Patent ID: 6042114
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A gaming apparatus comprising, in combination:a table;a wheel assembly including:a large disk rotatably mounted on the table with a plurality of pie-shaped sections situated thereon each with an outer peripheral section having a unique number situated therein,a plurality of handles each mounted to the periphery of the large disk and extending radially therefrom for manually rotating the wheel assembly,a transparent peripheral lip integrally coupled to the periphery of the large disk of the wheel assembly and extending upwardly therefrom,a plurality of cylinders each with an open end and mounted on the large disk in one of a plurality of inner peripheral sections associated with one of the outer peripheral sections, each cylinder including a pivoting floor, a pair of semicircular cut outs formed in an upper edge of the cylinder, a switch mounted on the floor for actuating upon the insertion of a ball therein, and a sliding door mounted on an outboard side thereof for removing a ball within the cylinder,a small disk fixedly mounted on the large disk in concentric relationship therewith, the small disk having an upper surface with a plurality of inboard pie-shaped sections positioned thereon each of which has a unique color and a plurality of outboard pie-shaped sections positioned thereon each of which has a width less than that of the inboard pie-shaped sections and further has a unique number situated therein, wherein each of the inboard and outboard sections has at least a pair of upwardly extending pins mounted between adjacent sections, anda spinning assembly including a post having a bottom end rotatably mounted to the small disk and an upper end with a plurality of radially extending arms residing in a single horizontal plane and terminating in a weighted ball, the post further including a resilient pointer extending radially therefrom adjacent to the bottom end thereof for being rotated with respect to the small disk, thereby pointing to one of the pie-shaped sections;a ball drop assembly including a stanchion mounted adjacent the table, an overhang arm mounted to a top end of the stanchion and situated over the wheel assembly, a plurality of downwardly extending members coupled to the overhang arm, and a transparent annular container mounted to bottom ends of the downwardly extending members, the annular container being spacedly situated above the cylinders of the wheel assembly, the annular container including an upper hole formed in a top face thereof and a lower hole formed in a bottom face thereof with a wall mounted within the annular container adjacent to the lower hole, the drop assembly further including a transparent stand, a launching conduit with a hole formed in a top face thereof and a spring loaded plunger for launching a ball dropped within the hole, and a vertically oriented drop chute connected between the launch conduit and the upper hole of the annular container for guiding a launched ball into the annular container, out the lower hole and into one of the cylinders of the wheel assembly;a batting mechanism includes a stand having an arm rotatably mounted to a top end of the stand at a central extent thereof, wherein the batting mechanism is positioned such that an inboard end strikes one of the balls upon an outboard end of the batting mechanism being struck; anda game board having a top face with a circular configuration, the top face having a plurality of pie-shaped sections each corresponding to one of the pie-shaped sections of the small disk or one of the numbers of the large disk.