Game board

A game board comprising:

• a table board having a playing surface and a peripheral edge;
• a ball delivery mechanism for delivering a ball to said playing surface, said ball delivery mechanism capable of successively delivering a plurality of balls to said playing surface;
• at least one hollow catching body disposed atop said playing surface, said catching body being movably mounted to said table board adapted to capture at least one of said balls appearing on said playing surface and thereafter delivering said ball to said ball delivery mechanism;
• an actuation means to actuate said hollow catching body to enable said body to capture at least one of said balls;
• an interlocking mechanism connecting said ball delivery mechanism and said actuation means such that said ball delivery mechanism automatically delivers a ball to said playing surface once for every time said actuation means is actuated a plurality of times.

A game board comprising:

• an extended base board with a surface, a defined periphery, a defined board center, and a ball delivery means to deliver a ball towards said board center;
• a plurality of hollow structures modeled after a body portion of an animal and disposed at the base board
• an extrusive body for each hollow structure, each extrusive body having fore and rear ends, an upper frame, a bottom in each of said hollow structures, said bottom being slidable mounted with respect to said surface so that said extrusive body may be pushed out of said hollow structure towards said board center, a capturing structure shaped like the head of an animal pivotally joined to said fore end of said extrusive body, said capturing structure having a bottom opening which normally engages the board surface,
• a driving plate fitted in each of said extrusive bodies so that said driving plate is reciprocally moveable between said fore and rear ends of said extrusive body, said driving plate adapted to raise said capturing structure from the board surface when said driving plate is moved from said rear end to said fore end of said extrusive body;
• a lever for each extrusive body, each having one end engaged with an associated driving plate and another end projecting out from the associated animal body shaped hollow structure with a center portion pivotally mounted to said upper frame at said rear end of said extrusive body so that when said end of said lever projecting out from said associated animal body part is moved back and forth, said driving plate operates to force out the corresponding extrusive body from said associated hollow structure and raise said capturing structure from said board surface;
• a spring means coupled to said lever to bias said extrusive member to an original position;
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• an interlocking means for automatically operating said ball delivery means once for each time said lever is operated a plurality of times.