US1812930A - Game - Google Patents

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' y 7, 1931- F. R. CHESTER 1,812,930

GAME

Filed May 7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR.

1 E: 7 2 AI TORNEYS.

uly 7, 1931. F. R. CHESTER 1,812,930

GAME

Filed May 7, 1927 2 Sheets-Shut 2 ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK It. CHESTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHESTERFIELD CONTROL COM- PANY, 0]? DOVER, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE GAME I Application filed May 7,

This invention relates to an improved game. Y I

It is'an objectof the invention to provide a game of skill preferably to be operated by 5 two players in competition with each other, which game will include relatively few and ruggedly constructed parts capable of being assembled to provide a mechanism operating over long periods of time with freedom from mechanical difliculty, aside from the fact that the game may be manufactured at a relatively nominal figure.- I

"A'further object of the invention is that of providing a game in which operators will control the movements of two figures preferably simulating "in appearance boxers, and whichgame'will be of such improved construction and operation that this control may be exercised to enable the operators to match their skill, duplicating almost every major blow and defense guard capable of being resorted to by a professional boxer.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

' With these and further objects in mind, the invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exempli- 0 fled .in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

i For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of game embodying the improved construction of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a-similar view, showing in section the base of the game; v

Fig. 3 's a transverse sectional view of one of the figures forming a part-0f the game;

. Fig. 4 is a partly sectional side view of this figure; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional plan view of the arm connection which may be utilized.

In these views the numeral 10 indicates a ba e, which is preferably. hollowand which 1927. Serial No. 189,511.

adjacent a coin slot 16, the depositing into which of a token may permit of the initiation of game operation.

In the present instance, the upper surface of thebase 10 is formed with a longitudinallyextending slot 17 along which figures, indicated generally at 18 and 19, are movable bodily by means of the knobs 11 and 14, respectively, articulated members of the figures being moved by means of the controls 12 and 13, all as will hereinafter more particularly appear.

With reference to the construction of the figuresattention being invited particularly to Figs. 3, 4.- and 5-it will be noted that each of these figures, in the present exemplification, includes a nether and body portion, as well as arms and head. The nether portion may embrace limbs 20 and 21, the latter being pivoted to the former as at 22, and being urged by a spring 23 to assume a normally forwardly-extending position, as has been shown in Fig. 4. Mounted for rotation upon the nether portion of the figure is the body portion including a torso 24, the lower edge of which may be extended downwardly as at 25 to overlap the upper edge of the nether por tion, and which torso may be covered by a sweater or garment, as has been indicated at 26 in Fig. 1. Pivotally secured to the neck 27 of the torso is a head 28; and fixed upon stub shafts 29 rotatably supported by the torso are arms, in each instance including an upper arm portion 30 and a forearm portion 31, the two being pivotally connected together by a rod 32 rigid wit-h the forearm section and pivoted as at 33 to the upper arm portion.

' Secured to the nether portion of the figure is a shaft 34, which extends through an opening in the torso 24 and into the interior of the same, mounting at its upper end a bevel gear 35. A similar gear 36 is secured to the lower face of the torso 2e and loosely encircles the shaft 34. The limb 20 is provided Withan enlargement of its cavity adjacent 7 its upper end, at which point a transverselyextending crank shaft 37 is mounted; a. link 38 having its upper end secured to the crank of this shaft, and the latter mounting a bevel gear 39, the teeth of which mesh With the teeth of thegear 86. Furtherinorm; it vvill. .=be

observed that the inner ends of the stub shafts 29 each mount a bevel gear 40, the-teeth-of 'vvhiehmeshflvvith the teethwof the gear35 7 link 38 is pulled or pushed be correspondingly moved, and, accord ngly,

so that if the ;.torso-,is rotated aroundnthe fixed shaft 345 the shafts 29 Willbe' turned.

' As a consequence of this structure, if the the shaft 37 will the gear 36 being secured to the torso 24, the

latter Will be shifted "around -sha-ftfi3, "and incident to such shifting the shafts '29 Willbe turned,

As shown, particularly in lTig. the-upper j arm poftion 'iS {hollow and theinner end of the rod32 terminates in fork 41,;to' vh1ch the outer end-of a link-42 is pivotally secured;

it being noted that this point of connectionis shortfof the p oint of p ivotal rngninting 33 of Y of "forearmsection. lhej upper end'ef the link is 'roclringlyf' co-nneetedto the torso v by meaf'ns of apin 43 'eccentrically dispo-sed with "respect to the shaft 29. The upper ;arm por-v trimming secured to-this" shaiit',; andethe lat;-

at turning, the upper K arm portion nfv'ill :be

rocked'v'vith respect-to the torso, and, consequently, as the upper arm portion approaches -horizontalf position the forearm section 3 1 will gradually shift from the position at "which it extends at less; than to the upper arm portion to a position at, which it substantial alignment with the upper arm portion (both portions havi-n g been lin- "dicatedin I dotted lines in r I 111 the present instance, each ofthe -figures 1S mounted for movement along the trash provided by the slot 17 by ar'ranging rods &4 one; to each-"side of tli is slotandbelow the deck ofthe base. I, Slida'bly mounted between fthese rodsiis a jpa ir of carriages, generally indicated at 45 each of which-embraces w two centrally-located and spaced plates 46 havi ing a connectinglbar 47extending bet-Ween them. In order to" support each'ofthe; fi

ures upon a ear'ifiag'e-to-inove with thefsaine and to be mounte'dgt'ohave m'ove- "ment with respect the'reto a shaft 48 eXtends between the pl'atesA-G, and the limb portion is; extended -in -the form of a 10 air of spaced pedestalplates 4l9 throngl'i tvhich'the shaft-: extends, these -pl ates being Cc o'ntijnued in the form of an interrup ted piriion-*5O, the iteeth c f ivhich mesh 'one' with eachfof spaced arouate recl im-gnarl; Eli) and pinions 50 forming cbntinuatiQns thereof the teeth of thesejelemeiits' ineshin g and the racks 5 1 being cennected ;at their flower-ends and meunted at'fa paint-above the 'sam e 'by means "lovv' the point of tensed-ion of-the raeks is a d in line with the plates true r d n; n estin becounterweight 52, and it is here to be noted that the parts are so proportioned that, While the figure, incident to its mounting and the provision of the-counterweight, serves normally to be maintained in vertical position, it maybeshifted-as',has been indicated in dotted'lines'in Fig. 4.t0 rock with respect to the shaft 4:8, this rocking resulting in a movenent vofthe. counterweight 52, which ,Wlll

travel atra. comparatively .slotv rate of speed as regards the figure movement by virtue of T the reduction between the pinions and racks. Consequently, the figure, when once moved out of vertioal-;.posi tion, Will move at a comparatively slow rate to a point at which it ezrtends" substantially -horizontally, as :has

been shown in full lines 2.

"fllormally, the figure -is Y prevented from 'rockingw'ith; re's'pebt to the carriage by rneans of t me 53 which--'eitends-vvithin the hollow 'liinb 2- 0 through-- a slot inthe lower face of the -torso QA- and intothe hollow interior of; the llaitter.-= jfflhis rod is spring-pressed as 1 -at 5-t to be normally proj eeted downwardly, and

aged-wee S forked at 55 to embrace the ect thisgextension being:- link-connected as at 58 to one arm- OfaCI fi-Ilk59 Wl1 1-Cl1 underlies the feravardly projeeting 'eiid 5160 of the rod 53. "The second ;arm of this crank provides a breast-plate 61; As a consequence, ifithe h'ead 2:8 is moved rearwardly the-rod 53 ivill be sh ifted upwardly, and the same movement vi'll follow if -the breast plate bl :is pushed "inwardly. {In either" of these instances,- in addition to withdrawing the forked end 5 -5 'lfromwthe rod- 47,- the figu rie is forced rear- Wardly so as to initiate a topplin'g;of the figi l a gtlie tiine of :withdrawal zofithe rod from itsg locl nng position, lwhich t-op'pl-ing will continueincidentto'the action of gravity.

1 In ordento shift each of the figures along the slot 17, it is preferred that eachcar-riage 45) provide a {rack portion- 62, vvhich meshes with I-=-the teeth '63} ofgears secured to the shafts 6 4 :mounti'ng thePknObsOr controls k11+l4.:- Accordingly-itWill-be obvious that by rocking the latter the=carri ag es and figures supported thereby :rtvill be projecte'd or retractedgaldng the gt'raek. 1

lnorder that he figure parts: may ibe' actuated irrespective of the position of thelatter',fthe linlr38, in e ch i-n tanc, has its loiver fend connected to crank portionb5 fo-rming a art orthe sh ft es; The outer of the flatter terminatein a crank 66 and arranged ieo slot of which the crank-end rides.

to extend'parallel'to the path of travel of this portion is a slotted bar 67, within the One bar is provided for each figure, and each of these bars is supported by a pair of links 68, one of whichis mounted by the cabinet for rocking movement, the other being attached to the shaft 69 to which the actuatingknobis secured. Thus, irrespective of the position to which the carriage has been shifted, a

turning of the shaft 69 in either direction will result in a movement of the bar 67, caus-,

ing acorresponding movement of the crank 66 and shaft 48 to either pull or push the link 38 to effectuate the movements of the articulated portions of the figures, as More described.

When a figure is knocked down, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, it becomes necessary to reestablish the position thereof before a continued actuation of the game may occur. In order to accomplish this result the control or knob is secured to a shaft which mounts a lever 71 having pins at its outer end riding one within each of slotted rods 72, the outer ends of which are connected, as in Figs.

' 2, 3 and 4, to the arcuate rack members 51 at lit points below the rod 47. While this mechanism will in no wise interfere with the retraction and projection of the'figures along the track defined by the slot, it is obvious that if either or both of these figures are in reclining position an operator, simply by turning the knob 15, will cause a pull to be exerted upon the rack and counterweight construction of that figure which is recumbent. This pull, by means of the racks and pinions, will cause an upward swinging of the figure to a position at which it extends substantially vertically with respect to its carriage, and further movement thereof will be prevented incident to the latch-portion 56 of the fork 55 striking against the rod 47 and overlap ping the same to again assume the position shown in full lines in these several figures.

From the foregoing the operation of the game will be clear. Briefly reviewing the same, however, it is obvious that with the parts shown in the position in Fig. 2, and preferably upon the insertion of a coin (if a token-control mechanism be employed) the knob 15 is released for movement to establish the position of one or both figures. Thereupon, with one operator grasping the controls 11, 12, and the other operator grasping the controls 13, 14, it will be appreciated that the figures may be shifted toward and away from each other and simultaneously or independently of such movement cause to swing the torso with respect to the nether portions of their bodies, thus effectuating a swinging of the arms. If the position of one figure with respect to the other is properly determined, and the blow is accurately timed, a skillful operator may cause the fists of the forearm portions to strike against either the headand particularly, the chin thereof or the breast-plate (approximating the location of the solar plexus). In either event, if the blow is delivered with sufficient force to score a knock-out the rod 53 will be retracted and the figure will be caused to topple whereupon the player controlling the movements of the remaining figure will be declared the winner. A repetition of the operation may be secured by again actuating the control 15.

Thus, among others, the objects of this invention have been accomplished, and since certain changes may be made in the above construction, and different embodiments of the invention could be made, without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 7 1. Agame,includingabase,figuresmounted upon said base, means for shifting said. figures toward and away from each other, movable portions forming a part of said figures, means for moving such portions includ- .in g a crank, a parallel link movement mounted by said base, one of the links thereof being formed with a slot accommodating the end of said crank, said slot extending in the direction of shifting of said figure, and means for rocking said parallel link movement to actuate the movable portions of said figure.

2. A game, including a figure comprising relatively rotatable nether and body portions, a shaft secured to said former portion and .extending into the latter portion, a gear connected with the latter portion, means cooperating with said gear to shift the body portion with respect to the nether portion, a further gear mounted by said shaft, arms, shafts connected with said arms and extending into said body portion, and gears secured to said latter shafts and engaging said lastnamed gear.

3. A device of the character described comprising a figure including relatively movable body and nether portions, arms movably connected to said body portion and providing striking and guarding elements, means for axially rotating the body portion of said figure with respect to the nether portion thereof and means connected to said lastnamed means and arms for projecting the "latter throughout their tull range ofpositions in -response vto the movements of the bodyportion with respect to the-nether portion ofthefigure. I

4. A device of the character described including a figure comprising relatively rotatable body and nether portions connected to each other adjacent the waist of-the figure,

limb portions movablyconne'cted tosaid fig ure, means for moving the said limbfportions with respect to said figure and means for rota ting the body portion of the figure with respect to the nether portion thereof.-

'5. A device of the character described in- 'ing structure, means for rockingly mounting se'tidfigure upon said c'arriage, means itor normally locking said figure a-'gai'nst move- -ment with respect to said carnage, meansfor ,releaslng said last named means whereby to permit said figure to assume a positioninclined with respect to said carriage, and means within said supporting structuref for reestablishing said figure in properfrelative position with 'respectto said c'arriageand again rendering said locking means {operative.

Intestimonywhereof I afiiX-my signature.

r --FRANK: R. CHESTER,

and-extending into said body portion, means.

for rotating said"body-portion withrespect tosaid nether portion, shafts mounting said arms and also extending into said body portion, gears secured'to said latter shafts, and a gear meshing with said last-named gears and secured to said 'first-na'med shaft-where by, upon said body portion being rotated with respect to said nether portion, said armshafts will be rotated to project and retract said arms. 7 I V c 7. 'A game includinga su'ppo'rt,-ajtrackassociated with said support, a figure mounted for movement upon said track, means for projecting and retracting said 'fignreal ong said track, movable limb portions forming a part of saidffigure and means extending parallel and adjacent to the track and connected to said'limb portions to operate the sameirrespective of the position of said figure along 'said't'r'ack.

8. A device of the character described in- 'eludinga support, atrack forming a part of said support,la figure, a carriage no'unted upon said track, means for rockinglycoupiling said figure for movement with respect to said carriage, means for normallylocking said figure against such movement, means forreleasing said'lastname d means, means for cushioning the rocking movements or I said figure and means for ree stab-lishing said figure in proper position with respect tosaidcarriage and rendering said locking means operative.

9. A device 'f'thecharacter described including, in combination, a supporting structure, 1a, track associated with said structure, ajcarriage mounted for movement upon said track, a figure disposed above said support;

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