Patent ID: 7690653

Claim:
A foosball game apparatus comprising: a mechanical foosball table including a playing field; two goals generally positioned at opposite ends of the playing field; an endwall adjacent to each goal at each end of the playing field; a sidewall adjacent each side of the playing field; a plurality of rods, each of which has a longitudinal axis oriented perpendicular to the sidewalls and extends completely across the playing field, may freely rotate along its longitudinal axis, and is moveable in the longitudinal dimension; and a plurality of paddles attached to the rods such that when a particular rod is proximate to a ball on the playing field and is rotated, the paddle is capable of hitting the ball and protecting it; and a computer; the computer activating the mechanical foosball table during a predetermined period of play, that is, a first predetermined time period, such that goals are scored solely when the mechanical foosball table is activated.