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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5607155 | Pivoted player-tiltable games table This invention comprises a games apparatus on which a game involving strength, skill and agility is playable by two or more opposing players who, in playing the game, must struggle against one another as they attempt to score points by directing a playing... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5509655 | Flipped ball game apparatus The present invention includes a ball shooting mechanism for shooting a PACHINKO ball into a play field, a variable display apparatus capable of variably displaying a plural kinds of identification information, and a starting condition determining means f... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5131655 | Flipped ball game apparatus A flipper ball game apparatus includes: a ball shooting mechanism for shooting a ball into a playfield; starting condition determiner for determining satisfaction of game starting conditions satisfied by operation of a start button by a player under such ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5014988 | Poker roll game An amusement/gaming device which provides means for the selective release of game pieces, such as balls, for replay. The amusement/gaming device comprises an array of positions, each position representing a score in a game such as draw poker. Each positio... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5004238 | Ball-shooting game machine In a ball shooting game machine, such as a pachinko game machine having winning holes, controls for permitting the player to obtain winning balls regardless of his skill, wherein the controls effect a first state disadvantageous to the player and then a s... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4979739 | Ball return control apparatus A pool table having a playing surface with which ball accomodating pockets are associated. Pocketed balls are conveyed by a runway system via a trap toward a compartment at one end of the table that is accessible to a player. The trap has a gate operable ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4735416 | Automatic roulette apparatus A roulette apparatus has a table, a roulette wheel mounted to spin about a vertical axis with respect to the table, the wheel having a plurality of ball receptor cups at the periphery thereof and having a hub portion and a rim portion. The hub and rim por... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4726586 | Pool ball return control apparatus A pool table having a playing surface with which ball accommodating pockets are associated. Pocketed balls are conveyed by a runway system via a trap toward a compartment at one end of the table that is accessible to a player. The trap has a gate magnetic... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4355802 | Billiard table A billiard table having a playing surface, a plurality of pockets associated with the playing surface, ball collecting mechanism below the playing surface for transferring balls entering the pockets into a common channel, circuitry including an electrical... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4269413 | Pinball game A pinball game is provided having two pairs of flippers, each pair being coordinately actuated by the pulling of a spring-biased lever toward the user. A spring-loaded ball projecting mechanism is provided operatively coupled by a ratchet to a ball counti... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4264073 | Game apparatus A game apparatus consisting of a housing with a generally triangular game playing surface. A ball is rolled on the playing surface either manually or by a conventional shooting device. The playing surface has openings and the ball, propelled from the fron... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4130280 | Game apparatus A device for playing a game, such as a simulated golf game, wherein the object is to place a ball in a series of holes in the least number of shots. Playing balls equal in number to a preselected number of players and having electrically conductive surfac... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4017085 | Golf game A golf game is disclosed in which each player uses a standard golf putter for striking a golf ball towards a designated one of three scoring holes provided near one end of a playing surface simulating part of a golf course. Hazard holes which are non-scor... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3986718 | Golf game A coin operated golf type game in which the player strikes a golf ball with a golf club and drives the ball up a ramp to a target area having scoring holes through which the ball may drop. The ball returns along a track system to a ball collection point a... | 10/19/1976 |
