US 2025/0249348 A1Published application

Upright ball maze board game

AssigneeDR Smiles, Inc.

InventorsRussell James Horner, Deborah Lee Horner

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Abstract

The apparatus comprises a game for developing the user's fine motor control while maintaining the user's interest to prolong game usage. The game comprises a removeable maze which is positioned upright adjacent to a backstop so that a gap is created between the maze and the backstop. A clear cover placed over the upright maze, creating a second gap between the upright maze and cover. A control member rests within this second gap and is used to guide a ball along the maze pathway of the game. If the user makes a mistake, the ball falls off the upright maze and falls down the first gap between the maze and the backstop. First and second ball returns may optionally exist on the top and the bottom of the apparatus. The upright maze can be removed from the apparatus and replaced with a different upright maze with a different maze pathway.

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Dependent claims

A game comprising:

a backstop, wherein the backstop defines a plane which has a bottom end and an opposite top end;
a first ball return device located at the bottom end of the backstop;
a second ball return device located at the top end of the backstop;
a removeable upright maze which lies adjacent to the backstop,
wherein a first gap exists between the removeable upright maze and the backstop,
wherein the upright maze has at least one entrance at the side of the maze corresponding to the bottom end of the backstop, and
wherein the upright maze has at least one exit at the side of the maze corresponding to the top end of the backstop;
a sheet of clear cover material which lies along the removeable upright maze,
wherein a second gap exists between the removeable upright maze and the sheet of clear cover material;
a control member configured to move through the second gap between the removeable upright maze and the clear cover material;
and
a ball with a diameter that is less than the width of either the first or second gaps.

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