Player structure in a fooz ball game

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2000-03-13

2002-03-19

Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)

Amusement devices: games

Surface projectile game; game element

Simulated game

C273S108540

Reexamination Certificate

active

06357744

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a player structure in a fooz-ball game wherein the lower end of the players may be maintained at a position above the floor to let ball pass through below the players.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional fooz-ball game is shown in FIG.
1
and generally includes a box-like body
10
with an open top, and four sidewalls
11
extend from the floor of the body
10
. Five shafts
10
rotatably extend through two opposite sidewalls
11
and each shaft
10
has two handles
100
on two ends thereof. A plurality of players
15
or men are fixedly connected to the shafts
10
by a locking bolt
16
extending through the player
1
5
and securely engaging the shaft
10
as shown in FIG.
1
. When rotating the shafts
10
, the players
15
are rotated. Each player
15
is shaped as a real football player shape and the shaft
10
extends through a position about the shoulder of the players
15
. It is to be noted that the length below the shaft
10
of the player
15
is longer than the length above the shaft
10
of the player
15
so that the players
15
are always maintained in a vertical position relative to the floor
12
due to gravity. A block
150
is connected to a lower end of each player
15
so as to hit a ball on the floor
12
. Because the players
15
are always oriented vertically to the floor
12
so that the ball will be stopped by the players
15
during playing the game and this reduces the pitch of the game.
The present invention intends to provide a player structure wherein each player has a first weight on an upper end thereof and a second weight on a lower end so that when the players are rotated over a certain angle relative to the floor, the players is maintained at that position so that ball can quickly pass below the players.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a player structure in a fooz-ball game, and comprising a body having a passage for a shaft extending therethrough and a bolt extends through a bolt receiving hole in the body of the player and the shaft, and engaged with a position hole in alignment with the bolt receiving hole. A recess is defined in a top of the body so as to receive a first weight therein, and a second weight is connected to a lower end of the body.
The object of the present invention is to provide a player in a fooz-ball game wherein the top end of each player has a weight connected thereto so that the lower end of the player can be maintained above the floor of the game to allow the ball pass below the lower end of the players quickly.
These and further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, several embodiments in accordance with the present invention.


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patent: 3627322 (1971-12-01), Leonhart
patent: 3945640 (1976-03-01), Denmark
patent: 4411096 (1983-10-01), Smith
patent: 000500476 (1992-08-01), None

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