Ball launching guide assembly for an amusement game device
AssigneeStern Pinball, Inc.
InventorGEORGE GOMEZ
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Abstract
An amusement game has a game cabinet, an inclined playfield mounted within the game cabinet, where the playfield defines a game play area having one or more elements to be interacted with by a ball and a ball launching alley from which the ball is moved onto the game play area, and a ball launching device having a ball striking element for launching the ball from the ball launching alley onto the game play area of the playfield. A ball launching guide assembly is disposed within the ball launching alley and is arranged to provide a separation between the ball and a surface of the ball launching alley of the playfield in an area of the ball launching alley that is at least positioned adjacent to the ball launching device.
Claims12
An amusement game, comprising:
- a game cabinet;
- an inclined playfield mounted within the game cabinet wherein the playfield comprises a game play area having one or more elements to be interacted with by a ball and a ball launching alley from which the ball is moved onto the game play area;
- a ball launching device having a ball striking element for launching the ball from the ball launching alley onto the game play area of the playfield;
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- a ball launching guide assembly disposed within the ball launching alley, wherein the ball launching guide assembly is arranged to provide a separation between the ball and a surface of the ball launching alley in an area of the ball launching alley that is at least positioned adjacent to a ball striking component of the ball launching device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.