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US 8,251,370 B2Granted
Game machine
AssigneeJack Guarnieri Service Co., Inc.
InventorsJack Guarnieri, Drew Maniscalco
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Abstract
A game machine comprises a housing, a user access panel having a controller, a money acceptor, a rotating field having a surface for receiving a plurality of objects situated thereon, a retriever that is movable along a track that is supported by the housing for enabling movement of the retriever relative to the rotating field, an object receiving area, and an outlet for access to the object received within the object receiving area.
Claims18
A game machine comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a user access panel having a controller;
- c) a rotating field having a surface for receiving a plurality of objects thereon;
- d) a retriever that is movable along a track that is supported by the housing for enabling movement of the retriever relative to the rotating field;
- e) an object receiving area;
- and
- f) an outlet for access to an object received within the object receiving area;
- and
- wherein the surface is a tiered, mirrored surface.
6 more elements
A game machine comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a user access panel having a controller;
- c) a rotating field having a surface for receiving a plurality of objects thereon;
- d) a retriever that is movable along a track that is supported by the housing for enabling movement of the retriever relative to the rotating field;
- e) an object receiving area;
- and
- f) an outlet for access to an object received within the object receiving area;
- and wherein the surface is illustrative of a record player.
5 more elements
A game machine comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a controller;
- c) a rotating field having a three-dimensional, tiered, multi-level surface for receiving a plurality of objects thereon;
- d) a retriever that is movable along a track that is supported by the housing for enabling movement of the retriever relative to the rotating field, wherein the retriever includes a magnet or is magnetized, and at least one of the plurality of objects is capable of being magnetically retrieved by the retriever;
- e) an environment above the field that includes a graphical image that mimics the appearance of the rotating field;
- f) an object receiving area for receiving objects retrieved by the retriever;
- and
- g) an outlet for access to an object received within the object receiving area.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.