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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 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 pinball machine includes a game cabinet supporting a playfield having a target and ramp assembly mounted to the playfield. The target and ramp assembly includes a carriage rotatably mountable to the playfield and an actuator operatively coupled to the carriage for rotating the carriage about a rotating axis between a first position and a second position. A target assembly is mounted to a portion of a periphery of the carriage and a ball path, such as a ramp is defined by at least one upstanding wall extending perpendicular from the carriage. In the first position, the target assembly is in a first location relative to the playfield and In the second position, the ball path is in the first location and the target assembly is in a second location relative to the playfield.