Electro-mechanical coin operated prize capsule fishing simulator game system
AssigneePixy Games, Inc.
InventorsMichael Stroll, Python Anghelo, Bryan Hansen, William Pfutzenreuter
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Abstract
A dispensing fishing game system includes a prize capsule storage bin in the form of a three dimensional play field at the bottom of a cabinet. A drive mechanism controls a fishing rod with lifelike operation. An external fishing rod hand and spool mechanism are activated by a player to manipulate the inside fishing rod mechanism to move side to side, or back and forth, a fishing hook in order for a player to move the hook and snag one of the prizes. Once hooked, the prize is lifted and released over a prize chute which then falls down and rolls into a prize opening for the player to collect.
Claims43
A dispensing game comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a plurality of prizes stored in the cabinet, each said prize comprising an associated loop;
- an elongate boom having a near end and a far end, the boom being moveably mounted in the cabinet;
- a spool carrying a line with a hook on a distal end of the line, the spool being rotatably mounted in proximity to the boom near end, the line being carried by the boom with the hook hanging downwardly from the boom far end;
- drive means for controlling movement of the boom and rotation of the spool;
- user control means mounted to the cabinet for commanding movement of the boom and the line;
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- a control system operatively connected to the drive means and the user control means for controlling the drive means responsive to the commanded movement, wherein the hook can be manipulated to engage one of the loops and capture the associated prize.
A dispensing fishing game comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a plurality of prizes stored in the cabinet, each said prize comprising an associated loop;
- an elongate fishing rod having a near end and a far end, the fishing rod being moveably mounted in the cabinet;
- a spool carrying a line with a hook on a distal end of the line, the spool being rotatably mounted in proximity to the fishing rod near end, the line being carried by the boom with the hook hanging downwardly from the fishing rod far end;
- p1 drive means for controlling movement of the fishing rod and rotation of the spool;
- user control means mounted to the cabinet for commanding movement of the fishing rod and the line;
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- a control system operatively connected to the drive means and the user control means for controlling the drive means responsive to the commanded movement, wherein the hook can be manipulated to engage one of the loops and capture the associated prize.
A dispensing fishing game comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a plurality of prizes stored in the cabinet, each said prize comprising an associated loop;
- an elongate fishing rod having a near end and a far end, the fishing rod being moveably mounted in the cabinet;
- a spool carrying a line with an actuable hook on a distal end of the line, the spool being rotatably mounted in proximity to the fishing rod near end, the line being carried by the boom with the hook hanging downwardly from the fishing rod far end;
- drive means for controlling movement of the fishing rod and rotation of the spool;
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- a control system operatively connected to the drive means for controlling the drive means, wherein the hook can be manipulated to engage one of the loops and selectively capture and release the associated prize.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.