Tabletop hockey or soccer game
OwnerJames D. Nicollinventor
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Abstract
A tabletop hockey game includes a scoring member configured for affixation to a player's hand. The scoring member includes a transversely curved shooting portion which enables the player to lift the puck above the playing surface for top shelf scoring.
Claims14
A game comprising:
- a game board including a generally planar, rectangular playing surface;
- a first goal disposed at a first end of said playing surface;
- a projectile dimensioned to pass into said goal;
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- a scoring member for propelling said projectile across the playing surface, said scoring member having a relatively planar attachment portion engageable by a hand of a player, said attachment portion including a body of elastomeric material for affixing the scoring member to the hand of the player, said scoring member also having a shooting portion which is formed of a resilient material and which is contiguous with a linear, bottom edge of said scoring member;
- said shooting portion being curved along an axis which is parallel to said bottom edge.
A scoring member for use in an action board game, said scoring member being of a generally polygonal shape and including indicia thereupon simulative of a hockey player, said scoring member having a linear bottom edge configured to engage a surface of a playing board, said scoring member including a relatively planar attachment portion engageable by a hand of a player and further including a shooting portion which is formed of a resilient material and which is contiguous with said linear bottom edge, said shooting portion being curved along an axis which is parallel to said bottom edge;
- said scoring member being operable to store energy in said shooting portion when the bottom edge is engaged with the playing surface and the scoring member is biased toward said surface, and to release said stored energy when the scoring member is subsequently biased away from said playing surface;
- whereby, said released energy may be transferred to a projectile which is in contact with said shooting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.