US1864500A - Game - Google Patents

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June 1932- E. LIVINGSTON ET AL 1,864,500

GAME

Filed May 15, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l gwuentozs June 21, 1932. E. LIVINGSTON ET AL GAME 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 13, 1930 INN June 21, 1932- E. LIVINGSTON ET AL 1,864,500

GAME

Filed May 13, 1950 s Sheets-Sheet s Patented June 21, 1932 um'rsb STATES PATENT OFFICE Application ma Kay 1:, 1m. lerial Io. uao'n.

This invention relates to an improvement in games, and more particularly to the t of games in which a projectile, such as a isk or the like, is moved in a predetermined manner over a playing surface.

The game simulates the well-known game of golf, but instead of using balls and clubs it is played preferably b means of small disks caused to be projecte alon the surface 1 by engaging the edges of the disks with an instrument, which causes them to snap or jump upwardly and forwardly in the wellknown manner.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and amusing game which is both entertaining and instructive, encouraging the exercise of skill and judgment on the part of the players.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; F Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 44 of Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5-1-5 of Fig. 2;

' Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a disk and one form of instrument which may be used;

and

' Fig. 7 is a similar view showing a slight modification in the playing instrument.

The invention simulates the game of golf and is preferably provided on a table or a board, or the like, which may be supported on a table, and if desired this may be of the size and character of the standard card table. 40 Any desired number of holes may be provided on each table or playing surface, but it has been found that four or five holes for each table is about the right number which the size of the card table will accommodate. However, the game may be made in sets of in Figs. 6 and 7 may two or four tables for nine or eighteen holes, as may be found desirable.

As shown in the drawings, the table is generally designated by the numeral 1 and is of the general size and character of an ordinary card table, being supported on the legs 2, although the latter may be omitted if desired and the table or board be directly su orted on the edge of a card table.

0 table is provided with a horizontal sheet 3, which may be constructed of wood, fiber board or other suitable material, preferably hard, and it may be plain or covered with a suitable fabric'to constitute the playing surface. An upstanding rim 4 is provided about the playing surface 3, tending to prevent the projectiles from falling from such surface.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, there are a plurality of what are. termed tees 5 and greens 6, both of which are elevated above the playing surface to give added interest and amusement to the game, and may be constructed of blocks of the proper sizes and securely fastened by gluing or otherwise to the playing surface 3. Cups 7 are arranged in the greens 6 to provide the holes into WhlCh the projectiles are adapted to be forced. The pro ectiles are prefera ly in the form of small hard disks des1 ated by the numeral 8, and are of a wellown type and character, adapted to be forced along the surface by i being snapped at their edges, causing them to jump forwardly and upwardly. Resilient instruments 9 of the eneral character shown be used to snap the disks 8 to cause them to be projected along the surface. The resiliency of these instruments improve their character for the purpose for which they are used.

- In the form shown in Fig. 6, the instrument is straight approximately to its outer end, while the form shown in Fig. 7 has the outer end curved forwardly as at 10, with a tendency to force the disks upwardly rather than forgreens. However, the ed the approach side are at sh wardly when this should be found dedrable. Other forms of instruments may. be

used and various changes may be made in the sha and characters of these instruments as ound desirable and for accomplishing different movements of the disks.

The playing surface has an area between each tee and reen, which is relatively smooth and hard an corresponds with the fairway of a olf course. This smooth area is designate in the drawin by the numeral 11, and because of its smoot ess it is relatively easier to direct the rojecting of the disks 8 forwardly there om. Arranged on different sides of these smooth areas are relatively rough areas 12, corresponding with the roug areas of a golf course, and which areas 12 ma be formed by gluing or otherwise se-- curlng a suitable coarse granular material, such as sand, sawdust or the like, to the playing surface 3. These rough areas tend to obstruct the projecting of the disks therefrom not only as to direction but as to distance, thus increasin the importance from the standpoint of t e players of keeping the projectile within the smooth areas.

Suitable trees 13 may be provided withm the rough areas 12 as additional hazards.

These may be formed of paper, cotton or other suitable material secured on sticks which may be inserted in suitable opening: formed in the playing surface 3 or hinged 0 otherwise secured to said surface. Arrange adjacent one or more of the smooth areas 11 between the res ective tees and greens are additional hazar s to represent sand-traps or bunkers and which are designated by the numeral 14. These hazards are referably constructed of strips of soft rub r or the like, glued or otherwise secured to the playing surface 3, although other soft or resi ient materials may be used if found desirable.

The elastic nature of the soft or resilient materials, such as sponge rubber or the like, causes the projectiles to be forced in vertical directions and sometimes backward therefrom, increasing the difliculty and requiring greater skill on the part of the players when the projectiles fall on these hazards 14. The hazards 14 may be provided with ribs 15 along the back edges thereof for also tending to obstruct the forward projecting of the disks 8.

Arranged within another of the smooth areas 10 and as an additional hazard is a pan 16 designed to contain water or to repre sent a water hazard for also tending to obstruct the forward projecting of the disks 8 from one tee to the next succeeding green.

Since the greens 6' are elevated above the playing surface, the approach sides thereof are inclined as at 17, tending to facilitate the manner of forcing the projectiles onto the other than on arp angles to the la 'ng urface, making it diflicult to cause het fi rojebtiles to be snapped onto the greens in e event that they are projected to any ofdthe sides thereof other than the approac si e.

In play the ame, a separate disk 8 may be use b eac player and these-may be suitabl an difi'erentlly colored for desig; nation. e regular es of golf may used as far as ap licable.

The manner 0 playing will be obvious, it being evident that the sks of thepla era are successively laced on the tees 5, w ich are res tively esignated by numerals correspon likewise t e greens 6. have the forward ends thereof against the surfaces of the disks and y sli ing the ends back over the edges of the disks, the latter are caused to snap or jump upwardl and forwardly in more or less a controlla 1e fashion, depending upon the skill of the layer, and by continuing the process the dis are successively caused to jumfigforward along the playing surface and ally into the cups 7, disposed in the eens 6, after which the process may be continued for each sulcceeding ole as is well known in' playingrgo f.

here may be as many difierent holes on the playing surface as found desirable. The game may be composed of a series of tables d or playing surfaces constituting nine or ei hteen holes.

e claim:

1. A board of the character described comprising a playing surface, and having a relatively smooth area thereon, and granular material secured in the playing surface adjacent said smooth area and forming a relatively rough lay n area.

2. A gameh comprising a playing surface marked to represent a golf course, and having representations of a tee and a green thereon, a relatively smooth area between the tee and green, and granular material secured in the playing surface adjacent said smooth area and forming a relatively rough playing area.

3. A game board of the character described comprising a playing surface marked to represent a golf course, and having representations of a tee and a green thereon, a smooth hard area between the tee and green, and granular material secured in the playing surface beside the smooth" area and forming a substantially rough laying area.

4. A game board 0 -.the character described comprising a playing surface marked to represent a golf course, and having representations of a tee and a green thereon, a smooth hard area between the tee and n, granular material secured in the playmgsurface beside the smooth area and forming a substantially rough playing area, and one or more tothe different holes of golf, as The instruments 9 card of the character described disks adapted to be projected forwardly from the tee to the green. 5. A game board of the character described comprismg a playing surface, one or more disks adapted to be projected over said playing surface, and a hazard on said surface and composed of soft rubber with an approximately flat playing surface from winch the disks may be projected.

In testimony whereof we afix our signatures.

ELIZABETH LIVINGSTON. LOUIS LIVINGSTON.

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