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US 4,047,716 AGranted
Peg game with spinner-type timer
OwnerJohn Plech, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A game includes a plurality of pegs to be removed from a board by a player in a timed play duration determined by a timer set in motion by the player. The timer mounted on the game board includes a rod and a disc positioned thereabout so that a player can determine his own timed play duration by raising the disc to the top of the rod and spinning the disc so that it resists falling immediately to the board whereupon the timed duration expires.
Claims8
A game, comprising
- a board,
- a plurality of play members positionable on said board,
- said play members being removable from and positionable on said board by a player during a play,
- timer means for timing a duration for each play, said timer means including an elongate, relatively rigid rod-like member having a generally rounded cross section and opposite ends, and movable, relatively rigid disc-like means movably positioned with respect to said rod-like member for moving in a direction from one to the other of said ends in response to gravitational force, said disc-like means having a substantially centrally located opening through which said rod-like member extends, whereby upon rotation of said disc-like means the centrifugally created frictional forces with said rod-like member tend to oppose such gravitational forces to reduce the speed at which said disc-like means moves in said direction and thereby to time such duration, and said opening being of a sufficiently larger size than such rounded cross section, whereby when said disc-like means is not rotating it is relatively freely movable on said rod-like member, and
- means for coupling said timer means to said board.
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