Combined game of chance and skill

• US 3,877,700 A
• Filed: 01/15/1973
• Issued: 04/15/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
• Original Assignee: Walter Moe
• Inventors: Moe, Walter
• Primary Examiner(s): Oechsle, Anton O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Theatrice
• Application Number:
  US05/323,840
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 273/119,123,115,129,124,125
• US Class Current: 273/119.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/003 Blackjack; Twenty one
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2007/4093 supported on a tethering arm
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0423 Word games, e.g. scrabble electric A63F3/0421; two-dimensional puzzles with rotating rings or discs A63F9/0811, A63F9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/062 Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/02 Roulette-like ball games

Abstract

A game of skill which is a modified form of the popular card game known as blackjack. The game includes a playing field having a circular ball-traversing course provided with successive ballreceiving pockets adapted to receive an indicating ball when propelled therealong by a striker ball. The striker ball is attached to the end of a radially-extending, resilient actuating arm centrally mounted on the playing field and propels the indicating ball so that it comes to rest in one of the ballreceiving pockets. Outwardly of each of the pockets there is a corresponding indicia of a playing card.

Claims

1. A combined game of chance and skill comprising a game board including a substantially circular ball-traversing course having ball-receiving pockets adapted to receive an indicating ball when propelled along said course, said circular ball-traversing course being defined by two concentric walls formed in said game board and connected by said ball-receiving pockets, an indicating ball on said course between said walls, ball-propelling means operable by a player to propel said indicating ball along said course to come to rest in one of said ball-receiving pockets, said ballpropelling means including a rotatable support centrally mounted on said game board, a radially-extending resilient actuating arm carried by said support and striker means carried at the end of said actuating arm, means for maintaining said support stationary relative to said game board upon actuation of said actuating arm, said striker means carried by said arm and extending over said course in position to contact and propel said indicating ball in a generally circular path along said course and indicia means for each of said ball-receiving pockets.

2. A game according to claim 1 wherein said support is rotatable with respect to said game board such that said ball-propelling means may be adjusted to various starting positions about said game board.

3. A game according to claim 2 wherein said support and said game board are provided with coacting guide means for guiding the rotation of said support with respect to said game board.

4. A game according to claim 1 wherein one of said concentric walls includes means formed thereon which coact with said ball-propelling means to propel said indicating ball

5. A game according to claim 1 further including means for locking said support at a starting position on said game board.

6. A game according to claim 5 wherein said locking Means includes means formed on said game board for engagement with means formed on said support to thereby lock said support into said starting position on said game board.

7. A game according to claim 1 wherein said striker means is constructed such that contact with said ball-receiving pockets is avoided when said ball-propelling means are operated by the players.

8. A game according to claim 1 wherein said indicia means are in the form of playing cards which correspond to and are positioned adjacent each of said pockets.

9. A game according to claim 8 further including means personalized to each of the players enabling such players to identify the particular ball-receiving pocket and corresponding playing card in which said indicating ball comes to rest for one or more turns for such player.

10. A game according to claim 9 wherein said personalized means includes identifying elements which are adapted to be positioned adjacent a ball-receiving pocket.

11. A game according to claim 10 wherein said game board includes means for storing said identifying elements when not in use and means for storing playing chips for each of said players.

12. A game according to claim 1 wherein said game board is divided into a plurality of playing sectors, with each of said playing sectors including a starting position.