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Lane-length-compensating race game

  • US 3,985,357 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1975
  • Issued: 10/12/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A lane-length-compensating race game comprisinga race game supporting structure having an approximately J-shaped race course with multiple parallel lanes thereon and with starting and finish positions thereon disposed remote from one another and with a curved portion therebetween,a multiplicity of contestant pieces adapted to be moved along said lanes between said starting and finish positions,means at said starting position for holding said contestant pieces laterally apart from one another and within said lanes,a multiplicity of winding spools rotatably mounted side-by-side on said structure at a location beyond said finish position in spaced relationship therewith,a multiplicity of elongated flexible pull elements disposed in a substantially common plane along said lanes,each pull element having a leading end connected to one of said winding spools for winding thereon in response to rotation thereof,each pull element having a trailing end connected to a corresponding one of said contestant pieces,means for guiding said pull elements in said lanes around said curved portion of said race course,a lane-length-compensator pivotally mounted on said structure between said finish position and said winding spools for swinging in the plane of said pull elements toward and away from said finish position,said compensator having pull element guides thereon disposed in radially-spaced locations therealong,said pull elements passing through said guides,and driving mechanism for simultaneously rotating said winding spools and swinging said compensator relatively to said finish position.

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