GAME HAVING PATHWAY TRAVERSING A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT OBJECT TRANSFER MECHANISMS

摘要

TITLE: GAME HAVING PATHWAY TRAVERSING A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT OBJECT TRANSFER MECHANISMS A game of skill has a support housing on which there are located a plurality of independent object transfer mechanisms preferably no two which are identical. The transfer mechanisms are aligned in a sequence such that a pathway includes a plurality of discontinuities along its length which divides it into a plurality of segments. Each of the transfer mechanisms includes one segment of the pathway and some of the transfer mechanisms can also include more than one segment. This creates a discontinuity in the pathway between each of the transfer mechanisms as well as between each segment when more than one segment is found on one transfer mechanism. Each of the transfer mechanisms includes a movable portion which is moved by the operator of the game via a control mechanism attached thereto. By manipulating the control mechanisms a spherical object can be caused to travel across the pathway. The object traverses the discontinuity in the pathway by a realignment of the segments achieved by moving the movable portion of the object transfer mechanisms.