US1554768A - Game plate - Google Patents

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Sept. 22, 1925. 1,554,768

E.- W. STODDART G AME PLATE Filed Nov, 1, 1924 EDUVIN STGDBl-llltfil, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed November 1, 1924;. Serial No. 743,160.

To (4. 'u'iuiim may (items/vi Be it known that l, EDWIN l i 'LUETEJRJITQ a citizen ot the llnited States, and :1 rev dent of th borough of llronit. county of Bronx, city and fitate of New York. have invented a certain new and useitnl liai'ne late. of which the following is a specii tion siiltticient to enable those coni'm'snit with the art to which the invention as a tains to utilize the same.

llly in'ipro'veinents relate to names and apparatus in which one or more balls ..i used to attain a score by propulsive location on a plate or board -torined with a plurality of on'clatcd rcccptzu'les or pockets bovine prescribed tally valuations or denominations; and are designed to afford intercst ng; play problems incidental to the scientific structure of what may be designateiil for convenient functional indication as a horizontal target affording scope 'lor skilled periorinance in conjunction thcrewitlu all herei'na'lter 'lully set forth. the invention consisting essentially in the spcc'lic construction and arrangement ot parts described and claimed. and a distinctive l'eature being the conoidal upper snrtacc of the target plate formed with a central or bull seye pocket, in co-rclation with one or more concentric grooves and with intervening annular inclined planes of 'irescribed extensioi'i. as related to said recessed portions oi, the target plate snbstznitially as shown.

Iln the accompanying drawings ll illns trate a practical embodiment oi the essential features of my invention, although l do not limit myself to the identical construction shown by way ot emaniplii'ication since modifications may be made in minor details, and equivalent mechanical expedients resorted to, with like results, and without departing 'El'Oll'l the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect.

With this understanding Fig. l is a top view or plan of my game nC: v...

Fin 2, a central. vertical section thereof, taken upon plane of line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a central sectional detail upon a larger scale, of one hall: the d ameter oi the plate, illustrating the superficial PI'OJQC- tron thercot;

F1 l: is a central sectional detail sinn- 2 lar to l' 3, showing a lnodihcation in structure and illustrating the function or the recesses, conoldal planes, etc.

My horizontal target i solid of any suitable meter in Figs. 2 and 3 ot the draw be made of sheet metal so moulded into the requis 1e cated in Fig. l, as may be pedient in adapting it ments of use, since a tinge inay be utilized for indoor or or ainuseniient and may be ii ly of relatively large or miniature sions with lilre results in so for i ate game requirements and cendl. concerned.

lln general external Ql)lll'l, ;iil horizontal target T, is superficially oi" niate conoidal character, consist g; or. a flat base line Z), and l'iaviiuz; a central apexial portion of iuairiinnin height or thickness in which the bulls-eye or medial pocket or recess a is formed.

Concentric with this apcxial bulls-eye pocket a l 'torni .iny tarqet T. with one or more annular grooves or pool-tots. preferably two thereof (4Q (6 as exemplified in the drawings, although l do not restrict n'iyselt in this respect because the essential features oit appropriate game play may be tor-inulated in accordance with one or any desired plural nuniber'ot such concentric pockets in conjunction with the central bulls-eye o according to simplicity or complication (it play or conditions desired.

The circiunsc:ibiug cdgijc oi the hulls eye pocket o and the circiunscrihing edges ot the concentric groove pocket or pockets are of prescribed horizontal extension when the plate 'l, is positioned properly on a horizon tal support. Thus the inner edge of an annular groove pocket cannot obstruct the passage of a ball provided the latter has sutticient momentum to clear the mouth ot the groove.

The intervening annular suprn'l'icial spaces between the hulls-eye pocket and the concentric groove pockets are prescribed in in clination substantially asiillustrated in Fig. 3, of the drawings. Thus, beginning at the circumferential edge c, of the plate T a relatively steep grade or incline represented by the line 1, extends to the exterior edge of the concentric annular groove 0, and the inclination oi the annular plane or surface between the annular grooves a and (A is prescribed by a line 2 projected from said edge to the exterior edge of the c, of the plate 'l groove c and in like manner the inclination of the corresponding annular plane between said annular groove (0 and the edge of the bulls-eye (4*, is prescribed by a line 3 projected from said edge e, of the plate and the rear edge of the groove a it being understood that the angles of inclination of intervening concentric planes shown by way of exemplification may be increased or diniinished as may be found most expedient in adapting the target to various requirements ot' 11116 etc.

inns constructed and arranged, the upper superficial area ot my target is adapted to at. rd co-related lines and edges of least re sistance to the advance of a ball thereover, the limiting ot the edges of the pockets to co-related horizontal extension being an iniportant factor in this respect conjointly With the intervening planes of prescribed inclina tion as set forth.

ll hat I -laiin as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A horizontal game target of the character designated, 0t .proxhnate conoidal superlicial configuration, formed with a central bulls-eye pocket, and a concentric groove pocket the edges of each 0t said pockets be ing in a horizontal plane as related to each other and to the base line of the target, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. A horizontal game target of the charac ter designated, of proximate conoidal superficial configuration, formed With a central bulls-eye pocket, and a plurality of concentrio groove pockets the edges of each of said pockets being in a horizontal plane as related to each other and to the base line of the target, substantially in the manner and "for the purpose set forth.

3. A horizontal game target of the character designated, of proximate eonoidal superficial configuration, formed with a central bulls-eye pocket, and a plurality of concentric groove pockets, the edges of each of said pockets being in a horizontal plane as related to each other and to the base line of the target, together with intervening planes of prescribed inclination betw on said pockets, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN W. STODDART.

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