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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Wichman, Glendora, CA (US);
Edward M Troup, deceased, late of Mount Baldy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Discovery Toys, Inc., Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446168 ; 273 / ;
Abstract
A marble race game includes a number of different, interconnected marble race toys so that a marble passes from the exit of one to the entrance of another, downstream race toy. All the toys keep the marble moving fast enough along their paths to be visually appealing and yet increase the time it takes to course the toy paths compared with conventional marble race toys. Several different marble race toys are used, including a funnel toy, a zig-zag toy, a J-loop toy, a paddle wheel toy, a serpentine toy and a pin deflect toy.