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Quick-change foosball table rod handles

a technology for foosball tables and rod handles, applied in the field of quick-change rod handles, can solve the problems of difficult to quickly install and remove customized handles during competitive play, and achieve the effect of quick and easy replacemen

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-02
SCHLAEFER PHILIP LAWRENCE
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[0011] An advantage of the present invention is handles are provided for table soccer games that are quickly and easily interchanged.
[0012] Another advantage of the present invention is that table soccer handles are provided that a player can retain from table to table.
[0013] A still further advantage of the present invention is that a table soccer game is provided in which each player-figure rod handle can be different.

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The ubiquitous use of wooden handles secured with roll-pins makes it very difficult to install and remove customized handles quick enough during competitive play.

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[0020]FIG. 1 illustrates a table soccer game embodiment of the present invention, and is referred to by the general reference numeral 100. The table soccer game 100 comprises a set of eight horizontal parallel rods 101-108 arranged above a playing field in a table 110. Each of these rods 101-108 is fitted with a respective quick-change handle 111-118. These handles are distributed on respective sides according corresponding teams. For example, handles 111, 112, 114, and 116 belong to a first team and are used to manipulate the lighter colored player men to advance the ball to the goal on the right, and to defend against the opponent advancing the ball to the goal on the left. Similarly, handles 113, 115, 117, and 118 are controlled by the opposing team. Balls 119 that have passed through the goals on each end will drop to a ball return 120. A pair of service holes 122 and 124 are used to start the game. A pair of score keepers 126 and 128 are provided above the goals at each end. A ...

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Abstract

A table soccer game includes quick-change handles attached to one end of each of the player-figure rods. Each rod is drilled near one end to retain a roll-pin that secures a handle core or adaptor. A variety of standardized, interchangeable handle shells can be quickly docked onto any of the handle cores. The outside diameters, materials, firmness, and profiles of the handle shells vary and are chosen to suit individual players preferences. The shells are secured to the adaptors with a fastener or quick-release locking device.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to football and soccer tables, and more particularly to methods and devices for quick-change rod handles. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Table soccer, or “foosball” as it seems to be spelled in German, is based on a miniature soccer / football playing field and has evolved from a parlor game into a competitive sport. The first table soccer games appeared in France and especially Germany in the 1920's. The earliest mention of it in a United States patent seems to have been by Xaver Leonhart, who describes a commercial foosball table in his U.S. Pat. No. 3,400,930, issued Sep. 10, 1968. It shows a guard device that is used to keep the balls with the table by having a captive path that is used to return the ball from the ball return to the serving hole. Today, there are professional foosball players, player's associations and a growing number of foosball competitions with very s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F7/07
CPCA63F7/06A63F7/0672A63F7/249A63F7/2436G05G1/06
Inventor SCHLAEFER, PHILIP LAWRENCE
Owner SCHLAEFER PHILIP LAWRENCE
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