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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey W. Bazarko, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/28 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/30 (2006.01); A63H 11/04 (2006.01); A63F 9/00 (2006.01); A63H 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 11/00 (2013.01); A63F 9/30 (2013.01); A63F 9/0096 (2013.01); A63F 9/28 (2013.01); A63F 2250/1063 (2013.01); A63F 2250/1073 (2013.01); A63F 2250/128 (2013.01); A63H 1/30 (2013.01); A63H 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A timer mechanism for a game is disclosed herein. The timer mechanism including: an end portion; an object secured to the end portion by a retractable member capable of being extracted from the object and retracted into the object by a winding mechanism; and an indicator mechanism located at the end portion for indicating when the object has come into proximity with the end portion and has contacted a portion of the indicator mechanism through retraction of the retractable member into the object by the winding mechanism.