Game board for practicing aspects of bowls, billiard and petanque
US4986542A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2250/36
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A special game board designed for the practice of a game of bowls which associates some aspects of the games of petanque and/or billiards more particularly. The board has a rectangular horizontal plate mounted on legs and edged along its two longitudinal sides with lateral bands or banks, extending above the plate and provided with a padding or similar structure of a resilient material. On at least one of the lateral sides, with a bowl collecting trough, on the plate defined a quadrangular game area extending in the plate half portion provided with the trough. The table is covered with a shock and noise absorbent resilient material which allows the bowls to run and is installed between 40 and 50 cm. A shock and noise absorbing band made up of a curtain is provided on the outer side of each trough.
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