Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Disk or ring games
Patent
1975-12-15
1977-04-12
Oechsle, Anton O.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Disk or ring games
A63F 300
Patent
active
040170780
ABSTRACT:
A fast action air table handball game having a perforated, upwardly directed inclined playing surface. Disposed beneath the playing surface is enclosing structure which creates an air chamber beneath the playing surface. A pump or blower is provided for pumping air into the chamber under pressure so that air is emitted through apertures in the playing surface to thereby form an air flow cushion to aid in the movement over the surface of a disc-shaped play piece. The playing surface has a rear player's end and an opposite forward rebound end. The player's end is divided by an upstanding dividing structure into side-by-side player goal areas. The playing surface is surrounded except at the goal areas with upstanding peripheral play piece rebound surfaces piece on the playing surface, and off piece rebounds during play. The dividing structure provides added rebound surfaces. Each of the opponent players is provided with a hand-held striker for engaging the play piece, to propel it over the surface and against the rebound surfaces, particularly those at the opposite forward rebound end, to thereby cause it to rebound back toward the opponent player's goal area. Each player also uses his striker to defend his own goal area. The playing surface is inclined downwardly from the rebound end toward the players' end piece and to prevent it from coming to rest and thereby stopping the action play. Angle bumpers are also provided at various corners of the playing surface to form added rebound surfaces that provide added travel paths for the play piece and prevent it from becoming lodged in a corner and rebound it out into intermediate, more accessible portions of the playing surface and clear of rebound surfaces. A score detector may also be associated with each opponent player's goal area so that when the play piece is introduced into the goal area of the opponent player, the other player achieves a score.
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Benkoe Erwin
Goldfarb Adolph E.
Ashen Robert M.
Brown T.
Oechsle Anton O.
Schaap Robert J.
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