Passer and kicker for electric football game
OwnerStanley J. Selengowski, Mitchell J. Selengowskiinventors
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Abstract
A vibrating surface type simulated football game is disclosed in which high accuracy passer and kicker figures have calibrated passing and kicking ranges on the playing surface corresponding to actual player passing and kicking ranges. Pockets formed in movable members of the passing and kicking figures enable free exit of the projectile upon movement of the member against a fixed stop. The passing and kicking movable members are rotated by the player to various compressed positions of a coil compression spring each corresponding to a calibrated range of the projectile and released to move the member against the fixed stop position to provide highly accurate trajectory of the projectile.
Claims7
An electric football game of the type comprising a playing surface marked with a gridiron corresponding to a football gridiron, means for vibrating the playing surface in order to advance a plurality of playing figures to be disposed on said surface and simulated play actions executed by vibratory movement of said playing surface causing said players to be advanced thereof, the improvement comprising:
- a playing figure including a base adapted to be disposed on said playing surface, a figure form portion thereof, and a pivotally mounted member adapted to cause projection of a simulated football projectile;
- said member being pivotable about a pivotable mount thereon;
- spring means resiliently resisting said pivotal motion in one direction of movement;
- stop means associated with said member adapted to limit the motion of said member in said one direction against said resistance of said spring means;
- a forward limit stop associated therewith limiting the return movement of said member upon release thereof;
- and pocket means associated with said member adapted to receive a simulated football projectile upon release thereof causing said projectile to be propelled to simulate passing or kicking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.