Pressure activated ball game
OwnerWilmer David Walker, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A game device has a ball-activating chamber attached to a central, ball-receiving chamber. Participants compress a pressure mechanism that causes the release of a ball in the ball-activating chamber into the central, ball-receiving chamber. The ball may be acted upon when in the central chamber to add an element of randomness to the game. The central chamber may be at least partially or fully transparent or translucent to allow the participants and/or spectators to view the ball as it travels through the central chamber, ultimately ending at a holding bin. Having more than one ball-activating chamber, the game device may be configured to resemble an octopus.
Claims6
A game device comprising:
- a plurality of first chambers, wherein each first chamber of the plurality of first chambers comprises a ball-holding mechanism disposed therein;
- a plurality of pressure mechanisms, wherein each pressure mechanism of the plurality of pressure mechanisms is connected to one of the plurality of first chambers, and whereby a ball is expelled from a first chamber when a pressure mechanism connected thereto is activated;
- a second chamber comprising a funnel formed therein, wherein the funnel is configured to receive a plurality of balls and to allow each ball of the plurality of balls to exit one ball at a time from the funnel, wherein each first chamber of the plurality of first chambers opens into the second chamber;
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- a holding bin configured to receive and collect the plurality of balls in an order of exit from the funnel.
A game device comprising:
- a body comprising a central ball-receiving chamber formed therein, wherein the central ball-receiving chamber comprises a funnel formed therein;
- a plurality of legs connected to the body, wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a ball-activating chamber having a first end and a second end, a ball-holding mechanism disposed in the ball-activating chamber, a hollow compressible foot pad connected to the first end of the ball-activating chamber, and an aperture open to the central ball-receiving chamber, wherein a ball disposed in the ball-activating chamber is expelled into the central ball-receiving chamber when the hollow compressible foot pad is compressed;
- and,
- a holding bin configured to receive a plurality of balls one ball at a time from the funnel and collect the plurality of balls in an order of exit from the funnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.