Rotary table ball game

A table ball game for use with a game-piece comprising a playing surface, at least two arms for projecting said game-piece across said playing surface;

• axis means for rotatably mounting each said arm on said playing surface, each said arm extending radially from each said axis means across said playing surface, each said arm curving outwardly from said axis so that the concave portion of the curve faces in the direction of rotation, means for selectively rotating each said arm about said axis in said direction, said rotating means including angularly manipulatable arm control means and means operatively coupling said arm control means and at least two axis means for coordinately rotating said arms in response to the manual manipulation of said arm control means, said playing surface being provided with two opposed goal regions each associated with the player, each of said goal regions including goal obstructing means and associated means for displacing said goal obstructing means, each of said goal regions having associated therewith first and second groups of said axis means and a means for coordinately rotating the axis means of each group independent of the other group, one of said groups being associated with each player, said game being symmetrical about a line transverse to the center of said playing surface, all of said axis means associated with one of said groups being on one side of said transverse center line and all of the axis means associated with the other of said group being positioned on the other side of said transverse center line, said playing surface being divided into two independent portions at said transverse center line, game support means for supporting each half of said playing surface and associated axis means, means for rotating said axis means, said game support means also supporting said means for rotating said axis means and said goal obstructing means and said means for displacing said goal obstructing means, means for hingedly connecting said game support members to position said two halves of said playing surface in registration at a first relative position of said game support members and to permit the folding together of said game support members so that said playing surfaces extend substantially parallel to each other and facing away from each other in a second relative position of said game support members, upstanding walls on the periphery of said playing surfaces except in said goal regions to define the periphery of said playing surfaces and the entrance to said goal regions, and transparent cover means substantially overlying each half of said playing surface and adapted to substantially mate when said game support members are in said first relative position with said playing surfaces in alignment.

A table ball game for use with a game-piece comprising a playing surface, at least two axis means rotatably mounted on said playing surface, an arm extending radially from each of said axis means across said playing surface for projecting said game-piece across said playing surface, manually manipulatable arm control means and means for operatively coupling said arm control means and said axis means for the coordinate selective rotation of said arms about their respective axis means in response to the manual manipulation of said arm control means, said coupling means including a pivotably mounted transmission member;

• means operatively connecting said arm control means and said transmission member for the selective pivoting of said transmission member in response to the manual displacement of said arm control means;
• ratchet wheel means operatively coupled to each of said axis means for rotation of said axis means in response to rotation of ratchet wheel means;
• and pawl means associated with each of said ratchet wheel means and coupled to said transmission member for displacement from a first point on one side of said ratchet wheel means past said ratchet wheel means to a point on the other side of said ratchet wheel means and back to said first point in response to the pivotable displacement of said transmission member, said ratchet wheel means and pawl means being adapted for rotation of said ratchet wheel means, and therefore the associated axis means and arm only during the displacement of said pawl means from said first point to said second point.