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US 4,229,005 AGranted
Track racing game
AssigneeGordon Barlow Design
InventorsGordon A. Barlow, Anthony T. Janiszewski, John R. Krutsch
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Abstract
A pair of racing cars are individually propelled on tracks by impulses of air initiated by individual pumps at speeds that are a function of the individual operation of the air pumps. The propulsion portion of the tracks are enclosed and the rest of the track is opened and designed to enable one car to pass the other. A unique pin and groove system returns each car to its own starting point.
Claims9
A racing game,
- said game comprising a track,
- racing objects for racing over said track,
- said track making a complete circuit,
- said track having a starting section transparently enclosed wherein each of the racing objects are laterally positioned abreast of each other,
- said track further having a racing section dimensioned to hold at least two racing objects juxtaposed, and
- wherein said racing section is unobstructed so that each racing object is free to laterally traverse the said racing section,
- said starting section further comprises entrance means for receiving said racing objects from said racing section,
- said entrance means leading to an impluse chamber for each of said racing objects,
- impulse means in said impulse chamber for providing forces to said racing objects to propell said racing objects over said racing section,
- said impulse chamber leading directly to an orienting portion, and
- means in said orienting portion for maintaining said racing objects directed straight forward.
8 more elements
A racing game,
- said racing game comprising a track,
- said track making a complete circuit and being dimensioned to hold at least two racing objects juxtaposed,
- said track having an enclosed starting section wherein each of the racing objects are positioned abreast of each other,
- said enclosure being transparent,
- said starting section further comprising entrance means for receiving said racing objects,
- said entrance means leading to an impulse chamber for each of said racing objects,
- force providing means in said impulse chamber for providing forces to said racing objects to propell them over said track,
- said impulse chamber separated from said entrance means by one-way valve means,
- each of said impulse chambers leading directly to an orienting portion for maintaining said racing objects directed forward, and
- means for automatically directing each of said racing objects back to the position of each of said racing objects in the starting section.
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A racing game,
- said game comprising a track,
- racing objects for racing over said track,
- said track making a complete circuit and being dimensioned to hold at least two of said racing objects abreast,
- said track having an enclosed starting section wherein each of the racing objects is positioned abreast of each other,
- said enclosure being transparent,
- propulsion means at said starting section for providing forces to said racing objects to propell said racing objects over said track,
- said starting section comprising entrance means for receiving said racing objects,
- said entrance means leading to an impulse chamber for each of said racing objects,
- said impulse chamber separated from said entrance means by one-way valve means,
- said entrance means comprising a neck sufficiently wide to accomodate only one of the racing objects at a time,
- a right-left split curb downwardly depending from the top of said enclosure for directing said racing objects back to the original position of the racing objects in the starting section,
- said right-left split curb located immediately following said neck,
- a pair of upwardly extending pins linearly aligned on opposite ends of each of said at least two racing objects, whereby when said pins tangentially strike said curb, the objects are directed to the right or to the left,
- said starting section including orienting sections following said impulse sections,
- said orienting sections each including a groove at the top thereof to receive the upwardly extending pins of said racing objects to thereby align said racing objects straight forward.
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