US1546451A - Game top - Google Patents

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July 21, 1925. 1,546,451

H. MEYERS GAME TOP Patented July 21, 1925.

Unirse HARRY MEYERS, v0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GAME TOP.

Application filed December 1, 1924. Serial No. 753,104.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a top adapted for spinning on a. flat surface and so arranged and constructed as to afford means for playing av game.

It is an object of the invention to provide a top adapted for being spun. provided with a pair of relatively rotating parts during the spinning operation, each of the parts being provided with corresponding faces. the faces of the different parts being changeable as to their relative position during the spinning operation. and adapted for coming to rest in juxtaposition, after spinning, the faces having a co-ordinating relation to each other in the game to be played. i

It is another object of the invention to provide a spinning top of this class. having a pair of relatively movable parts mounted on a stem and adapted for independentrotation durina the spinning operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a top of this class, a centrally disposed sleeve mounted to one of the bodies, adapted for engaging in threaded relation, a centrally disposed stem projected through the other body and provided with a ball en- Qagable by the end of said stem. said ball affording a spinning or engaging point.

Other obiects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of part-s hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawings. which form a part of this specification, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the invention in upright position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational face of the invention in horizontal position.

Fig. 2 is a central. vertical. sectional view of the invention.

The invention. in its preferred form, as shown in the drawings. comprises a main body having a spherical lower portion 7. of the main body provided with a plurality of sides 8. upon which is indicated. in the present instance7 the names of race horses or the like. The indicia means on the faces may, of course. be varied. the present representation being used for the purpose of illustration. The mainl bor y is provided with a bore 9 in which is positioned. a sleeve 10, having its inner bore threaded. This sleeve is rounded at the end 11, to conform to the outlined contour of the spherical surface 7. As shown in Fig. 3, the upper .end 12ofthe sleeve projects slightly above the upper surface 13 of the main body., so that the smaller body 14 is not permitted to engage with its under surface against the. upper surface 13 of the main body. This .smaller body=1fl is provided with a plurality of faces 15 corresponding in width and` number to the faces 8, so that when one of the faces 15 is in alinement with one of the faces 8. the remaining faces 15will be in alinement with the remaining faces 8. 0n each of the faces 15 is carried indicating ineansto indicate the score in the game. which each separate' face `will he entitled to when the top comes to restq after being spun. In the present instanceh this score indicating indicia I have illustrated as indicative of the odds to which the various horses indicated on the faces 8 are entitled. Threaded into the sleeve 10 is a stem 16 which has its lower end provided with a pocket 17. As shown in Fig. 3` the bore of the sleeve 10 is partly closed at the lower enrh so that a ball 18 inserted into the sleeve from the upper end thereof. will he held bv the reduced lower end of the sleeve and prevented from escaping there-I from. When the stem 16 is inserted through the opening 1S provided in the smaller body 14 and threaded into the sleeve 10. it may be threaded downwardly until the lower end engages the ball 18. so as to retain the same projecting slightly from the lower end of the sleeve 10. to provide a Contact or spinning point. It will be noted that the ball 18 engages slightly in the pocket 17. This ensagement of the ball 18 with the pocket 17 of the sleeve 16 is an engagement which holds the ball in fixed relation to the sleeve 10 and assures a spinning point which is very efficient. The sleeve 16 is provided with a flange 19, adapted for engaging the upper surface of the smaller body 14. The upper end 2O of the sleeve. is fluted or knurled to provide a rough surface for the fingers of the operator to grasp.

In playing the game, the players will select a certain face of the main body, as their scoring` side'. The toip is thenspun and on account of the spherical surface 7` and the projection of the stem above the smaller body, the top is top heavy, so. that upon ceasing to spin, it Will quickly assume a horizontal position upon the surface upon which it is spun. spun, the smaller body and the larger body will rotate at different speeds, so that if'one of tlie'faces ljis in alinement With oneo the-faces 8', at the time of the beginning; off the spinningI of the top, this face Will be in alinement with another face 8 when tlie top comes to rest, so that the scores to vWhich thex'farious faces 8 are entitled, varies With each spinning operation, the special scores beingy determined solely by chance. It will be noted that ythe faces 15 terminate in square corners, so that the length of these faces l is the same as the Width of the faces 8, so that When the topk comes to rest, after being spun on a plane surface, the faces Will bel exactly in alinement with the faces 8. The projection of tlie sleeve 10 slightly abovethe upper surface of the main body, prevents the smaller body 14 from engaging against a largev surface, so that its'rotation relatively to the mainbody, is thus facilitated. Y

v While l have illustrated and described the preferred form of struture,l do. not Wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications asV come Within the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, vvliat I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- When the top is being therein; a sleeve mountedv in saidbore having the interior thereof threaded and said bore reduced at one end of said sleeve; a stern adapted for threading into said sleeve; a ball mounted in said sleeve and adapted for` engaging the end of said stem, upon the l 3. A top-of the class described,comprising i a main body, havinga plural-ity ofi display. sides and a spherical shaped end; a. sleeve mounted in saidzbody, said sleeve havin-g an interiorly threaded bore, one end of said sleeve being reduced; aba-ll mounted in said sleeve and adapted for Aprojecting slightly from `saidlsleeve at said reduced end; a` stein adapted for threading into saidv sleeve and for engaging at one end, said ball for retaining the same in outwardly projected re'- l'ation to said sleeve, said end of said stein being recessed; a comparatively small body rotatably mounted on` said stem having a' plurality of. display faces adapted for eo# ordination with thedisplay faces on said main body; and' a flange mounted on said stem for engaging the outer"surfaceV of said comparatively small body., the inner surface of said comparatively small body being adapted for engaging the end of said sleeve, saidA end ofA said sleeve being projected beyond the en'd surface of said main body.

4. A top of the class described,'compris' ing a main body portion; a stem projecting outwardly from one side of: said main body portion; a comparatively small body rotaably mounted on said stem; a member, se'- parate from', and carried by said main body portion and projecting slightly therefrom Y at .one side' for forming a spinning point of substantially spherical forination.' v

In testimony whereof,-'I have signed the Hareml Mareas.

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