Title: Racing game and game piece

Abstract: A game in which a plurality of game pieces are moved about a smooth endless track in a random manner by tilting the track cyclicly to provide a downhill racing surface in advance of the game pieces. The track is oval in shape and is tilted or wobbled by means of a pair of eccentric cams which cyclicly raise and lower weight-supporting arms at one end of the track, to tilt it about a centrally located pivot point. Each game piece includes a base portion having a substantially flat bottom with a number of ball bearings mounted therein to facilitate random movement of the game pieces along the track, and to enhance the random nature of the movement of the game pieces with respect to the track and with respect to each other.

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Inventors: Monroe, Benjamin F.

Application Number: 712014
Filing Date: 1976-08-05
Publication_date: 1978-02-28
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Primary Class(es): 463/69 446/444, 473/569
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US Patent Ref:

1589286	Jun, 1926	Zabel	273/86.
1661865	Mar, 1928	Zabel	273/86.
2517324	Aug, 1950	Kurose	273/86.
2767986	Oct, 1956	Newberry	273/86.

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Primary Examiner: Oechsle, Anton O.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Fulwider, Patton, Rieber, Lee & Utecht