Target assembly for games
AssigneeSpang Industries, Inc.
InventorDennis Bailey
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Abstract
A target assembly for use in games for personal entertainment and particularly pinball games, in which an electrically conductive ball traverses the base layer of a game board said base layer being electrically insulated from a contact plate. A multiscore plate is electrically connected to the contact plate and has a plurality of fingers that extend into a channell formed between the multiscore plate and a guide member such that, when the ball traverses the channel, it contacts the fingers of the multiscore assembly to complete an electrical current path between the contact plate and the base layer to trigger a scoring mechanism.
Claims7
A target assembly for use in games in which an electrically conductive ball traverses a game board having a contact plate layer, a base layer, and an insulator layer that electrically isolates the contact plate layer from the base layer such that the base layer and the contact plate form a normally open switch, said assembly comprising:
- a guide member that extends out of the major plane of said game board, said guide member restricting the motion of the ball on the playing board in at least one direction;
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- a multiscore plate disposed adjacent to the surface of said game board at a location adjacent to said guide member to form a channel between said multiscore plate and said guide member, said multiscore plate having a plurality of fingers extending into said channel, said multiscore plate being electrically connected to said contact plate layer and electrically isolated from said base layer such that, when the ball contacts the fingers, an electrical current path is closed between said contact plate layer and said base layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.