US 12,076,654 B2
Start and end components and methods of making same
Andrew Comfort, Minneapolis, MN (US); Shane Rogers, Woodbury, MN (US); Lauren Johnson, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Kristin Gallagher, Lino Lakes, MN (US)
Assigned to Q-BA-MAZE Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Q-BA-MAZE Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/564,067.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,302, filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203216 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 7/36 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 7/3622 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A launcher for a race game, the launcher comprising:
a bowl that includes a dedicated starting position for each of at least three orbs;
the bowl having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a bowl shape;
wherein the bowl has an opening in the inner and outer surfaces that is large enough for the at least three orbs to fit through one at a time;
wherein three of the starting positions together form the points of a triangle in plan view;
and wherein the opening is lower than a horizontal plane of the lowest point of the triangle.