US2747875A - Bucketball game - Google Patents

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R. E. MARTIN BUCKETBALL GAME May 29, 1956 5 Sheens-Shee*v l Filed July 28, 1955 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS A May 29, 1956 R. E. MARTIN 2,747,875

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United States Patent BUCKETBALL GAME Rush E. Martin, Oshkosh, Wis. Application July 28, 1955, Serial No. 524,945 Claims. (Cl. 273-105) This invention relates to games, and more particularly to game apparatus wherein groups of receptacles or buckets are supported at various levels in a casing or housing of box-like construction and provided with a substantially high backboard.

Another object of the invention is to provide groups of receptacles or buckets having open upper ends so that suitable balls may be tossed by the players, into the receptacles or buckets from a position in front of the housing, the receptacles or buckets being supplied with numbers so that the score of the game may be determined by adding the numbers appearing on the receptacles or buckets in which a player has tossed the balls.

A further important object of the invention is to provide a game of this character wherein there is a premium on the skill and accuracy of a person tossing the balls into the receptacles or buckets.

A further object of the invention is to support the receptacles or buckets in the casing or housing in such a way that they may be simultaneously tilted forwardly dumping and depositing the balls contained therein, onto the inclined bottom of the casing or housing from where the balls roll to the front end of a trough leading from the casing or housing, where the balls are readily accessible for the players in playing the game.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter described and the novel features thereof defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of a game, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal sectional view through the housing and receptacles or buckets mounted therein.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental enlarged vertical sectional view through the housing and bars on which the receptacles or buckets are supported.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental vertical sectional view through the housing, illustrating the pivoted receptacle or bucket supporting bars as tilted to discharge balls from the receptacles or buckets supported thereon.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on line 9--9 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view through one of the balls used in playing the game.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the game comprises a housing indicated generally by the reference character 5, the housing being of box-like construction with a substantially wide rear wall 6, the top of the housing being open as better shown by Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Supporting legs 7 are provided at the corners of the housing 5, the lower ends of the supporting legs 7 extending substantial distances below the bottom of the housing r'ce 5, where they provide supports for the wheels 8 on which the housing is supported and on which the housing is rolled from one location to another.

Extending forwardly from the open front end of the housing 5, are Walls 9 that taper inwardly toward the front end of the game, providing a chute 10. Connected with the forward end of the chute 10, is a trough embodying connected sections 11, 12 and 13. The front end of the trough is closed by the wall 14 so that the balls, which are indicated by the reference character 15, and which play an important part in playing the game, will be trapped in the trough at the forward end thereof in easy access to the players in playing the game.

The reference character 16 indicates supporting bars that are arranged transversely of the housing 5, each supporting bar being mounted on a hanger 17 each of which comprises a bar having right angled ends 18 the eX- tremities of which extend laterally at 19 providing shafts on which the hangers are supported, the shafts being disposed in bearings 20 formed in the side walls of the housing, the bars 16 being successively in higher planes from the front end of the housing 5 to the rear end thereof, as better shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings.

These supporting bars 16 provide supports for the receptacles or buckets 21 which are arranged in groups of three longitudinally of each supporting bar, the receptacles or buckets 21 having open tops so that aerial projectiles such as the balls indicated by the reference character 15, may be tossed into the receptacles or buckets, and since each receptacle or bucket is supplied with an indicia or number, the points of the game may be calculated by adding the numbers on the receptacles or buckets in which the balls have been tossed and retained therein.

Connecting the supporting bars 16, is a flexible member 22, which in the present showing is in the form of a chain, so that the receptacles or buckets operate in unison, when the operating mechanism to be hereinafter more fully described, is operated.

Extending upwardly and rearwardly from the supporting bar 16 at the rear end of the housing, is an arm 23 to which the cable 24 is connected, the cable also operating under the pulley 25 supported within the pulley housing 26 that extends inwardly from one side wall of the housing at a point a substantial distance below the arm 23, as shown by Fig. 3 in the drawings.

The upper end of the cable 24 terminates at a point adjacent to the forward end of the trough so that the person playing the game may, by pulling the cable, cause the supporting bars to tilt and tip the receptacles or buckets to the dotted line position as shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereupon the balls contained in the buckets, will be discharged onto the inclined floor of the housing, from where they will run onto the inclined trough made up of the sections 11, 12 and 13.

In playing the game, the players take their turn in tossing balls into the receptacles or buckets 21, and each player may be supplied with three balls with each turn, after which the cable 24 is operated to discharge the balls which have been successfully tossed into the buckets. The score is then recorded and the usual game is played in ten innings, that is, giving each player ten chances to toss three balls into the receptacles or cups.

The person with the largest score, of course wins the game.

In View of the foregoing detailed description and showing in the drawings, it is believed that further detailed disclosure of the invention is unnecessary for the playing of the game.

While the specific details of one embodiment of this invention have been herein shown and described, the invention is not conned thereto as changes and alterations may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof as dened in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A game apparatus of the class described, comprising a box-like housing having an inclined bottom, a trough inclined from the bottom and leading from said housing into which balls deposited in said housing gravitate to the front end of said game apparatus, a plurality of pivoted supporting bars disposed transversely of said housing, numbered receptacles having open upper ends, supported on said pivoted supporting bars, said receptacles adapted to receive and hold hails tossed into said receptacle in playing the game', and means for simultaneously tilting said supporting bars and buckets forwardly, releasing said balls from said receptacles into said housing and trough.

2. A game apparatus of the class described, comprising a box-like housing having an inclined bottom and having an open top, a trough leading from said housing into 'which balls deposited into said housing gravitate to the front end of said gaine apparatus, a plurality of pivoted supporting bars disposed transversely of said housing and arranged at varying levels, disposed within said housing, groups of open ended receptacles secured to said bars into which the balls are tossed scoring points of the game, said groups of receptacles or buckets being arranged in vertical spaced relation with respect to each other, connecting means between said bars, and means for tilting said bars simultaneously forwardly, dropping the balls from said receptacles onto the iloor of said housing.

3. A game apparatus of the class described, comprising a box-like housing having an open top, and having an inclined bottom, an inclined trough extending from the bottom into which balls deposited in the housing pass to the front end of said game apparatus, a plurality of pivoted supporting bars extending transversely of said housing and arranged in lateral spaced relation with respect to each other varying distances from the front end of said housing, a plurality of receptacles having open upper ends, mounted 4. on said supporting bars, said receptacles adapted to receive balls tossed into the housing, and means for tilting the receptacles simultaneously dropping the balls from said receptacles, onto the bottom of said housing.

4. A game apparatus comprising a box-like housing having an open top and an inclined bottom, an inclined trough communicating with said housing, a plurality of horizontal tiltable members extending transversely across the housing in spaced relation with the bottom, a plurality of buckets having open upper ends into which balls are tossed, in piaying the game, mounted on said tiltable members, said buckets being arranged in rows spaced apart and disposed at different levels within said housing, said buckets having indicia on the outer surfaces thereof, indicating points in the game scored, and means for simultaneously dumping the contents of said buckets onto said floor.

5. A game apparatus comprising a housing having an open top, a plurality of horizontal pivoted supporting bars mounted within said housing, each supporting bar having right angled ends providing bearings, mounted in bearing openings formed in the walls of said housing, buckets having open tops secured to said bars into which balls used in playing the game are tossed, said bars being arranged successively higher from the front of said housing to the rear thereof, and manually controlled means for tilting said bars and buckets, depositing the balls on the floor of said housing.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNlTED STATES PATENTS 469,948 Reed Mar. 1, 1892 1,043,308 Everson Nov. 5, 1912 1,262,314 Downey Apr. 9, 1918 2,415,780 Wolf Feb. l1, 1947 2,617,653 Keller Nov. 11, 1952

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