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US 4,025,073 AGranted
Table soccer or football game structure
OwnerRobert L. Furr, Robert I. Hayes, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A generally improved rectangular fussball game table having raised side walls and end walls with goal openings and a pebbled glass playing surface for improved ball handling. The game table includes four vertical legs of rectangular cross-section having table leveling feet and a plurality of rod-mounted, balanced and weighted playing figures each having the foot thereof configured for improved ball handling characteristics.
Claims9
A table soccer or football game structure comprising:
- a top housing unit having a playing field portion surrounded by raise opposite side walls and end walls, said end walls each having a goal opening therein, a plurality of actuating rods extending through said opposite side walls spaced transversely and above said playing field portion and supporting game figures thereon depending adjacent said playing field portion and adapted to contact a ball thereon, said actuating rods being rotatively and axially movable relative to said side walls;
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- a ball drop opening extending through said side wall, said opening having a groove formed in the lower central portion for supporting a ball in a stationary position for being spun through the hole and onto the playing surface with a select motion bias to start the game.
A table soccer or football game structure comprising:
- a top housing unit having a playing field portion surrounded by raised opposite sidewalls and endwalls, said endwalls each having a goal opening therein, a plurality of actuating rods extending through said opposite sidewalls spaced transversely and above said playing field portion and supporting game figures thereon depending adjacent said playing field portion and adapted to contact a ball thereon, said actuating rods being rotatively and axially movable relative to said sidewalls;
- a generally cylindrical ball drop opening extending transversely through at least one of said sidewalls above said playing field surface;
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- means for both retaining a playing ball in a stationary position within said opening prior to commencement of play and providing an edge between the ball and the playing surface against which the ball may be pressed immediately prior to discharging the ball onto the playing surface with a rotary motion having been imparted thereto.
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A table soccer of football game structure comprising:
- a top housing unit having a playing field portion surrounded by raised opposite sidewalls and endwalls each having a goal opening therein, a plurality of actuating rods extending through said opposite sidewalls spaced transversely and above said playing field portion and supporting game figures thereon depending adjacent said playing field portion and adapted to contact a ball thereon, said actuating rods being rotatively and axially movable relative to said sidewalls;
- a generally cylindrical ball drop opening extending transversely through at least one of said sidewalls above said playing field surface;
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- a depression formed within the lower portion of said opening for retaining a ball in said opening prior to service and for enabling a player to impart a spring to the ball during service and thereby biasing the ball in the serving player's favor.
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