US 5,288,085 AGranted

Table racket ball game device

AssigneeRobert G. Young

InventorRobert G. Young

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Abstract

This new invention is a table Racket Ball Game Device. This new invention is an enclosed table game device played with a table tennis type ball, off the sides, bottom and top, in three dimensions. This new table game device is a game of skill not chance. This is a serious game almost anyone can learn to play. It teaches eye-hand coordination and concentration. The ball is hand loaded, on to the paddle, aimed and carefully shot, at the other player's goal, with just a flick of the fingers. Players score points when the ball falls out of play behind the defender's defense and down the ball return ramp. The paddles are designed and mounted in such a way that the entire surface maybe used in defense. This is a game of skill not chance because the players can defend every shot if they can slide the paddle quick enough to block the oncoming shot.

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A table racket ball game device comprising;

a housing having top, bottom, end, and two side walls,
two goals within the housing, one near each end thereof, each to be defended by a player,
at least two paddle rods extending through said two side walls and slidable from side to side of said housing, and mounted for rotation on their axes,
each said rod being mounted in front of one of said goals and having a handle mounted exteriorly of said housing,
at least one paddle mounted, at its center, on each rod, each paddle having a serving hole near one end thereof,
a ball, larger than said serving hole, placeable over said hole and being capable of being served by rotating said rod, thereby causing said ball to leave the paddle and bounce off of the top, sides and bottom of said housing toward the goal on the far end of the housing,
said serving hole also being capable of catching and holding the ball before further serving,
whereby a first player attempts to propel the ball into an opponent's goal and the opposing player attempts to catch, hold and then serve the ball back towards the first player's goal.

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