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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1975
Julius Cooper, New Hyde Park, NY (US);
Ideal Toy Corporation, Hollis, NY (US);
Abstract
The game consists of a frame having a plurality of ramps, directed towards a central common station or well, along which balls are rolled in a simulated race to discharge a scoring chute connected to the common central station; the sequence in which the balls enter the scoring chute determines a score for each player. In one embodiment of the invention a marker ball is deposited at the central station, independently of the game balls rolling along the ramps, so that it also enters the discharge chute. The marker ball is used to differentiate between game balls which enter the discharge chute before and after the marker ball. Those balls entering the chute before the marker ball obtain 'plus' scores while those entering the discharge chute after the marker ball obtain 'minus' scores.