Lauran T Bromley

US Patent:

58271198, Oct 27, 1998

Filed:

Aug 14, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/689783

Inventors:

Lauran Bromley - Northbrook IL

Assignee:

Bromley Incorporated - Northbrook IL

International Classification:

A63F 922

US Classification:

463 7

Abstract:

A rotatable playing surface amusement game which is automatically controlled by a microprocessor which includes a rotatable object and a segmented substantially circular rotatable playing surface surrounded by a race and means for accelerating the rotatable object onto a race with sufficient centrifugal force as to maintain the rotatable object in the race for a predetermined period of time which upon a timed or player input results in the stopping of the substantially circular rotating playing surface alone or together with the race which may also be rotatable while the rotatable object continues to rotate in the race held by centrifugal force until gravity and inertia result in the return of the rotatable object back onto the rotatable playing surface and coming to rest on a particular segment. The rotatable surface game includes a housing, transparent cover, player control input panels and contact sensors for indicating the resting position of the rotatable object controlled by a microprocessor which awards rewards based upon player input selection of the projected final position of the rotatable object. The rotatable playing surface may be segmented equally or unequally and the segments may contain various segment identifying indicia along with timing switches and player controlled skill switches to test judgment of speeds, inertia and movement of the rotatable object with respect to the various segments of the rotatable playing surface.

US Patent:

54453763, Aug 29, 1995

Filed:

Jan 14, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/181418

Inventors:

Lauran Bromley - Chicago IL

Assignee:

Bromley Incorporated - Northbrook IL

International Classification:

A63F 702

US Classification:

273109

Abstract:

A moving playing surface amusement game having an object chute disposed at one end and one or more targets disposed at the other end and a movable conveyor playing surface disposed intermediate the object chute and targets. The conveyor playing surface game includes a microprocessor and a device for sensing the position of an object on the conveyor playing surface in a particular lane or sequencing the speed of the conveyor playing surface with a particular spot on the conveyor playing surface which playing surface can include a variety of surface ornamentations and diverters to change or maintain the path of the object on the conveyor playing surface. The novel conveyor coin game may include multiple conveyors some of which may operate at different speeds and in forward and reverse directions and which may be inclined and/or segmented to teach or test skills in timing and properly judging speeds, distances and relative motions of the movable playing surface and the movement and path of a moving object deposited on the conveyor playing surface in relation to the objects' mass and shape.