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Amusement device

US4106768A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 10, 1976
Grant dateAug 15, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 10, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1967
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An amusement device having a casing provided with a playing surface along which there is defined a path, a body for moving along the path, a magnetic mechanism within the casing on the opposite side of the playing surface from the body for attracting the body, a first control knob operatively connected to move the magnet in one direction, a second control knob operatively connected to move the magnet in a different direction, a timing mechanism operable by the user to select one of several predetermined time intervals to complete the playing of the game and which is provided with an audible sound signalling the end of the game, after which the first and second control knobs and their related mechanisms are rendered inoperative.

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