Skittles game with aiming unit - uses turnable tower with platform and sloping ball guide to aim balls along long playing field

摘要

The skittles game entails aiming balls from one end of a long playing field using an aiming unit. The latter consists of a tower (10, 20) turning about its longitudinal axis, with a platform (12). A ball guide (30) slopes a down from the platform, and may be aimed at individual skittles by turning the tower. The tower consists of two telescopic cup-like sections, the lower one being turnable about a pivot (23) anchored in the playing area (8), The upper tower section may be locked in steps (13) in the lower one, to adjust the tower height. A spring clamp is fastened to the pivot of the tower, its spring arms (21) engaging in the steps.