Game device and method thereof
OwnerSteve Zuloffinventor
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Abstract
A game device that safely emulates a game of Russian Roulette using balloons and the method thereof. The game device resembles a revolver, but without a barrel, and with the muzzle adjacent the cylinder. The game device contains a protected pin instead of a bullet for puncturing a balloon. An expandable ring is rotatably mounted adjacent the muzzle of the device that allows exposure of the pin only when a fully blown balloon is positioned therein to be punctured. Upon actuation of the pin, it is only exposed for a very short period of time to further prevent unnecessary exposure and injury to the user.
Claims18
A device for playing a game of Russian Roulette using balloons, comprising:
- a. a main body having a rotatably mounted cylinder and a firing mechanism;
- b. a spring loaded piston positioned within said cylinder;
- c. a spring loaded pin positioned within said main body and outside said cylinder;
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- d. an expandable ring attached to said main body adapted to receive a balloon blown within said ring having a pinhole opening and a pin protection member, both of which are in alignment with said spring loaded pin, said pin protection member conceals said pinhole opening in the absence of a blown balloon and exposes said pinhole opening in the presence of a blown balloon;
- wherein said firing mechanism selectively interacts and cooperates with said spring loaded piston in said cylinder, said spring loaded piston interacts and cooperates with and actuate said spring loaded pin, and when actuated said spring loaded pin passes through said pinhole opening of said expandable ring;
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- upon actuation of said firing mechanism in the presence of a blown balloon, said firing mechanism, when in alignment with said spring loaded piston, applies a force to said spring loaded piston, which force actuates said spring loaded pin to cause said spring loaded pin to pass through said pinhole opening to puncture said balloon.
A method of playing a game of Russian Roulette using balloons, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a main body having a rotatably mounted cylinder and a firing mechanism;
- b. providing a spring loaded piston within said cylinder in alignment with said firing mechanism;
- c. providing a spring loaded pin within said main body and outside said cylinder in alignment with said spring loaded piston;
- d. providing an expandable ring attached to said main body having a pinhole opening and a pin protection member, both of which are in alignment with said spring loaded pin, said pin protection member conceals said pinhole opening in the absence of a blown balloon and exposes said pinhole opening in the presence of a blown balloon;
- e. blowing a balloon within said expandable ring exposing said pinhole opening;
- f. actuating the firing mechanism;
- g. applying a force to said spring loaded piston by said actuated firing mechanism;
- h. applying a force to said spring loaded pin by the force of said spring loaded piston;
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- g. passing said spring loaded pin through said pinhole opening to puncture said balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.