Arm wrestling machine

Claim 1

An amusement device for use when arm wrestling comprising a base, a pair of elbow supporting pads mounted on said base for supporting the elbows of opponents when arm wrestling, and indicator means disposed on opposite sides of a generally broad vertical plane in which the hands, forearms and elbows are placed to commence arm wrestling, to indicate when one of the players has forced the hand of his opponent out of the broad vertical plane to a predetermined extent, handgrip means mounted on said base in equally spaced relation to the broad vertical pLane for providing each wrestler with the leverage and proper positioning between his elbow and his other hand, said base being in the form of a plate, guide means on opposite sides of the plate, said guide means being in the form of right and left parallel rails, said pads being movably and slidably mounted on opposed selectively positioned rails for free inward and outward movement on the plate, said right rails being used when right handed players are contesting and said left rails being used when left handed players are contesting, whereby the players arms will assume a natural offset position relative to each other while still remaining in a generally broad vertical plane, said indicator means including an electrically powered signal device on said opposite sides of the broad vertical plane, and an actuator for each signal device disposed in the path of movement of the hands of the players, each of said actuators comprising a movable hand contacting member, normally biased away from said signal device, but adapted to contact said signal device when the bias is overcome by contact with a players hand.