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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Hamano, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichiro Sagawa, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273447 ;
Abstract
A prize catching game machine having a table; a prize catcher for catching a prize carried on the table and transferring the prize which has been caught to a predetermined position and releasing the prize at the position; and a prize receiver movable between a first position and a second position for changing a receiving area to receive the released prize. The relative predetermined position at which the prize is released is set such that the position from the top view is in the receiving area of the prize receiver at least at one point between the first and second positions.