Game apparatus

Claim 1

GAME APPARATUS ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL GAME PIECE, AND HAVING A FRONT, REAR, AND SIDES AND A PLANE PLAYING SURFACE FOR SUPPORTING THE SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL GAME PIECE IN ROLLING CONTACT THEREON, A POCKET AND A GUTTER FOR THE GAME PIECE IN SAID GAME BOARD BELOW SAID PLAYING SURFACE AND ACCESSIBLE FROM SAID PLAYING SURFACE, SAID POCKET BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID FRONT OF SAID BOARD AND FORWARD OF SAID GUTTER, SAID GUTTER BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID POCKET AND SAID REAR OF THE BOARD AND HAVING FAR AND ADJACENT WALLS RELATIVE TO SAID POCKET, SAID ADJACENT WALL EXTENDING PAST SAID POCKET AND HAVING AN ENTRANCE FOR THE GAME PIECE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID GUTTER AND POCKET, AND DELIVERY MEANS ON SAID GAME BOARD ADJACENT SAID REAR OF THE BOARD AND BEING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID GUTTER FROM SAID POCKET FOR THE GAME PIECE TO BE DELIVERED ONTO SAID PLANE PLAYING SURFACE OF THE BOARD REARWARD OF SAID GUTTER, SAID PLAYING SURFACE AFFORDING A DIRECT COURSE ALIGNED WITH SAID ENTRANCE OF THE POCKET FOR THE GAME PIECE TO ROLL FROM SAID DELIVERY MEANS ON SAID COURSE TO SAID GUTTER AND THENCE ACROSS THE WIDTH OF SAID GUTTER DIRECTLY INTO SAID POCKET ENTRANCE.