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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
David Rossi, Newton, NJ (US);
Michael Nally, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Seth Hochberg, Morristown, NJ (US);
Sportcraft, Ltd., Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Abstract
A soccer game table comprising; a game surface having an opening therein and a plunger provided in the game surface opening, the plunger being adapted to release a game ball onto the game surface as a result of a vertical displacement of the plunger, and wherein the plunger comprises; a cylindrical cup extending into said game surface opening, the cup having an upper opening, a lower end wall, and a lower end wall bore; a piston adapted to be pushed into a depressed position in said cup, the piston including an upper surface adapted to slide within the cup, and including a stem adapted to slide through the cup lower end wall bore; a way of biasing the piston towards the cup upper opening; and a way for selectively retaining the piston in the depressed position.