Abstract: An improved, integrally molded table soccer playing figure has an elongated body with head and foot portions disposed at its opposite ends. A cylindrical passage axially extends laterally through an upper portion of the body and is adapted to coaxially receive a longitudinal portion of an actuating rod used to rotate and translate the playing figure. To significantly reduce the connection stress concentration on the rod and the playing figure mounted thereon, the body passage is diametrically sized to create a press-fit between the body portion and the rod portion therein, and the body is mechanically locked to the rod by a small roll pin longitudinally inserted through aligned openings in the body and rod. The ability of the body portion to withstand high lateral impact loads is enhanced by the integral formation on its opposite lateral sides of relatively large diameter force receiving and diffusing washer portions.

Abstract: A flipper control circuit is disclosed in which at least one flipper is controlled by the game microprocessor which attempts to hit a desired target. The processor activates the flipper in response to playfield sensors which detect the ball in proximity to the flipper. Playfield switches provide feedback to the processor on the accuracy of the shot allowing the processor to correct its "aim" for subsequent shots.

Abstract: This new invention is a table Racket Ball Game Device.This new invention is an enclosed table game device played with a table tennis type ball, off the sides, bottom and top, in three dimensions.This new table game device is a game of skill not chance. This is a serious game almost anyone can learn to play. It teaches eye-hand coordination and concentration.The ball is hand loaded, on to the paddle, aimed and carefully shot, at the other player's goal, with just a flick of the fingers.Players score points when the ball falls out of play behind the defender's defense and down the ball return ramp.The paddles are designed and mounted in such a way that the entire surface maybe used in defense.This is a game of skill not chance because the players can defend every shot if they can slide the paddle quick enough to block the oncoming shot.

Abstract: A tabletop hockey game includes a scoring member configured for affixation to a player's hand. The scoring member includes a transversely curved shooting portion which enables the player to lift the puck above the playing surface for top shelf scoring.

Abstract: A dual-path ramp for pinball games is formed of a single plastic member and has a plurality of entrances from the game playfield and exits back onto the playfield. The geometry of sides of the ramp is such that the ball, as it travels adjacent to one of the sides, is directed into a plurality of patterned grooves in the bottom surface of the ramp, which, in turn, direct the path of the ball back to the sides in a criss-cross pattern. In a second embodiment, ball guides, rather than grooves, are used to cause the ball to follow one side or the other of the ramp instead of criss-crossing back and forth.

Abstract: A collapsible game (10) is disclosed having the rear face (20) of a first panel (14) secured to the back of a box (12) or like product. A second panel (16) is integrally formed and pivotal about the bottom edge (18) of the first panel (14) between a first, abutting position and a second, angular position. The panels (14, 16) are formed of paper stock with the box (12) and the support surface upon which the box (12) is placed providing external support for the panels (14, 16). A goal (48) is simultaneously pivotal with the panels (14, 16) between a first, flat condition intermediate the panels (14, 16) in the first position and a second condition with the goal (48) three dimensionally spaced from the panels (14, 16) in the second position. The goal (48) is integrally formed from a single blank and is planar in the flat condition.

Abstract: A miniaturized pinball machine serving as a funny toy is provided. The pinball machine includes a machine body, a ball-feeding device mounted between a ball-storing room and a ball path for feeding from the room to the path a ball to be propelled by a propelling medium through the path to an inclined board, a striking device striking the ball on the board to delay and/or prevent the ball from falling into the room, and a plurality of springing devices back springing on the board the ball bumping thereagainst.

Abstract: A rolling ball game such as pinball comprises a playfield plus means for launching rolling balls onto the playfield. By this invention, the launching means comprises a station where a ball at rest is positioned for said launching, spring-operated manual plunger means for launching the ball from the station, and an electrically operated arm for launching the ball from the same station. Thus, the same ball can be launched by two alternative means, one of which is manually controlled, but the other of which can be automatically controlled in response to events of the game.

Abstract: An overhead spinner assembly, adapted to be mounted on a game in which a projectile is caused to move about a playing surface, includes a spinner for deflecting the movement of the projectile contacting the same, drive means for rotating the spinner in a plane parallel to and slightly above the game playing surface, and a support for mounting the spinner and the drive on the game with the drive above the game playing surface.

Abstract: A game board comprising a bottom, and a false bottom supported on the bottom by spacers, barriers on the false bottom providing spaces defining entrances to pockets. Pairs of swingable arms swingably supported on the false bottom to project marbles toward another entrance and to guard marbles from entering the spaces between the barriers, whereby marbles passing said arms into said pockets are lost to certain players.

Abstract: A variable position flipper mechanism is disclosed for use with pinball or rolling ball games. The flippers, actuated by solenoid mechanisms, are spaced a selectable distance apart thereby to permit adjustment in the skill level of the game. Spacing of the flipper mechanisms is accomplished by rotating a cam plate which is ratcheted into various positions by a pair of solenoid operators and appropriate linkages. Rotation of the cam plate in a first direction spaces the flippers at their maximum distance, while rotation in the opposite direction moves the flippers to successively closer positions. Optical detection means can be associated with the cam plate to provide position information to a controller associated with the pinall machine.

Abstract: Educational marble board game for facilitating the teaching of arithmetic or other mathematical or related mainly numerical games. Marble launchers fitting upright near corners of a game board, outside a bounded generally horizontal playing surface, store marbles for use by the players. The players move player pieces along a pathway and receive instructions printed on the pathway segments. Released marbles are launched individually or together onto the playing surface, where they come to rest in respective indentations. Underneath each rest position is an answer to a question posed to the player, as by being keyed to the row and column in which the rest position indentation is located or alternatively printed directly on the playing surface alongside the marble rest position. Players are rewarded for correct answers, penalized for incorrect ones, or both, and optionally also by chance, with simulated money.

Abstract: In the tennis game board, each of the racket-supporting bodies that are reciprocally movable along each end of the base board is provided with a ball delivery member, which directly feeds the ball onto the board surface as if the ball was served by one of the racket-supporting bodies. After this, the ball on the board surface of the base board is hit alternately by the opposedly disposed racket-supporting bodies, thus enabling the game like tennis to be performed.

Abstract: A ball game device with a striking disk. The ball is located on a table-top playing surface which slopes and is enclosed on all sides by edge members, and is made to roll by means of the striking disk and comes in contact with a further arrangement of balls, which are held in specific tracks by guide rails and can be arranged on a higher plane.

Abstract: A flipper for use in pinball-type games has a plurality of grooves disposed on its top surface to permit the player to predetermine and control the path of the ball. When the ball is aligned with one of the grooves and the flipper is activated, the ball is propelled along the path indicated by the groove. The flipper is at least 31/8 inches in length and its impact surface is 1-1/16 inches high. The impact surface is substantially perpendicular to the playfield.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for enabling two or four people to play a competitive game involving skillful manipulative control of a ball on a horizontal game surface. The apparatus comprises a flat playing surface of substantially square perimeter supported by four legs adapted to maintain the playing surface at table height. A retaining wall is associated with each side of said perimeter, and at least one ball-receiving goal is associated with each retaining wall. An elongated sliding guide is positioned parallel to each retaining wall, and a paddle slidably engages each guide. The paddle, having a flat striking portion disposed below the sliding guide, and an elongated handle portion extending above the guide, can be rotated about the handle portion and pivoted about the guide. The striking portion of the paddle is utilized to hit a playing ball having the general characteristics of a table tennis ball.

Abstract: A toy has a base having an opening therein which is capable of receiving one of a plurality of game modules. The modules are attached to the base by sliding the modules into the opening in the base. The modules each contain a game, with the game of each being different from the others. Each of the modules include at least one or more objects located therein which are moved in playing the particular game associated with the particular module. The base has first and second activation buttons which are connected via linking members to object strikers which are located in the modules. A single player playing against himself, or two players, can compete by controlling their appropriate buttons to activate the strikers under their control to attempt to move the objects within the game modules.

Abstract: A toy car collision set (10) in which children attempt to crash nonsteerable unpowered cars (28, 30) at an intersection (12) when travelling in either the forward or reverse directions. The set includes at least two sets of tracks (14, 16, 22, 24) connected together at the intersection (12). A launcher (18, 20) is connected at one end of each of the tracks, and includes a piston assembly (34, 38) having a 5 to 1 compression ratio to be easily operated by a child hitting or pushing the top of the launcher. At the other end of each of the tracks, an elastic return means (26, 27) returns the launched cars along their respective tracks, if the car has not crashed at the intersection. The return means includes an elastic strip (52) stretched across the track to rebound a car striking the strip back along the direction in which it came to either strike another vehicle, at the intersection, or to be returned to the launcher for another launch.

Abstract: A pinball game includes a playfield board on which a pinball rolls for engagement with targets carried by the board. A shooter mechanism projects the pinball into rolling engagement along the board in a predetermined path against a rebound device which is manually rotatable to change the direction in which the ball rebounds therefrom for directing the ball at the targets.

Abstract: A game in which play elements are immersed in liquid within a transparent cell contained in a cartridge insertable in an optical viewer or projector. The play elements have a specific gravity which is either slightly higher or lower than that of the liquid whereby the elements normally sink to the bottom of the cell or rise to the top thereof. The cartridge is provided with an external actuator which when manipulated by a player causes the play elements to move towards targets or other goals, this activity being viewable by the player on a screen.

Abstract: A toy that includes a housing having at least one object which is movably located in the housing. Also located in the housing is an object moving member which is a composite of two sections. The sections of this moving member are each individually movable with respect to one another and each independently movable with respect to the housing. This individual movement of the sections allows them to move into a cooperative position with respect to one another. When the sections are located in the cooperative position and maintained in the cooperative position by coordinating the individual movements of the sections, it is possible to locate the object on the object moving member and move the object from a first point in the housing to a second point in the housing.

Abstract: A game of the type having a playing surface enclosed in a housing and including a launching mechanism for propelling an object across the playing surface is improved by locating a target on the playing surface distal from the object launcher and interspacing between the target and the object launcher an interference member. The game includes an actuation device which continually moves the interference member reciprocally back and forth in the path of the object. The interference member is capable of assuming at least one position wherein it can interfere with the movement of the object and at least one position wherein it does not interfere with movement of the object rendering it possible for the object to travel from the object launcher to the target.The interference member includes a first sliding member having a plurality of projections which move through channels in the playing surface as the first sliding member slides in the housing.

Abstract: A game machine which can be played by two or more players includes an elongated box-like housing in which a game ball can be inserted, the housing including elongated side members with transparent windows therein and opposed end members with openings in their upper portions through which the game ball can be projected, the housing also including two projector elements in respective opposite ends thereof which are capable of utilization by competing players to project the game ball towards the opposite end member, and at least two activator elements in the housing between the two projector elements which are capable of utilization by competing players to contact and move a game ball in the desired fashion. A flooring structure inside the housing forms a contoured playing deck surface above the bottom of the housing and provides multiple, uniform and equally spaced-apart spaces which extend from one end member of the housing to the other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toy for playing a ball-hitting game.

Abstract: This invention relates to a game board whereby a mimic tennis game can be played. Two animated racket-supporting bodies disposed opposedly to each other across a play board are moved alternately so as to catch a ball which comes rolling on the board surface toward either side of the board where said racket-supporting body is disposed, and when the racket carried by the racket-supporting body on one side catches the ball and the racket is accordingly displaced, the racket driving mechanism provided in the racket-supporting body is operated to drive the racket so that it will automatically hit the ball. After hitting of the ball by the racket, the racket driving mechanism is inactivated. As the animated bodies are moved across the play board, a pinion gear meshes with a rack gear and ultimately a spring is wound up to accumulate power for driving the simulated tennis ball. Each time a ball is hit, a bell rings.

Abstract: A game includes a playing field that in the preferred embodiment may be concave toward a goal in the form of a central aperture. A playing object such as, in the preferred embodiment, a ball is included with the game and the object of the game is to move the ball into the goal. At least one player actuated paddle member is pivotally mounted on the playing field and may be manually actuated by the hand of a player of the game to engage the playing object in an attempt to direct it into the goal. The playing field is positioned on a base and supported thereabove to allow the hand of the player to grasp a handle depending from the peddle member through and beneath the playing field. The playing field preferably includes a surrounding or peripheral rim on which a scoring device for recording the score of the player is mounted.

Abstract: A shooter board game includes a board member having an upper planar surface, a pair of upright sides, and one upright end, wherein a target area is disposed on the upper surface adjacent the one upright end thereof. A shooter assembly is positioned off of the board member at the other end thereof, wherein one of a plurality of playing pieces is shot from the shooter assembly at the target area. The shooter assembly is allignable with the marginal edge of the board adjacent the other end to increase the accuracy of aiming the playing pieces. A pair of scoring tracks are included for monitoring the progress of the game by each player.

Abstract: A simulated soccer game comprising a base member having a playing surface thereon, a plurality of playing elements, each of the elements having an object striking portion and a device positioned above and supported by the base member for independently mounting each of the playing elements for pivotal movement about a point so that the striking portion of the playing element is movable radially in any direction from a longitudinal axis extending from said point and being generally perpendicular to the playing surface.

Abstract: Apparatus suitable for use as a game or as a device for demonstrating the laws of probability comprises a container, apparatus for ejecting a ball into the container, structure generally closing the bottom of the container but provided with a plurality of openings each of diameter greater than the diameter of the ball, receiving apparatus for receiving a ball passing through any one of the openings, structure dividing the receiving means into a plurality of zones corresponding in number to the plurality of openings and respective structure for conducting a ball passing through a respective one of the openings to a respective one of the zones.

Abstract: A skill type game which includes two opposed playing areas, a centrally located target arrangement and a projector device provided in each of the playing areas. The projector devices are slidable from side to side and rotatable for selective alignment with a plurality of projectiles or balls which are arranged in a corresponding plurality of projectile receiver slots. The projector device includes a slidable, rotatable shaft manipulated by a handle portion. The projector device further includes a human figure-shaped kicker member carried by the shaft with a foot portion of the kicker member contacting the projectiles. The target arrangement includes a purality of projectile target areas or goals each of which is adapted to retain a properly launched projectile from either playing area. The projectile target areas also provide for dislodgement of a retained projectile upon a predetermined contact from another projectile from either playing area.

Abstract: A pool-type game apparatus which includes a base structure having a playing surface over which play balls or the like may be propelled. Bumper rails substantially surround the playing surface and at least one ball receiving pocket is disposed at a playing position on the playing surface. A cue ball and a cue ball propelling device is provided for rolling the cue ball over the playing surface away from the ball propelling device into contact with other play balls or the rails. Position indicating indicia is provided on the playing surface for selective positioning of the play balls. A set of play cards are provided having indicating indicia thereon correlated to the position indicating indicia for dictating a particular shot of the cue ball from the propelling device in an attempt to strike other balls, rails, or the like, in order to propel a play ball into said pocket in accordance with the dictations of a particular play card.

Abstract: A competitive action playing game with a shiftable ball-type playing piece. The playing game comprises a game board having a pair of oppositely spaced player ends with a frame peripherally surrounding the game board. The game board is provided with a plurality of rows of playing piece receiving recesses. The rows extend from end to end and there are a plurality of the recesses in each of the rows. A plurality of first and second actuating members are located at the respective first and second player ends with each one of the actuating members associated with a particular one of the rows. An individual first playing piece projecting element is located at each recess in each of the rows and like second projecting elements are located at each recess in each of the rows and the projecting elements in any one row are simultaneously operable by the first or second actuating member associated with that row.

Abstract: A competitive action game includes a generally horizontal playing surface mounted below a parallel cover sheet of resilient, transparent material. A plurality of deformable support columns flexibly maintain the cover at a preselected distance above the playing surface. The support columns may be deformed upon manual compression by a player to flex the surrounding portion of the cover toward the playing surface thus reducing the distance therebetween. The game apparatus includes a rolling supported playing object for positioning between the playing surface and the cover member such that, upon compression of a support column, the reduction of the space between the playing surface and the cover forces the playing object generally away from the point of pressure and in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A preschool toy amusement arcade which includes a base frame having a plurality of amusement arcade games thereon. Each of the amusement games are designed so that they are self-contained and include no loose parts. In each of the games, a moving part is tied to some part of the arcade by a flexible connector, or otherwise a moving part is contained within a completely enclosed housing. Thus, the amusement arcade may contain all game features where the moving part is located in an enclosed housing. Otherwise, the arcade may contain one or more game features where the moving part is connected to the arcade by a flexible connector. Game features which utilize a moving part connected to the game by a flexible connector may adopt the form of a simulated gun range where a simulated gun issues a projectile toward a target member located to be contacted by the projectile.

Abstract: A multiple-game game board having a plurality of locations, markers movable to each of the locations, progress in each game being indicated by advancing a marker through a plurality of locations, and selecting means for determining the next location to which a marker is to be moved, the selecting means including golf putting apparatus including a plurality of holes arranged so that a ball must fall into one of the holes, and programming means for selectively setting the value of each of the plurality of holes, the setting of the programming means being determined by the location of the markers on the game board.

Abstract: A skill-type game device is provided for use in combination with a board game or the like to introduce a significant element of manual skill into a game which may otherwise be mostly a chance game. The skill device includes an undulated track along which a roller, such as a ball, can be propelled by a player. The track has a number of alternate hills and valleys along the length thereof and each of the valleys is awarded a different score, the player being awarded the score of the valley in which his ball comes to rest. The board game is provided for play by a plurality of players and in which the undulated track is mounted on a supporting game board. A stack of play directing cards is provided from which each player, in his turn, selects the top card. The card directs the player whether to use the skill device or take some other action such as collecting money from a bank or selecting other reward cards provided in the game.

Abstract: A competitive action game apparatus including a game board having a playing surface thereon. The playing surface has a high section intermediate each of a pair of opposed player ends and extends downwardly toward each of such player ends. A goal area is located at each of the opposed player ends. A rebound frame surrounds the playing surface except at the goal areas to retain a playing piece in the form of a ball on the surface. The playing surface is generally solid and continuous and uninterrupted between each of the goal areas. Manually shiftable support members are located in front of each of the goal areas and are capable of being shifted transversely in a direction substantially perpendicular to a line extending between the opposed playing ends. A pair of actuable striker elements, which may adopt the form of flippers, are disposed on each of the support members, and are manually actuated by means on the support members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a game and gameboard apparatus wherein the game is played by directing a marble or similar projectile across a gameboard in a generally straight line path and wherein one or more players stationed along the gameboard attempt to strike and intercept the marble (target projectile) as the same moves across the playing board. To provide for the opportunity of interception, the gameboard of the preferred embodiment comprises a series of longitudinally spaced shooting or intercepting stations with a respective player stationed at each station. In a typical type of game, the respective players stationed along the gameboard attempt to intercept a passing target projectile as the same moves along a normal straight line course across the board.