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US 6,698,761 B1Granted
Magnet movement gaming device
OwnerMarty Clagueinventor
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Abstract
A magnet movement gaming device includes a base and at least one track extending upwards from the base. A traveling magnet is movably mounted on the track and a propulsion magnet which is generally freely movable about the traveling magnet is used to propel the traveling magnet along the track upon the propulsion magnet being moved generally adjacent the traveling magnet. The traveling magnet is moved along the track via magnetic force between the propulsion magnet and traveling magnet.
Claims10
A magnetic movement gaming device comprising:
- a base;
- at least one traveling magnet supporting track means mounted on and extending upwards from said base, said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means having opposite ends, at least one of said opposite ends connected to said base, said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means generally free of connection to said base except at least one of said opposite ends such that said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means is generally freely supported on said base;
- a traveling magnet movably mounted on and supported by said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means;
- a propulsion magnet generally freely movable about said traveling magnet;
- and
- said propulsion magnet operative to propel said traveling magnet along said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means upon said propulsion magnet being moved generally adjacent said traveling magnet, said traveling magnet being moved along said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means via magnetic force between said propulsion magnet and said traveling magnet.
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A magnetic movement gaming device comprising:
- a base;
- at least one curvilinear wire track extending upwards from said base;
- a traveling magnet having a wire track engaging bore hole formed therein, said traveling magnet movably mounted on said at least one curvilinear wire track with said at least one curvilinear wire track extending through said wire track engaging bore hole;
- a propulsion magnet generally freely movable about said traveling magnet;
- and
- said propulsion magnet operative to propel said traveling magnet along said at least one curvilinear wire track upon said propulsion magnet being moved generally adjacent said traveling magnet, said traveling magnet being moved along said at least one curvilinear wire track via magnetic force between said propulsion magnet and said traveling magnet.
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The method of playing a magnetic movement game comprising the steps:
- providing at least one longitudinally extended, generally curvilinear traveling magnet supporting track means, a traveling magnet having a north and south pole movably mounted and at least substantially surrounding said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means and a propulsion magnet having a north and south pole generally freely movable about said traveling magnet;
- moving said propulsion magnet adjacent said traveling magnet;
- interacting the magnetic fields of said traveling magnet and said propulsion magnet such that the like poles of said traveling magnet and said propulsion magnet produce a repulsive magnetic force therebetween thereby forcing said propulsion magnet and said traveling magnet away from one another;
- preventing magnetically induced motion of said propulsion magnet such that said traveling magnet is magnetically driven away from said propulsion magnet along said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means;
- and
- continuing to move said propulsion magnet towards said traveling magnet such that said traveling magnet is pushed and moved via magnetic force along said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means towards a game-winning location along said at least one traveling magnet supporting track means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.