| US 7,507,152 B2 | ||
| Ball drop amusement game | ||
| Ronald Halliburton, Delray Beach, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Benchmark Entertainment, L.C., Hypoluxo, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/514,909. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/713361, filed on Sep. 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0057451 A1, Mar. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63F 9/02 (2006.01); F41J 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—7 [273/351; 273/389; 273/398; 273/402] | 15 Claims |
| 1. An amusement device comprising a wheel having at least one aperture provided through said wheel,
means to rotate said wheel at a substantially constant rate,
a game piece,
means to release said game piece from a release location above said wheel, and allow said game piece to fall,
detection means associated with said aperture, wherein said game piece is detected by said detection means when it passes
through said aperture and,
said aperture passes under and comes into in direct vertical alignment with said release location as said wheel is rotated.
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