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Game apparatus and method

US6068537A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
11References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 6, 1998
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2208/12
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention is a vehicle, preferably a powered vehicle, which is adapted to play a game in which a ball (20), rolling free on a play surface (16), can be caught by the vehicle, held by the vehicle whilst it moves over the surface (16), and under the control of the driver, propelled to either side of the vehicle, to for example, shoot at a goal, or to pass to another player in a team, or to aim at an impact sensitive pad on the vehicle of an opposing team. The invention also related to a new method of steering vehicles.

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