Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Disk or ring games
Patent
1980-09-15
1982-07-13
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Disk or ring games
273128R, 273129K, A63F 300
Patent
active
043391338
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a set of five sliding disc game pieces and croquet type striking mallet for use in novel game play on a smooth and horizontal low friction type surface such as ice. Game apparatus design considers desirable range of disc diameter, height, weight, and weight distribution, and also shows an improved head end design of striking mallet for better access and alignment possibilities in game play. Novel discs have diameters comparable to those of discs for shuffleboard play, but are greater in height, are more pliable, and are designed with lower center of gravity in preferred embodiments. Striking mallet head is flat on bottom and has square transverse cross section design which tapers downwardly and inwardly toward end faces. A center guide line extends across the top of mallet head and down end faces. Mallet face height is approximately same as disc height for good center-to-center type contact in game play. Game play is slow moving type, for singles or doubles, involving skill and strategy striking and placing of discs with mallet for combination of contact and proximity score points. Game can also be played on other smooth and horizontal surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, wood, tile, and terrazzo.
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Brown T.
Pinkham Richard C.
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