Combined coaster and lottery number picker
OwnerRobert Adellinventor
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Abstract
A reversible beverage coaster and lottery number picker having an opaque base, transparent covers attached to upper and lower portions of the base and a plurality of small disks in upper and lower cavities of the base. In the upper and lower cavities are traps for capturing some of the disks. The number of disks which can be captured by the traps is related to the lengths of the traps. The center portions of the transparent covers are depressed for supporting beverage glasses. Each of the disks has a number marked on opposite circular faces. Lottery numbers are generated by agitating the coaster to randomly position the disks inside of the coaster and then rotating the coaster to capture disks in the traps.
Claims11
A combined beverage glass coaster and lottery number picker comprising:
- a base, said base having at least one cavity;
- a transparent cover attached to said base in covering relationship to said cavity, said cover having a depressed center portion for supporting a beverage glass and a trap in said cavity for capturing thin cylindrical disks stored in said cavity to randomly pick a lottery number, said trap comprised of an outer wall spaced inwardly a short distance from an outermost wall of said cavity, an inner wall spaced inwardly from said trap's outer wall, said inner wall having a hook-end portion for resisting a flow of captured disks out of said open end of said cavity, and a ramp at said trap's open end, said ramp connecting said cavity's outermost wall and said trap's outer wall;
- and a plurality of thin cylindrical disks inside of said cavity, each of said disks having a pair of opposite circular faces and a number marked on each of said circular faces.
A combined beverage glass coaster and lottery number picker comprising:
- a base, said base having at least one circular cavity and an annular trap open at one end in said cavity for capturing thin cylindrical disks stored in said cavity, said trap comprised of an outer wall spaced inwardly a short distance from an outermost wall of said cavity, an inner wall spaced inwardly from said trap's outer wall, said inner wall having a hook-end portion for resisting a flow of captured disks out of said open end of said cavity;
- a plurality of thin cylindrical disks stored in said cavity, each of said disks having a number marked on a circular face of said disk;
- and a transparent cover attached to said base for viewing said numbers on said disks, said cover having a depressed center portion which is adapted for supporting a beverage glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.