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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gordon Barlow, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fundex Games, Ltd., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ; A63D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2733171 ; 473 14 ; 473496 ; 473116 ; 2731081 ; 273407 ; 2731 / ; 2733173 ; 273396 ;
Abstract
A table tennis assembly which includes (i) a net, (ii) a lower playing surface positioned on a first side of the net, and (iii) an upper playing surface positioned on a second side of the net. The upper playing surface is oriented in relation to the net and the lower playing surface such that a ping pong ball rolling on the upper playing surface toward the lower playing surface will be directed (i) over the net and (ii) onto the lower playing surface after the ping pong ball rolls off of the upper playing surface. The table tennis assembly also includes a return surface which extends upwardly from a first rear edge of the upper playing surface.