Sloping table sliding puck game
OwnerWalter F. Kazukinventor
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Abstract
A sloping table sliding puck game and method for playing the same. A table having a substantially frictionless is elevated at an angle. A rebounding device is placed at one end of the table. A game player at the other end of the table projects a puck along the top surface of the table toward targets adjacent the rebounding device with a hand paddle. The table is sloped to force the puck to return to the game player. Optical sensors detect when the puck passes over the targets. A chute is located behind the rebounding device. When the game is over the rebounding device drops permitting the puck to enter the chute. The chute is constructed to return the puck to the player at the other end of the table from the rebounding device before the start of the next game.
Claims6
A sliding puck game comprising:
- a table having a floor with a surface for supporting a sliding puck projected along a path of a first end of the table by a participant disposed adjacent the second end of the table;
- rebounding means disposed adjacent the first end of the table for rebounding the sliding puck being projected at the first end of the table;
- chute means for returning the puck to the participant at the second end of the table, said chute means extending along the table from the first end of the table to the second end of the table;
- timer means for indicating an amount of time to play the sliding puck game;
- means responsive to said timer means for removing said rebounding means from the path of said puck so that said puck enters said chute means at the first end of the table and returns through the chute means to the second end of the table;
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- means for interposing said rebounding means within the path of said puck to prevent the puck from entering said chute means.
A method of playing a game with a puck on a sloped surface of a table extending between a first end and a second end, the method comprising the steps of:
- contacting the puck with a hand-held paddle disposed on the surface of the table to propel the puck along a path on the surface of the table from the second end toward the first end and a plurality of target areas with an initial velocity;
- elevating the entire surface of the table between the first and second end at an angle with respect to horizontal, said angle being selected so that when the puck travels from the second end toward the first end, the puck always returns to the second end regardless of the puck's initial velocity;
- recontacting the puck with the hand-held paddle to propel the puck back toward the first end to contact another of the plurality of target areas as the puck returns to the second end of the table from the first end of the table;
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- providing a penalty box disposed adjacent the second end with a top surface having an elevation lower than the surface of the table for trapping the puck if the hand-held paddle misses the puck during playing of the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.