Apparatus for playing a game
OwnerSalman Heskel Balas, Clifton Quinton Keillerinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus for playing a game utilizing a plurality of balls and a playing device, the device comprising an upper board having spaced openings to receive one of the balls, a lower board positioned vertically below the upper board, ball receiving positions formed by projections depending from the upper board in co-operation with projections upstanding on the lower board, the projections of the upper and lower boards being provided to permit a rejected ball to pass from the vicinity of a ball receiving position to a collecting tray, and the projections on the upper and lower boards, or other projections, serving to prevent a rejected ball from entering another ball receiving position.
Claims24
Apparatus for playing a game, comprising in combination a plurality of spherical playing pieces in the form of balls and a playing device, said playing device comprising an upper board having a plurality of spaced openings of a size through which a ball may pass, a lower board positioned vertically below said upper board, ball receiving positions for retaining at least one of said balls and corresponding to at least some of said openings in said upper board, said ball receiving positions being provided by means depending from said upper board co-acting with means upstanding on said lower board, means permitting a rejected ball which is a ball prevented from entering a ball receiving position by a ball which already occupies such position to pass from the vicinity of said ball receiving position, and means provided in the region of said ball receiving position to prevent said rejected ball from entering another ball receiving position.
Apparatus for playing a game, comprising in combination a plurality of spherical playing pieces in the form of balls and a playing device, said playing device comprising an upper board having a plurality of spaced openings of a size through which a ball may pass, a lower board positioned vertically below said upper board, ball receiving positions for retaining at least one of said balls and corresponding to at least some of said openings in said upper board, means permitting a rejected ball which is a ball prevented from entering a ball receiving position by a ball which already occupies such position to pass from the vicinity of said ball receiving position, means provided in the region of said ball receiving position to prevent said rejected ball from entering another ball receiving position, upstanding projections formed on said lower board immediately below said ball receiving holes, and said projections in co-operation with said ball receiving openings providing said ball receiving positions.
Apparatus for playing a game, comprising in combination a plurality of spherical playing pieces in the form of balls and a playing device, said playing device comprising an upper board having a plurality of spaced openings of a size through which a ball may pass, a lower board positioned vertically below said upper board, ball receiving positions for retaining at least one of said balls and corresponding to at least some of said openings in said upper board, means permitting a rejected ball which is a ball prevented from entering a ball receiving position by a ball which already occupies such position to pass from the vicinity of said ball receiving position, means provided in the region of said ball receiving position to prevent said rejected ball from entering another ball receiving position, said upper board being provided with downwardly depending pins interspaced with said openings, and said lower board being provided with spaced parallel upstanding projections to provide, alternately, ball receiving channels and ball rejection channels.
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