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US 5,066,014 AGranted
Sidewinder amusement game
AssigneeBob's Space Racers, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Dobson
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Abstract
A carnival or amusement park game in which a player is challenged to keep a rolling ball to its objective descending, planar, zig-zag path by manipulating the rotation of the plane of the path. The game may be further enhanced by providing rotational steering alternatives, providing for coin operation, or by providing a device to record or signal the event of a successful play.
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A tiltable table apparatus for a ball rolling game comprising
- a bottom panel joining a pair of side panels, a front panel and a back panel,
- a table supporting means attached at a bottom end to the bottom panel and at a top end pivotally to a planar tiltable table,
- the tiltable table having an elongated zig-zag pattern containing a single track for a ball, an upper portion of the track having side support means for preventing the ball from leaving the track, and a lower portion of the track being devoid of side support means so that the ball can fall from the track to the bottom panel if the table is improperly controlled by a game player,
- an object target located in the lower portion of the track,
- the table being partially rotated about a central longitudinal axis by manipulation of a control means by a game player, the table having a downward slope from its upper portion to its lower portion, and
- the control means attached to a connecting means engaged to the table.
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A tiltable table apparatus for a ball rolling game comprising
- a bottom panel joining a pair of side panels, a front panel and a back panel,
- a tiltable table having an elongated serpentine track for a ball, the track spaced above the bottom panel, the track having an upper portion with a side support structure for preventing the ball from leaving the track, and a lower portion of the track having an object target for receipt of the ball, the track having a downward slope from the upper portion to the object target,
- the table being partially rotated about a central longitudinal axis through manipulation of a hand control element by a game player,
- the upper portion of the table being attached by a connecting element to the control element and the lower portion of the table being supported by a strut pivotally attached at an upper end to an underside of the table and at another end to the bottom panel.
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An amusement park game testing the hand-eye coordination skills of a player, the game comprising;
- a single planar path for a rolling ball, said path further defining a series of zig-zag curves about a central axis and being tilted so as to have an upper point of beginning on one end and a lower objective point on the other end;
- said planar path being further adapted with a side support at an upper portion of the path the upper portion of the path being supported from below to facilitate the partial rotation of said planar path in either direction about said central axis and to support the weight of said path about said central axis;
- said planar path being further adapted with a control means near said upper point of beginning in order to permit a player to control the rotation of said path;
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- a target at said objective point for receiving said rolling ball.
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An amusement park game apparatus testing the hand-eye coordination skills of a player, the game apparatus having a game control elements comprising,
- an extended longitudinal planar path for a rolling ball, the path further defining a series of zig-zag curves about a central axis the planar path being tilted so as to have an upper point of beginning and a lower objective point;
- the planar path being further adapted with a support at some point along the path to facilitate the partial rotation of the planar path in either direction about the central axis and to support the weight of the path;
- the planar path being further adapted with a control means near the upper point of beginning in order to permit a player to control the rotation of the path;
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- a target at the objective point for receiving the rolling ball;
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- the game housing having a a mounting frame supporting the planar path within the frame, control elements at a front portion, and enclosing the planar path without obstructing the observation of the planar path from a player.
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