Marble game apparatus
OwnerJames J. Yeakleyinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a support table, including an outer wall spaced from an inner wall defining a trough therebetween for containing marbles projected from a central playing surface. The central playing surface includes an annular abutment wall arranged in surrounding relationship relative thereto to maintain marbles within the central playing surface. A modification of the invention includes a magnetic member rotatably mounted underlying the table and radially adjustable relative thereto to effect deflection of ferrous metallic marbles projected on the playing surface in cooperation with non-ferrous metallic marbles.
Claims4
A marble game apparatus, comprising, a table, the table including a cylindrical outer wall defined by a first height, with a cylindrical inner wall positioned coaxially and interiorly of the outer wall defined by a second height less than the first height, and
- a trough contained between the outer wall and the inner wall, including a trough floor orthogonally mounted at a lower terminal end of the outer wall and inner wall interconnecting the outer wall and the inner wall, and
- a circular planar playing surface extending within the inner wall orthogonally oriented relative to the inner wall, and
- an abutment wall extending upwardly from the inner wall above the playing surface, with the abutment wall including a sloped ramp surface in confronting relationship relative to the playing surface, and
- the table includes a plurality of legs mounted to the table, and each leg of a plurality of legs includes a telescopingly adjustable lower end portion, and
- a support axle integrally and orthogonally mounted to a bottom surface of the playing surface coaxially thereof, the playing surface formed of a transparent material and wherein the support axle includes a support block rotatably mounted about the support axle, the support block fixedly mounts a rotary rod, the rotary rod arranged parallel relative to the bottom surface of the playing surface, and the rotary rod including a ferromagnetic cylinder slidably and adjustably mounted along the rotary rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.