US3868112A
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Electrical game
Assignee: Electronic Data Controls Corp
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Filing: 1971-02-04
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Granted: 1975-02-25
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Expires: 1991-02-04
Abstract
Abstract An electrical game having a board including a representation of an athletic field adjacent to a grid which represents the results of a plurality of athletic plays and which includes a first coordinate representing said plurality of athletic plays and a second coordinate having a plurality of indicator number. A light bar having a plurality of bulbs mounted thereon may be movably oriented or fixed with respect to said grid and may be selectively coupled in circuit relationship with offensive and defensive play result selection switches, the activation of which determines which of the bulbs is illuminated. In the fixed bar embodiment, by first selecting one of said plurality of athletic plays in said first coordinate and by activating one offensive and one defensive play result selection switch, one of the indicator numbers is selected so that the result of the athletic play can be determined by reading the grid at the coodinates as determined by the play selection and the selection of one of said indicator numbers. In the movable bar embodiment the light bar is mounted beneath the grid and may have an indicator which is viewable from the side of the game and can be aligned with the selected play. The bar is mounted on a pair of paralled guide rods. One rod is rotatable and has knobs fixed at its opposite ends. A cord is connected by its opposite ends on opposite sides of the bar and is looped around the knobs so that rotation of either knob will cause the bar to move along the rods.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles W Avera
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 05:47
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00643; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00028
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
345 words
A game comprising: support means, grid means mounted on said support means for representing a plurality of results of a plurality of acts on an athletic playing area and having a plurality of result areas each having indicia disclosing a result, the location of each said result area being defined by a first coordinate representing one of a plurality of alternative acts and by a second coordinate representing one of a plurality of alternative results to said one act, a plurality of light sources including a plurality of bulbs, means mounting all of said bulbs in a straight line beneath said grid means, said mounting means being movably oriented beneath said grid means so that said mounting means and said sources are selectively movable along a path such that said sources pass beneath each of said result areas having said second coordinate so that an act can be chosen by moving all of said light producing sources beneath the result areas having the first coordinate representing that act, said mounting means including a frame for holding said bulbs, first and second substantially parallel fixed rods attached to said frame so that said frame can move along said rods with each bulb moving along a path roughly beneath said grid such that the result areas beneath which each said bulb move have the same second coordinate, first and second knobs connected to opposite ends of one of said rods for rotating that rod and each extending out of said housing for manual rotation, and a cord connected at both ends to opposite sides of said frame and looped about each of said knobs so that rotation of either of said knobs causes said frame to move along said robs, and play result selection means connected to said plurality of light sources for causing, in response to manual operation, one of said light sources to produce light and cause the result area above it to appear different from the other result area so that the indicia on that result area indicate the result of the chosen art.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
345 words
A game comprising: support means, grid means mounted on said support means for representing a plurality of results of a plurality of acts on an athletic playing area and having a plurality of result areas each having indicia disclosing a result, the location of each said result area being defined by a first coordinate representing one of a plurality of alternative acts and by a second coordinate representing one of a plurality of alternative results to said one act, a plurality of light sources including a plurality of bulbs, means mounting all of said bulbs in a straight line beneath said grid means, said mounting means being movably oriented beneath said grid means so that said mounting means and said sources are selectively movable along a path such that said sources pass beneath each of said result areas having said second coordinate so that an act can be chosen by moving all of said light producing sources beneath the result areas having the first coordinate representing that act, said mounting means including a frame for holding said bulbs, first and second substantially parallel fixed rods attached to said frame so that said frame can move along said rods with each bulb moving along a path roughly beneath said grid such that the result areas beneath which each said bulb move have the same second coordinate, first and second knobs connected to opposite ends of one of said rods for rotating that rod and each extending out of said housing for manual rotation, and a cord connected at both ends to opposite sides of said frame and looped about each of said knobs so that rotation of either of said knobs causes said frame to move along said robs, and play result selection means connected to said plurality of light sources for causing, in response to manual operation, one of said light sources to produce light and cause the result area above it to appear different from the other result area so that the indicia on that result area indicate the result of the chosen art.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A game as in claim 1 wherein said acts are football plays and said athletic playing area is a football field.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A game as in claim 2 further including means mounted on said support means for representing said footbaLl field.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A game as in claim 1 wherein said grid means is generally transparent to light and said indicia are generally opaque to light.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A game as in claim 1 including means for indicating the position of said mounting means and hence the act chosen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A game as in claim 1 further including indicator means attached to said light source for movement with said light source and extending out of said housing for indicating the chosen act.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A game as in claim 6 wherein said housing has a slot running along a side thereof and said indicator means extends through said slot so that said indicator means is not normally visible to the players operating said play result selection means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
219 words
A game as in claim 1 wherein said play result selection means includes a D.C. source, a first group of switches connected to said source, a second group of switches connected to said source, a third group of switches connected to said source, a fourth group of switches connected to said source, means connecting each switch of said first group to a different plurality of said light source so that each light source is connected to one of said switches of said first group, means connecting each switch of said second group to the same light sources as a corresponding switch in said first group, means connecting each switch of said third group to a plurality of different light sources so that each switch of said first group and each switch of said third group both connect to only one common light source and means connecting each switch of said fourth group to the same light source as a corresponding switch in said third group so that closing one of said switches in said first group and one of said switches in said third group or one of said switches in said second group and one of said switches in said fourth group completes a current path from said source through one, and only one, of said light sources.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-02-24 | 1982-08-26 | 1983-02-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-02-24 | 1986-08-26 | 1987-02-25 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |