US 5,116,065 A · Rotating table game

Abstract

A table game comprising a stationary base and a rotating playing area. The playing area contains a plurality of buttons which can be pressed down. A playing card with a random arrangement of holes which lines up with the buttons lets the buttons contact an electrical grid if a hole is under a button. If there is no hole under a button, the button cannot contact the electrical grid. If the button does contact the electrical grid it completes a circuit. That circuit causes a projectile to be projected from the top of the playing area into the direction of the player. A timer is used that allows a set period of time for the player to choose a button before the projectile automatically projects. The timer and grid circuit can be closed only when the rotating playing area is pointing toward the player. When a player finishes his turn he quickly turns the playing area away from himself to open the electrical circuit before the projectile is projected at him.

A reaction game comprising:

A) a rectangular base having a generally cylindrical recess having a first diameter formed therein,
B) a rotating playing assembly mounted on said base having a cylindrical projection having a second diameter less than said first diameter, rotatably mounted in the recess of said base,
C) two spaced slip rings fastened to the side surface of the recess in the base,
D) two spaced brushes secured to the side of the projection, one brush aligned with and contacting each of the two slip rings,
E) a plurality of equally spaced rollers mounted on the bottom of the recess and contacting the end of the projection to support the playing assembly rotatably on the base,
F) means for holding said projection concentrically in said recess whereby the side of the projection is spaced equally from the side of the recess about its entire perimeter,
G) four equally spaced protrusions extending inwardly of the recess from the side recess and aligned with the sides of the rectangular base,
H) a normally open microswitch fixed to the projection and having a roller extending outwardly of the projection a distance out of contact with the side of the recess and sufficient to contact said protrusions upon rotation of said playing assembly whereby as said playing assembly is rotated said roller contacts and is pushed inwardly by said protrusions to close said microswitch,
I) a grid assembly comprising two sets of conductive strips, each strip of each set being electrically connected to the other strips of the set and isolated from the strips of the other set, the strips being positioned on the playing assembly with the strips of one set spaced from and alternating with the strips of the other set,
J) a plurality of push button assemblies on said playing assembly positioned in a pattern overlying different adjacent pairs of strips of said grid, each push button having a reciprocal contact normally spaced from but movable into contact with the two adjacent strips of the pair it overlies to electrically connect the strips of the pair,
K) a removable card of non-conductive material removably positioned between said push buttons and said grid, said card having a pattern of through holes, large enough to pass a push button contact, underlying less than all said push buttons whereby the contacts of some of said push buttons may pass through said holes to contact the grid and others of said contacts are blocked by said card from contacting said grid,
L) a projectile,
M) an electrically actuated projector, mounted on said playing assembly aligned with said roller, for projecting said projectile and electrically connected to each set of strips,
N) a source of electricity in said base connected through said slip rings and brushes to said microswitch and each set of strips,
O) a timer means electrically connected to said projector and said microswitch for actuating said projector a set period of time after said microswitch has been closed unless said switch is opened before the end of said set period of time,
P) whereby said playing assembly may be rotated to align said projector with one side of the base closing said microswitch and starting said timer, a player located at that side of the base may press one of said push buttons and then rotate said player assembly to align the projector with the next side of the base and if the push button selected by the player is aligned over one of the holes in the card, the contact electrically connects the pair of underlying strips and the projector is operated to project the projectile toward the player or if the player fails to rotate the player assembly before the set time period has passed, the timer actuates the projector to project the projectile.

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