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US 4,863,169 AGranted
Body action game
AssigneeTomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
InventorKunio Miyazaki
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Abstract
A body action game includes a hose which is flexible to wrap around a player's body in a plurality of convoluted dispositions. A ball dropped into one end of the hose is rolled through the hose until reaching a receptacle or goal attached to the opposite end of the hose. Because of the convolutions in the hose, a player is required to twist and turn in order to manipulate the ball through the hose. A bell mounted in the receptacle is rung by the ball when it enters the receptacle.
Claims12
A body action game comprising:
- a hose having a side wall and open opposite ends, the hose being flexible and wrappable around a player's body in a plurality of convoluted dispositions, with one open end being higher than the other end,
- a ball insertable into the higher open end of the hose, and
- a receptacle attached to the opposite, lower open end of the hose and having an inner chamber for receiving the ball after being moved through the hose body through action of the player.
A method for playing a body action game comprising:
- wrapping a hose in a convoluted disposition around a player's body, the hose having opposite open ends, one being higher than the other,
- dropping a ball into the higher end of the hose, and
- manipulating the ball through the hose by player body action until the ball reaches a goal provided at the opposite, lower end of the hose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.