CPC Definition - Subclass A63D
This place covers:
Bowling alleys and boccia courts, including features such as portability, form or material of the surface, stands for players and tracks for returning or circulating the balls;
Table alleys, miniature bowling-alleys and accessories therefor;
Pins; games of pins, e.g. ninepins, with tethered balls;
Bagatelle and similar games, e.g. children's bagatelle;
Billiards, similar games such as snooker and pool, and pocket billiards, including tables and accessories therefor, e.g. cushions, cues, means for roughening cue-tips and scoring or registering devices.
All aspects of these games are covered by this subclass except for solid balls, which are covered by A63B 37/00.
This place does not cover:
Solid balls |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Hollow non-inflatable balls | |
Balls with special arrangements | |
Apparatus or methods for Manufacturing balls | |
Devices for handling or treating balls | |
Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Boule-type games | Games, for example bowls, pétanque and boccia, with the general object of throwing or rolling balls or similar rolling objects in order for them to knock, or come to rest as close as possible to, a target. The target may be a smaller ball, commonly known as a "jack". These games can be played by individuals or teams, indoors or outdoors on a range of surfaces, including gravel, grass or specially built courts. The balls can be made from a variety of materials and are generally spherical or ovoid in shape. |
This place does not cover:
Bowling greens |
This place does not cover:
Games of pins |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Coin-freed or like apparatus, e.g. for releasing balls for use |
This place covers:
Illustrative example of subject matter classified in this group.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Apparatus for projecting or rolling-off the balls |
This place covers:
Accessories for bowling-alleys or table alleys. Training devices for bowling intended to be worn by the player (for instance gloves) should not be classified here.
This place covers:
Illustrative example of subject matter classified in this group.
This place covers:
Illustrative example of subject matter classified in this group.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Manufacture or reconditioning of semi- finished or finished bowling pins |
This place covers:
Games played on table-top boards or special tables, in which balls are projected from the lower end of a walled-in inclined surface (for example by means of a cue from a channel at the side of the surface) towards the higher end, which is often rounded, and roll back towards the lower end, hitting obstacles (for example metal pins) and targets (for example holes or target areas fenced in by pins) which determine the points scored.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Pachinko | |
Pinball games, accessories therefor | |
Devices for projecting or rolling-off balls |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Bagatelle | A modification of billiards in which the players' object is to strike the balls so that they, and perhaps other balls, shall fall into numbered holes that determine the score. Usually the bagatelle table has a rounded far end and a channel on the right hand side along which the balls are propelled. The bagatelle requires the players standing at the square end of the table hitting the balls with a cue towards the holes at the other end. |
Children's bagatelle | Consist of marbles or balls that are shot onto a board which features areas fenced in by nails hammered into its surface. Each container scores different points depending upon the likelihood of a ball finishing in it (it is normally smaller than a bagatelle, table size). |
In patent documents, the word/expression in the first column is often used instead of the word/expression in the second column, which is used in the classification scheme of this place:
"bagatelle" | "billard anglais" |
This place does not cover:
Bagatelle |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Coin-freed apparatus for billiards |
This place covers:
Pockets for pocket billiard tables, and in particular, also covers the billiard tables with pockets/holes in non-standard positions, e.g. golf-billiard, that include also obstacles on the billiard table.
This place covers:
Illustrative example of subject matter classified in this group.
This place covers:
Training or aiming arrangements of billiard tables, e.g. light emitting cues and player stance training mats.
This place does not cover:
Billiard tables convertible into beds |
This place covers:
Cushions or fastening therefore, and in particular it also covers billiards which are not rectangular-shaped but hexagonal, circular, square, etc.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Manufacture or reconditioning of sport articles, e.g. bowling pins, frames of tennis rackets, skis, paddles | |
Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by a part of or on one member entering a hole in the other and involving plastic deformation |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Indicating or scoring devices for other games or sports | |
Counting mechanism in general | |
Registering, indicating or recoding playing time | |
Displaying means in general |