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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A Popadiuk, Bartlett, IL (US);
Assignee:
Williams Electronics Games, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2731 / ; 2731 / ;
Abstract
An amusement game includes a number of elements in a cabinet defining pinball play, including a playfield and flippers for propelling a ball onto the playfield. At least one control device operates the flippers and other features of the amusement game. The control device is manually engageable in at least two different fashions for producing at least two types of control signals. One of these types of control signals is for controlling the flippers and another of these types of control signals is for controlling other features of the amusement game.