Timing and talking marbles game toy
OwnerWen-Tsung Lininventor
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Abstract
A timing and talking game toy includes: a board casing have a plurality of baffles and lanes irregularly formed in the casing for running a ball in the lanes as guided or limited by the baffles from a starting point to a finishing point, a plurality of lamps juxtapositionally mounted on the board which are all lit up when starting the running of the ball and are subsequently switched off with respect to a lapse of time counted by a timing circuit of a central processing unit (CPU) and a talking integrated circuit controlled by the CPU for a voice speaking, indicating the status for running the ball to the finishing point corresponding to the number of the lamps being switched off within a pre-determined time period for interesting the game player.
Claims9
A game toy comprising:
- a board casing having a base, a transparent cover sealably mounted on the base, and a marbles board mounted on the base under the transparent cover;
- a ball for movably running on the marbles board from a starting point towards a finishing point formed on the marbles board through a running path on the board;
- an illuminating and talking circuit including a central processing unit, a timing circuit and a talking integrated circuit, and mounted in the casing having a plurality of lamps juxtapositionally mounted in the casing and electrically connected to said central processing unit, and operatively switched on to light up all the lamps when the ball starts at the starting point to switch on a starting switch to start an operation of the central processing unit of the illuminating and talking circuit, the central processing unit operatively subsequently switching off each of the lamps with respect to a time lapse based on said timing circuit of the central processing unit and operatively triggering said talking integrated circuit of said illuminating and talking circuit to give a voice warning in response to each switching off of the lamp, and the central processing unit operatively counting the number of the lamps not switched off when the ball reaches the finishing point to drive the talking integrated circuit for producing a voice indicating a status of the lamps being lit or switched off within a predetermined time period;
- and a power source electrically connected to the illuminating and talking circuit for powering the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.