US2950114A - Game - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 23,1960 EMS 15 m 2, 50,114

v Filed Nov. 10,195 j INVENTOR. EMILE MINETTI SW/ M ATTORNEY GAME Emile Minetti, 69 Grove St., Rutherford, NJ.

Filed Nov. 10, 1958, Ser. No. 772,883

3 Claims. (Cl. 273-99) My invention relates generally to games and specifically to a game in which an apertured member is discharged or impelled to move from one peg to another through the exercise of muscular skill and coordination.

It is among the objects of my invention to provide a game which will amuse a single person.

It is another object of my invention to provide a game which may be played competitively by several persons.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a game which will sharpen the powers of perception and muscular coordination.

Still further an object of my invention is to provide a game which has a fascination or compulsion for the person or persons who perform it.

These objects and advantages as well as other objects and advantages may be achieved by the device illustrated in the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing my game;

Figure 2 is a view in perspective showing the scoring implement of my game; and

Figure 3 is a view in perspective showing a modified form of scoring implement.

In general, my game consists of a pair of pegs or enlargements adapted to receive a scoring member. Upon manipulating the pegs or enlargements, the scoring implement is gravitationally discharged from one of the pegs so that it falls upon and is held by the other. This requires the exercise of perception, and timing, as Well as muscular coordination, and the continued practice will usually develop these qualities and a skill suflicient to enable the person using the game to run up a high score by discharging the scoring member from one peg to another in rapid succession for a great number of times. When two or more persons are playing the game, the one who successfully transfers the scoring member successively from one peg or enlargement to the other the greatest number of times without a miss is declared the winner.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the illustrative embodiment of my game shown therein discloses a frame 11. This frame is generally rectangular in form and has a generally rectangular central opening 12. The frame 11 is provided with a pair of pegs or enlargements 13, 14 extending generally from the opposite sides 15, 16 of the frame. These pegs or enlargements are extended inwardly of the frame 11 and are positioned in opposition to each other at substantially the center of the ends It is desirable, although not necessary, that the frame be provided with handles 17, 18 which may be on the ends 15 and 16 and extend therefrom in a generally outward direction from the frame 11. These handles 17, 18 are shown disposed in general opposition to each other but they may be disposed in another manner on the ends 15, 16 or on the sides 19, 20, either centrally in opposition, or placed at random. The placement of the handles 17, 18 may be at various points and may be factors in Patented Aug. 23, 1%60 making the playing of the game more or less difiicult, depending upon their placement.

The frame 11 may be made of a thin plywood, of metal, of plastic, or of any other suitable material. Both the pegs or enlargements 13, 14 and the handles 17, 18 may be formed integral with the frame 11, or may be attached thereto as separate bodies. One side 19, 20 of the frame 11, is provided with a hole 21, through which a cord 22 passes. This cord 22 passes through a scoring member 23. It is to be noted that the placement of the hole 21 is not critical nor is the length of the cord 22 critical, it being only necessary that the cord be long enough to permit the scoring member 23 to freely fall upon either of the pegs or enlargements 13, 14. The only purpose of the cord 22 is to maintain the convenient attachment of the scoring member 23 to the frame 11 so that if the player misses, he will not have to chase after the scoring member 23. The manner in which the cord 22 attaches the scoring member 23 to the frame 11 is not critical; by way of illustration only, I have shownin Fig. l, a simple loop, but a single strand passed through and knotted beyond the hole 21 may also be used, and instead of being looped around the scoring member 23, may be passed through and knotted beyond a hole in a fiat scoring member. The scoring member, may be circular as shown in Fig. 1, or somewhat ovalized as shown in Fig. 2, or even square as shown in Fig. 3. It is also possible to make other variations in shape, as well as variations in the size of the scoring member, as different sizes and shapes of the scoring members 23, 24, 25 will bear a close and intimate relationship to the skill required to play the game. The scoring members 23, 24, 25 may be made of plywood, metal, plastic, or any other suitable material.

The skill and coordination developed through the transfer of the scoring members 23, 24 or 25 from one peg or enlargement 13, 14 to the other and back again in rapid succession in a repetitive manner depends upon the development of muscular coordination, timing, speed of manip ulation, and observation. The sense of alertness of the player is developed as the players skill is advanced through practice.

The foregoing description is merely intended to illustrate an embodiment of the invention. The component parts have been shown and described. They each may have substitutes which may perform a substantially similar function; such substitutes may be known as proper substitutes for the said components and may have actually been known or invented before the present invention; these substitutes are contemplated as being within the scope of the appended claims, although they are not specifically catalogued herein.

I claim:

1. A game comprising a frame having a generally central opening therein, the weight of the frame being sufficiently light so that it can be easily sustained and rapidly reciprocated by the person playing the game, a pair of opposed pegs mounted in the central opening of the frame, a scoring member having a central peg receiving opening suspended from and below the frame at such a distance that it may hang by its central opening on either peg.

2. A game comprising a frame having a generally central opening therein, the weight of the frame being sufiiciently light that it can be easily sustained and rapidly reciprocated by the person playing the game, a pair of opposed pegs mounted in the central opening of the tral opening therein, the Weight of the frame being suifi ciently light that it can be easily sustained and rapidly reciprocated by the person playing the game, a pair of opposed pegs mounted in the central opening of the frame, a scoring member having a central peg receiving opening suspended fromand below the frame at such a distance that it may hang by its central opening on either peg, handles on opposite outside edges of the frame, and the pegs lying-in the plane defined by the frame.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 469,928 Blinn Mar. 1, 1892 4 Lange et al Oct. 12, 1937 Pitar Aug. 22, 1944 Neilson Apr. 18, 1950 Hinkle et a1 May 2, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS France Jan. 20, 1931

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