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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:
Jul. 24, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Irwin J Grabel, Elmwood Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Williams Electronics Games, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2731 / ;
Abstract
A drop target for a pinball game has a target member movable between raised and lowered positions and general intermediate positions. A solenoid mechanism is employed to reset the display target to its raised position. Optional detectors permit tracking of the position of the target so that appropriate scoring procedures can be implemented.