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Amusement game device

US4002338A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1975
Grant dateJan 11, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 12, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2250/14
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An amusement game device played by two people having an arcuate playing surface supported above the surface of the ground by a support system, a plurality of holes formed in the playing surface at opposite lower ends thereof, a flipper device movably mounted on each end proximate each set of holes for propelling a ball from the lower end over the top of the surface and to the opposite lower end with the object of causing the ball to enter a hole on the opponent's end of the board, a return ball system mounted under the playing surface and communicable with the holes on each end and operable at a predetermined time to return one half of the total number of balls to each end.

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