Tubular puzzle or toy with rolling members
OwnerMartin Rene Lievreinventor
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Abstract
In this invention two similar bearings or balls are contained within a sealed tubular capsule. The capsule is comprised of a fully transparent material of a singular rigid substance. The capsule is composed of a lengthier playing field and two shorter storage compartments or traps. Each trap is situated at opposite ends of the playing field and accessed by each ball via an orifice of particular configuration. The configuration is such that the slope of the capsule wall leading out of the trap is at a greater angle to the longitudinal axis than the slope of the capsule wall leading into the trap is to the longitudinal axis. The objective of the game is to get a ball into each trap.
Claims4
A manually operable puzzle/toy device comprising:
- a. a completely enclosed tubular transparent confinement capsule entirely symmetrically shaped about its longitudinal central axis;
- b. a plurality of freely moving balls, each shaped similarly, contained within the confinement capsule;
- c. a plurality of orifices, each shaped similarly, forming part of the capsule wall and positioned towards each end of the confinement capsule, thereby creating a trap for the balls;
- d. said orifices specifically constructed such that the capsule wall leading into the trap is steeper or at a greater angle to the longitudinal axis than the capsule wall inside the trap, such that a ball inside the trap situated at one end of the capsule would escape the trap if the device were tilted in attempts to roll another ball into another trap situated at another end of the capsule;
- e. said balls which can propagate in opposite directions simultaneously along a single plane that passes through the device's longitudinal central axis due to any single or plurality of spin direction(s) for the device;
- f. said confinement capsule in which a single continuous enclosed capsule wall or shell serves a dual purpose by functioning as containment envelope and by providing a complex configuration in retarding or controlling the movement of said balls within.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.