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US 4,032,141 AGranted
Amusement device
OwnerTomihiro Tanimurainventor
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An amusement device including a transparent enclosure which is filled with a fluid such as water and having one or more goals within the enclosure. Also within the enclosure are a plurality of objects having a specific gravity greater than that of the fluid. Through the base of the enclosure protrudes one end of a tube, the other end thereof being attached to a bellows-like pump. The tube and pump are also filled with the fluid. The player, by actuating the pump forces the fluid through the tube into the enclosure, the resulting movement of the fluid causing the objects within the enclosure to travel upwardly until the player releases the button and/or substantially all of the fluid has been forced from the pump, at which time each of the propelled objects begins to sink and is either caught by one of the goals, falls into a default trap, or descends back to a position from which the player can again cause it to be projected upwardly for another attempt to score a goal.
An amusement device, comprising a transparent enclosure for containing a liquid, at least one object within said enclosure having a specific gravity greater than the specific gravity of the liquid, target means within said enclosure for holding said object, pump means connected to the interior of said enclosure for transmitting liquid into said enclosure to generate currents within the liquid to cause said object to move within said enclosure towards said target means.
In the combination of a transparent container, a body of a transparent liquid held within the container, at least one object in said liquid within said container, the density of said object being greater than the density of said liquid, and at least one target means for engaging and holding said object above the bottom of said container as said liquid is moved, the improvement comprising means for moving said liquid within the interior of said container so as to move said object within said container in order to give said object the opportunity of being retained by said target means.
An amusement device wherein objects are directed within a body of liquid to a target that is capable of holding the objects, comprising a transparent sealed enclosure provided with an opening therein, pump means operatively connected to said opening within said enclosure, a transparent sheet, means slidably mounting said sheet within said enclosure, target means provided on said sheet, and guide means provided on said sheet directed toward said opening within said enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.