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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2023
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Keith Elwin, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
J. Harrison Drake, Jr., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Richard J. Naegele, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
A collapsible ramp assembly for use with a pinball machine having a playfield and a ball which moves across a surface of the playfield. The collapsible ramp assembly includes a base mountable to the surface of the playfield, a first ramp portion pivotally coupled to the base and including a first ramp surface, a second ramp portion pivotally coupled to the base and comprising a second ramp surface, a slidable shaft pivotally couplable to the first ramp portion and having a longitudinal axis extending through the playfield and being movable between a first position and a second position along the longitudinal axis, a rigid link pivotally coupled to both the first ramp portion and the second ramp portion, and an actuator coupled to the slidable shaft to move the slidable shaft between the first position and the second position.