Maze-type coin bank
AssigneeMag-Nif Incorporated
InventorWilliam Knox, Jr.
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Abstract
A maze-type coin bank includes a housing having a wall, an inlet opening and an exit door. A lock is mounted to one of the wall and the exit door for selectively opening the exit door. A three-dimensional track construction is held in the housing and includes a plurality of sections extending along different axes which accommodate an associated coin for movement along the track construction. The track construction includes a coin entrance portion communicating with the inlet opening and a maze solution portion. Solving the maze involves placing a coin in the maze solution portion of the track construction in order to facilitate the opening of the exit door.
Claims17
A maze coin bank comprising:
- a housing including a wall, an inlet opening and an exit;
- a three dimensional track construction held in the housing, including a plurality of sections extending along different axes which accommodate an associated coin for movement along the track construction, wherein each of the plurality of sections is open so that the associated coin is allowed to fall off the track construction, the track construction including:
- a coin entrance portion communicating with the inlet opening, and
- an exit portion;
- wherein the exit of the housing comprises an opening in the housing and a closure for selectively closing the opening;
- and
- a mechanism for opening a lock selectively locking the closure, wherein the mechanism includes:
- a coin receiving member movably mounted to the housing and communicating with the exit portion of the track;
- a push rod movably mounted to the housing;
- a first biasing member for biasing the coin receiving member to a first end position;
- and
- a second biasing member for biasing the push rod to a first end position.
A maze coin bank comprising:
- a housing including a coin entrance opening and an exit opening;
- a closure mounted to the housing for selectively covering the exit opening;
- a coin storage area defined in the closure or between the housing and the closure;
- a lock mounted to one of the closure and the housing;
- a coin track accommodated inside the housing, wherein the coin track includes:
- a plurality of sections extending along different axes, wherein each of the plurality of sections is open so that an associated coin is allowed to fall off the track construction,
- a coin entrance portion,
- an exit portion;
- and,
- a mechanism to facilitate an actuation of the lock wherein the mechanism comprises:
- a push rod movably mounted to the housing;
- a first biasing member for biasing the push rod into one end position;
- a coin receiving member movably mounted to the housing or the closure,
- the coin receiving member communicating with the exit portion of the track;
- and
- a second biasing member for biasing the coin receiving member to one end position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.