Obstacle toy

Claim 1

In an obstacle toy having a plurality of superposed compartments separated by barriers and at least one object to be moved successively down through said compartments, the improvement comprising: a. each of said barriers having generally flat and parallel upper and lower walls spaced apart by more than the vertical height of said object; b. said upper walls having an upper portal that said object can roll into, and said lower walls having a lower portal that said object can drop down through; c. movable shutters mounted between said upper and lower walls to block the path of said object between said upper and lower portals; d. said shutters having a recess shaped to receive said object; e. said shutters being configured so said toy is invertible and operable in either upright orientation with either of said barrier walls serving as a floor that said objects can roll about on; f. said shutters being arranged for moving said recess between registry with said portals so that said object received through said upper portal can fall into said recess and be moved between said barrier walls to drop through said lower portal; g. said shutters being different from each other to require a different manual shutter movement at each barrier; and h. said shutters having manually grippable extensions shaped to facilitate the respective shutter movement.