Baseball game apparatus including movable target panels at which a baseball is thrown by the player

Claim 1

IN AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE, A FIRST PANEL BEARING A SIMULATED REPRESENTATION OF A BATTER AND A FIRST MOVABLE TARGET PANEL REPRESENTATIVE OF A STRIKE ZONE, CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS ADJACENT SAID TARGET PANEL, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TARGET PANEL FOR ACTUATING SAID CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS WHEN SAID TARGET PANEL IS IMPACTED BY A THROWN BALL, A LIGHT INDICATING A HIT CARRIED BY SAID FIRST PANEL ILLUMINATED BY SAID CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS, AN ELECTRIC TIMER, MEANS ENERGIZING SAID TIMER WHEN SAID CIRCUIT IS CLOSED, A PLURALITY OF LIGHTS SIMULATING THE MOVEMENT OF A BASE RUNNER SEQUENTIALLY ILLUMINATED BY SAID TIMER, A SECOND PANEL BEARING A SIMULATED REPRESENTATION OF A FIRST BASEMAN AND A SECOND MOVABLE TARGET PANEL REPRESENTATIVE OF A FIRST BASEMEN''S GLOVE, SECOND CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS ADJACENT SAID SECOND PANEL, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID SECOND CLOSING MEANS WHEN SAID SECOND TARGET PANEL IS IMPACTED, A LIGHT INDICATING AN OUT CARRIED BY SAID SECOND PANEL ILLUMINATED WHEN SAID SECOND TARGET PANEL IS IMPACTED BY A THROWN BALL, AND MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID SECOND CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS FOR DE-ENERGIZING SAID TIMER AND EXTINGUISHING SAID LIGHTS SIMULATING THE MOVEMENT OF A BASE RUNNER, ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS CONNECTING ALL OF SAID LIGHTS AND SAID CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS, AND A SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY FOR SAID CIRCUITS.