Tabletop skittles has weight on flexible holder wound round centre column to unwind and knock against skittles placed upright on playing surface

摘要

The tabletop skittles comprises skittles (5,6) which can be set up on a playing surface (2) which has a column (7) extending upwards therefrom. The outer contour of the column deviates from a rod-shaped cylinder. A flexible holder (8) such as rope or chain is placed on the column at a distance above the playing surface to support closer to the playing surface a weight (9) which can be wound round the column so that when the weight unwinds it spins out and knocks against one or more of the skittles. The skittles can be fixed on draw cables which run through the playing face towards the underneath of the skittles so that pulling on the draw cable makes the skittles stand up.