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US 11,701,575 B2Granted
Adjustable tabletop sports system
AssigneeMedal Sports (Taiwan) Corporation
InventorKevin Chunhao Tsai
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a goal secured to a table configured to receive a projectile from a tabletop game with a playing surface. The goal includes a net portion, at least one bracket, and a tray portion. The net portion has a first end and a second end. The net portion is movable between a first position and a second position. The net portion is configured to receive a first projectile in the first position and a second projectile in the second position. The at least one bracket is configured to receive at least one of the first end or the second end of the net portion. The tray portion is configured to store the first projectile and the second projectile.
Claims20
A tabletop game system, comprising:
- a table having a game-playing surface, goal ends on opposite ends of the table, each of the goal ends having a goal end surface perpendicular to the game-playing surface, and a bracket coupled to each of the respective goal end surfaces;
- a first projectile comprising an air hockey puck;
- a second projectile comprising a ball;
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- a net adjustably coupled to the respective brackets at each of the goal ends, each net is vertically movable relative to the respective bracket, each bracket having an upper end and a lower end on the goal end surface such that the net is movable between a first position close to the lower end of the respective bracket and a second position close to the upper end of the respective bracket to vertically orient the respective net with respect to the game-playing surface, and each net has a net opening configured to receive the first projectile in the first position to play a first game of air hockey, and the second projectile in the second position to play a second game of foosball that differs from the first game of air hockey.
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A tabletop game system, comprising:
- a table having a game-playing surface, goal ends on opposite ends of the table, each of the goal ends having a goal end surface perpendicular to the game-playing surface, and a bracket coupled to each of the respective goal end surfaces;
- a first projectile comprising an air hockey puck;
- a second projectile comprising a ball;
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- a net at each goal end, each net having a top net surface, the net adjustably coupled to the respective bracket at the respective goal end and movable relative to the respective bracket between a first position and a second position perpendicularly with respect to the game-playing surface, such that a first game of air hockey can be played in the first position and a second game of foosball, which differs from the first game of air hockey, can be played in the second position;
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- wherein the first position of the nets is at a first vertical height defined from the game-playing surface to the respective net top surface and the second position of the nets is at a second vertical height defined from the game-playing surface to the respective net top surface, and the second vertical height is greater than the first vertical height.
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A tabletop game system, comprising:
- a table having a game-playing surface, goal ends on opposite ends of the table, each of the goal ends having a goal end surface perpendicular to the game-playing surface, and a bracket coupled to each of the respective goal end surfaces;
- a net adjustably coupled to the respective brackets at each of the goal ends, each net is vertically movable relative to the respective bracket, each bracket having an upper end and a lower end on the goal end surface such that the net is movable between a first position close to the lower end of the respective bracket and a second position close to the upper end of the respective bracket to vertically orient the respective net with respect to the game-playing surface, and each net has a net opening configured to receive a first projectile in the first position to play a first game and a second projectile in the second position to play a second game that differs from the first game;
- a tray coupled to each of the goal ends of the table below the lower end of the respective bracket such that the trays are configured to store the first projectile and the second projectile, each tray includes a tray surface and a sidewall extending from the tray surface toward the respective net, and the sidewall defines a lip configured to store the first projectile and the second projectile, and each tray further includes an end stop formed between the side wall and at least one fastening end of the respective tray to receive a portion of the respective net in the first position of the net.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.