Patent ID: 7121547

Claim:
An improved carromboard providing variation in difficulty of playing comprising: (i) a rectangular carromboard the outer, peripherial sides of which are bounded by rails and over the flat, smooth surfaced bed on which flat, disc like game pieces slide; (ii) a pocket comprising a hole formed in the board at a fixed position within the rails at each of four corners of the board and, below the hole, means for receiving and holding game pieces shot therein; (iii) said rails at each said corner of the board being formed as part of a corner assembly; and (iv) each said corner assembly being formed with an opening located outwardly of the respective pocket hole associated with the assembly and in which is mounted a vertically adjustable impact member shaped to fit said opening, said member having an outwardly curved, impact surface facing the respective said hole and located in a curved plane which substantially coincides with the curved plane occupied by an outer portion of the periphery of the entry to a pocket therebelow whereby by adjusting the vertical position of said impact member, a variation in the difficulty of pocketing a game piece in a particular pocket hole can be varied.