Competitive ball game apparatus

A table tennis type game apparatus, comprising, in combination:

• a frame having two generally flat oppositely and downwardly sloped playing areas thereon;
• a generally transverse, upstanding barrier between the playing areas;
• a playing ball rollably supportable by the playing areas;
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• a pair of freely movable hand manipulatable electrically driven projecting devices for receiving the ball from the playing area and projecting the ball back towards the opposite playing area, said projecting device including a housing having chute means including a lower ball receiving chute portion and an upper ball return chute portion and electrical drive means mounted on the housing at the chute means for engaging the ball for adding momentum to the ball for launching the ball through the upper return chute portion to the opposite playing area.

A pair of opposing playing areas mounted on a frame, said playing areas being inclined downwardly in opposite directions;

• an upstanding barrier between the opposed playing areas;
• a substantially hard projectile movable upon the playing areas from one side of the barrier to the other;
• dampening means between the playing areas and the frame to support the playing areas thereon and substantially negate the reboundability of the projectile for subsequent rolling on the playing surface;
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• a hand manipulatable projecting device for each player of the game, said projecting device having means for receiving the projectile from the playing surface and automatically projecting the projectile back over the upstanding barrier to the opposite playing area.

A game apparatus, comprising:

• opposed playing areas;
• a projectile movable between said playing areas;
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• a hand manipulatable projecting device for each player of the game, said projecting device having electrical drive means for automatically launching the projectile toward one of said playing areas, said projecting device including a housing defining a cavity for a portable electrical power supply for energizing said electrical drive means, wherein the projecting device includes conduit means for the projectile and said drive means includes a rotatable roller mounted at said conduit means for engaging the projectile and adding projecting velocity thereto and a drive motor mounted on the housing within the interior of the rotatable roller.