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US 4,874,166 AGranted
Skill action game with a tiltable housing and an alarm producing disturbance sensor
AssigneeMarvin Glass & Associates
InventorWayne A. Kuna
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Abstract
A skill action game includes a hollow foot that is balanced on the rounded heel and ball when placed on a flat surface. The foot has a number of threaded bolts removably inserted into it and a wrench is provided for removing the bolts. Inside the foot is a vibration and sound producing system powered by an electric motor. Activation of the motor is controlled by tilt switch. If, during the course of removing a bolt, a player dusturbs the balance of the foot, the motor is activated producing a sound and causing the foot to vibrate.
Claims18
A skill action game comprising in combination:
- a housing;
- the housing having a bottom;
- a curved surface depending from the bottom such that the housing is not stable when placed upon a substantially planar surface;
- a plurality of items removably carried by the housing;
- means sensing tilting of the housing relative to the substantially planar surface;
- and
- an alarm activated by the sensing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.