US2426551A - Aerial projectile game - Google Patents

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A. FR'ISCH AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME Filed Qct. 18, 19.45

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Patented Aug. 26,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME Arthur Frisch, New York, N. Y.

Application October 18, 1943, Serial No. 506,731

Claims. (01. 273-95) "This invention relates to a novel and amusin :game of skill to be played with movable pieces :in simulation of the aerial bombardment of cities :or other objectives.

One object of the invention is to provide a catapult for a projectile marble mounted for adjustment relative to a selected objective depicted upon a playing field base, said catapult being operated by a bombing marble adapted to be dropped thereon from a suitable height above said base.

Another object resides in the provision of a rotatively mounted platform in elevated relation to the base and having a plurality of spaced means adapted to be selectively positioned relative to the catapult to receive and direct the bombing marble to a desired point of release for gravity descent upon the catapult.

A further general object of the invention is to provide a game of the above character, the'various parts of which, other than the marbles, may be inexpensively produced from heavy durable cardboard and said game profitably sold at a reasonably low price.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the improved game and in the form and construction of its several parts, as will be hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and subsequently defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have shown one simple and satisfactory embodiment of the invention and in which imilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view illustrating one practical embodiment of my new game.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 indicates a box body in which the parts of the game are adapted to be contained and vended. Between the upstanding marginal walls 6 of said box body a base 1 is closely confined, said base having marginal flanges 8 to frictionally engage the walls 6 and space said base above the bottom ofthe box. These flanges may be provided only at the ends of said base or also along each side thereof,

Upon the upper surface of the base 1, or a paper sheet affixed thereto, a plurality of suitably spaced objectives 9 are printed or otherwise delineated.

In the present instance these objectives are pictorial representations of different cities. To said objectives difierent arbitrary values are iven as indicated at Ill.

With each objective there is associated a marble retaining pen in the form of a semi-circularly curved strip of cardboard ll of suitable thickness, adhesively or otherwise secured to the surface of the base I. The spaced apart ends of the strip ll provide an entrance to the pen which is of much greater width than the diameter of the marble. All of the pen entrances face towards the same end of the base I. At suitably spaced points on the surface of the base 7 guiding or directing strips II for the marbles are attached thereto.

Adjacent to the other end of said base and on the longitudinal center line thereof, an opening is provided to receive a wood plug l2, extending upwardly therethrough and having an enlarged head l3 on its lower end to engage the underside of the base 1. Upon the plug l2 an arm I4 is loosely swivelled at one of its ends for movement in a horizontal plane over the surface of the base l. On the other end of said arm a catapult is suitably mounted, which may comprise a cardboard part I5 positioned in a vertical plane and having a lower edge portion l6 secured to the free longitudinally extending portion it of a sheet of flexible material ll aifixed to the surface of the arm I l, thus providing a hinge connection at IS. The remaining lower edge portion of the part 15 is inclined upwardly from said hinge, as at 20.

To the upper edge of the part 55 a cardboard strip 2| is secured, having a horizontally positioned disk-like terminal portion 22 above the upper end of the edge 20 of the part IE, to provide a target for the bomb simulating marble. To the other end of the strip 2| a cup 23 is affixed to receive a projectile simulating marble.

A cardboard tube of suitable length, such as shown at 24, is' adapted to be engaged at one of its open ends over the upstanding plug I2 by which said tube is supported in a vertical position relative to the base I. A platform 25 of heavy cardboard is provided with.a central opening to receive a wood plug 26 frictionally fitted within the upper end of the tube 24 and by which said platform is rotatively supported between the 3 end edge of the tube and the enlarged head 21 on the upper end of said plug.

The platform 25 is die cut to provide circumferentially spaced marginal formations simulating different types of bombing aeroplanes, as indicated at 28, and a paper sheet is affixed. to the upper surface of said platform upon which said aeroplanes are lithographically or otherwise pictorially delineated. In association with each aeroplane the platform 25 is provided with a radially extending slot 29 terminating at its outer end in a circular enlargement 39 located in the body or fuselage of the aeroplane.

It will be noted that certain of the objectives on the base 1 are given names corresponding to the names of the aeroplanes on the platform-25, which is of importance in the scoring of the game. In packing the game in the box for sale or shipment the plug 12 with the arm 14 and the catapult are in assembled relation with the base 7, while the parts 24, 25 and 26 are disassembled and, together with the marbles in a suitable pouch and the printed rules, are placed upon the base 1 before applying the box cover.

After the several units have been assembled, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the player receives four projectile marbles P and a single bomb marble B, the latter being of considerably greater diameter than the marbles P. The player then first adjusts the catapult with respect to a selected objective 9 by horizontally swinging the arm M on the surface of the base 1 and one of the projectile marbles P is placed in the cup 23. The platform 25 is then adjusted around the upper end of the post or tube 24 was to'position the opening 36, associated with a selected type of bomber directly above the target disk 22 of the catapult. The bomb marble B is now placed on the runway formed by the slot 29 and rolls thereon into and through the opening 30. The platform 25 is sufficiently elevated above the target disk 22 so that the marble B will strike said target with considerable force, thereby operating the catapult from the hinge l9 and projecting the marble P upon the surface of the base 7 The weight of the catapult is so distributed with respect to the hinge l9 that, after each operation, it will return to its normal position, shown in Fig. 2.

The'marble may roll into the pen associated with the selected objective or into another of said pens. If the former the score for'that particular objective is doubled, otherwise the player receives only the score of the objective in the pen of which the marble is received. If, before playing, the player names an objective bearing the same bomber name as the bomber 28'from which the marble B is played and the projectile marble is received in the pen of that objective, the player receives, in addition'to the doubled score of-the objective, a bonus of 100. The game may be played by anynumber of players and the one scoring the greatest count is declared the winner. A projectile marble which does not land on the playing field is out of play and cannot again be used by the player during his turn.

From the above description and the "accompanying drawings it will be seen that the playing of the game involves more or'less skill on the part of the players in accurately placing the catapult with respect to the objectives and locating the point of descent of the bomb marble in relation to the target disk 22. Of course, any desired number of projectile marbles P might be provided of such diameter that a single pen H would receive two or more marbles. It will be seen that such a game will be highly exciting and afford the participants considerable amusement. It will also be apparent that the several physical units might be used in the playing of various other games having different scoring rules than those above given.

Therefore, while I have herein disclosed one simple and practical embodiment of my present invention, it is to be understood that the various parts of the game are susceptible of more or less modification in their structural details, as well as the means for detachably assembling the several relatively adjustable units. Accordingly, the privilege is reserved of resorting to such changes in the form, construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as may fairly be comprehended within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A game comprising a playing field base having'a'plurality' of spaced. apart objectives thereon and a marble retaining means associated with each objective, an arm, a catapult having marble supporting means on one end, means for pivotally mounting said catapult intermediate of its ends on one end of said arm, a support, a common means pivotally mounting said arm at its other end on the field base and sustaining said support in perpendicular fixed relation thereto, whereby said arm may be horizontally adjusted over the surface of the base relative to the support to position the catapult with respect to a selected objective, and means mounted on the upper end of the support for directing an operating missile to a point of gravity descent upon the other end of said catapult to operate the latter and project the-marble toward said objective.

2. A game comprising a playing field base having a plurality of spaced apart objectives thereon and marble retaining means associated with each objective, a catapult pivoted between its ends and having marble supporting means on one end, means for positioning said catapult on the field base at one end thereof in desired relation to a selected objective, a support extending vertically above the base, a platform-disk rotatably mounted on the upper end of said support having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart means adapted to be selectively positioned relative to the catapult to-direct the gravity descent of an operating-missile upon the other end of said catapult to operate the latter and project the marble toward said objective.

3. The combination defined in claim l-in which said last named means comprises a slotted disk having a central opening-and a'member disposed through said opening and frictionally'coacting with said support to rotatably connect said disk therewith.

4. A game comprising a playing field base havinga plurality of spaced apart objectives thereon, a vertical support fixed to the base at one end thereof, a catapult radially positioned'on the base in spaced relation from said support and pivotally mounted'between its ends, projectile marble supporting means'on the inner end of said catapult, 1 d a disc rotatably mounted ,on the support in anelevated position about the base, said disc having a plurality of radially disposed bomb marble runways and anopening at the end of each runway at approximately the same radial distance from the support as the outer end of said 5. The combination defined in claim 4, wherein I 5 said support is a tubular member, together with headed plugs frictionally fitted in the ends of said member and separably connecting the same with said disc and base.

ARTHUR FRISCI-I.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Ward July 25, 1911 McIlroy Dec. 22, 1914 Peacock Mar. 19, 1918 Schneider et a1 Jan. 6, 1931 Englerth Apr. 19, 1938 Minger Feb. 27, 1940 Lohr et a1. Oct. 13, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain July 27, 1934

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