US 7,549,637 B2
Pyramid roulette
Todd Richard Lease, 55 Maple Ave., Walnut Bottom, Pa. 17266 (US)
Filed on May 09, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/124,047.
Prior Publication US 2006/0249899 A1, Nov. 09, 2006
Int. Cl. A63B 71/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 273—142H 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roulette-type game apparatus comprising:
a support structure;
an enclosure having a pyramid shape, said enclosure having a plurality of faces, each of said plurality of faces being transparent, said enclosure having at least one first slot, said enclosure having at least one second slot;
a first disk having a first diameter, said first disk rotatably supported on said support structure, said first disk being enclosed by said enclosure, said first disk being rotatable about an axis of rotation, said first disk having a plurality of first depressions, each of said plurality of first depressions being formed by a plurality of first walls attached to said first disk, each of said plurality of first depressions being marked with one of a first plurality of indicia, an edge of said first disk protruding through said at least one first slot, whereby said first disk is rotatable by hand from outside said enclosure;
a second disk rotatably supported on said support structure, said second disk being enclosed by said enclosure, said second disk being rotatable about said axis of rotation, said second disk rotating independent of said first disk, said second disk having a second diameter, said second diameter being smaller than said first diameter, said second disk positioned over a central portion of said first disk, said second disk being a size small enough to expose said plurality of first depressions, said second disk having a plurality of second depressions, each one of said plurality of second depressions being formed by a plurality of second walls attached to said second disk, each one of said plurality of second depressions being marked with one of a second plurality of indicia;
a plurality of indicators;
a protrusion extending away from said second disk, said protrusion having a first end and a second end, said protrusion attached at said first end to said second disk, said second end having a surface dimensioned and configured to rebound said plurality of indicators;
a ring attached to said second end of said protrusion, said ring being circular having a plurality of members extending radially from said second end of said protrusion to said ring, a portion of said ring protruding through said at least one second slot in said enclosure, whereby said ring and said protrusion and said second disk are collectively rotatable by hand from outside said enclosure; and
a delivery tube communicating with said enclosure, said delivery tube dimensioned and configured to transfer said plurality of indicators through said enclosure from above said first and second disks, said delivery tube directing said plurality of indicators toward said axis of rotation onto said second end of said protrusion,
whereby each one of said plurality of indicators becomes associated with one of said first plurality of indicia or one of said second plurality of indicia upon being introduced into said enclosure.