Marble shooting game
OwnerArthur A. Guise, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A marble shooting game having a playing apparatus which includes a playing surface which is divided into two longitudinal segments with one segment having a foul line and a marble holder and projector at the other end of the segment and with the other segment portion being identically arranged except for the marble holder and projector being adjacent the foul line of the first segment and the foul line of the second segment being adjacent the marble holder and projector of the first segment so that a player shooting at a target associated with the marble holder and projector at the opposite end of one segment will release a marble placed on said holder by an opposing player.
Claims2
A game apparatus comprising;
- means for playing a game with marbles with a reduced chance of losing the marbles including, a game board with sides, support means on said game board for supporting a first marble thereon, and additional means associated with the support means functioning as a target and which when hit by another marble will project said first marble onto the surface of the game board, said support means including a stand structure attached vertically to one end of said game board and having a marble-holding indentation at the top thereof, said additional means including a target lever associated with the supporting stand structure to actuate a marble-disengaging lever on said support stand structure when the target lever is hit by another marble, said target lever being pivotally supported between parallel ears on the support stand structure which form the indentation therebetween for supporting the first marble and allow said first marble to be projecting off the support when the target lever is actuated by being hit by another marble.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.