Game apparatus

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1975-05-30

1977-03-01

Oechsle, Anton O.

Amusement devices: games

Surface projectile game; game element

Moving surface

273 85E, A63F 706

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040098818

ABSTRACT:
A game apparatus including a frame and horizontal sheet of flexible material having a plurality of vertically displaceable localized areas and goals at opposite ends. A plurality of crankshafts are rotatably mounted beneath the sheet and interconnected thereto. Each crankshaft actuates a plurality of spaced-apart connecting rods fastened to the underside of the flexible sheet at the center of the displaceable localized areas. The rotation of a crankshaft thus displaces each localized area above or below the mean level surface of the sheet. The crankshafts corresponding to one team project beyond one side edge of the frame and the crankshafts corresponding to the opposing team project beyond the opposite side edge of the frame, thereby allowing opponents on opposite sides of the sheet to vertically displace the localized areas under their control.
A ball is placed on the top surface of the sheet, and the gradients caused by the vertical displacement of the localized areas upon rotation of the crankshafts causes movement of the ball. Players attempt to direct the movement of the ball toward the goals at opposite ends of the sheet.

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