Gimbal-mounted game board tiltable by control stick

Claim 1

In a game device of the type wherein a manipulable game board is adapted to be tilted in various directions to cause a movable game member on the surface thereof to move toward selected objectives, the combination of a base, a support member manipulably mounted on said base, a controller movably mounted on said base and operably connected to said support member, and a game board removably mountable on said support member, said base comprising a pair of spaced, elongated sidewalls, a pair of opposed end walls interposed between and connected at their respective ends to said sidewalls, and an intermediate wall disposed laterally between said sidewalls and secured thereto to form a partition between a peripherally-enclosed game section of said base at one side of said intermediate wall and a control section at the other side thereof, said support member comprising cooperating inner and outer frame members, said outer frame member corresponding in peripheral configuration to said game section of said base but of reduced dimension with respect thereto, said outer frame member being nested within said game section and being pivotally secured thereto along a pivot axis at two opposed locations respectively to the game section end wall and to said intermediate wall of said base, said inner frame member corresponding in peripheral configuration to said outer frame member but of reduced dimension with respect thereto, said inner frame member being nested within said outer frame member and being pivotally secured thereto in two axially opposed locations substantially parallel to said end walls, said inner frame having inwardly projecting means to removably support said game board within said frame, said controller comprising the combination of a cross member pivotally mounted within said control area along said pivot axis in fixed engagement with said outer frame and an upstanding control stick pivotally secured to said cross member for pivoting about an axis transverse to said pivot axis and having a control shaft pivotally connecting said control stick to said inner frame.