US 12,324,982 B2
Game system with gears and indicia
Bryan Kinsella, Chapel Hill, SC (US); Chas Delong, Tacoma, WA (US); and Justin Ziran, San Marcos, CA (US)
Assigned to NECA LLC, Hillside, NJ (US)
Filed by NECA LLC, Hillside, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,295.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/294,278, filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201713 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 2250/18 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game system comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of gears positioned at least partially within the housing;
one or more apertures in the housing through which portions of indicia on one or more of the plurality of gears can be viewed;
the plurality of gears including:
a first gear with indicia thereon;
a second composite gear having a second top-stacked gear with indicia thereon and one or more apertures, and a second bottom-stacked gear with indicia thereon; and
a third gear system moveable into and out of engagement with the second composite gear, the third gear system having a fourth gear on one side of the second composite gear and a fifth composite gear on a second side of the second composite gear, the fifth composite gear having a fifth top-stacked gear, a fifth bottom-stacked gear, and a fifth connecting gear meshed with the fifth bottom-stacked gear, the fifth bottom-stacked gear having a smaller diameter than the fifth top-stacked gear;
wherein, when the fifth composite gear engages the second composite gear, the fifth top-stacked gear meshes with the second top-stacked gear and the fifth connecting gear meshes with the second bottom-stacked gear to move the top and bottom stacked gears of the second composite gear in opposite directions; and
wherein, when the fourth gear is moved into engagement with the second composite gear, the top and bottom stacked gears of the second composite gear move together.