Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1989-01-23
1990-05-08
Coven, Edward M.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
273 1E, 273 1M, 273 10D, 273382, 273398, 273402, 273415, 273118A, 273127R, 273DIG26, A63B 6300, A63B 7104
Patent
active
049232010
ABSTRACT:
An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with a plurality of holes formed therein. Bags are provided, each containing pellets, at least some of those pellets having magnetic properties. A wire coil is provided for each hole and disposed beneath the game board surface, for sensing the passage of the bag into one of the holes and producing a signal corresponding to that hole. An electronic circuit is provided for receiving the signal and calculating and displaying a score based upon that hole. One embodiment of the electronic circuit includes a portion for receiving the signal from the coil and for ensuring that the signal from the coil was not a false signal, a display for showing the current scores, a display driver portion for controlling the display, and a processor for receiving a signal from the receiving portion corresponding to a predetermined hierarchy of holes in the game board and producing a signal for causing the display driver to show a score corresponding to the hole into which the bag fell. This embodiment is based on the coils not being energized, and the bags containing magnetic pellets. A second embodiment includes all of the above except for a different circuit portion for receiving the signal. This second embodiment is based on the coils being continually energized with a selected frequency signal, and the bags containing ferromagnetic pellets.
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Gisske Edward T.
Johnson Arlyn
Nichol Thomas W.
Coven Edward M.
Harrison Jessica
Johnson Arlyn
Nichol Thomas W.
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