Patents by Inventor Verstraeten Achiel

Verstraeten Achiel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4906000
    Abstract: The invention is for an automatic skittle game equipped with a coin or token mechanism and in which the skittles have different point values which are registered automatically on a scoreboard. The automatic skittle game consists primarily of a combination of a coin or token mechanism for the operation of the automatic skittle game, a rollable skittle ball, a guide path for guiding the skittle ball, a number of skittles with individual values in points which are set up on both sides of the guide path, said skittles being each mounted on a rocker, a mechanism for blocking and clearing the guide path, a mechanism for restoring to the vertical position the skittles with rockers bowled-over by the skittle ball when this skittle ball rolls back, an electrical scoreboard for recording the value in points of the bowled-over skittles, and a contact for each rocker and skittle which contacts of the bowled-over skittles close an electrical circuit to the scoreboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Inventor: Verstraeten Achiel