Abstract: In this invention two similar bearings or balls are contained within a sealed tubular capsule. The capsule is comprised of a fully transparent material of a singular rigid substance. The capsule is composed of a lengthier playing field and two shorter storage compartments or traps. Each trap is situated at opposite ends of the playing field and accessed by each ball via an orifice of particular configuration. The configuration is such that the slope of the capsule wall leading out of the trap is at a greater angle to the longitudinal axis than the slope of the capsule wall leading into the trap is to the longitudinal axis. The objective of the game is to get a ball into each trap.

Abstract: A rolling game machine includes: a rolling unit by way of which the player rolls a rollable object in a desired direction; an interference member movable in a direction intersecting the inertial direction of the rolling object; an opposite detector arranged opposite the rolling unit for detecting a rollable object which has been rolled across the interference member; an end detector arranged near a forward end of the interference member for detecting a rollable object which has fallen and moved by the interference member; a rating device which assigns a rate to a rollable object which has completed its rolling on the basis of detection of the first and second detectors; and a ticket issuing device which issues a ticket corresponding to an assigned rate.

Abstract: A multi-level rotatable concentric ring marble game that includes a circular base, a circular upper peripheral cylinder, a lower peripheral cylinder, a cylindrical collector, and a plurality of concentric rotatable circular rings. The circular base contains a base central opening and has a base perimeter, a base flat bottom, and a base sloping top that slopes from the base perimeter towards the base central opening. The circular upper peripheral cylinder contains a plurality of upper peripheral cylinder openings and is disposed on the base sloping top at the base perimeter. The circular lower peripheral cylinder is disposed on the base flat bottom at the base perimeter. The cylindrical collector is rotatably mounted in the base central opening.

Abstract: A maze unit containing a user-defined maze path and a ball or marble movable therethrough is disclosed. In one aspect, the top of the maze unit, or part of it, is covered so that the user relies upon verbal instructions provided by a second person who is familiar with or has recorded the internal maze path as to the direction in which to tip or tilt the unit so that the ball or marble follows the correct path to a predetermined exit. In one embodiment two or more maze units are stacked, one on top of the other, with aligned exit and entry holes so that a ball or marble that successfully traverses an upper unit falls into an entry point of a lower unit. In another aspect two or more maze units are interconnected end-to-end on the same level. Methods are disclosed for the use of such mazes in a variety of didactive scenarios.

Abstract: A moving playing surface amusement game having an object chute disposed at one end and one or more targets disposed at the other end and a movable conveyor playing surface disposed intermediate the object chute and targets. The conveyor playing surface game includes a microprocessor and a device for sensing the position of an object on the conveyor playing surface in a particular lane or sequencing the speed of the conveyor playing surface with a particular spot on the conveyor playing surface which playing surface can include a variety of surface ornamentations and diverters to change or maintain the path of the object on the conveyor playing surface.

Abstract: A manipulable puzzle and method includes a shallow box-like housing with a see-through top established by base-conforming side walls and-apertured front and back walls for containing slider bars incorporating a plurality of alternating teeth and pockets which are translated relative to the housing for selective manipulation of color coded balls between the pockets of adjacent, aligned slider bars to establish new distribution patterns of the color coded balls.

Abstract: A ball game toy having top and bottom end caps and a cylindrical body extending therebetween. A control rod extends longitudinally through the body and outwardly of the top and bottom end caps to permit the toy to be manually manipulated by a user to correspondingly control the movement of a ball. The control rod supports a longitudinally extending stack of disk-like platforms in spaced coaxial alignment with the cylindrical body. Each platform has a hole formed therethrough to establish a drop path from the first to the last platform of the stack. A fall path is established in the space between the stack of platforms and the cylindrical body. Play is successfully concluded when the ball completes the drop path through the holes formed in the stack of platforms for receipt by a catch located below the hole in the last platform.

Abstract: A movable body rebounding mechanism has a rocking plate, a plurality of projecting members and a rocking mechanism. The movable body rebounding mechanism is for use in amusement devices in which a movable body moves on an upper side of a game board having upper and lower sides. The projecting members project from the rocking plate to the lower side of the game board, through holes formed in the game board and out of the upper side of the game board. A clearance exists between the holes in the game board and the projecting members. The rocking mechanism reciprocates the rocking plate parallel to the game board in at least first and second directions. The rocking mechanism includes a drive mechanism for eccentrically rotating a first pin which projects through a hole in the rocking plate. There is little clearance between the first pin and the hole in the rocking plate. The drive mechanism further includes a second pin positioned stationary with respect to the game board.

Abstract: A hand-held maze unit containing a user-defined maze path and a marble. The top of the maze unit is covered so that the user relies upon verbal instructions provided by a second party who is familiar with or has recorded the internal maze path as to the direction in which to tip or tilt the entire unit so that the marble follows the correct path to a predetermined exit.

Abstract: An amusement device has a movable body, a game board and a jumping mechanism. The game board has a surface large enough to accommodate movement of the moveable body in a plane of movement, which surface has first and second play areas. The jumping mechanism moves the movable body out of the plane of movement and also moves the movable body from the first play area to the second play area. The jumping mechanism includes a conical member, a sloped movable body passage and a movement mechanism. The conical member extends out of the game board and has upper and lower portions. The conical member is positioned within the first play area with the lower portion being closer to the game board than the upper portion. The conical member has a movable body outlet in the upper portion and a movable body inlet in the lower portion.

Abstract: A game has a plurality of directional elements which are attached to a vertical face in numerous arrangements to define paths along which a marble can travel. The game includes a plurality of housings which can be interconnected in a plurality of orientations with respect to one another such that openings in each pair of interconnected housings oppose and align with one another to permit the marble to travel from one housing to another through the opposing, aligned openings.

Abstract: A multi-channel game puzzle with movable base utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle, the game puzzle including a housing defining a main chamber and having a vertical axis further including a plurality of channels positioned in a common plane within the main chamber being equally spaced and extending radially outward, a central hub having a socket cooperating with a movable shaft for rotably mounting the central hub within the main chamber about the common vertical axis movement reciprocally between an upper locked position for locking the playing pieces in the channels and a lower free swivel position for permitting free swiveling of the inner chamber relative to the housing upon manual tilting of the housing between a first communication position, a second communication position, a third communication position and a fourth communication position and including a plurality of sets of game pieces each set having like marked game pieces also including a unitary blocker piece having di

Abstract: A timing and talking game toy includes: a board casing have a plurality of baffles and lanes irregularly formed in the casing for running a ball in the lanes as guided or limited by the baffles from a starting point to a finishing point, a plurality of lamps juxtapositionally mounted on the board which are all lit up when starting the running of the ball and are subsequently switched off with respect to a lapse of time counted by a timing circuit of a central processing unit (CPU) and a talking integrated circuit controlled by the CPU for a voice speaking, indicating the status for running the ball to the finishing point corresponding to the number of the lamps being switched off within a pre-determined time period for interesting the game player.

Abstract: A descending ball game apparatus includes a gate deflect channel member and a pivoting ramp channel member. The gate deflect channel member includes two gates which are positioned adjacent to opposing sidewalls of a channel portion thereof and are operative for deflecting a ball back-and-forth from one sidewall of the channel portion to the other sidewall thereof as the ball descends along the channel portion. The pivoting ramp channel member includes upper and lower level channel segments and a pivoting ramp positioned therebetween. The ramp is operative for receiving a ball descending along the upper level of the channel segment and delivering the ball into the lower level channel segment.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for painting an object. The object is affixed to a holder and a reservoir of paint is formed either on or adjacent to the surface of the object. The holder then is tilted sufficiently to cause a paint distribution device, such as a sphere or spinning top, to travel through the pain and across the surface of the object, leaving paint along the travel path of the paint distribution device.

Abstract: A game in which an object, such as a ball, is maneuvered upon a meandering path upwardly slanting to a goal. The ball is directed along the path by a manipulating device, such as a rod. The ball is free to move laterally along an edge of the rod under the force of gravity as the rod is tilted from the horizontal, and the ball may be moved linearly (advanced or retracted) by sliding the rod forward or backward along the path.

Abstract: A wand game includes a handle having elongate rail members extending from the handle, whereupon a game sphere arranged for rolling along the rails is displaced in adjacency to the handle to a second position spaced from the handle, whereupon the rails are diverging permitting the sphere to fall between the rails, whereupon rapid one hundred eighty degree rotation of the handle and rails is arranged to permit catching of the game sphere to continue rolling of the sphere towards the handle. A modification of the invention includes a trio of rails arranged in a coplanar relationship permitting use of a plurality of game spheres.

Abstract: A multi-channel game puzzle and method of play utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle.

Abstract: In an apparatus and method for playing a hand-eye coordination game, a plank and "Ping Pong" type ball are provided. The plank has a hole at an end near the handle and another hole at the opposing end. The object of the game is to maneuver a ball from the hole near the handle to the opposing end and back, thereby completing a "walk on the plank", without touching the ball or having the ball fall off of the plank. Variations include apertures within the plank, pegs selectively inserted in the apertures, and playing surfaces of a planar and a non-planar construction. The player's manual dexterity is enhanced by playing the game.

Abstract: A multi-channel game puzzle and method of play utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle.

Abstract: An amusement device has a housing with a chamber in which a game board is disposed. A player endeavors to guide a rolling ball on the board by manipulating a control lever to tilt the board in any selected direction. The board is supported by a tiltable shaft which is below the center of the board. A rigid link extends between the shaft and control lever and is connected to each by pivot couplings which constrain the shaft and board to tilt in synchronism with the lever. Compression springs in coaxial relationship with the shaft and control lever act to bias the board towards a horizontal orientation and the shaft and lever supports prevent rotational motion of such components about their own longitudinal axes. In a preferred embodiment, the board has openings through which the ball may drop and ball retrieval components detect the particular region of the board at which the ball was dropped and return the ball to the board.

Abstract: A puzzle consisting of a ball bearing enclosed in a labyrinthian passageway, section of the passageway being unobscured from view by an opaque screen. A closed loop may be traced through the passageway, a section of the closed loop being obscured by the opaque screen. The object of the puzzle is to maneuver the ball bearing through the visually obscured region of the labyrinth from one end of the unobscured region of the closed loop to the other end. Solution of the puzzle requires the utilization of auditory and tactile information as the ball bearing rolls through the labyrinth and strikes the walls of the passageway. Because visual information is suppressed, negotiation of the labyrinth requires considerable visualization ability and mental dexterity, and allows for the design of challenging labyrinth puzzles with a minimum of bulk.

Abstract: A simulated baseball game apparatus having an upwardly facing playing surface with a home plate thereon, a pitching mechanism that rolls the ball in the general direction of home plate and a batting mechanism. A rotatable circular plate in front of the pitching mechanism enables the direction of the rolling ball to be changed. The device for rolling the ball can be pivoted about a vertical axis in order that the player can control the initial direction of the rolling ball. The bat member has an elongate portion extending generally parallel to the playing surface and a ball striking extension that extends downwardly. The bat member can be swung about an internally movable generally vertical axis extending through one end of the elongate portion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a game comprising a playing board (1); a dome (2) attached to the board; and cubes (3) positioned within the dome. In corresponding games known from the prior art, the cubes are unfixed and can be moved by hands, as a result of which moves against the rules are possible. In the game according to the invention, the cubes (3) can be moved and turned without touching them by hands, because the playing board (1) and the cubes (3) are provided with interlocking pegs (4) and holes (5) which enable the cubes to be turned while preventing their sideward displacement when the playing board is tilted.

Abstract: A Quincunx type of statistics training device having an improved ball-stop apparatus. The ball-stop comprises a base member having a plurality of forwardly extending pins. The base member is spring biased in a rearward direction and a latch mechanism is used to lock the base member in a forward position. Moving of the latch member allows the ball-stop to move rearwardly and thereby release any balls which had stacked up atop its pins.

Abstract: A sports device comprising an elongated support having a handle thereon for gripped engagement by an individual to impart a tilting motion to the elongated support. A removable weight shifting means is mounted at one end of the elongated support for changing the balance point of the elongated support responsive to the tilting motion. A concave track is supported on the elongated support and is provided at its opposite ends with a ramp disposed in inclined relation relative to the track. A ball is provided for placement in the track and is disposed for controlled rolling movement therealong responsive to the tilting motion. A ball ejecting member is mounted at the end of each ramp and each such member includes an angled surface for impact by the ball and ejection thereof from the elongated support responsive to the ball exceeding a predetermined speed as a result of excessive tilting motion of the track.

Abstract: A game for spinning tops includes a stage having an upper surface, and a pair of launching devices, each of which includes a pivotally mounted guide which receives a spinning top from above and discharges the spinning top from the side onto the upper surface of the stage.

Abstract: An apparatus for a game of skill has a base member with a gaming surface with a gaming pathway. An orbital pathway is formed on the base surface, and a handle is attached to the base. A top member has a vertical axis and a spindle that extends along the vertical axis. The spindle rides in the orbital pathway as the top member rotates its vertical axis attaining speed to travel the gaming pathway. A game played with the apparatus has as its object keeping the top member spinning long enough to negotiate the gaming pathway an attain points associated with the portion of the gaming pathway negotiated. The gaming pathway may contain obstacles that make the pathway more difficult to travel with point values assigned accordingly.

Abstract: A spinning top game wherein a rounded head or "point" on a top allows the top to spin continuously on a supporting board as long as the operator correctly alters the tilt of the board so that the top is always proceeding downwardly.

Abstract: A hand-held miniature snowman game, or toy comprises a transparent see-through cover, and a solid-colored base, containing three different diameter white balls within and having a ramp for the balls to roll up on while unit is held in an upright position, and a singular stake for the balls to fall in sequence to create a minature snowman large ball to go on stake first then medium ball to go on second and smallest ball to go on stake last. There are three different versions, the only difference is the amount of holes in each of the white balls, also is a round rule disk mounted at the lower part of the unit. A game or toy for 5 year old children and on up to all ages including adults.

Abstract: The invention provides a toy of skill usable as a test for evaluating the psychomotricity of an individual comprising an axis to which and around which is associated at least one curved element forming a track on its inner face extending substantially parallel to said axis, and at least one ball adapted to roll on said track by exerting a rotation of the toy around said axis maintained in a substantially horizontal position.

Abstract: A ball handling game with a fork member and a ball adapted to roll along the fork member where the fork member has reversing end sections to facilitate movement of the ball around the ends of the fork legs.

Abstract: A toy game educational and/or therapeutic possibilities comprising a translucent or transparent elongated cylindrical member having a hollow extending longitudinally through the member and a partition disposed in the hollow which extends radially between the interior walls of the member and along the elongated length of the member which divides the hollow into a pair of elongated, parallel but separated spaces. An end cap is included on each end of the cylindrical member which encloses the hollow and a plurality of distinct balls clearly disposed in a random order in at least one of the spaces of the hollow for rolling movement along the elongated length of the cylindrical member between the partition and the curved wall of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: A body action game includes a hose which is flexible to wrap around a player's body in a plurality of convoluted dispositions. A ball dropped into one end of the hose is rolled through the hose until reaching a receptacle or goal attached to the opposite end of the hose. Because of the convolutions in the hose, a player is required to twist and turn in order to manipulate the ball through the hose. A bell mounted in the receptacle is rung by the ball when it enters the receptacle.

Abstract: In a multi-level crossing maze toy, nine kinds of single cubes of the same size in the number as desired are combined longitudinally, laterally and thicknesswise to form a combined cube, the combined cube being formed in two surface thereof with an entrance and an exit open thereto, opening of the cube are singly associated when the combined cube is formed, and a dead end passage, a linear passage, a curved passage, a T-passage, a right-angle three-forked passage, a cross passage, a five-forked passage and a six-forked passage formed interiorly of a single cube are freely placed in communication with one another to form a multi-level crossing maze. Therefore, a ball is introduced into the multi-level crossing maze from the entrance of the combined cube to which is connected the single cube, and the combined cube is operated to move the ball and remove it from the exit.

Abstract: A mouse maze game includes a rectangular bottom maze board having a recessed central rectangular maze area with pairs of transversely extending longitudinally spaced electrical contact strips. An array of spaced holes are provided in the maze area, between the pairs of electrical contact strips. Pegs are inserted in the holes, and various maze patterns are formed by stretching elastic bands between the pegs to form maze walls. A rectangular top maze board with a recessed bottom surface is removably secured in overlying relation over the bottom maze board, forming a hidden maze area. Pairs of transversely spaced electrical contact strips extend longitudinally from end to end within the recessed maze area on the bottom of the top maze board. Light bulbs are spaced around the periphery of the top maze board. A cylindrical disk shaped mouse having metallic contacts at each end is inserted into the recessed maze area formed between the top and bottom maze boards.

Abstract: A spinning top game toy includes a disk-shaped playing board with three groups of upstanding pedestals mounted to the periphery of the board and a central pedestal extending upwardly from the board adjacent the center portion thereof. The upper surface of each pedestal is adapted to retain a spinning top thereon. A plurality of spinable tops are adapted to spin on the upper surfaces of the peripheral pedestals and a bonus top is adapted to spin on the upper surface of the central pedestal. The bonus top has a central spindle that has an upper surface adapted to retain a spinning top. The game is played by two or more players who, in turn, each spin the bonus top on the central pedestal and then move the spinable tops among the peripheral pedestals in a preselected sequence. Points are accumulated for successful moves of the tops until one of the tops or the bonus top stops spinning.

Abstract: A game of manual dexterity having a hand manipulatable housing with a wall that presents a curved playing surface, an operating member having a magnetic portion and a weighted portion, and an object member separate from the housing, made of a ferromagnetic material and having a curved playing surface. The operating member is mounted within the housing so that the weighted portion maintains the magnetic portion in a position near the uppermost inner surface of the housing wall when the housing is turned. The object member is attracted to the magnetic portion of the operating member so that when the playing surfaces of the object member and housing are engaged, the object member is maintained in tracking engagement with the housing when it is turned.

Abstract: An eye-hand coordination game includes a hand-held hoop assembly and an untethered ball. A plurality of connecting posts and clicking assemblies join two rings of the hoop assembly. The game is utilized by keeping the unconstrained ball in motion along the inner edges of the rings via centrifugal force, whereupon a rhythmic, clicking sound is produced in time with the movement of the ball.

Abstract: A new rope game device is disclosed. Threaded on a rope about six feet long with handles on its ends are two larger cylinders, one for each player. Also threaded on the rope is a plurality of smaller cylinders which can pass through the interior of the larger cylinders. In the game two players shake the rope, moving the smaller cylinders toward them through the larger cylinders to claim, and score, them close to the handles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a toy which has an annular frame with a curved, osed interior surface. A small toy vehicle is movable by manually moving and orienting the frame, for rolling on wheels around the curved interior surface. A retaining tether attaches the toy vehicle to the frame to permit the wheels to leave the interior surface of the frame but not to separate it entirely from it. In the preferred embodiment a continuous channel is provided throughout the entire interior of the frame and a slit communicates between the interior channel and the exposed interior surface of the frame. One end of the tether is tied to the toy vehicle and the other end is tied to a bead retained within the channel and freely moving throughout the entire length.

Abstract: A sorting-type toy comprising a series of angularly spaced compartments, each separated by a divider having an aperture therethrough. A plurality of colored or otherwise identifiable balls are located in the compartments and are sorted by the user through the apertures until all balls of one type or alignment are located in each of the compartments.

Abstract: A puzzle board comprises a board having a recess opening at the top side thereof, a plate mounted in the recess and having a plurality of playing piece bearing regions arranged in adjacent rows, playing pieces superimposed slideably on the regions except for one of the regions being left empty to allow the playing pieces to slide on the plate for rearrangement, each of the playing pieces having a groove with an outlet and an inlet. By rearranging the playing pieces, the outlet or inlet of one of the playing pieces can be communicated selectively with the other playing pieces, and a rolling piece received in one of the grooves for moving to a target piece through the intercommunicated grooves.

Abstract: A hand manipulated stick provides at least two parallel spaced apart rails extending longitudinally from a handle and affords inherently unstable point contact with a spherical ball so that the contact may be selectively rendered more or less stable by the exercise of skill and dexterity of the user in various levels of accomplishment.

Abstract: A detenting device used in the form of a puzzle including magnets and balls using a nonmagnetic tube around which an annular tubular magnet surrounds the tube with one magnetic pole on the entire inside surface of the tubular magnet and the opposite magnetic pole on the entire outside surface of the magnet wherein the ball or other magnetically attracted body is positioned at either one end or at the other end of the magnet requiring force to dislodge it from either position to the other position.

Abstract: Mini horseshoes, and mini stokes concealed in one container adapted for use as a game, toy, puzzle or etc. and can be used in any kind of weather indoors or outdoors, and including a compact light readily assembled device, and provided with a see through cover, and a solid colored base.The base has several threaded vertical holes therethrough. A stake is threaded into each hole. The stakes extend above the base and serve as targets for mini horseshoes or rings. The lower end of each stake has an enlarged head which is recessed in a rubber foot and anchors that foot to the base. The stakes are colored differently from one another and the horseshoes are correspondingly colored. Surrounding each stake is a colored circular area formed by a decal, or paint applied by a silkscreening process, or a disk or ring recessed into the surface of the base.

Abstract: A type of labyrinth puzzle comprising a variable path labyrinth comprising first and second labyrinth defining portions which are movable with respect to each other.

Abstract: A spinning top toy and game including a top and a game board on which the top is spun, the game board being hand held and used to manipulate and travel the top along an outline on the board. The board is folded in the middle and can be used flat or with the two parts defined by the fold at angles to each other.

Abstract: Rounded moveable members such as a ball are directed in two established and independent lengths of transparent tubing which are arranged within a transparent sphere. The rounded moveable members such as a ball have a diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the transparent tubing thus the rounded moveable members such as a ball follow a path that gives a spinning motion. The spinning motion for the first path will be directed by the tubing secured to the inside of the transparent sphere from top to bottom. Thus the first path follows the curvature of the sphere from top to bottom. The second path is directed by the transparent tubing arranged in a cylindrical spiral about the center of the sphere which allows the rounded moveable member such as a ball to follow a cylindrical spiral path from top to bottom of the sphere. The length of tubing about the center of the sphere that is arranged in a cylindrical spiral is supported by a transparent cylinder that is secured by the transparent sphere.

Abstract: A manual dexterity toy in which a ball is caused to orbit along elliptical trajectories within the toy for as long as possible without having the ball escape to the exterior of the toy.