Set of parts with movement mechanism for table football game
In order to outshine what is known up to date on this field and also to improve the game, the main objective of this request of patent of Invention is to provide a field player independent of the game board, able to be positioned strategically to make the pass or attempt to score, by means of a mechanism of automatic shooting, whose power can be selected by the contestant as well as the appropriate cleat to get the preferred effect on the ball pathway and a goalkeeper which is moved by the contestant to the position of covering the goal, with body tilting and the preferred opening of the arms to catch the ball, all of which depends on the contestant's ability and reflexes. A second objective of this request of patent of Invention is that the parts that make up the set can be presented disassembled so as to develop the manual ability of the users during the assembly process.
The present invention relates to a set of parts with movement mechanism for table football game.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe most similar item to this invention previously known are the familiar “foosballs”, whose players are adhered in groups to rotating bars that drive the shot without any further possibility of interaction by the contestants of the game.
Another type of table football is the one that consists of players that move in only one direction grooves set on the table floor, driven by a keyboard set behind each goal, with no actuating mechanisms that provide variations according to the contestant's ability.
In that sense, another option is given by models of static players which turn out to be decoration pieces on the table, in a game that is played manually.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn order to outshine what is known up to date on this field and also to improve the game, the main objective of this request of patent of Invention is to provide a field player independent of the game board, able to be positioned strategically to make the pass or attempt to score, by means of a mechanism of automatic shooting, whose power can be selected by the contestant as well as the appropriate cleat to get the preferred effect on the ball pathway and a goalkeeper which is moved by the contestant to the position of covering the goal, with body tilting and the preferred opening of the arms to catch the ball, all of which depends on the contestant's ability and reflexes.
A second objective of this request of patent of Invention is that the parts that make up the set can be presented disassembled so as to develop the manual ability of the users during the assembly process.
The following invention refers to a set of parts with movement mechanism for table football game, comprising a model of at least one field player and another similar model of a goalkeeper, having the former a static leg adhered to a support and fixation base and an articulated leg, capable of an angular sweeping movement on a vertical plane, between a passive vertical position and an active retracted one, selectively locked by means of a cricket mechanism so that a vertical pressure applied to the player's head releases such a lock, causing the ball to be kicked, driven by an angular expansion spring which was tightly set on that position, while the goalkeeper is anchored by its back to the end of an tubular mast which is articulated through cardan movement on a vertical column set on the table, allowing its translation, being that the mast is able to rotate on its axle so as to cause the tilting of the vertical axle of its body while, at the same time, a rod going through the inside of the mast presents, in its actuating end, a means of coupling to the articular axle of one of the arms of the player so that, by means of its rotation, an angular sweeping movement parallel to the front area is caused, which will be transmitted by a mechanism of levers to the other arm that will move accordingly.
As a complement, at least the mobile leg of the player ends up in a stump that is capable of holding, by means of a clip, various models of cleats whose insteps bring about different effects when kicking the ball, with a power that will be regulated according to the greater or smaller retraction angle, which will provide the driving spring with more or less tension.
In order to achieve the advantages that have been roughly mentioned and to facilitate the understanding of the construction and function features of the Set of Parts With Movement Mechanism For Table Football Game, a preferred example of achievement is described below, which is illustrated by means of figures and with no given scale on the attached graphics, with the clear explanation that, precisely because it is just an example, it must not be considered a limitation but instead it simply becomes an illustration of the basic conception that it is based on.
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As it can be seen on the previous figures, the axles adhered to the trigger and to the articular arm of the leg are mounted in parallel on gudgeons set between the backrest and the pectoral.
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Thus, with the goalkeeper anchored by its backrest to the means (112), the pivoting of the support (108) on the column (107) causes the horizontal sweep, referred to as F4 in the previous figure; the articulation around the transversal axle (109) causes the rising, referred to as F3; the rotation of the mast (111) on the articulated bushing (110) from the appendage (111) causes the tilting of the body, referred to as F5; and the rotation of the rod (113) from its rear knob causes the movement of the arms, referred to as F2, with its tip (114) assembled on the inner mechanism which is illustrated in the following figures.
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Being adhered to the driven arm (102), transmitting movement that causes its accompanying rising, spinning around its articular axle, being that the derailing at the end of the stroke is avoided by means of the extreme closure of the groove or by any stopper that limits the angular sweep of any of the connecting rods.
The Set of Parts With Movement Mechanism For Table Football Game described and exemplified, is comprised and protected within this request of patent of Invention, which is hereby established as far as the main features are concerned by means of the text of the following replevying clauses:
Having described and determined the nature and scope of this invention, and the way in which it could be put in practice, it is hereby stated that the following items are replevied as legal right and exclusive property:
Claims
1-9. (canceled)
10. A table football game comprising:
- a game board;
- a reduced scale image of field players representing two different teams placed on top of the game board;
- wherein each team has a different attire from the other team;
- wherein each team includes at least one field player and a goalkeeper;
- wherein each field player comprises: a body comprising: a backrest, a pectoral which makes up a lodging of a first actuating mechanism along with the backrest; a head having a neck, wherein the neck penetrates the lodging; a mobile leg articulated by the actuating mechanism; a static leg having means of fixation to a supporting base; a first arm and a second arm; wherein the first actuating mechanism comprises: a trigger, wherein the trigger is activated by pressing the head of the field player which moves down the neck activating the trigger; a crown wheel in connection with the trigger and the mobile leg, the crown wheel having an angular expansion spring; wherein the articular spring has a first end pressing against the pectoral and a second end inserted in the mobile leg;
- wherein the goalkeeper comprises: a body comprising: a backrest; a pectoral which makes up a second lodging of a second actuating mechanism along with the backrest of the goalkeeper; a head having a neck, wherein the neck penetrates the lodging; a pair of static legs; a first and second mobile arms articulated by the second actuating mechanism; wherein the backrest of the goalkeeper is anchored to a vertical column by anchoring means; wherein the body of the goalkeeper has horizontal and vertical movement; wherein the mobile arms have horizontal and vertical movement, and rotational movement.
11. The table football game according to claim 10, wherein the crown wheel of the first actuating mechanism comprises a plurality of cogs which determine the same number of positions with different spring tensions.
12. The table football game according to claim 10, further comprising a plurality of different cleats, wherein the cleats are interchangeable and placed on a cylindrical stump on the mobile leg of the field player.
13. The table football game according to claim 12, wherein one of the cleats comprises a cap shaped toecap.
14. The table football game according to claim 13, wherein the cap shaped toecap comprises an exaggerated elevation of the toecap which outlines a vertical attack front.
15. The table football game according to claim 13, wherein the cap shaped toecap comprises a concave toecap fit for a wide attack blade.
16. The table football game according to claim 12, wherein one of the cleats comprises an instep with a descending flattening towards its internal surface.
17. The table football game according to claim 12, wherein one of the cleats comprises an instep with a descending flattening towards its external surface.
18. A table football game comprising:
- a game board;
- a reduced scale image of field players representing two different teams placed on top of the game board;
- wherein each team has a different attire from the other team;
- wherein each team includes at least one field player and a goalkeeper;
- wherein each field player comprises: a body comprising: a backrest, a pectoral which makes up a lodging of a first actuating mechanism along with the backrest; a head having a neck, wherein the neck penetrates the lodging; a mobile leg articulated by the actuating mechanism; a static leg having means of fixation to a supporting base; a first arm and a second arm; wherein the first actuating mechanism comprises: a trigger, wherein the trigger is activated by pressing the head of the field player which moves down the neck activating the trigger; a crown wheel in connection with the trigger and the mobile leg, the crown wheel having an angular expansion spring; wherein the articular spring has a first end pressing against the pectoral and a second end inserted in the mobile leg;
- wherein the goalkeeper comprises: a body comprising: a backrest; a pectoral which makes up a second lodging of a second actuating mechanism along with the backrest of the goalkeeper; a head having a neck, wherein the neck penetrates the lodging; a pair of static legs; a first and second mobile arms articulated by the second actuating mechanism; wherein the backrest of the goalkeeper is anchored to a vertical column by anchoring means; wherein the body of the goalkeeper has horizontal and vertical movement; wherein the mobile arms have horizontal and vertical movement, and rotational movement; wherein the second actuating mechanism comprises: the vertical column on which a support pivots freely, a bushing on which a tubular mast goes through with free rotation, the anchoring means to the backrest; a rod having free rotation going through the inside of the tubular mast in the form of an axle, the rod having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the rod is connected to a command knob and the second end of the rod comprises a coupling going through a window on the backrest of the body, wherein the coupling is connected into a receiver connected to the mobile arms of the goalkeeper.
19. A table football game consisting of:
- a game board;
- a reduced scale image of field players representing two different teams placed on top of the game board;
- wherein each team has a different attire from the other team;
- wherein each team includes at least one field player and a goalkeeper;
- each field player having: a body having: a backrest, a pectoral which makes up a lodging of a first actuating mechanism along with the backrest; a head having a neck, wherein the neck penetrates the lodging; a mobile leg articulated by the actuating mechanism; a static leg having means of fixation to a supporting base; a first arm and a second arm; wherein the first actuating mechanism comprises: a trigger, wherein the trigger is activated by pressing the head of the field player which moves down the neck activating the trigger; a crown wheel in connection with the trigger and the mobile leg, the crown wheel having an angular expansion spring; wherein the articular spring has a first end pressing against the pectoral and a second end inserted in the mobile leg;
- the goalkeeper includes: a body having: a backrest; a pectoral which makes up a second lodging of a second actuating mechanism along with the backrest of the goalkeeper; a head having a neck, wherein the neck penetrates the lodging; a pair of static legs; a first and second mobile arms articulated by the second actuating mechanism; wherein the backrest of the goalkeeper is anchored to a vertical column by anchoring means; wherein the body of the goalkeeper has horizontal and vertical movement; wherein the mobile arms have horizontal and vertical movement, and rotational movement.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 8, 2007
Publication Date: Feb 12, 2009
Inventor: Gustavo Marcelo Capusotto (La Lucila)
Application Number: 11/890,833
International Classification: A63F 7/06 (20060101);