System and method for providing a table game
AssigneeThrowMotion, Inc.
InventorsAditya Dayal, Tom Grimm, Seth Heltsley
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Abstract
A mechanical ball launcher for a table game is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the mechanical ball launcher has a body that rotates about a first axis. The body has a launch arm that extends along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The launch arm has a ball receptacle at a terminal end. The mechanical ball launcher has a supporting plate supporting the body and a mechanical spring connected between the body and the supporting plate. The mechanical spring is placed in a loaded position when the launch arm is pulled back. A launch angle, a lateral angle, and a speed of the ball are adjusted as the ball is launched from the ball receptacle of the mechanical ball launcher.
Claims23
A table game comprising:
- a playing field having a surface;
- a mechanical ball launcher comprising:
- a body that rotates about a first axis, the body having a launch arm that extends along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the launch arm has a ball receptacle at a terminal end of the arm, and wherein the ball receptacle has an opening adapted to receive a ball;
- a supporting plate;
- a mechanical spring connected between the body and the supporting plate, wherein the mechanical spring is placed in a loaded position when the launch arm is pulled back;
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- a turn table that rotates the body about a third axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis,
- wherein a launch angle and a speed of the ball are adjusted as the ball is launched from the ball receptacle of the mechanical ball launcher.
A mechanical ball launcher for a table game comprising:
- a body that rotates about a first axis, the body having a launch arm that extends along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the launch arm has a ball receptacle at a terminal end of the arm;
- a supporting plate;
- a mechanical spring connected between the body and the supporting plate, wherein the mechanical spring is placed in a loaded position when the launch arm is pulled back, and
- a turn table that rotates the body about a third axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis,
- wherein a ball is launched from the ball receptacle, and
- wherein a launch angle and a speed of the ball are adjusted as the ball is launched from the ball receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.