Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1974-07-11
1976-04-13
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
46 43, 273127R, 273127D, A63F 700
Patent
active
039499901
ABSTRACT:
A game for simulating launching and landing of spacecraft. An elongated channel attached to an upright stand defines a predetermined path for a moving game piece. A notched rotating disk mounted on the stand transversely above the channel prevents passage of the game piece except when the notch coincides with the channel. The effective circumferential extent of the notch can be selectively varied by a movable shutter for simulating approach corridors of varying widths. Alternatively, a target plaque pivotally mounted in the notch rotates from a first to a second position if struck by a simulated missile. Game pieces that fail to pass the rotating disk are prevented from bouncing back into the approach channel by a one-way barrier and are then removed from the channel by flanges protruding from the face of the disk. The disk may be rotated with constant angular velocity or with continuously varying velocity by means of off-center gears.
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Pinkham Richard C.
Stouffer R. T.
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