connected to another transverse element not shown and provided with a control handle also not shown, just as said longitudinal elements 115 and 117 are themselves connected to a transverse element identical to said element 12 , and connected to a handle identical to the handle 13 and located on the same side as the latter with respect to said clearance; we see that according to the invention and thanks to the longitudinal sliding means which are provided for each of said sets of said drive means of said figurines, each of said sets can slide thanks to a slot 6 provided in the lateral longitudinal sides of said frame which allows the sliding of said control handle connected to said transverse element 12 so that, during this movement, said longitudinal elements can cross and so that the figures which are driven by means of said joining means can also cross; advantageously, the distance 53 measured along a longitudinal axis of said clearance which
- said frame comprises said slots 6 arranged in said longitudinal side walls of said frame and advantageously comprises a central cross member 7 on which rest angles 15 which advantageously have a U-shaped profile, which extend substantially over a length equal to half the length of said frame and which have a solid face along their said length and which are arranged alternately from side and on the other of said median transverse axis M3-M4, when one moves along it.
- each of said assemblies (only one of which is entirely shown in this figure in order to improve the clarity thereof) comprises said longitudinal element 28 which is produced by a beam having substantially a U-shaped profile and which is connected to a vertical spacer 27 which is substantially a beam with the same profile as said longitudinal element 28; said vertical element 27 is itself rigidly connected to an external transverse slide 26 which extends parallel to said median transverse axis M3 M4; in this embodiment, a rod or longitudinal bar 21 is provided, which can slide transversely inside said U-profile of said longitudinal element 28, which rod 21 carries said joining means 1 allowing the drive of said figures, which bar or profile 21 extending along a longitudinal axis parallel to said axis M1-M2 and is rigidly connected to a vertical bar 24 substantially of the same profile as said bar 21, which can itself slide transversely in said profile 27; it can be seen that two of said vertical bars 24 can be rigidly
- a first set of drive means comprises said longitudinal element 281, said vertical element 271, said external transverse element 261 and that said longitudinal bar 211 can slide transversely relative to said longitudinal element 281 as said bar 211 is rigidly connected to said bar 241 which is linked to said transverse bar 221, at one end of which is located said handle 231;
- a second set of drive means comprising said handle 232, said internal transverse rod 222, and said longitudinal element 282 in which a longitudinal bar 212 can slide is also provided, the two sets of said drive means described below above, being situated on the same side of said median longitudinal axis of said set, said vertical and transverse elements of said two assemblies being of different value, said assembly provided with means marked with an index 1 being provided with said vertical and transverse elements of larger dimension that said second assembly provided
- FIG. 5 there is shown another embodiment of said sets of said figurine drive means, in which two sets shown below left in this figure are provided with vertical and transverse elements of different lengths so as to allow their relative movement and their crossing during their longitudinal displacements, in which said upper longitudinal element which constitutes a kind of cradle 38 is provided with rotary magnets 45 which are fixed on a support which can rotate relative to a substantially vertical axis as well as the 'indicate the arrows in this figure, said rotary supports 45 being able to be driven in rotation by virtue of substantially horizontal belts 31 extending generally along said longitudinal axis of said set, which belts 31 can be moved by the intermediate return pulleys located inside said verti elements blocks formed here by a hollow external spacer 37, of substantially square profile, which belts can also be set in motion by means of a rotary handle 33 which can rotate a rotary transverse rod 32; it can be seen in this figure that each of said upper elements 38 is rigidly connected by its rear end 38a to said vertical spacers 37, which vertical space
- the length of the longitudinal rods 11 does not exceed half the length of the frame 9 and that, as can be seen in Figure 1, the length of the transverse rods 12 does not exceed half the width of this built.
- Figure 1 also shows that the internal width of the fixed angles 15 is at least twice as large as the external width of the longitudinal rods 11, which allows them to move transversely inside the longitudinal angles 15.
- the thickness of said angles 15 and of the cross member 7 determines the minimum height of the vertical rods 14, which can therefore be reduced to extremely short junctions, without however being completely eliminated.
- the longitudinal cradles 28 slide between fixed angles 25 in inverted T - or I - which replace the fixed angles 15 in U. These angles 25 extend over the entire length of the frame 9 and are supported in their middle by the cross member 7.
- the fact that the angles 25 support the cradles 28 over their entire length allows the length to be reduced considerably cradles 28 and rods 21, relative to the length of the rods 11, so as to place, at each end of the frame, a rotary button 44 controlling either a rotary magnet 45 or a rotary sleeve intended to rotate on it- even a figurine in the image of a goalkeeper, such as that shown in Figure 11.
- the internal width of said cradles 28 is at least twice as large as the external width of said rods 21, while the external width of these cradles 28 is equal to the spacing existing between two of said fixed reference angles 25 of the contiguous figures 7 and 9.
- said movable rods 22, 26 and 27 are required to remain constantly parallel to themselves during their movements.
- the role assigned to said slides marked 16 and 18 in FIG. 6 is fulfilled here respectively by said slides 26 and by said angles 25.
- This feature allows, in a variant, to order all the figurines of each wing of each team by a single button (item 13 in Figure 3) and, in a second variant, to order each row of figures by an individual button (item 23 of Figure 4).
- FIG. 1 allows only a group order of the figurines of each of the wings of each team.
- the magnets 45 can either be constituted by a single North / South magnet or by two North / South and South / North magnets joined together (FIG. 11) to drive magnets with complementary magnetization 47 housed in the bases of the figurines and arranged in their axis of rotation.
- said useful length 51 is approximately equal to said length 53 of said guide slots 6 increased by the length 58 of the rows of figures, which allows them to cover the entire length of the sports field represented on the The free spaces at each end of the device are occupied by the point counters 59 usually used in this kind of games.
- the lateral displacement 54 of the figurines, over the entire width of the corridors longitudinal delimited by the fixed angles 15,25, is obtained by an equivalent transverse movement 54 of the control buttons 13 or 23.
- the lateral displacement 54 of the figurines is replaced by a rotation 56 of the figurines on themselves, obtained by means of a rotation 57 of the control buttons 33.
- FIG. 6 shows how the figurines progress according to the arrows 61, while automatically orienting themselves in the direction of their travel according to the arrows 62, and how the figurines can propel a ball 60 by a succession of passes.
- each of the wings of each team has two rows of three magnetic or mechanical junctions each, but it would be possible to use three or even four rows of two or three junctions each.
- These junction queues would be controlled either by a single button, or by two buttons each controlling one or two queues, or by three or four buttons each controlling a single junction queue.
- three or four guide slots 6 would be superimposed on each of the halves of the sides of the frame 9, which would preferably require a device mounted on feet like a billiard table.
- figurines such as those presented in Figures 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b and 12a, 12b can be made in the image of various characters, in particular football players (or rugby, American football, hockey), warriors , grenadiers, majorettes, athletes, runners, dancers.
- models such as those presented in Figures 13a, 13b and 14a, 14b can also be produced in the image of cars, ships, motorized vehicles, robots, spaceships, real animals or imaginary monsters ...
- known games are designed to simulate a single competitive sport, for example football, to the exclusion of all other game.
- the fixed playing surface (tablet) 19 or 39 could be directly printed on the regulatory lines of the sport to be imitated.
- the invention provides an apparatus, such as that of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, in which the fixed playing surface 19 or 39, which does not bear any lineage or distinctive sign, can be covered by a removable plate 29, these plates being stored at rest in a store 30.
- non-magnetic playing surfaces 19 require non-magnetic removable plates
- slotted playing surfaces 39 require removable plates pierced with slots superimposable on the slots 40 of the playing surfaces 39.
- the invention provides for the use of two-part models such as those presented in FIGS. 13a, 13b and 14a, 14b.
- These models include, for example, an infrastructure 82 (horse) or 83 (tank), and a superstructure 84 (rider) or 85 (turret).
- the superstructure can tilt laterally between transverse guides 86 (saddle) or 87 (cradle of the turret), these guides on the contrary preventing any tilting forwards or backwards. In this way, the game consists, see FIGS.
- the devices according to the invention can also be used in the manner of puppet scenes, in which said control buttons as well as said guide slots will be grouped on one side of said frame.
- this arrangement amounts to reducing the device to one of its halves, delimited by a vertical plane passing through the longitudinal median of the game.
- the mobile elements under the game are no longer symmetrically arranged. with respect to a vertical axis passing through the center of the device, but with respect to a vertical plane passing through the transverse median of the game.
- the mechanism according to the invention makes it possible to use as many control buttons 23, 33 as there are. necessary (see Figures 4,5,7 and 8), these buttons sliding in slots 6 stepped, from top to bottom, on the sides of the frame 9, in the order in which these rows of figurines are placed from the side edge and up to the longitudinal median of the playing surface, which excludes any overlap between the vertical elements 24, 27, 34 and 37 and the transverse elements 22, 26, 32 and 36, illustrated in FIGS. 4,5,7 and 8 .
- the playing field will be advantageously equipped, on one of its sides (as illustrated in FIG. 8), with a graduated rule 66 sliding in a fixed casing 68 to ensure removable numbering terrain lines; on the other side (as illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9), a slide 71/72 carrying an indicator arrow 73 to follow the progress of the ball and the teams during the successive phases of the game.
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La présente invention est relative à un jeu de figurines mobiles pouvant se déplacer au-dessus d'une tablette.The present invention relates to a set of mobile figurines that can move over a tablet.
Le domaine technique de l'invention est celui des jeux et jouets à commandes manuelles. L'invention concerne plus particulièrement un jeu de société dans lequel les joueurs déplacent par l'intermédiaire de moyens de commandes manuelles reliées à des pièces mobiles par des transmissions mécaniques situées sous la tablette de jeu, des figurines situées au-dessus de cette tablette.The technical field of the invention is that of games and toys with manual controls. The invention relates more particularly to a board game in which the players move, by means of manual control means connected to moving parts by mechanical transmissions located under the game tablet, figurines located above this tablet.
On connaît déjà de nombreux dispositifs de jeux dans lesquels des figurines sont déplacées; les brevets US 2 229 232 (Widegren) et FR 1 395 049 (Parrot) décrivent des appareils où les figurines sont commandées par des tringles alternées qui dépassent aux extrémités du jeu et qui sont donc susceptibles de gêner les joueurs et qui par ailleurs peuvent être soumises à des chocs entraînant des risques sérieux de détérioration des tringles et donc de ces jeux.Numerous game devices are already known in which figurines are moved; US Patents 2,229,232 (Widegren) and FR 1,395,049 (Parrot) describe devices where the figures are controlled by alternating rods which protrude at the ends of the game and which are therefore liable to annoy the players and which, moreover, may be subjected to shocks causing serious risks of deterioration of the rods and therefore of these games.
Par ailleurs, les brevets US 2 148 354 (Hurlock)) et US 3 419 271 (Waskowsky) décrivent des dispositifs de jeux où les figurines sont attachées à des courroies alternées, ce qui rend difficile ou impossible les mouvements des figurines dans une direction autre que la direction desdites courroies notamment dans une direction correspondant au sens de la largeur du jeu, et qui empêchent également la rotation de ces figurines sur elles-mêmes.Furthermore, US Patents 2,148,354 (Hurlock)) and US 3,419,271 (Waskowsky) describe play devices in which the figures are attached to alternating straps, which makes it difficult or impossible for the figures to move in a different direction. that the direction of said belts in particular in a direction corresponding to the direction of the width of the game, and which also prevent the rotation of these figures on themselves.
Par ailleurs les brevets GB 1 051 371 (Cane), US 3 475 028 (Rodorigo) et US 4 691 921 (Takeo Iseki), décrivent des dispositifs de jeux permettant la rotation des figures sur elles-mêmes et dans lesquels le dépassement important des tringles de commandes manuelles à l'extérieur du jeu sont évitées moyennant des transmissions électromécaniques complexes, qui sont susceptibles d'entraîner un fonctionnement saccadé et qui concourt par ailleurs à la fragilité de ces dispositifs de jeux et à l'obligation de recourir à une source d'énergie extérieure telle que des piles par exemple.Furthermore, the
On connait également par le brevet US4 311 309 (BRADLEY et al), un jeu de figurines mobile pouvant se déplacer le long de bandes transversales grâce à des fentes transversales prévues dans une tablette, comportant des moyens d'entrainement comportant des ensembles qui peuvent être déplacés transversalement par des joueurs, chaque ensemble comportant une tige transversale rigide et un axe vertical rigide supportant une figurine, une rotation de la tige autour de son axe longitudinal provoquant une rotation dudit axe vertical et de la figurine.Also known from US Pat. No. 4,311,309 (BRADLEY et al), a set of mobile figurines which can move along transverse bands thanks to transverse slots provided in a shelf, comprising drive means comprising assemblies which can be moved transversely by players, each set comprising a rigid transverse rod and a rigid vertical axis supporting a figurine, a rotation of the rod around its longitudinal axis causing a rotation of said vertical axis and of the figurine.
Le problème posé consiste donc à procurer un dispositif de jeu de figurines mobiles à commandes manuelles qui permettent de commander le déplacement des figurines sur une tablette selon au moins une direction longitudinale du jeu, en autorisant le déplacement des figurines à l'intérieur de bandes longitudinales, qui soit de conception très simple, qui ne nécessite pas de moyen d'entrainement électro-mécanique complexe et qui ne nécessite pas de tringle de manoeuvre manuelle qui dépasse exagérément du bâti du jeu.The problem posed therefore consists in providing a device for playing mobile figures with manual controls which make it possible to control the movement of the figures on a tablet in at least one longitudinal direction of play, by authorizing the movement of the figures inside longitudinal strips. , which is of a very simple design, which does not require complex electro-mechanical drive means and which does not require a manual operating rod which protrudes excessively from the frame of the game.
La solution au problème posé consiste à procurer un jeu de figurines mobiles pouvant se déplacer au-dessus d'une tablette sensiblement horizontale, ledit jeu et ladite tablette ayant un axe longitudinal médian et un axe transversal médian, lesdites figurines pouvant se déplacer à l'intérieur de bandes longitudinales grâce à des moyens d'entraînement disposés sous le plan de ladite tablette, lesquels moyens d'entrainement comportent au moins une poignée et comportent des moyens de jonction avec lesdites figurines, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'entraînement comportent au moins deux ensembles qui peuvent être déplacés selon une direction parallèle audit axe longitudinal médian par des joueurs actionnant lesdites poignées, et chacun desdits ensembles comporte au moins un élément longitudinal, au moins un élément vertical, au moins un élément transversal, lesquels éléments longitudinaux, verticaux et transversaux sont rigides et lesquels éléments d'un desdits ensembles sont liés rigidement entre eux, et chacun desdits ensembles comporte ladite poignée qui est proéminente par rapport aux flancs longitudinaux latéraux du bâti dudit jeu, et lesdits flancs comportent au moins une fente qui permet le déplacement longitudinal desdits ensembles sur une distance dont la valeur est proche et sensiblement inférieure à la moitié de la longueur dudit bâti, et ledit bâti comporte des moyens de guidage longitudinal desdits ensembles, par exemple desdits éléments longitudinaux desdits ensembles.The solution to the problem posed consists in providing a set of mobile figurines which can move above a substantially horizontal shelf, said set and said shelf having a longitudinal central axis and a median transverse axis, said figurines being able to move interior of longitudinal strips by means of drive arranged under the plane of said shelf, which drive means comprise at least one handle and comprise means of joining with said figures, in which said drive means comprise at least two assemblies which can be moved in a direction parallel to said median longitudinal axis by players actuating said handles, and each of said assemblies comprises at least one longitudinal element, at least one vertical element, at least one transverse element, which longitudinal, vertical and transverse elements are rigid and which elements of one of said e nsembles are rigidly linked together, and each of said assemblies comprises said handle which is prominent relative to the lateral longitudinal flanks of the frame of said set, and said flanks comprise at least one slot which allows the longitudinal displacement of said assemblies over a distance whose value is close to and substantially less than half the length of said frame, and said frame comprises means for longitudinally guiding said assemblies, for example of said longitudinal elements of said assemblies.
Avantageusement, lesdits moyens de guidage comportent des cornières longitudinales qui sont régulièrement espacées et qui délimitent entre elles des travées longitudinales (qui sont placées sous ladite tablette et qui sont de préférence situées en regard desdites bandes qui sont par exemple dessinées sur ladite tablette) dans lesquelles peuvent coulisser lesdits éléments longitudinaux, et chacun desdits éléments longitudinaux est relié par une extrémité arrière audit élément vertical, et dans chacune desdites travées est disposé un desdits éléments longitudinaux de telle manière que dans deux travées adjacentes, les extrémités libres des éléments longitudinaux correspondants peuvent se croiser lors du mouvement longitudinal desdits ensembles correspondants.Advantageously, said guide means comprise longitudinal angles which are regularly spaced and which delimit between them longitudinal spans (which are placed under said shelf and which are preferably located opposite said strips which are for example drawn on said shelf) in which can slide said longitudinal elements, and each of said longitudinal elements is connected by a rear end to said vertical element, and in each of said spans is arranged one of said longitudinal elements so that in two adjacent spans, the free ends of the corresponding longitudinal elements can cross during the longitudinal movement of said corresponding sets.
Avantageusement, ledit ensemble comporte au moins une tringle longitudinale interne qui peut se déplacer selon une direction transversale audit jeu par rapport à un berceau longitudinal externe qui constitue ledit élément longitudinal, laquelle tringle longitudinale est reliée rigidement à au moins une entretoise verticale interne qui peut se déplacer selon ladite direction transversale par rapport à une entretoise verticale externe qui constitue ledit élément vertical, laquelle entretoise verticale interne est reliée rigidement à au moins une tringle transversale qui peut coulisser selon ladite direction transversale par rapport à un coulisseau transversal externe qui constitue ledit élément transversal, et ladite tringle longitudinale porte lesdits moyens de jonction avec lesdites figurines.Advantageously, said assembly comprises at least one internal longitudinal rod which can move in a direction transverse to said clearance relative to an external longitudinal cradle which constitutes said longitudinal element, which longitudinal rod is rigidly connected to at least one internal vertical spacer which can be moving in said transverse direction relative to an external vertical spacer which constitutes said vertical element, which internal vertical spacer is rigidly connected to at least one transverse rod which can slide in said transverse direction relative to an external transverse slide which constitutes said transverse element , and said longitudinal rod carries said means of junction with said figurines.
Alternativement, ledit ensemble comporte au moins un moyen de jonction rotatif qui peut tourner autour d'un axe sensiblement vertical au-dessus dudit élément longitudinal, sous l'action de courroies horizontales qui sont mises en mouvement par ladite poignée par l'intermédiaire d'une tringle transversale montée rotative par rapport audit élément transversal, et de courroies verticales situées dans ledit élément vertical.Alternatively, said assembly comprises at least one rotary joining means which can rotate about a substantially vertical axis above said longitudinal element, under the action of horizontal belts which are set in motion by said handle by means of a transverse rod rotatably mounted relative to said transverse element, and vertical belts located in said vertical element.
Avantageusement, lesdits éléments verticaux desdits ensembles qui sont situés d'un même côté par rapport audit axe transversal médian et qui sont dotés de ladite poignée proéminente d'un même côté dudit jeu, sont de longueur (ou hauteur) différente, et chacun desdits flancs longitudinaux latéraux dudit bâti comporte au moins deux desdites fentes qui sont superposées de sorte que lesdits ensembles peuvent se croiser lors de leurs mouvements longitudinaux, et de préférence lesdits ensembles munis desdits éléments verticaux les plus courts sont munis d'un élément transversal également plus court.Advantageously, said vertical elements of said assemblies which are situated on the same side with respect to said median transverse axis and which are provided with said protruding handle on the same side of said set, are of different length (or height), and each of said flanks longitudinal side of said frame comprises at least two of said slots which are superimposed so that said assemblies can cross during their longitudinal movements, and preferably said assemblies provided with said shortest vertical elements are provided with a transverse element also shorter.
Avantageusement, lesdites figurines sont reliées de manière amovible par rapport auxdits moyens de jonction desdits ensembles desdits moyens d'entraînement, et ladite tablette dudit jeu comporte une surface de jeu recouverte d'une plaque amovible interchangeable de sorte que ledit jeu permet de simuler un sport de compétition, un jeu de stratégie, un jeu de combinaison ou un spectacle.Advantageously, said figurines are removably connected with respect to said joining means of said assemblies of said driving means, and said tablet of said game comprises a playing surface covered with a removable interchangeable plate of so that said game simulates a competitive sport, a strategy game, a combination game or a show.
Avantageusement, lesdits moyens de jonction sont magnétiques, ladite tablette est amagnétique, lesdites figurines sont chacune munies dans leur embase d'au moins un aimant permanent qui peut coopérer avec un aimant permanent prévu sur ledit élément longitudinal dudit ensemble desdits moyens d'entraînement.Advantageously, said joining means are magnetic, said tablet is non-magnetic, said figures are each provided in their base with at least one permanent magnet which can cooperate with a permanent magnet provided on said longitudinal element of said set of said drive means.
Avantageusement, lesdits moyens de jonction sont mécaniques, l'embase desdites figurines est reliée audit élément longitudinal desdits moyens d'entraînement par au moins un pivot qui peut traverser ladite tablette grâce à des fentes prévues dans celle-ci.Advantageously, said joining means are mechanical, the base of said figurines is connected to said longitudinal element of said driving means by at least one pivot which can pass through said shelf by means of slots provided therein.
Avantageusement, un jeu selon l'invention comporte en outre un ensemble desdites figurines qui sont fixées sur une plaque circulaire horizontale comportant un pivot central autour duquel ladite plaque circulaire horizontale peut tourner, et un espace libre est prévu entre lesdites figurines et ladite plaque circulaire horizontale qui peut contenir une balle admise à s'échapper sous l'effet de la force centrifuge due à la rotation de ladite plaque circulaire, par des ouvertures latérales aménagées entre lesdites figurines et ladite plaque.Advantageously, a game according to the invention further comprises a set of said figurines which are fixed on a horizontal circular plate comprising a central pivot around which said horizontal circular plate can rotate, and a free space is provided between said figurines and said horizontal circular plate which may contain a ball allowed to escape under the effect of centrifugal force due to the rotation of said circular plate, by side openings arranged between said figures and said plate.
Avantageusement, ledit jeu comporte en outre des figurines ou maquettes comportant une superstructure qui peut basculer latéralement entre des guides transversaux fixés sur l'embase de ladite figurine, laquelle superstructure est susceptible de basculer lors d'un choc avec une autre desdites figurines au cours d'un déplacement desdites figurines à la surface dudit jeu.Advantageously, said set further comprises figurines or models comprising a superstructure which can tilt laterally between transverse guides fixed on the base of said figurine, which superstructure is capable of tilting during an impact with another of said figurines during 'a displacement of said figurines on the surface of said game.
Dans l'appareil conforme à l'invention, un simple coulissement de boutons de commande le long desdites fentes s'ouvrant sur les deux moitiés de la longueur de l'un au moins des deux côtés de l'appareil, provoque un déplacement équivalent des figurines sur la longueur utile du terrain de jeu (délimitée entre les deux lignes de but dans un jeu imitant un sport de compétition par équipes), tandis qu'un léger déplacement des boutons de commande dans un sens perpendiculaire aux fentes de guidage permet d'obtenir un déplacement homologue des figurines dans le sens de la largeur du jeu. Dans une variante, une rotation des boutons de commande permet d'obtenir la rotation des figurines sur la surface de jeu.In the device according to the invention, a simple sliding of control buttons along said slots opening on the two halves of the length of at least one of the two sides of the device, causes an equivalent displacement of the figurines along the useful length of the playing field (delimited between the two goal lines in a game imitating a competitive team sport), while a slight movement of the control buttons in a direction perpendicular to the guide slots allows obtain a homologous movement of the figures in the width of the game. In a variant, a rotation of the control buttons makes it possible to obtain the rotation of the figures on the playing surface.
Le résultat visé par l'invention est atteint en rattachant les figurines, mécaniquement ou magnétiquement, isolément ou par alignements, à un mécanisme comportant trois séries d'éléments répartis entre trois étages superposés horizontalement sous la surface de jeu (tablette), soit :
- dans un étage supérieur placé immédiatement sous la surface de jeu : lesdits éléments longitudinaux horizontaux et parallèles dont la longueur ne dépasse pas la moitié de la longueur de l'appareil, et auxquels sont rattachées, vers le haut, et en alternance, les figurines ou maquettes appartenant à deux équipes en présence;
- dans un étage intermédiaire situé au-dessous du précédent lesdits éléments verticaux et parallèles rattachant d'une façon orthogonale, et par l'une de leurs extrémités, lesdits éléments longitudinaux de l'étage supérieur auxdits éléments transversaux de l'étage inférieur tels que décrits ci-après ;
- dans un étage inférieur situé au-dessous du précédent lesdits éléments transversaux horizontaux et parallèles, présentant une extrémité libre terminée par un bouton de commande extérieur, lequel bouton (ou poignée) coulisse le long d'une desdites fentes de guidage ouvertes sur l'une des moitiés de la longueur de l'un au moins des deux côtés de l'appareil ;
- étant précisé que, dans les appareils imitant des sports de compétition par équipes ou des jeux de combat, les éléments transversaux ont une longueur inférieure à la moitié de la largeur de l'appareil et sont répartis, d'une façon symétrique autour de l'axe vertical fictif passant par le centre du jeu, entre quatre secteurs délimités par des plans verticaux passant par lesdits axes médians dudit jeu.
- in an upper stage placed immediately below the playing surface: said horizontal and parallel longitudinal elements the length of which does not exceed half the length of the apparatus, and to which are attached, upwards, and alternately, the figurines or models belonging to two teams present;
- in an intermediate stage situated below the preceding one, said vertical and parallel elements connecting orthogonally, and by one of their ends, said longitudinal elements of the upper stage to said transverse elements of the lower stage as described below;
- in a lower stage situated below the preceding one, said horizontal and parallel transverse elements, having a free end terminated by an external control button, which button (or handle) slides along one of said guide slots open on one halves the length of at least one of the two sides of the apparatus;
- it being specified that, in apparatus imitating competitive team sports or combat games, the transverse elements have a length less than half the width of the apparatus and are distributed symmetrically around the fictitious vertical axis passing through the center of the game, between four sectors delimited by vertical planes passing through said median axes of said game.
Bien entendu, les limites géométriques fictives évoquées ci-dessus sont concrétisées matériellement par les limitations imposées aux mouvements des éléments mobiles de l'appareil par les moyens de guidage et de soutien rattachés au bâti.Of course, the fictitious geometric limits mentioned above are concretely materialized by the limitations imposed on the movements of the mobile elements of the device by the guidance and support means attached to the frame.
Grâce à la répartition desdits moyens de transmissions sur des plans superposés, et grâce à la subdivision en deux ou quatre secteurs desdits éléments transversaux portant les boutons de commande, deux ou quatre joueurs peuvent manoeuvrer leurs figurines, simultanément, en files alternées et sur toute la longueur de la surface de jeu, et ce, sans entraîner de chocs entre les différentes pièces mobiles desdits moyens d'entraînement situées sous la surface de jeu.Thanks to the distribution of said transmission means on superimposed planes, and thanks to the subdivision into two or four sectors of said transverse elements carrying the control buttons, two or four players can maneuver their figurines, simultaneously, in alternating lines and over the whole length of the playing surface, without causing shocks between the different moving parts of said drive means located under the playing surface.
La description présente plusieurs exemples de réalisation qui se distinguent notamment par les moyens utilisés pour soutenir et guider lesdits éléments mobiles afin de les maintenir constamment parallèles à eux-mêmes au cours de leurs déplacements, faute de quoi le mécanisme se bloquerait.The description presents several exemplary embodiments which are distinguished in particular by the means used to support and guide said movable elements in order to keep them constantly parallel to themselves during their movements, failing which the mechanism would be blocked.
L'invention prévoit l'utilisation de plusieurs sortes de figurines combinées à des moyens de jonction appropriés qui peuvent être par exemple :
- des figurines magnétiques s'orientant automatiquement dans le sens de leur marche, telles que celles décrites dans le brevet français N° 1 144 513 du 23.03.1956 (Léonard);
- des figurines entraînées par des aimants rotatifs, telles que celles décrites dans le brevet US N°2 492 423 du 27.12.1949 (Gray);
- des figurines entraînées par des pivots rotatifs traversant des fentes de la surface de jeu, telles que celles décrites dans le brevet US N° 2 229 232 du 21.01.1941 (Widegren).
- magnetic figurines orienting themselves automatically in the direction of their travel, such as those described in French patent No. 1,144,513 of March 23, 1956 (Leonardo);
- figurines driven by rotating magnets, such as those described in US Patent No. 2,492,423 of December 27, 1949 (Gray);
- figurines driven by rotary pivots passing through slots in the playing surface, such as those described in US Patent No. 2,229,232 of January 21, 1941 (Widegren).
Dans les jeux nécessitant la propulsion d'une balle, ces figurines peuvent être munies d'une embase biseautée semblable à celle décrite dans le brevet FR N° 920 246 du 16.01.1940 (Vanlanthen).In games requiring the propulsion of a ball, these figurines can be provided with a beveled base similar to that described in patent FR No. 920 246 of 16.01.1940 (Vanlanthen).
Enfin, l'invention est complétée par plusieurs dispositifs originaux qui permettent d'adapter un même appareil aux règles particulières des différents sports, jeux ou spectacles imités.Finally, the invention is completed by several original devices which make it possible to adapt the same device to the particular rules of the various sports, games or imitated shows.
Les nombreux avantages procurés par l'invention seront mieux compris au travers de la description suivante qui se réfère aux dessins annexés qui illustrent, sans aucun caractère limitatif, des modes de particularisation de jeu de figurines selon l'invention.The numerous advantages provided by the invention will be better understood through the following description which refers to the appended drawings which illustrate, without any limiting character, modes of particularization of game of figurines according to the invention.
La figure 1 est une vue en perspective simplifiée d'un premier mode de réalisation d'ensemble de moyens d'entraînement selon l'invention.Figure 1 is a simplified perspective view of a first embodiment of the assembly of drive means according to the invention.
La figure 2 illustre par une vue en perspective sensiblement à la même échelle qu'à la figure 1, un bâti d'un jeu selon l'invention qui peut être utilisé en coopération avec les ensembles de moyens d'entraînement de la figure 1.FIG. 2 illustrates by a perspective view substantially on the same scale as in FIG. 1, a frame of a game according to the invention which can be used in cooperation with the sets of drive means of FIG. 1.
La figure 3 illustre de la même façon qu'à la figure 1 un deuxième mode de réalisation desdits ensembles de moyens d'entraînement selon l'invention.Figure 3 illustrates in the same way as in Figure 1 a second embodiment of said sets of drive means according to the invention.
La figure 4 illustre de la même façon qu'à la figure 1 un troisième mode de réalisation desdits ensembles de moyens d'entraînement selon l'invention.Figure 4 illustrates in the same way as in Figure 1 a third embodiment of said sets of drive means according to the invention.
La figure 5 illustre de la même façon qu'à la figure 1 un quatrième mode de réalisation desdits ensembles de moyens d'entraînement selon l'invention.Figure 5 illustrates in the same way as in Figure 1 a fourth embodiment of said sets of drive means according to the invention.
La figure 6 illustre en coupe longitudinale partielle un mode particulier de réalisation d'un jeu selon l'invention.Figure 6 illustrates in partial longitudinal section a particular embodiment of a game according to the invention.
La figure 7 illustre en coupe transversale un autre mode de réalisation d'un jeu selon l'invention.Figure 7 illustrates in cross section another embodiment of a game according to the invention.
La figure 8 illustre en coupe transversale un autre mode de réalisation d'un jeu selon l'invention.Figure 8 illustrates in cross section another embodiment of a game according to the invention.
La figure 9 illustre en vue en plan partielle, un mode particulier de réalisation des moyens d'entraînement et du bâti selon l'invention.Figure 9 illustrates in partial plan view, a particular embodiment of the drive means and the frame according to the invention.
Les figures 10a,10b,11a,11b,12a,12b,13a,13b,14a,14b illustrent en coupes et en plans certains détails de réalisation de figurines utilisées avec des jeux selon l'invention.Figures 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 14a, 14b illustrate in sections and plans some details of embodiment of figurines used with games according to the invention.
Sur la figure 1, on a représenté situés à l'intérieur d'un bâti 9 dont l'enveloppe est représentée en pointillé , plusieurs moyens d'entraînement d'un jeu de figurines mobiles selon l'invention.In Figure 1, there are shown located inside a
Pour améliorer la clarté de cette figure, un seul ensemble a été dessiné complètement, les autres ensembles étant dessinés partiellement.To improve the clarity of this figure, a single set has been drawn completely, the other sets being drawn partially.
On voit sur la figure 1 que selon l'invention un ensemble de moyens d'entraînement comporte dans ce mode de réalisation deux éléments longitudinaux 11₆ et 11₈ sensiblement parallèles, qui comportent chacun sur leur face supérieure des moyens de jonction 1 avec des figurines.We see in Figure 1 that according to the invention a set of drive means comprises in this embodiment two longitudinal elements 11₆ and 11₈ substantially parallel, which each have on their upper face connecting means 1 with figurines.
On voit que chacun desdits éléments longitudinaux 11₆, 11₈ est relié par l'intermédiaire d'un élément vertical 14, de façon rigide, à un élément transversal 12, qui peut coulisser dans un coulisseau transversal 16, lequel coulisseau transversal 16 est lui-même monté dans ce mode de réalisation par l'intermédiaire d'une deuxième entretoise verticale 17 sur un support qui peut coulisser lui-même à l'intérieur d'un coulisseau longitudinal 18 qui s'étend sensiblement sur toute la longueur dudit bâti; on voit sur cette figure que le jeu et ledit bâti sont dotés d'un axe transversal médian M3-M4 et d'un axe longitudinal médian M1-M2. On voit également que lesdits éléments longitudinaux s'étendent parallèlement et sont espacés de façon sensiblement régulière selon ladite direction longitudinale dudit jeu.We see that each of said longitudinal elements 11₆, 11₈ is connected via a
Pour des raisons de clarté, on a représenté uniquement pour l'ensemble décrit ci-dessus, lesdits éléments verticaux et transversaux et les moyens de guidage correspondants, qui n'ont pas été représentés pour les autres éléments longitudinaux repérés 11₁ à 11₅ et 11₇ qui sont représentés sur cette figure.For reasons of clarity, there has been shown only for the assembly described above, said vertical and transverse elements and the corresponding guide means, which have not been shown for the other longitudinal elements marked 11₁ to 11₅ and 11₇ which are shown in this figure.
On comprendra néanmoins aisément que dans ce mode de réalisation, lesdits éléments longitudinaux 11₁ et 11₃ sont eux-mêmes reliés à un élément transversal qui peut être actionné par une poignée située du côté opposé audit jeu par rapport à l'observateur regardant cette figure, de même que les éléments longitudinaux 11₂ et 11₄ sont reliés à un autre élément transversal non représenté et doté d'une poignée de commande également non représentée, de même que lesdits éléments longitudinaux 11₅ et 11₇ sont eux même reliés à un élément transversal identique audit élément 12, et relié à une poignée identique à la poignée 13 et situé du même côté que celle-ci par rapport audit jeu; on voit que selon l'invention et grâce aux moyens de coulissement longitudinal qui sont prévus pour chacun desdits ensembles desdits moyens d'entraînement desdites figurines, chacun desdits ensembles peut coulisser grâce à une fente 6 prévue dans les flancs longitudinaux latéraux dudit bâti qui permet le coulissement de ladite poignée de commande reliée audit élément transversal 12 de sorte que, lors de ce mouvement, lesdits éléments longitudinaux peuvent se croiser et de sorte que les figurines qui sont entraînées par l'intermédiaire desdits moyens de jonction pourront également se croiser; avantageusement, la distance 53 mesurée selon un axe longitudinal dudit jeu qui constitue la course possible pour lesdits éléments desdits moyens d'entraînement, permet à chacun desdits moyens de jonction et donc à chacune desdites figurines de parcourir une distance qui peut être sensiblement égale à la moitié de la longueur dudit jeu; par ailleurs, du fait de la possibilité de coulissement transversal dudit élément transversal 12 par rapport audit coulisseau transversal 16 qui peut s'effectuer sur une course 54 correspondant sensiblement à la largeur desdites bandes ou desdites travées dans lesquelles peuvent se déplacer lesdites figurines, on peut grâce à l'invention obtenir un mouvement équivalent de ces figurines.It will nevertheless be readily understood that in this embodiment, said longitudinal elements 11₁ and 11₃ are themselves connected to a transverse element which can be actuated by a handle situated on the side opposite to said clearance relative to the observer looking at this figure, from same as the
On voit à la figure 2 que dans le mode de réalisation du bâti 9 correspondant aux éléments desdits moyens d'entraînement de la figure 1, ledit bâti comporte lesdites fentes 6 aménagées dans lesdites parois longitudinales latérales dudit bâti et comporte avantageusement une traverse médiane 7 sur laquelle reposent des cornières 15 qui ont avantageusement un profil en U, qui s'étendent sensiblement sur une longueur égale à la moitié de la longueur dudit bâti et qui présentent une face pleine sur leur dite longueur et qui sont disposées de façon alternée de part et d'autre dudit axe transversal médian M3-M4, lorsque l'on se déplace le long de celui-ci.We see in Figure 2 that in the embodiment of the
Sur la figure 3, on a représenté d'une façon similaire à la figure 1, un autre mode de réalisation desdits ensembles desdits moyens d'entraînement; on voit que dans ce mode de réalisation, chacun desdits ansembles (dont un seul est entièrement représenté sur cette figure afin d'améliorer la clarté de celle-ci) comporte ledit élément longitudinal 28 qui est réalisé par une poutre ayant sensiblement un profil en U et qui est relié à une entretoise verticale 27 qui est sensiblement une poutre de même profil que ledit élément longitudinal 28; ledit élément vertical 27 est lui-même relié rigidement à un coulisseau transversal externe 26 qui s'étend parallèlement audit axe transversal médian M3 M4; dans ce mode de réalisation, une tringle ou barre longitudinale 21 est prévue, qui peut coulisser transversalement à l'intérieur dudit profil en U dudit élément longitudinal 28, laquelle tringle 21 porte lesdits moyens de jonction 1 permettant l'entraînement desdites figurines, laquelle barre ou profilé 21 s'étendant selon un axe longitudinal parallèle audit axe M1-M2 et est reliée rigidement à une barre verticale 24 sensiblement de même profil que ladite barre 21, qui peut elle-même coulisser transversalement dans ledit profil 27; on voit que deux desdites barres verticales 24 peuvent être reliées rigidement à une tringle transversale interne 22 qui peut coulisser transversalement à l'intérieur dudit coulisseau transversal 26; on voit également qu'une poignée 13 est prévue à l'extrémité de ladite tringle transversale de manière à permettre la manipulation desdits moyens d'entraînement par lesdits joueurs; ladite tringle transversale 22 traverse lesdites faces latérales longitudinales dudit bâti 9 grâce auxdites fentes prévues dans celles-ci, ce qui permet le déplacement desdits ensembles desdits moyens d'entraînement de figurines sur lesdites longueurs 53 de déplacement longitudinal et qui permet également le déplacement desdites barres 21. 24, 22 d'une course transversale 54 par rapport auxdits éléments 28, 27, 26, ce qui permet le mouvement desdites figurines selon lesdites directions transversales et longitudinales.In Figure 3, there is shown in a similar manner to Figure 1, another embodiment of said sets of said drive means; it can be seen that in this embodiment, each of said assemblies (only one of which is entirely shown in this figure in order to improve the clarity thereof) comprises said
A la figure 4 sont représentés des ensembles de moyens d'entraînement selon l'invention ayant une structure semblable à ceux représentés à la figure 3 mais dans lesquels à chacune desdites poignées 23 est associée une seule barre longitudinale 21 portant lesdits moyens de jonction 1 avec lesdites figurines; on voit que dans ce mode de réalisation, un premier ensemble de moyens d'entraînement comporte ledit élément longitudinal 28₁, ledit élément vertical 27₁, ledit élément transversal externe 26₁ et que ladite barre longitudinale 21₁ peut coulisser transversalement par rapport audit élément longitudinal 28₁ que ladite barre 21₁ est liée rigidement à ladite barre 24₁ qui est liée à ladite barre transversale 22₁, à une extrémité de laquelle est située ladite poignée 23₁; on voit qu'un deuxième ensemble de moyens d'entraînement comportant ladite poignée 23₂, ladite tringle transversale interne 22₂, et ledit élément longitudinal 28₂ dans lequel peut coulisser une barre longitudinale 21₂ est également prévu, les deux ensembles desdits moyens d'entraînement décrits ci-dessus étant situés d'un même côté dudit axe longitudinal médian dudit jeu, lesdits éléments verticaux et transversaux desdits deux ensembles étant de valeur différente, ledit ensemble muni des moyens repérés avec un indice 1 étant muni desdits éléments verticaux et transversaux de plus grande dimension que ledit deuxième ensemble muni des moyens repérés avec un indice 2 sur cette figure; on voit également que deux desdites fentes 6₁ et 6₂ sont prévues qui permettent respectivement le passage au travers dudit flanc longitudinal latéral dudit bâti, desdites tiges transversales 22₁ et 22₂ et qui permettent le coulissement longitudinal de ces tiges et desdits ensembles de moyens d'entraînement correspondants, et qui permettent aussi l'action sur lesdits moyens d'entraînement par lesdites poignées 23₁ et 23₂.In Figure 4 are shown sets of drive means according to the invention having a structure similar to those shown in Figure 3 but in which each of said handles 23 is associated with a single longitudinal bar 21 carrying said connecting means 1 with said figurines; we see that in this embodiment, a first set of drive means comprises said longitudinal element 28₁, said vertical element 27₁, said external transverse element 26₁ and that said longitudinal bar 21₁ can slide transversely relative to said longitudinal element 28₁ as said bar 21₁ is rigidly connected to said bar 24₁ which is linked to said transverse bar 22₁, at one end of which is located said handle 23₁; it can be seen that a second set of drive means comprising said handle 23₂, said internal transverse rod 22₂, and said longitudinal element 28₂ in which a longitudinal bar 21₂ can slide is also provided, the two sets of said drive means described below above, being situated on the same side of said median longitudinal axis of said set, said vertical and transverse elements of said two assemblies being of different value, said assembly provided with means marked with an index 1 being provided with said vertical and transverse elements of larger dimension that said second assembly provided with means identified with an index 2 in this figure; we also see that two of said slots 6₁ and 6₂ are provided which respectively allow passage through said lateral longitudinal flank of said frame, said transverse rods 22₁ and 22₂ and which allow the longitudinal sliding of these rods and said sets of corresponding drive means , and that also allow action on said drive means by said handles 23₁ and 23₂.
A la figure 5, on a représenté un autre mode de réalisation desdits ensembles desdits moyens d'entraînement de figurines, dans lesquels deux ensembles représentés en bas à gauche sur cette figure sont munis d'éléments verticaux et transversaux de longueurs différentes de façon à permettre leur mouvement relatif et leur croisement lors de leurs déplacements longitudinaux, dans lesquels ledit élément longitudinal supérieur qui constitue un genre de berceau 38 est muni d'aimants rotatifs 45 qui sont fixés sur un support pouvant tourner par rapport à un axe sensiblement vertical ainsi que l'indiquent les flèches sur cette figure, lesdits supports rotatifs 45 pouvant être entraînés en rotation grâce à des courroies 31 sensiblement horizontales s'étendant d'une façon générale selon ledit axe longitudinal dudit jeu, lesquelles courroies 31 peuvent être mises en déplacement par l'intermédiaire de poulies de renvoi situées à l'intérieur desdits éléments verticaux constitués ici par une entretoise externe 37 creuse, de profil sensiblement carré, lesquelles courroies peuvent également être mises en mouvement grâce à une poignée rotative 33 qui peut mettre en rotation une tringle transversale rotative 32; on voit sur cette figure que chacun desdits éléments supérieurs 38 est relié rigidement par son extrémité arrière 38a auxdites entretoises verticales 37, laquelle entretoise verticale est reliée à un coulisseau transversal 36 qui entoure en partie au moins ladite tringle rotative transversale 32, et que l'extrémité libre 38b desdits berceaux longitudinaux 38 de deux ensembles situés dans lesdites travées (ou bandes) longitudinales adjacentes, peuvent se croiser lors de leurs mouvements longitudinaux selon les flèches F1 et F2.In Figure 5, there is shown another embodiment of said sets of said figurine drive means, in which two sets shown below left in this figure are provided with vertical and transverse elements of different lengths so as to allow their relative movement and their crossing during their longitudinal displacements, in which said upper longitudinal element which constitutes a kind of cradle 38 is provided with rotary magnets 45 which are fixed on a support which can rotate relative to a substantially vertical axis as well as the 'indicate the arrows in this figure, said rotary supports 45 being able to be driven in rotation by virtue of substantially horizontal belts 31 extending generally along said longitudinal axis of said set, which belts 31 can be moved by the intermediate return pulleys located inside said verti elements blocks formed here by a hollow external spacer 37, of substantially square profile, which belts can also be set in motion by means of a rotary handle 33 which can rotate a rotary transverse rod 32; it can be seen in this figure that each of said upper elements 38 is rigidly connected by its rear end 38a to said vertical spacers 37, which vertical spacer is connected to a transverse slide 36 which partially surrounds at least said transverse rotary rod 32, and that the free end 38b of said longitudinal cradles 38 of two sets located in said adjacent longitudinal spans (or bands), can cross during their longitudinal movements according to arrows F1 and F2.
Dans l'exemple de réalisation représenté à la figure 6 et vu en perspective à la figure 1, on observe :
- les tringles longitudinales 11 placées immédiatement sous la surface de jeu amagnétique 19, et en contact constant avec cette surface;
- les tringles transversales 12, dont l'extrémité extérieure se termine par les boutons de commande manuels 13;
- les tringles verticales 14 reliant, d'une façon rigide et orthogonale, l'une des extrémités des tringles 11
aux tringles 12; - les aimants permanents 1 affleurant à la face supérieure des tringles 11, et en contact constant avec la surface de jeu 19 de façon à entraîner les aimants permanents cylindriques 2 posés sur la surface de jeu;
- les embases 3 des figurines, ces embases comportant à l'avant (comme illustré Figure 10) une alvéole dans laquelle est logé librement
un aimant 2 retenu par une collerette circulaire 4, et comportant à l'arrière, un lest 5 dont l'effet est d'augmenter l'adhérence de la face arrière de l'embase sur la surface de jeu; cette disposition a pour but d'obliger les figurines ou maquettes à s'orienter automatiquement dans le sens de leur marche 6₁ et ce, en tournant librement autour de l'aimant tracteur 2 à la manière d'une remorque autour de son pivot d'amarrage selon les flèches 6₂; - les fentes 6 ouvertes sur chacun des côtés du jeu, et sur la moitié de la longueur du bâti 9, pour guider le coulissement des boutons (non représentés);
- les cornières fixes 15 en U supportant les tringles
mobiles 11, étant remarqué qu'à leur position de départ représentée à la figure 6, les tringles 11 ne posent sur les cornières 15 que par leur extrémité libre; la traverse médiane 7 supportant les cornières fixes 15, celles-ci s'ouvrant sous la ligne de centre de la surface de jeu pour se terminer, alternativement, à l'une ou l'autre des extrémités du bâti 9.
- the
longitudinal rods 11 placed immediately under thenon-magnetic playing surface 19, and in constant contact with this surface; - the
transverse rods 12, the outer end of which ends with themanual control buttons 13; - the
vertical rods 14 connecting, rigidly and orthogonally, one of the ends of therods 11 to therods 12; - the
permanent magnets 1 flush with the upper face of therods 11, and in constant contact with the playingsurface 19 so as to drive the cylindricalpermanent magnets 2 placed on the playing surface; - the
bases 3 of the figurines, these bases comprising at the front (as illustrated in FIG. 10) a cell in which is freely housed amagnet 2 retained by acircular collar 4, and comprising at the rear, aballast 5 whose effect is to increase the adhesion of the rear face of the base on the playing surface; the purpose of this arrangement is to force the figurines or models to orient themselves automatically in the direction of their 6₁ travel and this, by freely rotating around thetractor magnet 2 in the manner of a trailer around its pivot mooring according toarrows 6₂; - the
slots 6 open on each side of the game, and on half the length of theframe 9, to guide the sliding of the buttons (not shown); - the fixed
angles 15 in U supporting themovable rods 11, it being noted that in their starting position shown in FIG. 6, therods 11 only rest on theangles 15 by their free end; - the
middle cross member 7 supporting the fixed angles 15, these opening under the center line of the playing surface to end, alternately, at one or the other of the ends of theframe 9.
On remarque que la longueur des tringles longitudinales 11 n'excède pas la moitié de la longueur du bâti 9 et que, comme cela est visible sur la Figure 1, la longueur des tringles transversales 12 n'excède pas la moitié de la largeur de ce bâti.Note that the length of the
D'autre part, la Figure 1 montre également que la largeur interne des cornières fixes 15 est au moins deux fois plus importante que la largeur externe des tringles longitudinales 11, ce qui permet à celles-ci de se déplacer transversalement à l'intérieur des cornières longitudinales 15.On the other hand, Figure 1 also shows that the internal width of the fixed angles 15 is at least twice as large as the external width of the
Dans cette disposition, il est nécessaire , pour éviter le blocage du mécanisme, d'astreindre les tringles 11 ainsi que les tringles 12 et 14 à demeurer constamment parallèles à elles-mêmes au cours de leurs déplacements en utilisant, par exemple, un système de guidage comportant
- des coulisseaux transversaux 16 guidant lesdites tringles transversales 12;
- des coulisseaux longitudinaux 18 fixés au fond du bâti 9 pour servir de guides aux flèches longitudinales 8;
- des entretoises verticales 17 reliant lesdits coulisseaux 16 auxdites flèches longitudinales 8.
- transverse slides 16 guiding said
transverse rods 12; -
longitudinal slides 18 fixed to the bottom of theframe 9 to serve as guides to thelongitudinal arrows 8; -
vertical spacers 17 connecting saidslides 16 to saidlongitudinal arrows 8.
Dans cette réalisation, l'épaisseur desdites cornières 15 et de la traverse 7 détermine la hauteur minimum des tringles verticales 14, lesquelles peuvent donc être réduites à des jonctions extrêmement courtes, sans pour autant être totalement supprimées.In this embodiment, the thickness of said
Par ailleurs, l'absence de tout espace libre sous la surface de jeu exige, pour imiter un sport requérant un gardien de but, l'utilisation de poteaux de but extérieurs 41 équipés chacun d'un mannequin basculant 42 qui peut être manoeuvré par des boutons.Furthermore, the absence of any free space under the playing surface requires, in order to imitate a sport requiring a goalkeeper, the use of
Dans un autre exemple de réalisation, qui comporte deux variantes représentées Fig.4 d'une part et Fig.7 et 9 d'autre part, on observe, par comparaison avec le premier exemple de réalisation, que les tringles mobiles 11,12 et 14 ont été, chacune, dédoublées comme suit :
- les tringles longitudinales 11 sont remplacées par des tringles internes 21 admises à se déplacer latéralement (transversalement) à l'intérieur des berceaux longitudinaux 28, en forme de cornières en U;
- les tringles transversales 12 sont remplacées par des tringles internes 22 guidées à l'intérieur de coulisseaux transversaux 26;
- les tringles verticales 14 sont remplacées par des tringles internes 24 reliant les tringles internes 21
et 22, et par des tringles externes 27 reliant les berceaux 28aux coulisseaux 26.
- the
longitudinal rods 11 are replaced byinternal rods 21 allowed to move laterally (transversely) inside thelongitudinal cradles 28, in the form of U-shaped angles; - the
transverse rods 12 are replaced byinternal rods 22 guided inside oftransverse slides 26; - the
vertical rods 14 are replaced byinternal rods 24 connecting the 21 and 22, and byinternal rods external rods 27 connecting thecradles 28 to theslides 26.
Dans cette disposition, les berceaux longitudinaux 28 coulissent entre des cornières fixes 25 en T renversé - ou en I - lesquelles remplacent les cornières fixes 15 en U. Ces cornières 25 s'étendent sur toute la longueur du bâti 9 et sont soutenues en leur milieu par la traverse 7. Le fait que les cornières 25 soutiennent les berceaux 28 sur toute leur longueur permet de réduire sensiblement la longueur des berceaux 28 et des tringles 21, par rapport à la longueur des tringles 11, de façon à placer, à chaque extrémité du bâti, un bouton rotatif 44 commandant soit un aimant rotatif 45, soit un manchon rotatif destiné à faire tourner sur elle-même une figurine à l'image d'un gardien de but, telle que celle représentée figure 11.In this arrangement, the
D'autre part, la largeur interne desdits berceaux 28 est au moins deux fois plus importante que la largeur externe desdites tringles 21, tandis que la largeur externe de ces berceaux 28 est égale à l'espacement existant entre deux desdites cornières fixes repères 25 des figures 7 et 9 contigües.On the other hand, the internal width of said cradles 28 is at least twice as large as the external width of said
Grâce à cette disposition, lesdites tringles mobiles 22, 26 et 27 sont astreintes à demeurer constamment parallèles à elles-mêmes au cours de leurs déplacements. En effet, le rôle dévolu auxdits coulisseaux repérés 16 et 18 de la figure 6, est rempli ici respectivement, par lesdits coulisseaux 26 et par lesdites cornières 25.Thanks to this arrangement, said
Cette particularité permet, dans une variante, de commander toutes les figurines de chaque aile de chaque équipe par un bouton unique (repère 13 de la figure 3) et, dans une seconde variante, de commander chaque file de figurines par un bouton individuel (repère 23 de la figure 4).This feature allows, in a variant, to order all the figurines of each wing of each team by a single button (
Par comparaison, le premier exemple de réalisation (figure 1) ne permet qu'une commande groupée des figurines de chacune des ailes de chaque équipe.By comparison, the first exemplary embodiment (FIG. 1) allows only a group order of the figurines of each of the wings of each team.
Dans le troisième exemple de réalisation de la figure 8, lequel est représenté en perspective à la figure 5, on observe, par comparaison avec l'exemple de réalisation des figures 4, 7 et 9, que lesdites tringles externes 26, 27, 28 ont été remplacées respectivement par lesdits coulisseaux 36, lesdites entretoises 37 et les berceaux 38, à l'intérieur desquels sont logées des transmissions mécaniques telles que, notamment :
- des arbres rotatifs transversaux 32 commandés par des boutons 33, remplaçant les tringles coulissantes 22 commandées par les boutons 23;
- des doubles rappels d'angle verticaux comportant soit des systèmes de poulies à courroies verticales 34, soit des couples de pignons coniques 10 calés sur des arbres verticaux 20, pour remplacer les tringles 24;
- des trains de poulies à courroies horizontales 31, remplaçant les tringles longitudinales internes 21, pour entraîner la rotation des aimants (
repère 45 de la figure 5), ou des manchons rotatifs femelles.
- transverse
rotary shafts 32 controlled bybuttons 33, replacing the slidingrods 22 controlled by thebuttons 23; - double vertical angle recalls comprising either pulley systems with vertical belts 34, or pairs of bevel gears 10 wedged on vertical shafts 20, to replace the
rods 24; - trains of pulleys with
horizontal belts 31, replacing the internallongitudinal rods 21, to drive the rotation of the magnets (reference 45 of FIG. 5), or of the rotary female sleeves.
Les aimants 45 peuvent être indifféremment constitués par un seul aimant Nord/Sud ou par deux aimants Nord/Sud et Sud/Nord accolés (figure 11) pour entraîner des aimants à aimantation complémentaire 47 logés dans les embases des figurines et disposés dans leur axe de rotation.The
La rotation et les déplacements rectilignes des aimants 45 et 47 de part et d'autre de la surface de jeu amagnétique 19 sont facilités par des petites pastilles cylindriques 48 intercalées entre lesdits aimants et la surface de jeu, et disposées selon l'axe de rotation de ces aimants. En effet, l'expérimentation démontre que ces pastilles réduisent considérablement le freinage occasionné par l'adhérence et le frottement des aimants 45/47 de part et d'autre de la surface de jeu 19.The rotation and the rectilinear displacements of the
Bien entendu, l'utilisation des manchons rotatifs femelles dans lesquels sont engagés les pivots 49 des figurines telles que celles représentées figure 12, requiert une surface de jeu 39 coupée de fentes 40 ouvertes sur toute la longueur du jeu.Of course, the use of female rotary sleeves in which the
Dans les exemples de réalisation des figures 1, 3, 4 et 5, le déplacement longitudinal desdites figurines ou maquettes sur toute la longueur utile 51 de la surface de jeu comprise entre les limites 52 est obtenue par un simple coulissement 53 desdits boutons 13, 23, 33, le long desdites fentes de guidage 6.In the exemplary embodiments of Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5, the longitudinal displacement of said figurines or models over the entire
On observe que ladite longueur utile 51 est approximativement égale à ladite longueur 53 desdites fentes de guidage 6 augmentée de la longueur 58 des files de figurines, ce qui permet à celles-ci de parcourir la totalité de la longueur du terrain de sport représenté sur le jeu. Les espaces libres à chaque extrémité de l'appareil sont occupés par les compteurs de points 59 habituellement utilisés dans ce genre de jeux.It is observed that said
Dans des premiers exemples de réalisation, le déplacement latéral 54 des figurines, sur toute la largeur des couloirs longitudinaux délimités par les cornières fixes 15,25, est obtenu par un mouvement transversal équivalent 54 des boutons de commande 13 ou 23.In first embodiments, the
Dans un autre exemple de réalisation, le déplacement latéral 54 des figurines est remplacé par une rotation 56 des figurines sur elles-mêmes, obtenue au moyen d'une rotation 57 des boutons de commande 33.In another exemplary embodiment, the
La figure 6 montre comment les figurines progressent selon les flèches 61, tout en s'orientant automatiquement dans le sens de leur marche selon les flèches 62, et comment les figurines peuvent propulser une balle 60 par une succession de passes.FIG. 6 shows how the figurines progress according to the
Dans les appareils représentés sur les dessins, chacune des ailes de chaque équipe comporte deux files de trois jonctions magnétiques ou mécaniques chacune, mais il serait possible d'utiliser trois ou même quatre files de deux ou trois jonctions chacune. Ces files de jonction seraient commandées soit par un bouton unique, soit par deux boutons contrôlant chacun une ou deux files, soit par trois ou quatre boutons contrôlant chacun une seule file de jonctions. Dans ce dernier cas, trois ou quatre fentes de guidage 6 seraient superposées sur chacune des moitiés des côtés du bâti 9, ce qui nécessiterait de préférence un appareil monté sur pieds à la façon d'un billard.In the devices shown in the drawings, each of the wings of each team has two rows of three magnetic or mechanical junctions each, but it would be possible to use three or even four rows of two or three junctions each. These junction queues would be controlled either by a single button, or by two buttons each controlling one or two queues, or by three or four buttons each controlling a single junction queue. In the latter case, three or four
Bien entendu, le nombre réglementaire de figurines convenant à chaque jeu ou sport imité sera obtenu, dans des appareils comprenant, par exemple 12, 16, 18 ou 24 jonctions par équipe, en laissant inemployées un certain nombre de ces jonctions.Of course, the statutory number of figurines suitable for each game or imitated sport will be obtained, in devices comprising, for example 12, 16, 18 or 24 junctions per team, leaving a number of these junctions unused.
Il est évident que des figurines telles que celles présentées figures 10a,10b,11a,11b et 12a,12b peuvent être réalisées à l'image de personnages divers, notamment des joueurs de football (ou rugby, football américain, hockey), des guerriers, grenadiers, majorettes, athlètes, coureurs, danseurs.It is obvious that figurines such as those presented in Figures 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b and 12a, 12b can be made in the image of various characters, in particular football players (or rugby, American football, hockey), warriors , grenadiers, majorettes, athletes, runners, dancers.
De même, des maquettes telles que celles présentées figures 13a,13b et 14a,14b peuvent être également réalisées à l'image de voitures, navires, engins motorisés, robots, vaisseaux spatiaux, animaux réels ou monstres imaginaires...Similarly, models such as those presented in Figures 13a, 13b and 14a, 14b can also be produced in the image of cars, ships, motorized vehicles, robots, spaceships, real animals or imaginary monsters ...
Généralement, les jeux connus sont conçus pour simuler un seul sport de compétition, par exemple le football, à l'exclusion de tout autre jeu. Dans ce cas, la surface de jeu (tablette) fixe 19 ou 39 pourrait être directement imprimée aux lignes réglementaires du sport à imiter.Generally, known games are designed to simulate a single competitive sport, for example football, to the exclusion of all other game. In this case, the fixed playing surface (tablet) 19 or 39 could be directly printed on the regulatory lines of the sport to be imitated.
Afin de permettre aux joueurs de simuler, à volonté, l'un quelconque de plusieurs jeux ou sports, l'invention propose un appareil, tel que celui des figures 6, 7 et 8, dans lequel la surface de jeu fixe 19 ou 39, qui ne porte aucun lignage ou signe distinctif, peut être recouverte par une plaque amovible 29, ces plaques étant rangées au repos dans un magasin 30.In order to allow players to simulate, at will, any one of several games or sports, the invention provides an apparatus, such as that of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, in which the fixed playing
Il est évident que les surfaces de jeu amagnétiques 19 nécessitent des plaques amovibles amagnétiques, tandis que les surfaces de jeu à fentes 39 exigent des plaques amovibles percées de fentes superposables aux fentes 40 des surfaces de jeu 39.It is obvious that the non-magnetic playing surfaces 19 require non-magnetic removable plates, while the slotted playing
Dans les jeux de société simulant des luttes ou combats, l'invention prévoit l'utilisation de maquettes en deux parties telles que celles présentées figures 13a,13b et 14a,14b. Ces maquettes comportent, par exemple, une infrastructure 82 (cheval) ou 83 (char d'assaut), et une superstructure 84 (cavalier) ou 85 (tourelle). La superstructure peut basculer latéralement entre des guides transversaux 86 (selle) ou 87 (berceau de la tourelle), ces guides empêchant au contraire tout basculement vers l'avant ou vers l'arrière. De cette façon, le jeu consiste, voir figures 13a,13b et 14a,14b, à manoeuvrer une maquette, par exemple celle de gauche, de façon à frapper latéralement la superstructure d'une maquette adverse, celle de droite, au moyen de la lance 88 ou du canon 89, dont la longueur dépasse sensiblement l'extrémité antérieure de l'infrastructure.In board games simulating struggles or combats, the invention provides for the use of two-part models such as those presented in FIGS. 13a, 13b and 14a, 14b. These models include, for example, an infrastructure 82 (horse) or 83 (tank), and a superstructure 84 (rider) or 85 (turret). The superstructure can tilt laterally between transverse guides 86 (saddle) or 87 (cradle of the turret), these guides on the contrary preventing any tilting forwards or backwards. In this way, the game consists, see FIGS. 13a, 13b and 14a, 14b, of maneuvering a model, for example the one on the left, so as to strike laterally the superstructure of an opposing model, the one on the right, by means of the
Les appareils conformes à l'invention peuvent être également utilisés à la manière de scènes de marionnettes, dans lesquels lesdits boutons de commande ainsi que lesdites fentes de guidage seront regroupés d'un seul côté dudit bâti.The devices according to the invention can also be used in the manner of puppet scenes, in which said control buttons as well as said guide slots will be grouped on one side of said frame.
Par rapport aux exemples présentés, cette disposition revient à réduire l'appareil à l'une de ses moitiés , délimitée par un plan vertical passant par la médiane longitudinale du jeu. Dans ce cas, les éléments mobiles sous le jeu ne sont plus disposés symétriquement par rapport à un axe vertical passant par le centre de l'appareil, mais par rapport à un plan vertical passant par la médiane transversale du jeu.Compared to the examples presented, this arrangement amounts to reducing the device to one of its halves, delimited by a vertical plane passing through the longitudinal median of the game. In this case, the mobile elements under the game are no longer symmetrically arranged. with respect to a vertical axis passing through the center of the device, but with respect to a vertical plane passing through the transverse median of the game.
D'autre part, pour réaliser des appareils autorisant une commande individuelle de chacune des files de figurines appartenant à chaque aile de chaque équipe, le mécanisme conforme à l'invention permet d'utiliser autant de boutons de commande 23, 33 qu'il est nécessaire (voir figures 4,5,7 et 8), ces boutons coulissant dans des fentes 6 étagées, de haut en bas, sur les côtés du bâti 9, dans l'ordre où sont placées ces files de figurines à partir du bord latéral et jusqu'à la médiane longitudinale de la surface de jeu, ce qui exclut tout chevauchement entre les éléments verticaux 24, 27, 34 et 37 et les éléments transversaux 22, 26, 32 et 36, illustrés figures 4,5,7 et 8.On the other hand, to make apparatuses allowing individual control of each of the lines of figurines belonging to each wing of each team, the mechanism according to the invention makes it possible to use as
Enfin, pour réaliser des appareils simulant le football américain, le terrain de jeu sera avantageusement équipé, sur l'un de ses côtés (comme illustré figure 8), d'une règle graduée 66 coulissant dans un carter fixe 68 pour assurer un numérotage amovible des lignes du terrain; sur l'autre côté (comme illustré figures 8 et 9), d'une coulisse 71/72 portant une flèche indicatrice 73 pour suivre la progression de la balle et des équipes au cours des phases successives du jeu.Finally, to produce devices simulating American football, the playing field will be advantageously equipped, on one of its sides (as illustrated in FIG. 8), with a graduated
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- Game with movable figurines which can move over a substantially horizontal board, said game and said board having a median longitudinal axis (M1-M2) and a median transverse axis (M3-M4), said figurines being movable within strips by virtue of driving means arranged under said board, which driving means comprise at least one handle (13, 23, 33) protruding with respect to the lateral longitudinal flanks of the frame (9) of said game, said driving means comprising means for joining them to said figurines, and comprising at least two assemblies which can be moved by players actuating said handles, each one of which assemblies comprises at least one rigid vertical element (14, 27, 37) and at least one rigid transverse element (12, 26, 36) characterized in that said figurines move inside longitudinal strips, said assemblies move in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis and comprise at least one rigid longitudinal element (11, 28, 38), said longitudinal, vertical and transverse elements of one of said assemblies are rigidly connected together and said flanks comprise at least one slot (6) which allows the longitudinal movement of said assemblies over a distance (53) whose value is close to and substantially less than half the length of said frame, and said frame comprises means for the longitudinal guidance of said assemblies.
- Game according to claim 1, characterized in that said guidance means comprise longitudinal angle irons (25) which are regularly spaced and which delimit between them spans in which said longitudinal elements can slide, and in that each of said longitudinal elements is connected by a rear end (38a) to said vertical element, and in that in each of said spans there is arranged one of said longitudinal elements in such a manner that in two adjacent spans, the free ends (38b) of the corresponding longitudinal elements can pass each other during the longitudinal movement of said corresponding assemblies.
- Game according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said assembly comprises at least one internal longitudinal link rod (21) which can move in a direction transversal to said game with respect to an external longitudinal cradle which constitutes said longitudinal element (28), which longitudinal link rod is rigidly connected to at least one internal vertical spacing piece (24) which can move in said transversal direction with respect to an external vertical spacing piece which constitutes said vertical element (27), which internal vertical spacing piece is rigidly connected to at least one transverse link rod (22) which can slide in said transversal direction with respect to an external transverse slide which constitutes said transverse element, and in that said internal longitudinal link rod (21) carries said means for joining to said figurines.
- Game according to any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that said assembly comprises at least one rotary joining means (45, 46) which can turn about a substantially vertical axis above said longitudinal element, under the action of horizontal belts (31) which are set in motion by said handle via a transverse link rod mounted rotatably (32) with respect to said transverse element, and vertical belts (34) situated in said vertical element (37).
- Game according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said vertical elements of said assemblies which are situated on the same side with respect to said median transverse axis and which are provided with said protruding handle on the same side of said game, are of different length, and each of said lateral longitudinal flanks of said frame comprises at least two of said slots (6) which are superimposed so that said assemblies can pass each other during their longitudinal movements.
- Game according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said figures are connected in a removable manner to said joining means of said driving means, and in that said board of said game comprises a game surface (19) covered with an interchangeable removable cover (29).
- Game according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that said joining means are magnetic, said board is non-magnetic and said figurines are each equipped in their base (3) with at least one permanent magnet (2) which can interact with a permanent magnet (1) provided on said longitudinal element of said assembly of said driving means.
- Game according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that said joining means are mechanical and the base (3) of said figurines is connected to said longitudinal element of said driving means by at least one pivot (49) which can traverse said board by virtue of slots (40) provided in the latter.
- Game according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that said game further comprises figurines or models comprising a superstructure (84, 85) which can tip laterally between transverse guides (86, 87) fixed on the base of said figurine, which superstructure is capable of tipping during an impact with another of said figurines during movement of said figurines on the surface of said game.
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