US1052771A - Game-board. - Google Patents

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W. H. TOTTEN.

'GAMB BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1912.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

A fau/elo fol".

UNiTEp STATES' PATENT onirica.

WILLIAM H. TOTTEN, OF PITTSURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO TOTTEN GAME & TOY COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vApplication filed January 17, 1912. erial No. 671,568.

To all `whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. To'rrnN, of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania., have invented.

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved game board having all thecharacteristics of the game of golf in a highly accentuated form, and which may be played with zeal and interest, being both amusing and entertaining.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims. y

Int-he accompanying-drawings, Figure 1 is a pla-n view. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on lines 2 2 -and 3 3, respectively, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a miniature golf club.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base which is preferably rectangular and composed of a-sin le Apiece of material, usually metal, althougi papier mch may be employed. In the present instance I have shown a base of sufiicient proportions to provide a course of three holes, loutl the number is regulated only by the size of the base. At suitable points the base has flatsmooth portions 2, forming putting greens, and in each of the latter is a hole or recess 3, preferably at some central point. At diierent points on tlie board `I provide raised portions 4 constituting teeing grounds, and in each of these raised portions I`form a recess or depression 5 which serves as'v a seat for the ballY 6 which is preferably 'a heavy buck shot.. Each of the teeing portions is arranged with relation to one of the putting greens. The

' ball is positioned in the recess of a teeing ground and is then impelled toward the respective putting green .by an instrument 7, which 1s preferablya miniature driving-iron ormid-iron, as shown in Fig. 4.

The object of this game, as with the regular game of golf, being to hole-out With theffewest possible strokes, the diflieulty of reaching the putting greens is increased by a sei-les of bunkers and hazards, represented by alternate raised portions 8 and intermediate depressed portions 9, the former being irregular in size and varying in outline, while the latter are more or 'less irregular in depth. Adjacent to one of the putting greens l provide a series of pockets 10 which are preferably separated and of graduated dept-hs, the pocket immediately adjacent the putting green being the deepest. I also surround some or 'all of the putting greens with raised portions, such as 12 and grooves or channels, such as 13, which either join at some point of maximum depth, or, other- Patenteareb. 11,1913. i

wise stated, lead into pockets, such as 14. Y

Throughout `the board similar grooves or channels are irregularly arranged, vthereby adding greater zest to the game than if the board closely simula-teda-golf course, since often when the ball has landed upon a point from which apparently' it may 'be easily played, by reason of the grooves or channels it may be positioned either back of a raised portion or lead into a pocket. Y. f

The base being a single. piece of material all of the raised and depressed portions, as well as the smooth portions representing the putting greens, are stamped in one'operation. The base itself is shown as provided. with inclined walls along its' edges .andas mounted on a board l2.

Lclaim as my invention:

"A game apparatus comprising a board having a series of smooth or approximately smooth` surfaces, forming putting-greens with holes formed in said putting-greens, a series of teeing-grounds, said board having between the teeinggrounds and the puttinggreens obstructions composed of pockets, raised portions and grooves or channels, the

latter leading into certain of thevpockets, and.

v betwen the teeing-grounds and the putting- In testimony whereof, I have signed this greens obstructions composed of .pockets and .speciicationrnthe pnesence of two subsribting-gi'eens.

raised porti onsand grooves or channels suring witnesses.

rounding .orv -in proximity' to the puttingd WILLIAM H. TOTTEN. greens, certain of said grooves or channels Witnesss: leading into pockets also adjacentA tothe pu't- LEO M. DrLLoN,

ROBT. T. MCELRQY

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