US1559472A - Game - Google Patents

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H.'K. SUBERS GAME . Filed Jan. 23; 1923 Horace K. Subers. INVEm Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

HORACE x. scenes, or ASHBOURNE, PEN SYLVANIA.

Application filed January 23, 1923. Serial N10; 614,446. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE K. SUBERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashbourne, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games and the principal object is to produce a device of this nature in which manual manipulation of the entire device may be required to effect movement of the man thereby producing the double interest which is attracted first by the moving object and second by the manual dexterity required.

Another object is to produce a device of this nature which may be easily and cheaply manufactured.

\Vith these and other objects in view as will be more apparent, the invention consists in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a top plan of the game.

Figure 2 is a cross section of the same, taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the views.

It is well known that games in which there is a movable man or shooter, such as in the bagat-elle board are extremely attractive and amusing to most people. It is equally well known that most people are attracted to games where some manual operation is required, especially if this operation requires the exhibition of some skill. It has been my effort in the herein disclosed game to produce a device which shall combine both of these desirable features.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents a bowl of conical or dished formation being provided with a bottom '11 so that it may be conveniently set down when not in use. The bowl portion 10 is provided with a plurality of apertures 12 arranged at irregular intervals. Surrounding each of these apertures and arranged on the outside of the bowl 10 are cups 13 which are so formed and arranged that when the ball or man shown at 14 drops through the apertuure 12,

the same will be conveniently retained in the respective cup 13. Mounted at the top of thebowl 10 is a race or channel 15 bridged at several places 16 sofas to inake it strong.

and provided with an aperture or several apertures 17 through which the man 14 may move into the bowl 10. Right angled bend prongs 18 extend at intervals from the inner wall of the race way to substantially secure said wall in operative position as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

In playing the game, one form of use to which the device may be put is to place the ball in the race 15 and then by tiltingor turning the entire device to permit the ball to run through one of the holes 17. By continuing the rotation or at least the rotary movement of the entire device, the ball may be kept moving about the walls 10 and the skill and dexterity of the player will be shown by his so directing the ball that it will enter one or another of the apertures 12. These apertures 12 are shown as provided with indicia indicating the number of points scored when the ball 14 enters. Another way of operating the device is to place the ball in the bottom of the device and then by giving the entire game a rotary movement to cause the ball to climb and enter one or another of the apertures 12 or to pass through one of the aperture 17 into the raceway. Other ways of utilizing the game will suggest themselves to the operator, and it is one of the enjoyable features of a game I of this nature that each operator may make up his own set of rules as to the operation.

' While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself to the specific details of construction or material, nor to anything less than the whole of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

That I claim is 1. A game comprising an inverted frustroconical bowl having a laterally extending race-way about its upper open end, the inner side of said race-way being provided with openings at circumferentially spaced points to establish communication between the raceway and the interior of the bowl, a plurality of pockets carried by the bowl and spaced in irregular formation and extending. outwardly from the outer surface of the bowl,

pocket surrounding a respective one of said apertures, anda race-Way mounted at I the upperedge (if said bowl and provided With a plurality of Ways leading into saidvibowl, and transverse bridgesexpandingssaidraceway at circumferentially spaced points.

3. A game comprising an inverted frustraconical bowl having an annular laterally extending race-Way about its-fuppercpeir end, the inner side of said race-Way being pro- 10 vided wv ith peni1'1gsat 'circulnferentially spaced points to establish communication be 'tween the race-Way and. interiorscf the bowl,

anda plurality of relatively small substanthe inclined sides of the bowl.

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HORAGEKy-SUBERS.

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