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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
J. Harrison Drake, Jr., Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
A pinball machine includes an inclined playfield having a pair of lower flippers located near a lower portion of the inclined playfield and at least one upper flipper. A ramp is mounted to the inclined playfield and arranged so that the ball propelled from each of the flippers may enter the ramp and travel the length of the ramp. The ramp includes a ramp surface having a ramp entrance configured to be disposed on the playfield, a ramp main portion, and a ramp exit. a pair of sidewalls is disposed adjacent opposite sides of the ramp surface and the ramp surface has a first width at the ramp entrance, a second width at the ramp exit, and a third width intermediate the ramp entrance and the ramp exit, the third width being greater than the first width and the second width.