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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1987
Toshio Kobayashi, Chiba, JP;
Ashai Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An action toy game apparatus includes a base, a timer in the base, a plurality of game elements, a game element support assembly, a game element retrieving mechanism and an ejection mechanism. The game element support assembly is receivable on the base for releasably supporting the game elements, and the timer is actuatable for set periods of time for rotating the game element support assembly so that the game elements travel in a substantially circular path which is spaced upwardly from the base. The retrieving mechanism is preferably embodied as an amusing character figure and it is operable for retrieving the game elements from the support assembly, and the ejection mechanism is operative for ejecting the support assembly and any of the game elements thereon upon the expiration of the set period of time as determined by the timer.