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US5124683A
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Bingo flasher apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-05-14
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Granted: 1992-06-23
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Expires: 2011-05-14
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus arranged for securement to a chair member or alternatively as a mobile unit mounted on wheels, wherein the organization includes an indicator bulb selectively operated through a switch and a counter, whereupon an individual providing indication of "win" in a bingo game tuns on a switch to illuminate the associated bulb with the counter arranged for indicating which game is a "winning" game.
Inventors
- 👤 Roberta M. Brunner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 04:27
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
297 words
A bingo flasher apparatus, comprising in combination, an elongate coaxially aligned housing, wherein the housing includes a front wall spaced from and parallel a rear wall, the housing further includes a first side wall spaced from and parallel a second side wall, the front wall and the rear wall are each defined by a first length, and the first side wall and the second wall defined by a second length, wherein the second length is less than the first length, the front wall includes a front wall bifurcated extension leg, the rear wall includes a rear wall extension, wherein the rear wall extension is arranged parallel to the front wall bifurcated extension leg to define a slot therebetween, the rear wall includes an externally threaded screw rod orthogonally and threadedly directed through the rear wall extension leg, the externally threaded screw rod includes a foot plate positioned within the slot at a forward terminal end of the screw rod, a head member positioned exteriorly of the slot at a rear terminal end of the screw rod, the front wall includes as on/off switch, wherein said first side wall includes a battery chamber, with the battery chamber including a battery door plate hingedly mounted to the first side wall, and a battery mounted within the chamber, the housing including a top wall, and an illumination bulb mounted to the top wall, wherein the switch is in electrical communication with the battery and the illumination bulb to effect selective illumination of the illumination bulb, and wherein the front wall includes a game counter housing, the game counter housing includes a window directed through the game counter housing, and a rotary dial projecting exteriorly of the game counter housing for effecting selective positioning of a predetermined digit within the window.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
297 words
A bingo flasher apparatus, comprising in combination, an elongate coaxially aligned housing, wherein the housing includes a front wall spaced from and parallel a rear wall, the housing further includes a first side wall spaced from and parallel a second side wall, the front wall and the rear wall are each defined by a first length, and the first side wall and the second wall defined by a second length, wherein the second length is less than the first length, the front wall includes a front wall bifurcated extension leg, the rear wall includes a rear wall extension, wherein the rear wall extension is arranged parallel to the front wall bifurcated extension leg to define a slot therebetween, the rear wall includes an externally threaded screw rod orthogonally and threadedly directed through the rear wall extension leg, the externally threaded screw rod includes a foot plate positioned within the slot at a forward terminal end of the screw rod, a head member positioned exteriorly of the slot at a rear terminal end of the screw rod, the front wall includes as on/off switch, wherein said first side wall includes a battery chamber, with the battery chamber including a battery door plate hingedly mounted to the first side wall, and a battery mounted within the chamber, the housing including a top wall, and an illumination bulb mounted to the top wall, wherein the switch is in electrical communication with the battery and the illumination bulb to effect selective illumination of the illumination bulb, and wherein the front wall includes a game counter housing, the game counter housing includes a window directed through the game counter housing, and a rotary dial projecting exteriorly of the game counter housing for effecting selective positioning of a predetermined digit within the window.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
228 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further including a mobile support housing, and the elongate coaxially aligned housing is selectively securable and coaxially aligned with the mobile support housing when the elongate coaxially aligned housing is secured to the mobile support housing, and the mobile support housing including a top wall, the top wall including a mobile support housing shaft, the shaft complementarily received within the slot defined between the rear wall extension leg and the front wall bifurcated extension leg, and the mobile support housing including a mobile support housing front wall, the mobile support housing front wall includes a support leg, the support leg pivotally mounted to the mobile support housing front wall at a first terminal end of the support leg, and the mobile support housing front wall includes a "U" shaped spring clip mounted to the mobile support housing front wall below the mobile support housing top wall, and the support leg selectively securable to the "U" shaped spring clip in a first position and pivoted outwardly of the "U" shaped spring clip to a second position, and the mobile support housing including a mobile support housing floor, and an axle shaft directed orthogonally through the mobile support housing adjacent a lower terminal end of the support housing, and the axle including a rotary wheel mounted at each end of the axle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
138 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 further including a bingo chip top slot projected through the mobile support housing front wall positioned below the "U" shaped spring clip, and a bottom bingo chip slot positioned below the top bingo chip slot and above the first terminal end of the support leg pivotally mounted to the mobile support housing front wall, and the chute intercommunicating the top bingo chip slot with a bottom bingo chip slot, wherein the chute is contained within the mobile support housing, and a lower tray, the lower tray aligned with the bottom bingo chip slot, and the tray including a medially positioned tray slot directed through a forward edge of the lower tray orthogonally oriented relative to the mobile support housing front wall to receive the support leg in the first position.
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