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2,846,225
STOCK CAR RACING GAME
Glenn T. Keyser, De Pere, Wis.
Application January 7, 1957, Serial No. 632,890
5 Claims. (Cl. 273-86)
This invention relates to toys.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a
game including miniature stock cars wherein the cars are
caused to move around a track in a novel manner under
the direction of the players to provide a game of skill.
It is another object of the present invention to provide
a stock car game of the above type which can be played
by a number of players to provide many hours of enjoy
Inent.
Other objects of the invention are to provide a stock
car game bearing the above objects in mind which is of
simple construction, has a minimum number of parts,
is inexpensive to manufacture and amusing and enter
taining in use.
For other objects and for a better understanding of
the invention, reference may be had to the following
detailed description taken in connection with the accom
panying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is a top plan view of the stock car game em
bodying the features of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an end elevational view thereof;
Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of the
swivel which may be employed for this construction;
Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of the swivel of
Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of one of the stock
cars forming a part of the invention;
Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;
Fig. 7 is a front elevational view thereof;
Fig. 8 is a rear elevational view thereof;
Fig. 9 is a top plan view of one of the control sticks
forming another part of the invention; and
Fig. 10 is a top plan view of one of the printed track
cards, forming another part of the invention.
Referring now more in detail to the drawing and more
particularly to Fig. 10, a plurality of printed rectangular
track cards 10 of light pasteboard or other suitable mate
rial are provided and have printed thereon the fence
markings 11, substantially as illustrated. Each of the
cards 10 is provided with a longitudinal fold line 12 so
that the cards may be either employed flat, as shown in
Fig. 10, or in an upstanding manner by folding along the
fold line 2. Sufficient of the cards 10 are provided to
provide an inner track indicated generally at 13 (Fig. 1)
and an outer track indicated generally at 14, the inner
track 3 having the circular end closures. The outer
track 4 follows the contour of the inner track 13 except
for one end where it extends out in a straight portion 15
to provide the inlet opening 16.
As shown in Figs. 5 through 8, a plurality of scale
model racing stock cars indicated generally at 17 are pro
vided, at least four different designs being used. Each of
the cars 7 includes the stamped body 18 of low grade
steel for weight, the axles 19 being secured across the
bottom of the body and having enlarged ends to prevent
their displacement therethrough. Each of the axles 19
near its end is provided with a pair of spaced collars or
ilanges 26 intermediate which are rotatably mounted the
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thick wheels 21 of soft rubber. The toy stock CaS 17
are painted in different colors and are each provided with
the numbers 22 at the sides, front and rear thereof.
The bodies 18 are provided with the cutout windows. 23
at the front, rear and sides which define the window
posts 24. s
A length of kite string 25 is secured or tied to the
innermost of the front window posts 24 and is connected
10 at its other end to a control stick 26 of wood or plastic:
Preferably the string 25 is connected to the control
stick 26 by means of the hollow cylindrical swivel 27
stamped with an internal annular ridge 28 which is re
ceived within a corresponding groove 29 provided on the
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end of the stick, the collar 27 extending outwardly be
yond the end of the stick and having an opening within
which is rotatably positioned the light gauge wire 29
having an enlargement 30 at the upper end and being
formed at its lower end with the loop 31 within which
20 the cord 25 is tied. As an alternate construction, the
string 25 may be tied directly to the groove 29 of the
control stick. Thus, the eye 31 will rotate about a verti
cal axis during the movement of the stick, in a manner
which will hereinafter become clear.
25 34The position of the four players is indicated at 32, 33,
and 35 (Fig. 1).
The swivel assembly 27 will be formed of sheet steel
while the string 25 will consist of about twenty feet of
ordinary kite string in the form of a ball of yarn. It
30 may then be cut to provide the individual strings con
nected to the control sticks.
in operation, the cars 17 enter, one at a time (Fig. 1),
at the inlet 16 and travel in a counterclockwise direction
by pulling with the sticks 26 and strings 25. As the car
35 passes the inlet 16, another car can enter the race in
proper position, which depends on the position of the
players and their sticks.
The ends of the sticks 26 travel in a path similar to
the track layout but on a smaller scale and are always
slightly in advance of the car relative to their respective
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positions. Any motion of the stick is copied by the
car via transmission through the string as the car pro
ceeds along the track guided by the stick. The length
of the string is about the length of a diagonal from the
end of the track at a point four feet above said center.
45 This length permits the car to have relatively great mo
tion compared to stick travel. The length of the string
will, of course, depend on the height of the player. It
must be attached to the driver's side windshield post 24
for a counter clockwise race. The procedure followed
50 to avoid string entanglement, i. e. the crossing over in
front of each other, does not detract from the game but
serves to keep the race "tight” and gives the players a
change to tip over another's car. .
All the players stand on the outside edge of the track,
55 on either long side, with their sticks bending into the
center of the layout. The swivel 27, while not absolutely
necessary, will prevent "string windup' and will do away
with the necessity of "unspinning” the cars after a few
aCCS.
60 The cards 10 are used instead of upright fencing be
cause the field can then be "overshot' when first learning
the game, and the track does not become disarranged by
the cars running over it. It has another advantage in
that the cards are expendible.
65 The game is easy enough to play with three players
but with four, greater skill is required in operating the
toys to complete Successful track revolutions.
The idea of the game can be enlarged to include boats,
airplanes and other conveyances without departing from
70 the spirit and scope of the invention.
While various changes may be made in the detail con
struction, it shall be understood that such changes shall
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and said pin at its lower end having an eye for securing
be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as the upper end of said string thereto.
defined by the appended claims.
What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters
Patent of the United States is:
1. A game of the class described comprising, in com
bination, a track layout having an inner track and an
outer track, each one of said inner and outer tracks com
prising a plurality of rectangular fence simulating cards,
said outer track being open at one end to provide an inlet
to the area intermediate said inner and outer tracks, a
plurality of miniature vehicles adapted to be pulled
around the track layout intermediate said inner and outer
tracks, means for pulling the vehicles in the aforesaid
path, said pulling means including a control stick, a string
connected at one upper end to said control stick and at
the opposite lower end to the front window post of one
of said vehicles, swivel means disposed between the upper
end of each of said strings and said associated control
stick to prevent the strings of the various vehicles from
becoming entangled with each other, said swivel means
comprising a hollow cylindrical collar having an inwardly
stamped annular ridge, the end of the control stick hav
ing an annular groove receiving said ridge therewithin
whereby to secure the collar to the end of the stick, the
end of the collar extending outwardly beyond the end of
the Stick and having an opening in the bottom thereof,
a pin positioned within said opening having an enlarged
end to prevent its downward displacement therethrough,
4.
2. A game according to claim 1, each of said cards
having a longitudinal central fold line to permit the cards
to be used in an upright position.
3. A game according to claim 2, said vehicles compris
ing toy stock cars of various designs and colors, each of
said stock cars having an identification number.
4. A game according to claim 3, each of said stock
0 cars comprising a hollow stamped body open at the
bottom, a pair of transverse axles having opposite ends
mounted in the sides of said body, said axles near each
end having annular collars and soft rubber wheels ro
tatably mounted on the ends of said axles intermediate
15 said collars and the sides of said body.
5. A game according to claim 4, each of said bodies
having cutout portions defining front, side and rear
windows and window supporting posts, the string being
secured to the front innermost of said posts for movement
20 in a counterclockwise direction.
References Cited in the file of this patent
UNITED STATES PATENTS
25 1,915,868 Rogers ---------------- June 27, 1933
2,078,767 Marx ------------------ Apr. 27, 1937
2,307,905 Ament ---------------- Jan. 12, 1943
2,699,011 Sedgwick -------------- Jan. 11, 1955