Flying saucer simulation game
OwnerJohn A. Belliinventor
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Abstract
A novel type of game device is disclosed wherein the device comprises a controllable object adapted for movement relative to a rotating turntable which has a topographically-varying upper surface. The game device is intended to provide amusement and challenge for one or more players who alternately guide the controllable object relative to the turntable in such a way as to attempt certain pre-determined objectives. The object is suspended over the turntable by a string capable of winding on itself when one end thereof is rotated about its center axis. The object is controlled by selectively rotating the string fast enough in one direction and the other to cause the object to be selectively raised and lowered.
Claims11
A game device comprising:
- (1) a turntable assembly comprising (a) a platter having a top surface and an outer rim and (b) a first motor assembly for rotating said platter;
- (2) a support arm assembly comprising a support member, a second motor assembly having a drive shaft, means attaching said second motor assembly to said support member so that said drive shaft extends downward from said second motor assembly and so that said second motor assembly can be moved laterally, a symmetrical object, and a string attached at one end to said object and at the other end to said drive shaft, said second motor assembly being capable of driving said drive shaft sufficiently fast to cause said string to wind on itself and raise said object relative to the top surface of said turntable;
- (3) control means for energizing said first and second motor assemblies and for moving said second motor assembly laterally over said platter;
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- (4) a plurality of longitudinally objects standing on said top surface of said platter, whereby said objects are capable of being struck by said cross-sectionally symmetrical object.
A game device comprising:
- (a) a support assembly comprising a support member, a reversible motor having a drive shaft, means for attaching said motor to said support member, a symmetrical object, and a string capable of winding on itself when one end thereof is rotated about its center axis, one of said string being attached to said object, the other end of said string being attached coaxially to said drive shaft, said motor being adapted to rotate said drive shaft fast enough to cause said string to wind on itself and raise said object vertically toward said motor when said motor is energized while oriented so that said drive shaft extends vertically downward toward said object;
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- (b) means for selectively energizing said motor, said means including switch means for energizing said reversible motor so as to cause said reversible motor to rotate said shaft in one direction or the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.