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US 6,502,819 B2Granted
Convertible game table
AssigneeHedstrom Corporation
InventorsFrederick M. Rieber, Steven Hanson
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Abstract
A convertible game table which can be used to play a SKEE-BALL type game, a re-bound hockey or shuffle board game and pool or billiards utilizing different-size playing areas spaced at different elevations above the floor.
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A game table comprising
- a generally rectangular, pan-like base having a bottom wall and opposite side walls and opposite first and second end walls extending up from the bottom wall, said bottom wall including a ramp section having opposite side edges, a foot spaced from the first end wall and a head adjacent to the second end wall and at least one ball return gutter extending between one of said side walls and an adjacent side edge of the ramp section, and means defining keyways in said first end wall opposite the foot of the ramp section;
- a plurality of similar legs releasably connected to the corners of the base to support the base above a support surface;
- an elongated planar extension member having opposite sides and opposite first and second ends and being dimensioned and adapted to fit within the confines of said base, and
- an additional leg having the same length as each of said similar legs removably connected to the extension member at the first end thereof to support the first end of the extension member above the support surface, the second end of the extension member being adapted to key into said keyways so that the extension member abuts the foot of the ramp section and forms an extension of the ramp section.
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A game table comprising
- a generally rectangular, pan-like base having a bottom wall and opposite side walls and opposite first and second end walls extending up from the bottom wall, said bottom wall including a ramp section having opposite side edges, a foot spaced from the first end wall and a head adjacent to the second end wall and means defining keyways in said first end wall opposite the foot of the ramp section;
- a plurality of similar legs releasably connected to the comers of the base to support the base above a support surface;
- an elongated planar extension member having opposite sides and opposite first and second ends and being dimensioned and adapted to fit within the confines of the base;
- an additional leg having the same length as each of said similar legs removably connected to the extension member at the first end thereof to support the first end of the extension member above the support surface, the second end of the extension member being adapted to key into said keyways so that the extension member abuts the foot of the ramp section and forms an extension of the ramp section;
- an elastic rebound member extending between the sides of the extension member adjacent to the second end thereof, and
- scoring indicia inscribed on the extension member adjacent to the first end thereof.
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A game table comprising
- a generally rectangular, pan-like base having a bottom wall and opposite side walls and opposite first and second end walls extending up from the bottom wall, said bottom wall including a ramp section having opposite side edges, a foot spaced from the first end wall and a head adjacent to the second end wall, a pair of ball return gutters extending between the side walls of the base and the adjacent side edges of the ramp section and a transverse all-return channel extending between the head of the ramp and the second end wall of the base and connecting corresponding ends of the ball return gutters, said channel having a bottom wall which is higher in the middle of the channel then at the ends thereof;
- a plurality of similar legs releasably connected to the corners of the base to support the base above the support surface;
- an elongated planar extension member having opposite sides and opposite first and second ends and being dimensioned and adapted to fit within the confines of the base;
- an additional leg having the same length of each of said similar legs removably connected to the extension member at the first end thereof to support the first end of the extension member above the support surface, the second end of the extension member being adapted to key into said base so that the extension member abuts the foot of the ramp section and forms an extension of the ramp section, and
- an upwardly inclined target section removably positioned on the second wall of the base adjacent to the head of the ramp section, said target section being dimensioned and adapted to fit within the confines of the base and including a bottom wall having a front facing the ramp section, a pair of opposite sides and a rear, a plurality of scoring holes in the bottom wall, and a trough mounted to the underside of the bottom leading from said scoring holes to said channel so that when a ball is received by any one of the scoring holes, it rolls along the channel to one or the other of said gutters.
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