Competitive game moving objects through adjacent depressions in an inclined surface

A toy which comprises:

• a housing having a centralized elevated object repository located on the upper periphery of the housing;
• a plurality of peripheral sections of said housing, each of said peripheral sections having a top surface, each of said top surfaces being generally inclined towards said elevated object repository, each of said top surfaces including a plurality of object locating means arranged along the top surface of each of said peripheral sections along a pathway leading towards said object repository;
• each of said object locating means including an opening in said top surfaces;
• an object propulsion means movably mounted in each of said peripheral sections and including a plurality of object striking means equal in number to the number of said object locating means, each of said object propulsion means located in said peripheral sections in a position locating each of said object striking means in association with said openings and displaced off-center of a line passing through the center of said openings;
• a plurality of objects equal in number to the number of said peripheral sections, the bottom portion of each of said objects sized to fit into said openings to position the lowermost portion of said object in said openings such that when said object is located in any one of said object locating means and said object propulsion means is moved in said peripheral section the object striking means associated with the object locating means wherein said object is located is capable of striking said object at a point on the surface of said object which is displaced off-center from a line passing through the center of said object to propel said object out of said object locating means along a line passing through the center of said object and the object striking means striking said object;
• said object capable of moving along said pathway from one of said object locating means to the next adjacent object locating means and finally into said object repository each time it is struck by one of said object striking means;
• each of said peripheral sections including an equal number of a plurality of object locating means arranged along the top surface of each of said peripheral sections along a pathway which is symmetrical with regard to the other of said peripheral sections;
• each of said object locating means having a first opening in said top surface and a wall displaced below said first opening, said wall including a second opening, said second opening located at a lower position than said first opening;
• said object propulsion means located in each of said peripheral sections in a position so that each of said object striking means are located in association with one of said second openings and each of said object striking means is displaced off-center of a line passing through the center of said second opening wherein each of said object striking means is located;
• said object is proportioned such that at least the bottom portion of said object is sized to fit through said first opening to position the lowermost portion of said object in association with said second openings such that the lowermost portion of said object is capable of being struck at a point on the lowermost surface of said object which is displaced off-center from a line passing through the center of said object to propel said object along a line passing through the center of said object and the object striking means striking said object;
• said object repository is sized to hold only one of said objects such that if one of said objects is located in said repository another of said objects cannot be located in said repository until the first object in said repository is removed.

A toy which comprises:

• a centralized main housing having an object repository located on the upper periphery of the housing;
• a plurality of peripheral sections extending essentially radially from said main housing, each of said peripheral sections having a top surface, said top surface each including a plurality of object locating means arranged along the top surface of each of said peripheral sections along a pathway leading towards said object repository;
• each of said object locating means including a first opening in its respective top surface and a wall displaced below said first opening, a portion of said wall distal from said object repository being vertically oriented and a portion of said wall proximal to said object respository being inclined from the vertical towards said object repository;
• an object propulsion means movably mounted in each of said peripheral sections and including a plurality of object striking means equal in number to the number of said object locating means located in each respective top surface, said object propulsion means located in said peripheral sections in positions locating each of said object striking means in association with one of said openings and displaced off-center of a line passing through the center of said opening;
• a plurality of objects equal in number to said peripheral sections, the bottom portion of said objects sized to fit into said openings to position the lowermost portion of said object in said opening such that when said object is located in any one of said object locating means and said object propulsion means is moved in said peripheral section the object striking means associated with the object locating means wherein said object is located is capable of striking said object at a point on the surface of said object which is displaced off-center from a line passing through the center of said object to propel said object out of said object locating means along a line passing through the center of said object and the object striking means striking said object towards said object repository;
• said objects capable of moving along said pathways from one of said object locating means to the next adjacent object locating means and finally into said object repository each time it is struck by one of said object striking means.