Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1992-07-15
1993-11-23
Graham, Mark S.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
273387, 273383, F41J 518
Patent
active
052637212
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a feature for indicating which one of two contestants first strikes his assigned last swing-down target on a pop target game. The feature has two swing-down targets, one located on the left side of the game and one located on the right side of the game. Each swing-down target is mounted on a target end of an arm. A pivot end, provided on the arm opposite the target end, pivotally mounts by means of a collar onto a lower horizontal rod of the game. At the beginning of the game, the arms rest against a stop and a wand contacts the notched collar at solid portions located at 3:00 and 9:00 o'clock. When a contestant strikes one of the swing-down targets, the target pivots around the lower horizontal rod away from the stop, pivoting until its arm contacts one end of the wand, either the left or right end depending upon whether the left or right swing-down target was struck. Contact with the wand causes the wand to twist until it encounters the slots which lock the wand. Subsequently, when the other swing-down target is struck, the end of the locked wand opposite the end which was previously struck prevents the subsequently struck swing-down target from pivoting fully backwards. The position of the wand at the end of play indicates which of the two swing-down targets was struck first and thus which contestant is the winner.
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Dorman William S.
Graham Mark S.
Lowrance Carl J.
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