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US3123360A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrically operated football game

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Granted: 1964-03-03
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Expires: 1981-03-03
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Abstract

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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 12:23
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F7/00; A63F7/06; A63F7/068

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 200 words
A FOOTBALL GAME INCLUDING A NON-MAGNETIC OPAQUE TOP PANEL, A ROTATABLE MEMBER MOUNTED THEREBELOW TO DEFINE THEREWITH A VERTICAL GAP, A MULTIPLICITY OF CONNECTOR MEMBERS DISPOSED IN SAID GAP FOR ROTATION IN COMMON WITH SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER AND IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE NETHER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL, EACH SAID CONNECTOR BEING BOTH ELECTRICALLY AND MAGNETICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF A NORMALLY OPEN SERIES CIRCUIT INCLUDING A BATTERY AND INDICATING MEANS, AND A PLAYER PIECE MOVABLE ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL AND PROVIDING A MAGNETIC FIELD EXTENDING NORMALLY THERETHROUGH AND THEREBELOW, EACH OF SAID CONNECTORS BEING MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND BEING ACTUABLE FOR SUCH MOVEMENT BY SAID PLAYER PIECE WHEN APPROXIMATELY VERTICALLY ALIGNED THEREBELOW TO BRING SAID CONNECTOR INTO CONTACT WITH SAID NETHER SURFACE, AT LEAST THE NETHER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL BEING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID SERIES CIRCUIT TO CLOSE THE SAME THROUGH THE ACTUATED CONNECTOR, SAID BATTERY AND SAID INDICATING MEANS, AND SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER INCLUDING A PORTION ACCESSIBLE TO ONE OF THE HUMAN PARTICIPANTS FOR ROTATING SAID MEMBER AND THEREBY REPOSITIONING SAID CONNECTORS WITH RESPECT TO SAID TOP PANEL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 200 words
A FOOTBALL GAME INCLUDING A NON-MAGNETIC OPAQUE TOP PANEL, A ROTATABLE MEMBER MOUNTED THEREBELOW TO DEFINE THEREWITH A VERTICAL GAP, A MULTIPLICITY OF CONNECTOR MEMBERS DISPOSED IN SAID GAP FOR ROTATION IN COMMON WITH SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER AND IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE NETHER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL, EACH SAID CONNECTOR BEING BOTH ELECTRICALLY AND MAGNETICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF A NORMALLY OPEN SERIES CIRCUIT INCLUDING A BATTERY AND INDICATING MEANS, AND A PLAYER PIECE MOVABLE ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL AND PROVIDING A MAGNETIC FIELD EXTENDING NORMALLY THERETHROUGH AND THEREBELOW, EACH OF SAID CONNECTORS BEING MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND BEING ACTUABLE FOR SUCH MOVEMENT BY SAID PLAYER PIECE WHEN APPROXIMATELY VERTICALLY ALIGNED THEREBELOW TO BRING SAID CONNECTOR INTO CONTACT WITH SAID NETHER SURFACE, AT LEAST THE NETHER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL BEING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID SERIES CIRCUIT TO CLOSE THE SAME THROUGH THE ACTUATED CONNECTOR, SAID BATTERY AND SAID INDICATING MEANS, AND SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER INCLUDING A PORTION ACCESSIBLE TO ONE OF THE HUMAN PARTICIPANTS FOR ROTATING SAID MEMBER AND THEREBY REPOSITIONING SAID CONNECTORS WITH RESPECT TO SAID TOP PANEL.

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