Patent ID: 8678395
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: F41J,G07F

Abstract:
1. An amusement device comprising: a housing for enclosing a playing field; at least one target disposed on the playing field, the target oriented for interaction with a vertically dropped projectile; a prize associated with the at least one target; a pick-up device within the housing including a reciprocating member for lowering the pick-up device to the playing field to retrieve the projectile and raising the pick-up device above the playing field and above the at least one target, the pick-up device suspended from a rail arrangement that provides for four-way horizontal movement over the playing field; player controls including a first control for maneuvering the pick-up device in a horizontal plane above the playing field, and a second control for releasing the projectile; wherein an objective of the amusement device is to position the pick-up device over a target and release the projectile to hit the target to win the prize; and wherein the target includes a mechanism for automatically ejecting the ball from the target after a successful hit.