Electrically operated game device

Claim 1

A GAME DEVICE, A COMPRISING A BASE, A PAIR OF UPRIGHT SUPPORTS ON SAID BASE, A BARE WIRE EXTENDING ACROSS SAID BASE BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTS, A CONDUCTIVE LOOP ENCIRCLING SAID WIRE AND HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETER LARGER THAN SAID WIRE, LAMPS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORTS FOR ILLUMINATING SAID BASE, WIRE AND LOOP, AN ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY, SIGNAL LAMPS ON SAID BASE, CIRCUIT MEANS ELECTRICALY CONNECTING SAID SIGNAL LAMPS, WIRE, LOOP AND POWER SUPPLY, SAID LOOP ADAPTED TO BE MOVED AXIALLY ALONG SAID WIRE AND THE SIGNAL LAMPS REMAIN UNLIT, AND THE SIGNAL LAMPS ADAPTED TO BE LIT UP CONSECUTIVELY WHEN SAID LOOP IS MOVED LATERALLY TO CONTACT THE WIRE, A PANEL EXTENDING ACROSS SAID BASE BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTS, A GRADUATED SCALE ON SAID PANEL COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID WIRE FOR INDICATING A PLAYER''S SCORE AT ANY POINT WHER THE LOOP CONTACTS THE WIRE WHILE A SIGNAL LAMP LIGHTS UP, AN COIN-ACTUATED PUSHBUTTON SWITCH IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID CIRCUIT MEANS FOR APPLYING VOLTAGE TO SAID WIRE WHEN A COIN DEPRESSES SAID SWITCH, A SOLENOID HAVING A PLUNGER DISPOSED TO DISPLACE SAID COIN FROM THE SWITCH, AND A TIME DELAY RELAY IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID SWITCH AND SOLENOID TO ACTIVATE THE SOLENOID AFTER A PREDETERMINED TIME OF DISPLACING THE COIN FROM THE SWITCH, OPENING THE SWITCH AND CUTTING OFF VOLTAGE FROM SAID WIRE, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL CONNECTED TIME DELAY RELAYS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID SIGNAL LAMPS RESPECTIVELY FOR LIGHTING THE SIGNAL LAMPS WHEN SAID LOOP CONTACTS THE WIRE FOR CERTAIN PREDETERMINED TIMES CORRESPONDING TO THE INHERENT TIME DELAY OF EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF RELAYS.