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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Keith Elwin, Park Ridge, IL (US);
John Harrison Drake, Jr., Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
A target assembly includes a target post mounted to an underside of a playfield and sized to extend through an opening in the playfield. A centering device is mounted to the target post between a first end of the target post and a second end of the target post and a centering plate secures the target post to the underside of the playfield, wherein the centerplate and the centering device form a fulcrum for the target post to pivot as a lever. Impact of a ball with any portion of the target post, and in any direction, above the playfield causes the target post to pivot about the fulcrum, where a sensing switch senses the target post movement. A biasing element coupled to the centering device biases the target post into a rest position and returns the impacted target lever towards the rest position after impact by the ball.