US1022339A - Game apparatus. - Google Patents

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J. A. SLOAN.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED mum. 1911.

1,022,339. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

INVENTOR cfaigafi A J/aa z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. SLOAN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GAME APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH: A. SLOAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game apparatus and has for its object to provide an apparatus of such class whereby a novel, interesting and attractive game can be played and which requires a certain amount of dexterity and skill for successfully playing the same.

The invention consists in a bat having attached thereto by an elastic cord a ball which is struck with the bat against objects placed upon a game-board to cause them to be driven about the board according to prearranged rules.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a pictorial representation of a player employing a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

The reference numeral 5 designates a bat having its underside 6 preferably formed in a plane.

7 is a hole provided in the bat adjacent to its outer end, and at about its midlength, or in proximity to the handle portion 5, the bat is provided with another hole 8.

10 represents a striking ball, as it will hereinafter be termed, which is desirably hollow and made of rubber or a composition containing such material. Said ball is connected to an end of an elastic cord 11 which passes from below through the hole 7 thence along the upper surface of the bat and then through the other hole 8. The end of the cord is knotted, as at 11, to prevent the withdrawal of the cord from the hole 8.

I show in Fig. 1 a game-board 12 of circular shape provided with a peripheral wall 13 extending for a distance above the board surface 14. As illustrated, the board is formed or provided with a series of recesses or pockets 15 disposed circumferentially about the board, and having a centrally disposed recess 16.

17 represents spots disposed symmetrically upon the board surface and which may be utilized for positioning bottle-shaped pins or blocks intended to be displaced or knocked about by object balls 18 in playing Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2, 1911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912. Serial No. 611,841.

appropriate games. The manner of laying out the surface of the board may, however, be changed as, for example, with the use of score line to represent a spider web and with suitably disposed pockets.

In operation, a player preparatory to striking the attached ball 10, moves his bat 5 rapidly away from the ball whereupon the elastic cord 11, by reason of the inertia of the ball, becomes etfectiveto cause the ball to be moved with considerable velocity toward the bat. Before the ball overtakes the bat, the player moves the bat in a contrary direction to strike the ball with a force which, added to that due to the rebound of the ball, will cause the ball to be driven with more or less speed according to the skill with which the bat is manipulated. When the ball is thus driven, the cord extends throughout almost its entire length and thereby allows the ball to delivera strike to an object at a relatively great distance from the bat, that is to say, the cord is drawn through the bat hole 7 and the part of the cord lying against the top of the bat will stretch with the pendent part of the cord.

lVith practice, the player acquires dexterity with the bat so as to enable him to deliver the ball with accuracy and with a predetermined force against the object. \Vith the game-board illustrated in Fig. 1, assume that the object balls 18 are primarily deposited in the central recess and that the player with the above explained devices is to transpose the balls 18 into the surrounding pockets. This is accomplished by a skilful player by employing the bat and striking-ball in the above explained manner to cause the latter to successively strike the object balls and thereby impel the object balls to move either directly into selected pockets or through the intermediary of the wall 13, as will be understood by pool players.

What I claim, is-

1. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided with a vertically-disposed opening and a relatively wide inclined opening, an elastic cord extending throughsaid vertical opening and having its inner end knotted and engaging the lower face of the bat to prevent said end passing through said vertical opening, said cord further extending lengthwise of the upper face of the bodyportion and then downwardly through said l Obody-portion,

and engaging the lower depending from the inclined opening and body carried by the bat, and a spherical outer end of said cord.

2. A game apparatus comprising a bat including a handle and a body-portion, said bat further provided with a centrally-disposed opening at the outer terminus of the handle and a relatively wide inclined opening in proximity to the outer end of the an elastic cord having its inner portion extending through said vertical opening and with the inner end of the cord knotted to prevent its passage through said vertical opening, said cord further extending longitudinally of the upper face of the body-portion and through said inclined opening, and a spherical body secured to the forward end of said elastic cord.

3. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided with a vertically-disposed opening and a relatively wide inclined opening, an elastic cord extending through said vertical opening and having its inner end knotted face of the bat to prevent said end passing through said vertical opening, said cord further extending lengthwise of the upper face of the bodyportion and then downwardly through said inclined opening and depending from the bat, and a spherical body carried by the outer end of said cord, the rear wall of said inclined opening being rounded.

a. A game apparatus comprising a bat including a handle and a body-portion, said bat further provided with a centrally-disposed opening at the outer terminus of the handle and a relatively wide inclined opening in proximity to the outer end of the body-portion, an elastic cord having its inner portion extending through said vertical opening and with the inner end of the cord knotted to prevent its passage through said vertical opening, said cord further extending longitudinally of the upper face of the body-portion and through said inclined opening, and a spherical body secured to the forward end of said elastic cord, the rear wall of said inclined opening being rounded.

5. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided intermediate its ends and centrally of its longitudinal edges with a verticallydisposed opening and further provided in proximity to its outer end and centrally of its longitudinal edges with a relatively wide inclined opening, the inclination thereof being toward the vertical opening, an elastic cord having its inner portion extending through said vertical opening and its inner end abutting against the lower face of the bat to prevent withdrawal of said cord up through said vertical opening, said cord further extending centrally of its upper face toward and then down through said inclined opening, and a spherical body connected to the forward end of said cord.

6. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided intermediate its ends and centrally of its longitudinal edges with a verticallydisposed opening and further provided in proximity to its out-er end and centrally of its longitudinal edges with a relatively wide inclined opening, the inclination thereof being toward the vertical opening, the upper portion of the rear wall of said opening curving rearwardly, an elastic cord having its inner portion extending through said vertical opening, and its inner end abutting against the lower face of the bat to prevent withdrawal of said cord up through said vertical opening, said cord further extending centrally of the upper face of the bat and toward said inclined opening and down through said inclined opening, said cord being of materially less diameter than the diameter of said opening, and a spherical body connected to the forward end of said cord.

JOSEPH A. SLOAN.

lVit-nesses H. BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents.

Washington, D. G.

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