Patent ID: 6554683
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A method of playing an amusement game in a traveling vehicle, comprising;providing a sheet having travel indicia thereon which represents a travel route of the vehicle; providing a housing including: a sheet holding area for receiving and holding the sheet, a transparent wall in overlying relation to said sheet holding area such that the sheet is viewable through the transparent wall, and a retaining section for receiving the sheet in the sheet holding area and for retaining the sheet in the sheet holding area; mounting the housing to a portion of the traveling vehicle so that the sheet is viewable by a person in the rear of the vehicle; providing a plurality of lights mounted in spaced relation to the housing in the vicinity of the sheet held in the sheet holding area, said lights being arranged to illuminate respective portions of the sheet including respective portions of the travel indicia on the sheet, thereby providing a luminous indication on the sheet as to predefined points along the travel route represented by the travel indicia on the sheet; and actuating selected ones of said lights from a location remote from said housing so as to illuminate selected points along the travel route represented on the sheet, thereby visually indicating by illuminated lights the travel progress of the vehicle along the travel route.