| 摘要 |
A table game includes a playing surface 3 and flexible boundary walls 2, the walls comprising thin, resilient material disposed at an acute angle to the playing surface. The angle and height of the wall relative to the playing surface are such that the contact point when a ball 1 strikes the wall 2 lies above the equator of the ball. Upon contact with a ball, the wall deflects upwardly so as to increase the angle relative to the playing surface, and the resilience of the wall causes the ball to return to the original angle thus imparting a downward return force on the ball in order to assist in keeping the rebounding ball in contact with the playing surface. Gaps (5, fig. 4) may be provided at corner sections of the wall in order that each wall may flex independently. The playing surface may include a fold line (7, fig. 7), with corresponding gaps (6, fig. 7) being provided in the walls adjacent the fold line to allow folding of the playing surface. The table game may be table-hockey (fig. 7), table-football, billiards, snooker, table-squash (fig. 8) or similar. |
