Patent ID: 6164647
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A roulette wheel system comprising:a first roulette assembly including:a base fixedly mounted on a recipient surface and including a circular bottom with a peripheral lip integrally coupled to a periphery of the circular bottom and extending upwardly therefrom,a lower wheel rotatably mounted on the base in concentric relationship therewith, the lower wheel including a circular bottom, an inner annular lip integrally coupled to the circular bottom at a location spaced from a periphery of the circular bottom and extending upwardly therefrom, an outer annular lip integrally coupled to the periphery of the circular bottom extending upwardly therefrom, a plurality of radially extending dividers mounted on the circular bottom between the inner annular lip and the outer annular lip to define a plurality of equally sized compartments, and a plurality of apertures each formed in the inner annular lip at one of the compartments, wherein each compartment has a unique number and color combination associated therewith, andan upper wheel rotatably mounted with respect to the lower wheel in concentric relationship therewith, the upper wheel having a diameter less than that of the inner annular lip of the lower wheel and a height equal to a height of the annular lips thereof, the upper wheel including a plurality of solenoids mounted on the upper wheel for selectively stopping rotational motion of the upper wheel with respect to the lower wheel and indicating the unique number and color combination of one of the compartments of the lower wheel, each of the solenoids extending in a radially outward direction from a center of the upper wheel and being oriented with substantially uniform angles therebetween, each solenoid including a transducer structure for selectively being retracted in and extended from the solenoid for randomly and removably inserting an outer end of the transducer structure into one of the apertures of the compartments of the lower wheel for precluding the rotation of the upper wheel with respect to the lower wheel and indicating one of the number and color combinations as a winner, wherein the outer end of the transducer structure has a substantially spherical portion for sliding along an inner surface of the inner annular lip until one of the apertures of the compartments is encountered by the outer end of the transducer structure, wherein each of the solenoids has a different color; andmeans for randomly actuating one of the solenoids of the upper wheel to extend the transducer structure of the solenoid; a second roulette assembly including:a base fixedly mounted on a recipient surface and including a circular bottom, a recess formed in the bottom with a disk-shaped lower portion and an inverted frusto-conical upper portion, and a peripheral lip integrally coupled to a periphery of the circular bottom and extending upwardly therefrom, wherein the peripheral lip has a C-shaped cross-sectional along a length thereof,a lower wheel rotatably mounted within the disk-shaped lower portion of the recess of the base with a planar top face, a side wall with an upright frusto-conical configuration and a plurality of vertically oriented lines positioned thereon for defining equally space sections each with a unique number associated therewith, a horizontally oriented lower peripheral lip mounted on a bottom edge of the side wall and extending radially therefrom with a plurality of upwardly extending tabs in alignment with the lines of the sections, a plurality of vertically oriented posts each mounted to a periphery of the top face of the lower wheel at a central extent of one of the sections of the side wall thereof, andan upper wheel having a disk-shaped configuration rotatably mounted on the top face of the lower wheel, the upper wheel having a top face including a pair of intersecting lines positioned thereon for dividing the same into a plurality of equally sized sections each of which has a unique color associated therewith, the upper wheel further including a plurality of flexible resilient flaps coupled to a periphery of the upper wheel and extending radially therefrom in alignment with the lines of the upper wheel, wherein the flaps are adapted to be biased between each of the posts of the lower wheel; anda betting mat including a central matrix of rectangles each having a unique number situated therein, a first peripheral matrix of rectangles each having a unique color situated therein, and a second peripheral matrix of rectangles each having a unique set of numbers situated therein.