WO2005046814A2 - Player operated projectile aiming game, and player operated coin aiming device - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
- A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games
- A63F9/0247—Bombing or dropping games
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
- G07F17/3286—Type of games
- G07F17/3297—Fairground games, e.g. Tivoli, coin pusher machines, cranes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
- A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games
- A63F9/0252—Shooting devices therefor
- A63F2009/0265—Shooting devices therefor using resilient elements
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
- A63F2250/04—Miscellaneous game characteristics containing a liquid
- A63F2250/0407—Water
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
- A63F2250/13—Miscellaneous game characteristics using coins or paper money as play elements
- A63F2250/136—Coin pusher
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
- A63F2250/14—Coin operated
- A63F2250/142—Coin operated with pay-out or rewarding with a prize
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- the invention relates to player operated projectile aiming games, and player operated coin aiming devices.
- US Patent 4,177,986 to Campbell illustrates and describes a coin drop game requiring a player to drop a coin through a coin receiving slot into a liquid filled tank and move a submerged cup in an attempt to catch the coin before it reaches the bottom of the tank to win a prize.
- US Patent 4,418,912 to Tottey illustrates and describes a coin drop game requiring a player to drop a coin into a hollow liquid filled body of an animal in an attempt to place the coin in a stationary target to win a prize.
- FIG. 1 illustrates and describes a coin drop game requiring a player to drop a coin through a coin receiving slot into a liquid filled tank and move a plurality of submerged pads in an attempt that the coin lands on a pad before it reaches the bottom of the tank to win a prize.
- US Patent 6,367,801 to Spencer illustrates and describes a coin drop game requiring a player to drop a coin through one of a plurality of coin receiving slots into a liquid filled tank and move a plurality of submerged coin receiving surfaces in an attempt that the coin lands on a coin receiving surface before it reaches the bottom of the tank to win a prize.
- a novel player operated projectile aiming game including at least one player operated projectile aiming device for enabling a player to aim a projectile along a sideways trajectory at at least one submerged target in a liquid filled tank in an attempt to hit a target of the at least one submerged as the projectile randomly sinks towards the bottom of the tank in order for the player to win a prize.
- the tank is preferably filled with ordinary tap water for convenience but may be filled with other clear liquids, say, having different viscosities to change the random manner in which a projectile sinks.
- the projectile aiming game of the present invention combines the skilful launching of a projectile as opposed to the hitherto mere dropping of a projectile with the inherent exciting unpredictability of its random descent in a liquid filled tank to render a personally challenging fun game appealing to children and adult players alike.
- the phrase "to hit a target" in the context of the present invention includes a projectile sinking down through a target, a projectile sinking onto a target, and the like. Detection of a hit can be achieved by suitable projectile detection devices as follows: targets through which projectiles are intended to sink downward therethrough can be provided with an electromechanical switch, an optical sensor, or the like; targets on which projectiles are intended to land can be provided with a pressure sensitive switch; or the like.
- Projectiles can be in the form of coins of legal currency, coin-like tokens, large ball bearings as, say, used in a pinball machine, and the like.
- a novel player operated coin aiming device including a housing rotatable about a vertical axis, and a grooved coin chute for aiming coins rolling down therealong at a target wherein the coin chute is slidingly reciprocatable with respect to the housing whereby the coin chute is capable of undergoing yaw movements about the vertical axis and sliding to and fro movements with respect thereto.
- coin in the context of the second aspect of the present invention is intended to include coins of legal currency, coin-like tokens, and the like.
- novel coin aiming device of the present invention can be employed for use with a wide range of coin aiming games for hitting targets, for example, as illustrated and described in US Patent 5,275,402 to Malavazos et al, US Patent 5,385,347 to Halliburton, and the like, in addition to the projectile aiming game in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention.
- Fig. 1 is a pictorial representation of a single player projectile aiming game with a player operated coin aiming device for aiming coins at submerged targets
- Fig. 2 is a partially cut away pictorial view of the projectile aiming game of Figure 1 with a collection basket for collecting spent coins shown raised during play for illustrative purposes only
- Fig. 3 is a close-up view of the coin aiming device of Figure 1;
- Fig. 1 is a pictorial representation of a single player projectile aiming game with a player operated coin aiming device for aiming coins at submerged targets
- Fig. 2 is a partially cut away pictorial view of the projectile aiming game of Figure 1 with a collection basket for collecting spent coins shown raised during play for illustrative purposes only
- Fig. 3 is a close-up view of the coin aiming device of Figure 1
- Fig. 1 is a pictorial representation of a single player projectile aiming game with a player operated coin aiming device for aiming coins at
- Fig. 4 is a cross section of the coin aiming device of Figure 1 along line A- A in Figure 3;
- Fig. 5 is a close-up view of a target with a cover for cyclically enabling and precluding a hit;
- Fig. 6 is a pictorial view of a coin aiming device mounted on a tank's lid;
- Fig. 7 is a pictorial view of a pinball machine-like striking device with an impeller head for striking a stationary coin.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 show a single player projectile aiming game 1 including a player operated coin aiming device 2 mounted on the side of a transparent plastic water tank 3 for enabling a player to aim coins C along sideways trajectories T at submerged targets 4 in order to win prizes.
- the targets 4 are in the form of upright tubular ducts traversing the tank's floor 6 and connected to a drain tube 7 guiding spent coins C to a wire mesh collection basket 8 at the bottom of a control column 9 adjacent the tank 3.
- the tank's floor 6 downwardly slopes to a central spent coin opening 11 also connected to the drain tube 7 and into which spent coins C which missed targets 4 can fall into either by rolling or sliding down the floor 6 themselves or being periodically pushed thereinto by the game's operator.
- Targets 4 can be assigned different prize values depending on their diameter, their distance from the coin aiming device 2, and the like.
- Targets 4 can be optionally provided with hinged covers 12 for cyclically covering and uncovering same for enabling and precluding the sinking of a coin C thereinto (see Figure 5).
- Each cover 12 is actuated by a vertically reciprocating rod 13 driven by a driving mechanism (not shown).
- the projectile aiming game 1 includes a prize dispensing apparatus 14 for issuing redemption tickets 16 on a coin C successfully hitting a target 4.
- the prize dispensing apparatus 14 includes a controller 17, projectile detection devices 18 in the form of electro-mechanical switches, optical sensors, or the like, for detecting the passage of coins C down through their respective targets 4 for issuing hit signals to the controller 17 for dispensing the equivalent number of redemption tickets corresponding to their prize values, and a ticket dispenser 19 for issuing redemption tickets 16.
- the prize dispensing apparatus 14 may additionally include a loudspeaker 21, and flashing lights 22 for indicating a hit.
- the column 9 has a hinged cover 23 housing the ticket dispenser 19 which can be tipped backwards to enable convenient access to the collection basket 8 having a pole 24 for lifting it upwards for periodically retrieving spent coins C, and the ticket dispenser 19 for maintenance purposes including adding new rolls of redemption tickets, and the like.
- the collection basket 8 can be raised and lowered by electromechanical means for periodic retrieval of spent coins C.
- the coin aiming device 2 includes a housing 26 rotatably mounted on a vertical axis 27, and formed with an inclined throughgoing slot 28 for slidingly supporting a grooved elongated coin chute 29 having a hand grip 31 at one end and stoppers 32 at opposite ends for delimiting the stroke of the coin chute 29 with respect to the housing 26.
- the housing 26 accommodates a replaceable coin mechanism 33 having a coin receiving slot 34 for receiving coins C, a coin rejection slot 36 for rejecting invalid coins onto a rejected coin seat 37, and a valid coin aperture 38 for passing valid coins C onto the coin chute 29.
- a player can rotate the coin chute 29 about the vertical axis 27 through yaw movements denoted A, and slide the coin chute 29 along to and fro stroke movements denoted B with respect to the vertical axis 27 whereby the coin chute 29 has two degrees of freedom for aiming coins at a target.
- the use of the projectile aiming game 1 is as follows: A player aims the coin aiming device at one of the submerged targets and places a coin in its coin receiving slot.
- the coin Assuming the coin is valid, it falls onto the coin chute and rolls down the coin chute into the tank. If accurately aimed, the coin sinks into one the target and actuates its projectile detection device which issues a hit signal to the controller. The controller controls the ticket dispenser to dispense the number of redemption tickets corresponding to the target's prize value.
- the spent coin rolls down the drain tube into the collection basket for later retrieval. If the coin misses the target, it may fall flat on the floor or roll down the floor into the spent coin opening. The game operator periodically pushes all the spent coins lying on the floor into the coin receiving opening and empties the basket to retrieve the spent coins.
- a coin aiming device 2 can be mounted on a tank's lid 39 (see Figure 6).
- Projectile aiming devices can be in the form of a pinball machine-like striking device 41 with an impeller head 42 for striking an initially stationary coin C to launch it into a tank 3 along a sideways trajectory T (see Figure 7).
- a projectile aiming game includes two or more projectile aiming devices for enabling a corresponding number of players to play simultaneously
- the targets are deployed in such a manner that a projectile aiming device can only launch a projectile at one or more specified targets to avoid confusion between players in the case of a target being hit.
- a projectile aiming device and its associated targets can be suitably color coded, and the like.
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US5282636A (en) * | 1992-08-17 | 1994-02-01 | Sheldon Katz | Novelty game |
US5301942A (en) * | 1993-04-30 | 1994-04-12 | Lacrosse William R | Coin drop amusement game |
US6367801B1 (en) * | 2000-10-10 | 2002-04-09 | Wayne Spencer | Coin dropping game system |
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US5282636A (en) * | 1992-08-17 | 1994-02-01 | Sheldon Katz | Novelty game |
US5301942A (en) * | 1993-04-30 | 1994-04-12 | Lacrosse William R | Coin drop amusement game |
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