Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1976-11-02
1979-07-17
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273125R, A63D 1300, A63B 7104
Patent
active
041613147
ABSTRACT:
An amusement device having a playing surface provided with first openings and a path leading toward the openings, a plate positioned below the playing surface and provided with second openings, the plate being mounted to move between first and second positions wherein the first and second openings are aligned and non-aligned, respectively, the plate normally being biased toward the second position, a plurality of playing pieces capable of passing through the openings, a propulsion mechanism for propelling the playing pieces along the path toward the first openings, and a timing mechanism for automatically moving the plate to the first position after a predetermined interval of time such that those of the playing pieces that have been positioned in the first openings then drop through the second openings into the housing, after which the game begins anew.
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patent: 1223807 (1917-04-01), Leavitt
patent: 2026902 (1937-01-01), McClellan
patent: 2134185 (1938-10-01), Hansen
patent: 3348841 (1967-10-01), Heiss
patent: 3565425 (1971-02-01), Breslow
patent: 3961794 (1976-06-01), Goldfarb et al.
Anderson Lawrence E.
Pinkham Richard C.
Tomy Kogyo Co. Inc.
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