US2594943A - Cribbage board - Google Patents

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s. LOGAN CRIBBAGE BOARD- April 29, 1952 Filed Nov. 50, 1949 wma/ Mwwmv A5; Ig/ENTOR. BY an@ NWN. @@@QQQEQQQQQ @@@QQ @@@Qol v O a@ main body 32 and a cap or head 34.

Patented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

My invention relates to scoring devices employing movable indicators and includes among its objects and advantages an improved Cribbage board.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a board according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the same board;

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a much enlarged sectional diagram indicating one of the manufacturing operations employed in producing the board.

In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration, the unit is made up to serve as a cribbage board. Conventionally, such a board has two groups of 60 holes or sockets arranged in two lines of 30 each. This arrangement is called for by the rulesl of the game, and the holes are customarily subdivided into groups of iive each to assist the user in counting quickly.

The board illustrated is formed from a single sheet of 20-gauge aluminum and includes a main panel or body portion indicated as a whole by reference character IG. This panel is of rectangular configuration and is stiffened and supported in use by longitudinal flanges I2 turned down along both side edges. The lower edges of the flanges I2 are rolled into tubes I4 to provide ing holes I8, two in each end of the board, in

which the players place their pegs at the beginning of the game. The board may also be painted or otherwise decorated, as by indicia 20 up and down the center. To subdivide the holes of I into groups of 5, I strike up slight elevations or bosses 22 and render them additionally conspicuous by painting a short line 24 along the top of each boss. Similarly the location of the sockets i8 may be emphasized by painted circles 26. In addition to the flanges l2 I provide plain end flanges 28 which do not have rolled lower edges but which terminate slightly above the level of the longitudinal flanges so that they do not bear on or scratch a supporting surface. Each of the anges I2 is cut away diagonally as indicated at 30 in Figure 2 so that the rolls I4 terminate longitudinally a little short of the end flanges 28.

The plugs used may be of a generally conventional coniiguration, including a slightly tapered I prefer pegs of wood or the like.

In the Cribbage boards of the prior art with which I am familiar, it is very frequently the case that after a short period of use the pegs get loose, or too tight on account of swelling ofthe peg or the board or both, and considerable diiilculty is experienced by the user. Also, in many boards it is difcult to find the hole with the end of the peg. Both these di'culties are substantially eliminated by the construction illustrated. The panel I0 is of ordinary aluminum sheet metal, neither alloyed nor heat-treated for hardness, and each individual hole has the configuration indicated in Figures 3 and 4.

Referring rst to Figure 4, the female die 36v is carefully made with a substantial radius around its upper end at 38, and the male die 40 includes a cylindrical portion smaller than the female bore 42, byjust enough to accommodate the thickness the metal will have after it has been pushed down into the position indicated in Figure 4, which will result in a very slight reduction in thickness at point 42 Where the bite takes place as the male die enters. Below the portion :iii of constant diameter the male die has a short section 43 of very slight taper, and beyond that the end 43 is a piercing point of conventional contour. It will be apparent that as the male die is forced home, the panel l0 is distortedvto the conguration of Figure 4, and the metal flows into fitting contact with the radius 33. Finally, when the point i8 breaks through, the proportions of the tool and the work are such that the metal is torn to form fingers 50 clearly indicated in Figure 3. However, the inner surfaces contour partly defined by such iingers is a continuation of the taper at 4S so that the peg is inserted without scratching, although a finger drawn along the underside of the panel encounters a surface having the action of a le or rasp. The dimple around the opening formed by the radius 38 has an outside diameter about twice the diameter of the male die or the tip of the peg 32, and because it is of smooth and gentle curvature, the user experiences a maximum of convenience in sliding the leg along the row of holes and slipping the peg into the desired hole quickly.

When the board is not in use it will be obvious that to have the pegs in the holes I8 would take up unnecessary space. To house the pegs when the device is not in use, the rolled portions I4 are made of an inside diameter such that they will grip the shank 32 of the peg when it is inserted as indicated in the lower left hand corner of Figure l and also in Figure 2 in the same position. Because the side flanges i2 are cut in at 30, the

ends of the tubes I4 are set in far enough with respect to the end flanges 28 to house the heads 34 within the rectangular contour of the rest of the device so that no inconvenient projections remain.

Without further elaboration others may readilir adapt the invention for use under various conditions of service by employing one or more of the novel features involved, or equivalents thereof. As at present advised with respect to the apparent scope of my invention, I desire to claim the following subject matter.

I claim:

1. A scoreboard comprising, in combination: a panel of sheet aluminum; said panel having a plurality of sockets each adapted to receive and retain a tapered wooden plug by friction; each socket comprising a tubular gripping portion of approximately the same taper as the plug to be received; said gripping portion terminating materially below the level of said panel; said gripping portion being integrally joined with the body of said panel by a portion in the shape of a cornucopia dening an upwardly opening dimple joining said panel and said gripping portion substantially tangentially and having a major diameter about twice as great as said gripping portion.

2. A Cribbage board comprising, in combination: a panel of sheet aluminum; said panel being of rectangular conguration; longitudinal side flanges integral with said panel and extending vertically down; the lower edge of each of said side flanges being rolle-d outwardly into a substantially complete circle to denne a tube functioning as a foot to support the Cribbage board; said panel having end flanges also turned vertically down; said end iianges having plain lower edges lying at a level above the plane of the lowermost portions of said tubes; said panel having a plurality of sockets adapted to receive and hold tapered Wooden pegs; said longitudinal tubes having their ends shapedto receive and grip the same pegs; said longitudinal tubes terminating at each corner short of the end of the panel, whereby the head of a peg thrust into a tube does not project beyond the end of the panel.

3. A Cribbage board comprising, in combination: a panel of sheet metal; said panel being of rectangular conguration; longitudinal side anges integral with said panel and extending vertically down; the lower edge of each of said side flanges being rolled outwardly to define a foot to support the cribbage board; said panel having end flanges also turned vertically down; said end flanges having plain lower edges lying at a level above the plane of the lowermost portions of said tubes; saidpanel having a plurality of sockets adapted to receive and hold tapered wooden pegs.

4. A cribbage board comprising, in combination: a panel of sheet metal; said panel being of rectangular conguration; longitudinal side anges integral with Said panel 4and extending vertically down; the lower edge of each of said side iianges being rolled outwardly to denne a foot to support the Cribbage board; said panel having a plurality of sockets adapted to receive and hold tapered wooden pegs.

SANDY LOGAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the lile of this patent:

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