Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Simulated game
Reexamination Certificate
2001-05-11
2002-10-15
Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Simulated game
Reexamination Certificate
active
06464220
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a football table and the rotating rods of the football table include an outer tube and an inner tube retractably received in the outer tube so that the rotating rods are operated smoothly.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional football table
10
is shown in
FIG. 1
, the two long sides
12
of the table
10
have a plurality of parallel rotatable rods
14
and each rod
14
has players
16
connected thereto. A ball on the table
10
is kicked by the players
16
when rotating the rods
14
.
The conventional rods
14
have a fixed length and are wider than the table
10
so that they are able to be moved in a direction of the short sides of the table
10
and move the positions of the players
16
. However, when moving the rods
14
by pushing the handles
141
of the rods
14
, the rear ends
142
of the rods
14
are pushed away from the table
10
and could hit the controllers or persons who stand beside the table
10
.
To improve the shortcoming, another conventional structure is shown in
FIGS. 2 and 3
and includes an inner tube
22
and an outer tube
24
in which the inner tube
22
is received. The rear end of the inner tube
22
is fixedly connected to a long side
26
of the table and the front end of the outer tube
24
extends through the other long side
26
of the table so that the controllers may hold the outer tubes
24
. A plurality of players
27
are connected to the outer tubes
24
and the top of each player
27
is screwed a long bolt
28
downward for being connected to the outer tube
24
. When the controllers push or pull the outer tubes
24
along the inner tubes
22
, the players
27
are moved and the players
27
kick the ball when rotating the outer tubes
24
. By this assembly, the inner tubes
22
will not protrude from the table and hit the controllers.
However, the inner tubes
22
and the outer tubes
24
are thin and circular shaped and there is a tiny gap between the inner tube
22
and the outer tube
24
, so that the long bolts
28
often extend into the inner tubes
22
when connecting the players
27
to the outer tubes
24
. This will affect the smoothness of the operation of the outer tube
24
movable on the inner tube
22
.
Besides, the circular shaped tubes have less structural strength so that the outer tubes tend to be deformed when impacting with objects.
Furthermore, the players are mounted to the outer tubes by a circular hole in the players so that the players have to be fixed with the outer tubes by bolts. However, only one bolt provides a small contact area and the players are easily loosened.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a retractable rotating rod and a larger gap is defined between the outer tube and the inner tube so as to prevent the bolt from contacting the inner tubes when connecting the players on the outer tubes.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a retractable rotating rod for a football table wherein the rotating rod has better structural strength.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a retractable rotating rod for a football table wherein the players and the rotating rods are firmly connected with each other so that the players will not loose.
The present invention will be best understood from the following description and accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, two preferred embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
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