Competitive table-top game with action-discharge
AssigneeAdolph E. Goldfarb
InventorsAdolph E. Goldfarb, Martin I. Goldfarb
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Abstract
A competitive table top type game having a "fenced-in" playing surface with opposed player ends. Each player controls one or more strikers and uses it to cause a play piece such as a ball to hit the opponent's target. When a player's target is hit, a liquid discharge is directed at that player for added play value and enjoyment. For simplicity and economy of construction, that player actuates a mechanical stop to stop the discharge and reset the target. In one form, the actuation of the stop also advances the opponent's's score. Alternatively, any simple score indicating arrangement may be used.
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A competitive table top type game for two or more players comprising:
- a) a generally horizontal playing surface that includes a plurality of player areas that each have an adjacent player position for a player to occupy while playing the game,
- b) at least one movable play piece disposed on the surface,
- c) a plurality of propelling mechanisms operatively located relative to the playing surface and each operable by one of the players for engaging and propelling the play piece over the playing surface, the propelling mechanism of each player being operable by that player from the player position adjacent to that player's player area,
- d) a plurality of targets operatively located relative to the playing surface for being engaged by the play piece, and
- e) a plurality of liquid discharging mechanisms each located adjacent to one or more of said player areas and operationally associated with one or more of said targets so as to discharge liquid toward one or more of player position adjacent to said one more player areas when an associated target is engaged by the play piece.
A competitive table top type game for two or more players comprising:
- a) a generally horizontal playing surface that includes a plurality of player areas that each have an adjacent player position for a player to occupy while playing the game,
- b) at least one movable play piece disposed on the surface,
- c) at least two targets located adjacent to said playing surface for being engaged by the play piece, and
- d) at least two liquid discharging mechanisms each operationally associated with at least one of said targets and designed and arranged to discharge liquid toward at least one of said player positions when a target associated with that discharge mechanism is engaged by a play piece.
A competitive table top type game for two or more players comprising:
- a) a generally horizontal playing surface that includes a plurality of opposed player areas each defining an adjacent position for a player to occupy while playing the game,
- b) at least one movable play piece disposed on the surface,
- c) a plurality of propelling mechanisms operatively located relative to the playing surface and each operable by one of the players for engaging and propelling the play piece over the playing surface, the propelling mechanism of each player being operable by that player from the player position adjacent to that player's player area,
- d) a plurality of targets each operatively located adjacent to one of said player areas for being engaged by a play piece, and
- e) a plurality of discharging mechanisms each located adjacent to one of said player areas, each discharging mechanism being operationally associated with the target at that player area so as to discharge an object toward the adjacent player position when the associated target is engaged by the play piece.
A method of playing a competitive table top type game for two or more players, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a generally horizontal playing surface that includes a plurality of player areas that each have an adjacent player position for a player to occupy while playing the game,
- b) providing at least one movable play piece disposed on the surface,
- c) providing at least two targets located adjacent to said playing surface for being engaged by the play piece, and
- d) discharging liquid toward at least one player position when one of said targets is engaged by a play piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.