Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Moving surface
Patent
1976-08-20
1977-07-12
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Moving surface
273127R, 273116, 273 1R, 273102A, A63B 7106, A63B 6304
Patent
active
040349853
ABSTRACT:
A game of skill of the type in which a ball traverses a generally flat surface and is propelled by tilting the surface whereby the player scores "points" by propelling the ball over the surface to targets thereon. The playing surface is formed as the upper surface of a playing board which is mounted on a central fulcrum to permit controlled tilting. The board also has legs spaced from the fulcrum for limiting the amount of tilting permissible during play of the game. The upper playing surface has a ball receiver which has a manually operable gate for opening the receiver and releasing the ball onto the playing surface. The targets are in the form of upstanding resiliently mounted plate members which can be knocked down by the ball by impact from a predetermined direction. The receiver gate is closed automatically after a given period of time by a timer which is started by the opening of the gate. The objective of the game is to release the ball from the receiver and knock down as many targets as possible and return the ball to the receiver before the gate closes, i.e., before the timed interval lapses. Traps in the form of depressions or the like are provided in the playing surface to penalize the player should the ball be manipulated into such traps.
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Breslow Jeffrey D.
Jaworski Eugene
Anderson Lawrence
Marvin Glass & Associates
Pinkham Richard C.
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