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US 9,962,604 B1Granted
Game table
AssigneeIndian Industries, Inc.
InventorPatrick Farley
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Abstract
A game table is illustrates as a combination of the game of table soccer (also called foosball) and air hockey. The game table can be easily converted between a soccer game configuration and an air hockey configuration. In one aspect, the sidewalls of the game table incorporate at least one bushing structure allowing each rod to be selectively disengaged. In certain aspects the game table can be used to play a game using soccer player rods and figures and using a playing piece which floats on an air cushion. In certain embodiments, an asymmetric game playing piece may be used.
Claims16
A game table, comprising:
- a game playing bed on a support structure, said game playing bed including a substantially rectangular game playing surface facing upward;
- said game playing surface defining a pattern of perforations configured to expel forced air from an internal air pump to form an air cushion;
- a pair of opposing end walls arranged along opposing ends of said game playing surface, each end wall defining a goal opening;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls arranged along opposing sides of said game playing surface;
- a series of parallel soccer player rods extending through openings defined in said sidewalls;
- and, at least one simulated soccer figure mounted on each rod, wherein said soccer figures are arranged over said perforated game playing surface to strike a game playing piece supported on the air cushion above said game playing surface;
- wherein said rods are selectively removable without tools to convert the game table from a soccer playing configuration to a hockey playing configuration, wherein at least one end of each rod is arranged through a detachable bushing assembly mounted to a sidewall;
- and wherein each detachable bushing assembly includes a bracket portion mounted to a sidewall and a bushing portion encircling a rod, wherein said bushing portion can be selectively engaged and disengaged from said bracket portion.
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A game table, comprising:
- a game playing bed on a support structure, said game playing bed including a substantially rectangular game playing surface;
- a pair of opposing end walls arranged along opposing ends of said game playing surface, each end wall defining a goal opening;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls arranged along opposing sides of said game playing surface;
- a series of parallel soccer player rods extending through openings defined in said sidewalls;
- at least one simulated soccer figure mounted on each rod, wherein said soccer figures are arranged over said perforated game playing surface;
- and,
- wherein at least one end of each rod is arranged through a detachable bushing assembly mounted to a sidewall wherein each detachable bushing assembly includes a bracket portion mounted to a sidewall and a bushing portion encircling a rod, wherein said bushing portion can be selectively engaged and disengaged from said bracket portion.
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A game table, comprising:
- a game playing bed on a support structure, said game playing bed including a substantially rectangular game playing surface;
- said game playing surface defining a pattern of perforations which expel forced air from an internal air pump to form an air cushion;
- a pair of opposing end walls arranged along opposing ends of said game playing surface, each end wall defining a goal opening;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls arranged along opposing sides of said game playing surface;
- a series of parallel soccer player rods extending through openings defined in said sidewalls
- at least one simulated soccer figure mounted on each rod, wherein said soccer figures are arranged over said perforated game playing surface;
- a series of bushing assemblies wherein each rod is arranged through one permanent bushing assembly and one detachable bushing assembly;
- wherein each detachable bushing assembly includes a bracket portion mounted to a sidewall and a bushing portion encircling a rod, wherein said bushing portion can be selectively engaged and disengaged from said bracket portion;
- and,
- an asymmetric game playing piece supported on said air cushion with a height sized to be propelled by said soccer figures, wherein said game playing piece includes a lower disc shaped portion and an upward projection portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.