Game combining chance and judgment

Claim 2

A game comprising movable container means having a hollow transparent portion, container-support means supporting said movable container means for movement from a starting position to an end position, chance means situated in the hollow transparent portion of said container means for visibly indicating through said hollow transparent portion of said container means one of a number of different possible scores, determined by chance, upon movement of said container means from said starting to said end position, a plurality of score indicating elements respectively carrying score-indicating indicia, and second means supporting said elements for movement from rest positions to locations displaced from said rest positions, so that after said container means has been moved from said starting to said end position to provide a given score by way of said chance means, the latter score can be scored by selecting score-indicating elements which correspond to said score and displacing the latter elements from said rest positions thereof to said locations thereof displaced from the latter rest positions, said second support means supporting said score-indicating elements for swinging movement about a common axis and said container-support means and said second support means forming part of a unitary structure with said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement about an axis which is perpendicular to said common axis, said score-indicating elements being arranged in a row and said axis of swinging of said container means extending substantially centrally between the ends of said row so that in one end position said contaiNer means extends from its axis of swinging in one direction along approximately one half of the row of score-indicating elements while in the other end position it extends in an opposite direction from said axis of swinging along said row of score-indicating elements, and both of said axes being located at substantially the same elevation.

Claim 3

A game comprising movable container means having a hollow transparent portion, container-support means supporting said movable container means for movement from a starting position to an end position, chance means situated in the hollow transparent portion of said container means for visibly indicating through said hollow transparent portion of said container means one of a number of different possible scores, determined by chance, upon movement of said container means from said starting to said end position, a plurality of score indicating elements respectively carrying score-indicating indicia, and second means supporting said elements for movement from rest positions to locations displaced from said rest positions, so that after said container means has been moved from said starting to said end position to provide a given score by way of said chance means, the latter score can be scored by selecting score-indicating elements which correspond to said score and displacing the latter elements from said rest positions thereof to said locations thereof displaced from the latter rest positions, said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement from said starting position to said end position, said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement about a predetermined axis which is generally horizontal from said starting position which is located on one side of said axis substantially at the elevation of the latter axis to said end position which is located on the opposite side of said axis also substantially at the elevation of the latter axis, so that the end position of said container means after one of the movements thereof may form the starting position for said container means during the next movement thereof, said container means including a manually-engageable tab supported by said container-support means for swinging movement about said axis and a hollow transparent container carried by said tab at a free end portion of the latter and housing said chance means.

Claim 4

A game comprising movable container means having a hollow transparent portion, container-support means supporting said movable container means for movement from a starting position to an end position, chance means situated in the hollow transparent portion of said container means for visibly indicating through said hollow transparent portion of said container means one of a number of different possible scores, determined by chance, upon movement of said container means from said starting to said end position, a plurality of score indicating elements respectively carrying score-indicating indicia, and second means supporting said elements for movement from rest positions to locations displaced from said rest positions, so that after said container means has been moved from said starting to said end position to provide a given score by way of said chance means, the latter score can be scored by selecting score-indicating elements which correspond to said score and displacing the latter elements from said rest positions thereof to said locations thereof displaced from the latter rest positions, said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement from said starting position to said end position, said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement about a predetermined axis which is generally horizontal from said starting position which is located on one side of said axis substantially at the elevation of the latter axis to said end position which is located on the opposite side of said axis also substantially at the elevation of the latter axis, so that the end position of said container means after one of the movements thereof may form the starting position for said container means during the next movement thereof, said container means including a manually-engageable tab supported by said container-support means for swinging movement about said axis and a hollow transparent container carried by said tab at a free end portion of the latter and housing said chance means.

Claim 5

The combination of claim 2 and wherein said chance means includes at least one die.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 2 and wherein said chance means includes a pair of dice.

Claim 7

The combination of claim 2 and wherein a resilient, shock-absorbing pad means is located in the path of movement of said hollow transparent portion of said container means to determine the end and starting positions thereof.

Claim 8

The combination of claim 1 and wherein said chance means includes at least one die.

Claim 9

The combination of claim 1 and wherein said score-indicating elements include tabs carrying digits.

Claim 10

The combination of claim 7 and wherein said second support means supports said tabs for swinging movement individually from said rest positions where said digits thereof are respectively visible to said locations where said digits are no longer visible, so that those tabs which are not moved from said rest positions thereof still maintain the digits carried thereby in a visible position for indicating a final score.

Claim 11

The combination of claim 8 and wherein said tabs when moved to said locations render visible to the operator surfaces of said tabs which are not visible when said tabs are in their rest positions.

Claim 12

The combination of claim 9 and wherein said surfaces of said tabs which become visible when said tabs are displaced to said locations carry letters corresponding to said digits.

Claim 13

A game comprising movable container means having a hollow transparent portion, container-support means supporting said movable container means for movement from a starting position to an end position, chance means situAted in the hollow transparent portion of said container means for visibly indicating through said hollow transparent portion of said container means one of a number of different possible scores, determined by chance, upon movement of said container means from said starting to said end position, a plurality of score indicating elements respectively carrying score-indicating indicia, and second means supporting said elements for movement from rest positions to locations displaced from said rest positions, so that after said container means has been moved from said starting to said end position to provide a given score by way of said chance means, the latter score can be scored by selecting score-indicating elements which correspond to said score and displacing the latter elements from said rest positions thereof to said locations thereof displaced from the latter rest positions, said score-indicating elements including tabs carrying digits, said second support means supporting said tabs for swinging movement individually from said rest positions where said digits thereof are respectively visible to said locations where said digits are no longer visible, so that those tabs which are not moved from said rest positions thereof still maintain the digits carried thereby in a visible position for indicating a final score, said second support means supporting all of said tabs for swinging movement about a common axis, said container-support means and said second support means forming part of a unitary structure with said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement about an axis which is perpendicular to said common axis about which said tabs are turnable, said container-support means including a pair of upstanding wall portions respectively formed with openings, said container means having a manually-engageable tab having projections situated in the latter openings, and one of said wall portions having an elongated extension supporting said tabs which carry said score-indicating indicia in said rest position with said second support means having an elongated rod extending parallel to said extension and spaced therefrom to support said score-indicating tabs for swinging movement from said extension around said rod to said locations displaced from said rest positions.

Claim 14

A game comprising movable container means having a hollow transparent portion, container-support means supporting said movable container means for movement from a starting position to an end position, chance means situAted in the hollow transparent portion of said container means for visibly indicating through said hollow transparent portion of said container means one of a number of different possible scores, determined by chance, upon movement of said container means from said starting to said end position, a plurality of score indicating elements respectively carrying score-indicating indicia, and second means supporting said elements for movement from rest positions to locations displaced from said rest positions, so that after said container means has been moved from said starting to said end position to provide a given score by way of said chance means, the latter score can be scored by selecting score-indicating elements which correspond to said score and displacing the latter elements from said rest positions thereof to said locations thereof displaced from the latter rest positions, said score-indicating elements including tabs carrying digits, said second support means supporting said tabs for swinging movement individually from said rest positions where said digits thereof are respectively visible to said locations where said digits are no longer visible, so that those tabs which are not moved from said rest positions thereof still maintain the digits carried thereby in a visible position for indicating a final score, said second support means supporting all of said tabs for swinging movement about a common axis, said container-support means and said second support means forming part of a unitary structure with said container-support means supporting said container means for swinging movement about an axis which is perpendicular to said common axis about which said tabs are turnable, said container-support means including a pair of upstanding wall portions respectively formed with openings, said container means having a manually-engageable tab having projections situated in the latter openings, and one of said wall portions having an elongated extension supporting said tabs which carry said score-indicating indicia in said rest position with said second support means having an elongated rod extending parallel to said extension and spaced therefrom to support said score-indicating tabs for swinging movement from said extension around said rod to said locations displaced from said rest positions.