Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Moving surface
Patent
1987-09-02
1990-03-20
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Moving surface
273153R, 273118R, 273115, A63B 6714, A63F 906, A63D 300
Patent
active
049095129
ABSTRACT:
A toy game educational and/or therapeutic possibilities comprising a translucent or transparent elongated cylindrical member having a hollow extending longitudinally through the member and a partition disposed in the hollow which extends radially between the interior walls of the member and along the elongated length of the member which divides the hollow into a pair of elongated, parallel but separated spaces. An end cap is included on each end of the cylindrical member which encloses the hollow and a plurality of distinct balls clearly disposed in a random order in at least one of the spaces of the hollow for rolling movement along the elongated length of the cylindrical member between the partition and the curved wall of the cylindrical member. At least one portal is included in the partition which is an opening having a dimension greater than the diameter of the balls and which is located between the ends of the cylindrical member which communicates the separated spaces whereby by manipulation of the elongated member, the balls may be moved linearly along a length of the partition and through the portal from one space to its parallel but separated space and hence from their random order to an ordered arrangement.
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Grieb William H.
Jackson Gary
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