Game table

A game table, comprising:

• a bed assembly including;
• a flat, rectangular bed having a plurality of arcuate notches in the margins thereof;
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• a bumper structure extending along the perimeter of said bed;
• a table frame closely surrounding said bed assembly including:
• a pair of hollow side structures disposed along the longitudinal sides of said bed assembly and extending a short distance around the corresponding corners of said bed, each of said side structures including an outer shell and an inner shell engaged together to form an integral side rail, said apron, ball return run, and ball storage compartment structure, and
• a pair of hollow end structures disposed along the ends of said bed assembly to interconnect the end portions of said side structures, each of said end structures including an outer shell and an inner shell engaged together to form an integral end rail and an apron structure;
• means for mounting said bed assembly on said table frame;
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• wherein each of said frame side structure outer shells includes a longitudinal portion having:
• an upper rail wall extending laterally outwardly from said bed assembly to serve as the outer surface of a side rail, said upper rail wall having arcuate notches formed therein at locations corresponding to the location of said table notches;
• an outer apron wall extending downwardly from the outer edge portion of said upper rail wall opposite said bed assembly to serve as the outer surface of said side apron and the outside surface of a ball storage compartment;
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• a base wall extending transversely inwardly from the lower edge portion of said outer apron wall toward said bed assembly, with the central portion of said lower base wall serving as the lower surface of the ball storage compartment.

A game table comprising:

• (A) a bed assembly including:
• (1) a flat, rectangular bed having a plurality of arcuate notches in the margins thereof;
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• (2) a bumper structure extending along the perimeter of said bed;
• (B) a table frame closely surrounding said bed including;
• (1) a pair of hollow side structures disposed along the longitudinal sides of said bed assembly and extending a short distance around the corresponding corners of said bed, each of said side structures including an outer shell and an inner shell engaged together to form an integral side rail, side apron, ball return run, and ball storage compartment structure;
• (2) a pair of hollow end structures disposed along the ends of said bed assembly to interconnect the end portions of said side structures, each of said end structures including an outer shell and an inner shell engaged together to form an integral end rail and an apron structure;
• (3) a mounting flange fixed to each end portion of each of said side structures;
• (4) a cap plate disposed generally transversely to the length of and fixed to each end portion of each of said end structures;
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• (5) means for securing said mounting flange and a corresponding cap plate together in face-to-face relationship to thereby interconnect said end structures with said side structures;
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• (C) means for mounting said bed assembly on said table frame.

In a game table construction having a bed assembly including a rectangular bed and cushions extending along the edge portions of the bed, the improvement comprising:

• a table frame for supporting the bed assembly, said frame disposed outwardly from and closely surrounding the edge portions of the bed, said table frame including:
• hollow side structures extending along and spaced slightly outwardly from the side edge portions of the bed assembly and including portions defining an integral siderail, apron, ball runs in cooperation with the adjacent edge portions of the bed and ball storage compartment;
• hollow end structures extending along the end edge portion of the bed assembly;
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• a pair of hollow leg structures integrally constructed with and extending downwardly from each of said side structures.

In a game table constructed having a bed assembly including a rectangular bed and cushions extending along the edge portions of the bed, the improvement comprising a table frame closely surrounding and supporting the bed assembly, said table frame including:

• (A) hollow side structures extending along the sides of the bed assembly and including portions defining integral siderail, apron, ball runs and ball storage compartment;
• (B) hollow end structures extending along the ends of the bed assembly;
• (C) a pair of leg structures of hollow construction extending downwardly from each of said side structures;
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• (D) wherein each of said side structures includes:
• (1) a side rail constructed from a vertically disposed upper side wall extending along the sides of the bed assembly and vertically spaced apart upper and lower rail walls extending generally transversely outwardly from the upper and lower edge portions of said upper side wall, said side rail having a plurality of spaced apart vertical notches formed therein;
• (2) a side apron constructed from an outer apron wall extending generally downwardly from the outer edge portion of said rail upper wall and an inner apron wall extending generally downwardly from the outer edge portion of said lower rail wall;
• said inner apron wall spaced inwardly from said outer apron wall;
• (3) a ball run base wall extending transversely inwardly from the lower edge portion of said inner apron wall at an elevation below said lower rail to underlie said lower rail wall;
• (4) a lower side wall extending generally downwardly from the edge portion of said ball run base wall opposite said apron inner wall;
• (5) an outer base wall extending transversely inwardly from the lower edge portion of said apron outer wall at an elevation spaced below said ball run base wall to intersect the lower edge portion of said lower side wall;
• (6) wherein said lower rail wall, said inner apron wall, said ball run base wall and the adjacent portion of said bed assembly cooperating together to form the ball runs in communication with corresponding rail notches;
• (7) wherein the central portions of said ball run base wall, said outer apron wall, said outer base wall and said lower side wall cooperating together to define a ball storage compartment at an elevation below said ball runs;
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• (8) wherein said ball run base wall having a plurality of openings formed therein to communicatively interconnect said ball runs with said ball storage compartment.