Maze

Details Maze Maze

1995-04-13

1996-03-19

Stoll, William E.

Amusement devices: games

Surface projectile game; game element

Moving surface

273118R, A63F 704

Patent

active

054998158

ABSTRACT:
A maze unit containing a user-defined maze path and a ball or marble movable therethrough is disclosed. In one aspect, the top of the maze unit, or part of it, is covered so that the user relies upon verbal instructions provided by a second person who is familiar with or has recorded the internal maze path as to the direction in which to tip or tilt the unit so that the ball or marble follows the correct path to a predetermined exit. In one embodiment two or more maze units are stacked, one on top of the other, with aligned exit and entry holes so that a ball or marble that successfully traverses an upper unit falls into an entry point of a lower unit. In another aspect two or more maze units are interconnected end-to-end on the same level. Methods are disclosed for the use of such mazes in a variety of didactive scenarios.

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patent: 3540731 (1970-11-01), Muncey
patent: 3787054 (1974-01-01), Stafford
patent: 4861036 (1989-08-01), Watanabe
patent: 5145174 (1992-09-01), Caramanoff
patent: 5314181 (1994-05-01), Lin
patent: 5409223 (1995-04-01), Attaya

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