Industrial Design Electronic Associates, Inc.

Kidde Recreation Products, Inc.

Kidde Recreational Products Inc.

Robert J Brejcha

Donald P DeVale

Edward K Miguel

Richard B Shelton

Leonard J Kubacki

Bruce D Allen

Robert W Van Naarden

Gregory W Lantz

Ullrich K Kunnecke

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 to prevent passage of the object balls into the compartment. The operation of the gate is controlled by a latch which is movable between a first position in which it latches the gate in ball-blocking position and a second position in which it enables balls to pass the gate. The position of the latch is responsive to operation of a latch driving motor.

Ball return control apparatus

A dart game target having a base on which is assembled a plurality of individual, relatively movable target members separated from one another by a frame having thin ribs interposed between adjacent members. The target members are yieldably biased in a direction away from the base. Movement of the members in a direction away from the base is limited by laterally extending projections carried by the target members which underlie the inner surfaces of the ribs. The arrangement is such that no part of any rib overlies any exposed part of any target member. Warping of the frame or of the base is compensated for by protrusions on selected ones of the ribs which extend in a direction toward the base.

Dart game target construction

A double bullseye for a dart game which can be electronically scored when hit by a dart wherein the outer bullseye comprises a concentric moveable segment and the inner bullseye comprises a cylindrical member received in a central guide opening of the outer segment and wherein the inner segment is formed with a shoulder which limits the outward motion of the inner bullseye. Both the inner and the outer bullseyes are formed with feet portions which are engageable with electronic pressure sensitive switches so as to record hits by a dart in the respective segments.

Double bullseye for dart game

A novel dart game which allows one or more players to participate and which has a dart board mounted over a matrix switch and with segments to actuate the matrix switch when struck by a dart thrown by a player and which uses a first microcomputer to scan the matrix switch to detect where the dart struck the dart board and a second microcomputer which performs numerous functions such as totalizing the score for each player, actuating indicators which inform the players of the conditions and score of the game for each player. The novel dart board is formed with movable segments which are guided by guide ribs so as to provide smooth and accurate response of the segments to darts received on the board.

Dart game with two microcomputers

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St. Charles, IL, United States of America

Robert J Brejcha