US3713656A - Box with preformed nail receiving apertures - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- A63F9/0079—Games using compressed air, e.g. with air blowers, balloons, vacuum
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
- A63F9/0079—Games using compressed air, e.g. with air blowers, balloons, vacuum
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- ABSTRACT A toy game apparatus and playing pieces including an opaque box with an open bottom and with the top thereof providing a playing surface having pre-cut nail-receiving perforations.
- the game progresses with ballons being placed within the confines of the opaque box and each child in turn, attempting to drive one or more nails through the playing surface without bursting a balloon.
- the pre-cut perforations are shaped and formed in a construction making the playing surface and the perforations indefinitely reusable.
- a spinner is provided with the game, the spinner surface having indicia thereon to indicate, after spinning the spinner dial, the number of nails the child playing with the toy game must attempt to drive through the playing surface during his turn without bursting a balloon.
- toys and toy games that stimulate their minds, offer them a challenge, educate them in manual dexterity, and offer them some competition involving the use of their minds against the minds of others. It is also important that the toys and toy games involve sounds that hold the attention of the children playing with such toys and toy games.
- a further object is to provide toy game apparatus and playing pieces which challenge the childs manual dexterity as well as his mind.
- a still further object is to provide a toy game and playing pieces therefor which effectively meet the commercial requirements of the toy industry.
- a toy game apparatus and playing pieces therefor demonstrating objects and advantages of the present invention, feature an opaque box with an open bottom and with the top thereof providing a playing surface having pre-cut nail-receiving perforations.
- the game progresses with balloons being placed within the confines of the opaque box and each child, in turn, attempting to drive one or more nails into the playing surface without bursting a balloon.
- the pre-cut perforations are shaped and formed in a construction making the playing surface and the perforations indefinitely reusable.
- a spinner is provided with the game, the spinner surface having indicia thereon to indicate, after spinning the spinner dial, the number of nails the child must attempt to drive through the playing surface during his turn without bursting a balloon.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the playing pieces associated with a toy game according to the present invention, showing particularly the playing surface and the use of playing pieces in relation thereto;
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged, cut-away, perspective view ofa part of the playing surface, illustrating the construction ofthe pre-cut nail-receiving perforations therein;
- FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the opaque box of HO. 1, taken along the line 3-3, further illustrating use of the playing pieces in relation to the playing surface;
- FIG. 4 is a top sectional view of the opaque box of FIG. 3, the section being taken along the line 4-4 thereof.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the playing pieces and apparatus including an opaque box, generally designated by the reference numeral 10, which includes a top wall playing surface 12 having -pre-cut nail-receiving perforations l4 therethrough.
- the opaque box 10 is constructed with depending side walls 18, and depending front and rear walls 20, the side, front and rear walls defining a bottom opening for said opaque box 10.
- a detailed view of the pre-cut nail-receiving perforations 14 is shown in FIG.
- the fold lines 16 are constructed with slight indentations along the line thereof and are pre folded during manufacture in a material capable of retaining a memory for the fold. Construction of the pre-cut nail perforations is also such as to enable the offering of some resistance to driving of the nails therethrough.
- the playing pieces also include balloons 22, adapted to be filled with air to become inflated balloons 22 for disposition within the confining surface 12 and walls 18 and 20 of the opaque box 10.
- Nails 24 and a hammer 26 are also provided, the nails 24 being adapted to penetrate nail-receiving perforations 14 when driven with hammer 26 by a child.
- a spinner 28 is also provided with numerical indicia 30 on the surface thereof for selection by use of the spinner dial 32 rotatably attached to the spinner 28.
- the player chosen to proceed first spins the dial 32 and the number 30 pointed to by the dial after its spin (the number 2 as an example) is used to indicate the number of nails 24 which must be driven by the player using the hammer 26 through a perforation 14 of the playing surface 12.
- the first nail 24a is forced through a perforation 14a in the playing surface 12, as indicated by FIGS. 3 and 4, particularly. It may be seen that nail 24a has successfully missed penetration of one of the inflated balloons 22.
- a second nail 24b is then driven by the same player using hammer 26 through another perforation 14b in the playing surface 12 to complete the player's turn. it may be seen from FIGS.
- paratus and playing pieces is any rigid or semi-rigid material such as plastic or cardboard.
- the game is described as including an opaque game box having a top wall defining a playing field and depending walls cooperating with said top wall and defining an internal chamber therewith. At least one inflated balloon is disposed within the chamber in proximity to and beneath the playing field but hidden from view, the playing field having plural nail-receiving perforations through which the balloon may be burst by driving a nail through selected ones of said nail-receiving perforations. Whether or not a particular nail through a particular perforation bursts a balloon depends upon the orientation of the balloon in relation to the playing field and the degree of inflation of the balloon.
- the perforations include a central hole and plural cuts radiating therefrom with prefolded indentations connecting the extremities of the cuts.
- An opaque box for use with a balloon and a nail in a toy game comprising a top wall, depending walls cooperating with and defining therewith an internal chamber for confining said balloon, one of said walls defining a playing surface, and means defining Y- shaped perforations in said playing surface adapted to receive said nail, said playing surface being constructed with prefolded indentations along lines connecting the successive extremities of said Y-shaped perforations and adapted to provide said playing surface with resistance to said nail being driven through said perforations and yet reusability thereof.
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Cited By (6)
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US4047716A (en) * | 1976-04-21 | 1977-09-13 | Plech Jr John | Peg game with spinner-type timer |
FR2719494A1 (en) * | 1994-05-09 | 1995-11-10 | Scimia Robert | Helical diaphragm with composite structure. |
DE29614670U1 (en) * | 1996-08-28 | 1996-12-19 | Klein, Alfred, 41236 Mönchengladbach | Skill game |
US20060232014A1 (en) * | 2005-04-18 | 2006-10-19 | Holsten William A | Balloon bursting game with air pump |
DE102015102078A1 (en) * | 2015-02-13 | 2016-08-18 | Thomas Gensberger | Nail device for a nail play |
US10500516B1 (en) | 2019-06-13 | 2019-12-10 | Uriel Macias-Castillo | Burstable balloon entertainment device |
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Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4047716A (en) * | 1976-04-21 | 1977-09-13 | Plech Jr John | Peg game with spinner-type timer |
FR2719494A1 (en) * | 1994-05-09 | 1995-11-10 | Scimia Robert | Helical diaphragm with composite structure. |
WO1995030462A1 (en) * | 1994-05-09 | 1995-11-16 | Robert Scimia | Composite structured helicoidal diaphragm |
DE29614670U1 (en) * | 1996-08-28 | 1996-12-19 | Klein, Alfred, 41236 Mönchengladbach | Skill game |
US20060232014A1 (en) * | 2005-04-18 | 2006-10-19 | Holsten William A | Balloon bursting game with air pump |
DE102015102078A1 (en) * | 2015-02-13 | 2016-08-18 | Thomas Gensberger | Nail device for a nail play |
US10500516B1 (en) | 2019-06-13 | 2019-12-10 | Uriel Macias-Castillo | Burstable balloon entertainment device |
US10870065B1 (en) | 2019-06-13 | 2020-12-22 | Uriel Macias-Castillo | Burstable balloon entertainment device |
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Owner name: CBS INC., 51 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 1001 Free format text: NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT;ASSIGNOR:IDEAL TOY CORPORATION, A CORP OF DE;REEL/FRAME:004210/0055 Effective date: 19831108 Owner name: IDEAL TOY CORPORATION 184-10 JAMAICA AVENUE HOLLIS Free format text: NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT;ASSIGNOR:IDEAL TOY CORPORATION, A NY CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004210/0050 Effective date: 19720410 |
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Owner name: VIEW-MASTER IDEAL GROUP, INC., 200 FIFTH AVENUE, N Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. AS OF JANUARY 21, 1986.;ASSIGNOR:CBS INC., A CORP OF NY;REEL/FRAME:004648/0575 Effective date: 19861107 Owner name: VIEW-MASTER IDEAL GROUP, INC., A CORP OF DE,NEW YO Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CBS INC., A CORP OF NY;REEL/FRAME:004648/0575 Effective date: 19861107 |