Stephen Ross Stewart

US Patent:

51200600, Jun 9, 1992

Filed:

Sep 5, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/755524

Inventors:

J. J. Parker - Las Vegas NV
Sandy Tiedeman - Las Vegas NV
William J. Baugh - Las Vegas NV
Stephen Stewart - Las Vegas NV

Assignee:

James and Rosemarie Parker Family Trust - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

A63F 740
A63F 730

US Classification:

273138A

Abstract:

A coin is inserted into a coin slot and another coin is dropped from the top center of a playing field into a pachinko-type maze. The pachinko-type maze includes animated diverter pins and a series of capture gates. Each capture gate has associated therewith a pair of upper scoring lights and a pair of lower scoring lights that blink on and off. When the coin passes through a particular capture gate, if both pairs of scoring lights associated with that capture gate are illuminated, an indicator select light associated with the capture gate is illuminated and the player wins. Beneath the capture gates are a plurality of bin doors mounted to be pivotally openable by a bin door cam mechanism. If an indicator select light is illuminated, the player selects one of the bin doors to be opened and any coins lying on the bin door fall through the opening and into the payout hopper. If the falling coin does not result in a winning play, then the coin simply comes to rest in the coin collection area on top of the unopened bin doors and the player does not win.