Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Simulated game
Patent
1994-12-15
1997-10-28
Shapiro, Paul E.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Simulated game
273399, 124 64, A63F 720
Patent
active
056810431
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus providing a novel challenge to skill and dexterity includes a projectile and a deformable container having a drive medium contained therein. The deformable container is in fluid communication with a launch member, such that deformation of the container is communicated to the launch member, thereby causing the launch member to impact the projectile. Deformation may be caused by physical pressure applied by an operator. In this case, when an operator strikes the deformable container, it is compressed, forcing the drive medium, which may be air, to the launch member, which may be a piston, causing the launch member to strike a game ball, sending it toward the target. The deformable container may comprise resilient and rigid foam. Alternatively, a plurality of independently compressible containers, each actuating a separate piston or other launch member may be provided. The separate launch members are positioned adjacent to one another, and direct the projectile in different directions, the resulting projectile trajectory determined by the vector sum of the individual impacts. A plurality of targets in vertical arrangement may also be provided, as well as a mechanism for loading game projectiles onto a resting location from which they are propelled toward the target.
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Miller Fred
Winblad Wade
Atari Games Corporation
Shapiro Paul E.
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