Marble toy

Details Marble toy Marble toy

1992-04-02

1994-05-24

Muir, David N.

Amusement devices: toys

Including unattached gravity-fed rolling, tumbling, or...

273108, 273120R, 273153S, A63H 2908, A63B 6714, A63D 302

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053143671

ABSTRACT:
A toy (10) comprising an elongated block (12) which is carved out to form one or more patterns (30) for a path along which marbles (15) are propelled by a person's finger through a slot (17) communicating with a channel (14) in any one of such patterns (30) which are interlinked to provide continuity in rolling motion for the marbles (15). Pivoting gates (50) across the path or at intersections of the channels (14) forming patterns (30) provide means to determine the direction of motion for marbles (15), including "dead ending" the marble in its own channel. Various features in the path patterns provide impetus or an inertial bar to the marbles' motion.

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