Abstract: A racket, for use in playing tennis and similar games, includes a frame which defines a head and a handle, with the head having a generally polygonal configuration defined by a first pair of sides that extend from the handle away from each other to the widest portion of the head and a second pair of sides, connected to the first pair at the widest portion of the handle, extending back towards each other. The second pair of sides are longer in length than the first pair of sides and are connected by a fifth side which extends parallel to the widest portion of the head. Strings are strung between the sides of the head to define an impact surface which provides an enlarged "sweet" spot on the racket near the widest portion of the head as compared to conventionally shaped oval tennis rackets.

Abstract: A game board of a table type game, such as for example, a pool table, is provided with a leveling mechanism that includes a support bar mounted beneath the game board and a bed-level slide bracket slidably mounted on the support bar, beneath the game board, for movement to any one of a plurality of positions along the bar. A cooperating bed level guide plate is secured to the underside of the game board directly above and substantially in alignment with the path of travel for a portion of the slide bracket along the support bar. This plate has a longitudinally extending slot formed therein which receives a portion of a bed adjusting mechanism that is mounted on the slide bracket. The adjusting mechanism includes adjustable means cooperating with the guide plate for raising and lowering adjacent portions of the guide board in order to adjust the level thereof.

Abstract: The dart board game includes a dart, a target board having a target face, and cooperating elements for retaining, on the target face, a removably mounted marker on the dart. Such cooperating elements can consist of cooperating "Velcro" strip material. The dart includes a resilient and flexible portion at which the dart body is removably engaged with the marker, so that upon impact of the dart against the target board, the resilient portion of the dart flexes to allow the Velcro strip to engage without disengagement due to bouncing. This flexing motion compresses the resilient portion, which, as it expands, propels the dart body away from the target board to disengage the dart from the marker. In playing one embodiment of the game, in order for the "score" of a marker to count, the player throwing the dart must catch the rebounding dart body after an impact on the target board.