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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1993
Yasushi Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomy Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An amusement device has a movable body, a game board and a jumping mechanism. The game board has a surface large enough to accommodate movement of the moveable body in a plane of movement, which surface has first and second play areas. The jumping mechanism moves the movable body out of the plane of movement and also moves the movable body from the first play area to the second play area. The jumping mechanism includes a conical member, a sloped movable body passage and a movement mechanism. The conical member extends out of the game board and has upper and lower portions. The conical member is positioned within the first play area with the lower portion being closer to the game board than the upper portion. The conical member has a movable body outlet in the upper portion and a movable body inlet in the lower portion. The movable body passage has first and second ends with the first end being positioned in the vicinity of the movable body outlet and the second end being positioned in the vicinity of the second play area. The movement mechanism moves the movable body from the movable body inlet to the movable body outlet.