Patent ID: 8002280
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A63F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A game apparatus comprising: a first container shell; a second container shell connected to the first container shell, the first and the second container shells being relatively rotatable and forming together a viewable interior chamber having an adjustable volume; a plurality of playing pieces located in the interior chamber, wherein relative rotation of the first and the second container shells in first and second directions cause the interior chamber to alternate between a first volume to enable the plurality of playing pieces to be randomly reoriented and a second volume to enable the plurality of playing pieces to be confined; a platform mounted within the first and the second container shell in the interior chamber for supporting the plurality of playing pieces; and a structure mounted in the second container shell for rotating the platform in a direction perpendicular to a plane of rotation of the first and the second container shells.