IP Library Granted Patent US 10,322,335
Granted Patent B1
US 10,322,335 · App. 15/907,900 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

Finger flick ball game

Inventor: Scott Krieman (Buffalo Grove, IL)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,322,335
App. No.
15/907,900
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

The invention is a game for amusement including a cabinet, a ball and one or more targets wherein the ball can be flicked by a player's finger in an attempt to contact, engage or activate the one or more targets.

Claims (9)

1. A game comprising a cabinet with a plexiglass front, a ping pong ball, a back panel, a cup secured to the back panel and an angled front panel with a ball catch embodied as a hole of a circumference allowing a portion of the ping pong ball to protrude through without exiting the cabinet.

2. The game of claim 1 , further comprising a cord which, when pulled, tips the cup sideways and allows the ping pong ball contained therein to fall downward within the cabinet and into the ball catch.

3. The game of claim 2 , wherein the cord pulls a spring-loaded lever attached to the rear of the cup, which lever tips the cup, and upon release of the cord, the spring returns each of the lever and the cup to its original position.

4. The game of claim 1 , wherein a cord protrudes through the angled front panel, extends upward behind the back panel and attaches to a lever behind the back panel and the lever is attached to the cup with a bolt running through the back panel such that a pull on the cord depresses the lever, rotates the bolt, and tips the cup.

5. The game of claim 1 , wherein a rear panel is angled toward the user, further comprising left and right catch panels and slides, combining to funnel a descending ball towards the ball catch.

6. The game of claim 1 , wherein the cup is overlaid by an attached, decorative plate.

7. The game of claim 5 , wherein a front panel without an angle is provided, and the ball catch is instead located in a bottom panel arranged between the left and right catch panels.

8. The game of claim 1 , further comprising wherein a back plate is secured to the rear of the back panel between a lever and the back panel.

9. A method of playing the game of claim 1 , wherein the player flicks the ball resting in the ball catch upward until the ping pong ball lands in the cup.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2018
From: KRIEMAN, SCOTT
To: KRIECO INDUSTRIES LLC
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Cited By (1)
US 12,343,644