Patent ID: 6561511
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A table game comprising:a generally planar panel having a top surface serving as a playing field; a support structure supporting the panel, the support structure including a first channel below and adjacent to the panel and a second channel below and adjacent to the first channel; at least one first playing piece and at least one second playing piece disposed on the playing field; at least one first control member slidably disposed within the first channel of the support structure, the at least one first control member including a first control magnet assembly magnetically coupling the first control member to a first player magnet assembly disposed in the at least one first playing piece; and at least one second control member slidably disposed within the second channel of the support structure, the at least one second control member including a second control magnet assembly generating a significantly stronger magnetic field than the first magnetic assembly, the second control magnet assembly magnetically coupling the at least one second control member to a second player magnet assembly disposed in the at least one second playing piece, wherein a magnitude of the magnetic coupling between the first control magnet assembly and the second player magnet assembly is less than a magnitude of the magnetic coupling between the second control magnet assembly and the second player magnet assembly, and a magnitude of the magnetic coupling between the second control magnetic assembly and first player magnetic assembly is less than a magnitude of the magnetic coupling between the first control magnetic assembly and the first player magnetic assembly.