Table tapping aerial projectile game apparatus

Claim 1

A TABLE TAPPING GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING A STIFF RECTANGULAR PLAYING BOARD HAVING A CONTINUOUS INTACT SURFACE, LEGS AT THE CORNERS FOR ELEVATING THE SAME, MALLETS FOR STRIKING THE BOTTOM OF THE BOARD, A PUCK ADAPTED TO BE PROPELLED FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE BY AN UPWARD BLOW OF THE MALLET BENEATH THE BOARD, SAID PLAYING BOARD SLOPING DOWNWARD FROM THE ENDS TO THE CENTER AND HAVING A FLANGE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE BOARD TO HELP CONFINE THE PUCK TO THE BOARD AND TO STIFFEN THE BOARD, SAID FLANGES AT THE SIDES BEING RELATIVELY DEEP AND OF SUFFICIENT DEPTH SO THAT THE SLOPING BOARD LIES WHOLLY BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF THE SIDE FLANGES, SAID FLANGES AT THE ENDS BEING RELATIVELY NARROW TO PERMIT FREE ACCESS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE GAME BOARD FOR STRIKING THE SAME WITH THE MALLETS.