Game system comprising rounded tokens of different sets and board with bumper array and collection chutes
OwnerDarren Kozakevichinventor
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Abstract
A game system and related method comprise releasing playing tokens of visually distinguishable sets associated with different players in turn into a game board forming a generally vertically extending playing zone, so that the playing tokens move downwardly through an array of bumpers in the playing zone, which are arranged to deflect the playing tokens to randomize movement thereof, and collect in a token collection zone below the array of bumpers, which comprises a plurality of side-by-side chutes configured to receive the playing tokens, until a prescribed plural number of the playing tokens of a common one of the sets are located in a line in the token collection zone to define an initial winning set.
Claims20
A game system comprising:
- a board having longitudinally opposite upper and lower ends, laterally opposite sides and an upright playing surface;
- two or more visually distinguishable sets of playing tokens for downward movement across the playing surface;
- an array of bumpers supported adjacent the playing surface and at a spaced location from the lower end of the board, wherein the bumpers are arranged in a plurality of generally laterally extending rows which are arranged in longitudinally side-by-side relation to one another, wherein each one of the rows of the bumpers is offset relative to an adjacent one of the rows of the bumpers;
- wherein the playing tokens have rounded peripheries and the bumpers are configured to deflect the playing tokens during downward movement thereof through the array of bumpers;
- a token collection zone comprising a plurality of chutes supported adjacent the playing surface below the array of bumpers and configured for receiving the playing tokens, wherein the chutes are arranged in laterally side-by-side relation and extend longitudinally of the board from closed lower ends to open upper ends configured to receive the playing tokens therethrough;
- wherein the chutes are sized to receive two or more of the playing tokens in stacked relation;
- wherein a number of the chutes is not fewer than a maximum number of the playing tokens receivable in one of the chutes, such that a prescribed plural number of the playing tokens of a common set can be located in a line in the token collection zone.
A method comprising:
- releasing playing tokens of visually distinguishable sets associated with different players in turn into a game board forming a generally vertically extending playing zone, so that the playing tokens move downwardly through an array of bumpers in the playing zone, which are arranged to deflect the playing tokens to randomize movement thereof, and collect in a token collection zone below the array of bumpers, which comprises a plurality of side-by-side chutes configured to receive the playing tokens, until a prescribed plural number of the playing tokens of a common one of the sets are located in a line in the token collection zone to define an initial winning set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.