US1454982A - Game - Google Patents

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Patented May 15, 1923.

j appucatiqn'mec september 13a-1521.52 'seiaifuaf'aoosan To all whom. 'it may opneemt:

Be it known thatfI, HENRY THOMAS P'Yn,

`residing at the city of Montreal, in the 'Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Game, of which the following is the speciiication. v

The invention relates to a game as 'def scribed in the present specification and illus- .trated' in the accompanying drawings that form part ofthe same.

` 4 'The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specically in the claim for novelty following a description in detail ofthe preferred form of the device.

The objects of the invention are to afford amusement forthe young people' and their elders and at the same time provide a skill-l ful game which will exercise good judgment in determining angles and distances and generally to promoteeiiiciency as well as providing a cheap and pleasurable indoor game.

In the drawings Figure `1 is a perspectlve view of the game complete.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the case showingy the game bo-ard removed.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the case and game board.

Figure 4 is a perspective detail of the glancing block.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional View of the spring cue. y

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the game board 1 is contained in the case 2, the former having the corner slots 3 and' intermediate slots 4 midway of the length of the sides of the board, the several slots representing the pockets `of a billiard table and situated in the same position in relation to the board.

The case 2 is formed with the bottom 5 secured to the sides 6 and ends 7 and 8, the end 8 havinga central lower egress opening 9V. below the cue opening 10, said cue opening being on a level with the game board 1, which is secured to the sides and ends intermediate of their height forming a retaining wall completely surrounding `the board 1.,l except at the cue opening.

Beneath the game board 1 and above the bottom 5, the tray 11 slopes to the egress ma. f

Iopening the' walls v 12"k yconve-r)ging "l to l said! ope-ning so cas to direct the ballufrom l the far end and intermediate pockets to the outlet `9, the chutes- 14 directing the *ballfrom the inner end pockets to the same opening 9. c v A The glancing block 15 is made with the flat straight'front surface 16 and lthe curved back 17, and this block ight-,1d Vby the pivot pin 18 centrally between the sides Gand towards the end 7 so that it is directly invv i alignment with the cue opening 10.

The cue 19 is formed with the head 2O and i handlei21, the latter being of suitablecorru-` gated material, preferably fibre.

The handle 21 is joined-to the head 20 by the rod 22 which extends through the tube 23 closed in at the handleend by the screw c cap' 24, `said screw cap having a central hole for said rod. c `The spiral spring 25 vencircles the rod 22 between the head 2O and screw cap 24 within the tube 23, therefore pulling on the 25, so that when the handle is released, the

said head quicklyreturns` to its original position and thus sends the ball 26 inthe ydion the spot in front of the cue 19 andv thek latter is guided lby the hand into the position to shoot. The sho-t is made against the glancing'block 15 either off the flat facel or olf the1 curved back according to theposition that the block may be placed in. The block is not movable on the board, but it is spot on which the ball rests.'

The player must call hisl 'shot and move` the p-ivoted block around 'on its pivot to agree with the shot he calls, and if he is shooting for the cornerpocket, the glance block sadjusted for that particular shot and he must hit the block in such a `way situated as described centrally between kthe i sides towards ythe opposite end from the 490 with the ball as to carom it into the pocket'.

There lare manydiii'erent sho'tsthat may' be made lon the curved face of the block and on the flat-side, and to play ythe game scientifically each of said shots. should be called.

handle 21 the head 2O compressesthe spring 80 Of course it is necessary to count, therefore each shot shall have a count, and the score kept much the same as in billiards.

What I claim is: l n

In a game, a board having box 'sides and a playing slot and ball return opening at one end, an inclined bottom secured in said slides having converginof guides and inclined surfaces leading to sai opening, a playing 10 board flush with the bottom of said slot and having a plurality of curved openings at the corners and intermediately adjacentto the box sides, a cue in the form o-ffa spring gun operating a ball and having a thumb rest intermediate of its barrel portion and a glancing block adjustable rotatably and having a flat ball surface and a semcircular ball surface for carolning the ball to the sides;l or board openings.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 9th day 20 of September, 1921. t

HENRY THOMAS PYE.

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