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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sming Huang, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Alpha Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 7/02 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a pinball machine having downward and side sloping playing field and a plurality of slots at the bottom of the playing field. The slots have sensor which can be selectively activated to detect the presence of a ball so as to register a score. Bumpers are also provided to translate a ball throughout a plurality of locations on the playing field.