Tethered ball propelling apparatus, targets, and scoring markers

Claim 1

A game of skill comprising a kit-box including a plurality of parallel rows of tracks therein, a numbered scale on the bottom of said kit-box beside each of said tracks a detachable marker movably mounted on said tracks, means for indicating the distance said marker is to be moved along its related track, said means including a propelling device comprising a pedestal including a hollow supporting column and a hollow base, a bowl member on the top of said supporting column, said bowl member having a central opening communicating with said supporting column and a plurality of numbered cups surrounding said central opening, a lever pivotally mounted in the base of said pedestal, said lever including a hook at oNe end and a push button engaging its opposite end, a piston slidably mounted in said supporting column and base, said piston having a notch at its lower end, first spring means normally urging said piston upwardly through the central opening in said bowl member, second spring means normally biasing said lever so that its hook engages in the notch in the lower end of said piston when said piston is in its inactive position, a ball tethered to the top of said piston and housed within said central opening in the bowl member when said piston is in its inactive position, whereby upon pressing said push button the hook of said lever is released from engagement with said notch, said piston is urged upwardly by said first spring means and said ball is propelled upwardly to fall into one of said numbered cups indicating the number of points on said scale the marker is to be moved.