US1608721A - Parlor basket-ball game - Google Patents

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Nov. 30, 1926.

1,608,721 E. A.- CLARK PARLOR BASKET BALL GAME Filed Feb. 26, 1926 42 H93? I W INV TOR.

TTORNEY.

liatented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A.

CLARK, OF SALINE. MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAX. A.

BLAESS, OF ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

PARLOR BASKET-BALL GAME.

Application filed February The object of my invention is to produce a parlor game that can be played on a playing board, and according to the rules of the well known athletic game of basket ball.

Another object is to produce a parlor game that is interesting and instructive along the lines of athletics, and is adapted to being played by children as well as adults.

A further object is to produce a parlor game, adapted to a playing board, that is simple in construction, easily understood, and can be manufactured at a low cost.

These several objects are attained in the preferred form by the construction and ar 'angement more fully hereinafter set forth.

Similar parts on all drawings are marked by similar numerals.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the playing board showing the general arrangement of the playing board, and the position of the various playing men.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the board showing the guard rail, and the relative position of the playing floor.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of the Fig. 1, showing the relative position of the various parts of which the board is constructed.

Fig. d is a side View of the playing ball as is used in the playing of the game.

I will now describe more fully the detailed construction of my playing board and the game played thereon, referring to the drawings and the marks thereon.

In general, my playing board comprises a playing floor of dimension in proportion to the standard basket ball fioor, as is governed by the well known athletic rules. The playing floor being supported by an inclos ing frame having cross members, and pro vided with an open space between the frame and the outer edges of the playing floor. Ring baskets are provided at each end of the playing board, and small holes for receiving the ball are made through the floor member positioned therein similarly to the position taken by the members of opposing basket ball teams when playing the athletic basket ball game. A small rubber ball sufliciently large to prevent it from passing through the floor holes, is used in playing the game, and according to rules similar to the rules governing the basket ball game, the ball being first placed in one of the play- 26, 1925. Serial No. 90,794.

ing floor holes and shot therefrom from the under side of the board.

The playing board -1- is made of a rigid panel, preferably of a thin wood or fiber board, or of any suitable material not liable to warp, said board 1- being'of dimensions approximately in proportions to the regulation athletic basket ball floor, and which is approximately twice long as it is wide. Outside the iioor board 1-- is fixedly mounted a guard frame -2-, formed of thin narrow wood strip, forming a rectangular shaped frame, completely surrounding the floor board -land providing an open space -3- between the edge of the floor and the frame -2-. The space 3 is of a width to engage and hold the playing ball 4. if the hall rolls off the floor board l-, yet sufficiently narrow to prevent the ball from passing therethrough. Wood cross members -5- are fixedly attached across the bottom edge of the guard frame -2, near the ends thereof, and provide a rigid support for the playing floor 1 which is fixedly attached thereto, by small nails 6-, or the board -1- may be cemented thereon. At each end of the playing floor board -l is linedly mounted a backboard -7. Said backboard -7- is made of some rigid material, preferably similar to the material of which the playing floor is made, and is at tached to the floor by inserting the legs -8 within morticed grooves formed through the floor board. The backboards 'Z are positioned vertically and at right angles to the playing floor board, and each carry mounted thereon a basket ring -lO- which projects away from the backboard 7-, parallel. to the playing floor l-. Throughout the playing floor 1-- are formed various playing holes -11-, -12-. 13, -14, and -l5---, all. cut through the floor board, and for receiving the playing ball -4 therein. The playing holes being located therein in preferred positions of players of opposing teams as in an athletic basket ball game. All of the holes are beveled around the top, and of a size to receive and retain the playing ball -4- therein but not to allow said ball to pass therethrough. Along the centerline of the board -1- are formed three neutral playing holes -11 and -12-, to be used by termed the free throw holes.

both players. The hole -11 being the center, and the holes -l2 being placed one at each end of the board .1., directly in front of the basket rings l0, and are Along the cross center line of the board are placedthe two side center holes 13, one hole being positioned on each side of the center hole 1l. At each end of the board, positioned on opposite sides of the free throw holes -l2, are the two guard holes 14 and the two forward holes 15. The playing ball 4- is preferably a soft -rub ber ball, about one half the diameter of the basket ring -10, and of a size that will easily engage the playing holes ren'iain therein when once entered. All plays be ing made by shooting the playing ball l from the bottom side of the playing board 7 floor -1-, by using the finger, or a. small cue if desired, and striking the playing ball 4- through the playing hole. For con venience in playing the board may be supported across the backs of. two chairs, al-

lowing one player to be on each. sideof the board, or the board may be constructed with special legs attached at each corner thereof as indicated by the dotted lines 16-. The game is played by two players, although four may play by using partners. Each player stands on opposite sides of the playing board, and has the basket ring to his left. The time for playing is predetermined by the players, but preferably one hour, and if players are tied at the end, an extra amount of time is decided upon by the players and the game continued. One player starts the game by placing the play ing .ball 4 indie center hole, shooting same from the underside of the board toward his own basket ring, either for the basket or for a position of advantage near the basket. The three holes along the ee.n terline, lengthwise of the'playing board, are neutral holes and can be used by either players, and the two holes nearest. the basket are the right and left guards of the opponent, while the next two holes adjacent to the op.- ponents guard holes, are the right and left forwards of the player, the side centerhole opposite the player belongs to the opponent. If the player, when shooting from the center hole succeeds in rolling the ball in either of the forward holes near his basket, or'in any of the neutral holes, he continues his play in an attempt to make the basket b dropping the ball through the basket ring 10, and which counts the player two points. If the player does not roll theball in any of the holes but still remains -.on the playing board 1., it is a dead ball, and he must return to the center hole and start over again. If the. player shoots the ball from any hole, and it enters the guard hole of his opponent nearest his own basket ring,

or the forward holes of the opponent at the opposite end of the board, the ball passes touthe opponent who vuien shoots the ball from the hole entered toward his own basket.

If the ball should roll off of the playing board 1-- and without touching any of the opponents holes, into the side space 3 it is out of bounds and passes to the opponent who starts at that point and pro ceeds toward his basket, but if the ball touches the guard hole of the opponent and does not remain therein and rolls off thev board, it is a fumble by the opponent t id the player keeps the balland proceeds m that point. If the. ball rolls in the side center oppositethe player it is a personal foul and the opponent is entitled to two free throws at the basket. from the neutral hole -l2, and each basket made counts the opponent one point, the opponent keeps the ball and continues the play, starting from the center hole again. If the ball leaves the board entirely going over the guard flange -2 and on the floor, the opponent is entitled to one free throw at the basket from the neutral hole 12, and the basket if made, counts the opponent one point, the opponent keeps the ball and continues the play. The game continues until the time set expires, and the one having the most points is the winner.

Having fully described myparlor basket ball game vwhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A parlor basket ball game, comprising a r ctangular playing heard of approximate:

proportions to, the standard athletic basket court, said playingaboard having a guard frame mounted thereon, complet ly surrounding the playing board, and sopositioned'as to provide an open space around the outside edge of said board, a miniature backboard having a basket ring attached thereto. and projecting therefrom, fixedly mounted at each end of the board and on the long .centerline thereof, series of playing ioles formed through the playing board,

said playing holes being positioned thereon to representthe preferred positions of athletic players'of opposing teams, a playing ball for playing the game, said ball being of a size to engage the playing holes but not pass therethrough, yet pass easily through the basket rings, and rules for playing the game similar to the rules of athletic basket ,ball.

2. A parlor basketball game comprising a rectangular playing board of dimensions in relative proportions to the standard playing floor of an athletic basket ball court, said playing board being provided 'ith a surrounding guard frame fixedly mounted thereon, and so positioned so as to provide an open space between the edge of the playing board and frame, a small backboard with basketbasket ring,

ring attached thereto fixedly mounted at each end of the playing board, and on the long centerline thereof, series of playing holes formed through the playing board and positioned thereon to represent preferred positions at each end of the board of the right and left forwards of the player, and the right and left guard of the opponent, and a free throw hole in front of each also a center hole in the center of the board and a right and left center hole placed each side thereof, a rubber playing ball which will engage any of the playing holes and open space around the board but not pass therethrough, yet will pass freely through the basket rings, and rules to govorn the game similar to the rules of athletic basket ball.

3. A parlor basket ball game, comprising a rectangular playing board of dimensions in proportion to the standard athletic basket ball court, said playing board having guard frame mounted around the outer edges thereof and in such a manner as to provide a narrow open space around the playing board for receiving and retaining a playing ball therein, a miniature backboard with a basket ringattached thereto fixedly mounted at each end of said playing board along the long center line thereof, series of playing holes cut through said board, said holes being positioned with one hole in the center of the board with a right and a left center hole placed each side of the center hole and along the short centerline of said board, a neutral free throw hole placed at each end of said board, on the long centerline thereof and directly in front of each basket ring, a right and a left guard hole at each end of said board placed symmetri cally the long centerline and free throw Hole, a right and a left forward hole at each end of said board placed symmetrically about the long centerline thereof and positioned between the guard holes and the center holes but near the guard holes, a ball for playing the game, said ball being of a size to be engaged and retained within any of the playing holes or the open side space around the board yet to freely pass through the basket rings, and rules for playing the game similar to rules governing the athletic basket ball ame.

b u a In witness whereof I sign these specifications.

EDXVARD A. CLARK.

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