The Quaker Oats Company

Robert D Shilen

Robert F Rosnak

Robert L Brown

Apparatus for propelling an object along a surface only when the apparatus is positioned closely adjacent the surface and for inhibiting the object from being propelled when the apparatus is lifted from the surface, includes a magazine for holding a plurality of objects, means for releasing an object from the magazine into a launching position supported on the surface, and hammer means for propelling the object along the surface.

Marble shooting toy

An action target for a marble game includes a base supportable on a playing surface, for dividing the playing surface into two playing areas, a movable arm pivotally mounted to the base and swingable between positions in each of the two playing areas, a target on the arm extending laterally therefrom into each of the two playing areas when the arm is aligned with the base, and an indicator responsive to movement of the arm past a preselected point in each of the two playing areas for signalling a victory by one player.

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Tonawanda, NY, United States of America

Robert D Shilen