Game board

A game board for a game using a base board (1), a roof (18) from which a plurality of objects (28) to be caught hang down and are easily removed, a post for supporting said roof, and animated catcher bodies (51) arranged on the base board and operated by a lever (70) so as to snap at said object to be caught, said game board comprising:

• a base board (1) provided with a suitable number of mounting holes (5) disposed suitably spaced-apart from each other along the periphery of the board surface and also provided with a post-supporting portion at the center of the board surface, a post (15) having at its lower end a joining portion for removably joining it to said post-supporting portion and having mounted at its top end a fixed gear (17) so arranged that its center axis is directed vertically, a roof carrying along its periphery a suitable number of objects (28) to be caught which are arranged suitably spaced-apart from each other and hang down and are easily removed, said roof (18) also having secured to its central part a frame supporting a planetary gear (31) meshed with said fixed gear (17) and a prime mover for giving rotative power to said planetary gear (31), a suitable number of animated catcher bodies (51) each of which has a trunk portion (52) modeled after the trunk of an animal, said trunk portion having at its bottom a joining portion (54) for removably joining said trunk portion to said mounting hole (5), said trunk portion (52) having provided therein a push-out member (64) arranged so as to be movable vertically, a spring (66) acting to always urge said push-out member downwardly, and a lever (70) operated to push out said push-out member (64), said push-out member being adapted with a slide cylinder (73) to which is secured one of two split segments (77, 78) of a hollow structure (76) modeled after the head portion of an animal, the other segments being movable and arranged to open and close relative to said one segment and provided with an operating bar (83) joined to said push-out member, a first leaf spring (88) disposed between said push-out member and slide cylinder and adapted to press said slide cylinder to always urge said openable and closable movable segment to its closed position, and a second leaf spring (91) adapted to press against said slide cylinder during ascent of said push-out member and come off said slide cylinder when said slide cylinder has been pushed up a predetermined distance together with said push-out member and, an opening (85) provided at a part of said movable segment of the head portion for taking out the captured objects and a cover (86) removably set on said opening.