US 12,172,091 B1
Amusement device with permanent magnet gameplay feature
Brian Eddy, Elk Grove Village, IL (US); and Jim Novy, Elk Grove Village, IL (US)
Assigned to Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US)
Filed by STERN PINBALL, INC., Elk Grove Village, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,764.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,167, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Int. Cl. A63F 7/02 (2006.01); A63F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 7/027 (2013.01) [A63F 7/0088 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An amusement device comprising:
a play surface; and
a magnet assembly comprising:
a permanent magnet operably coupled to the play surface of the amusement device, the permanent magnet movable between a first position, where the permanent magnet is proximate the play surface and a second position, where the permanent magnet is distally located from the play surface;
a linkage assembly coupled to the permanent magnet; and
an actuator coupled to the linkage assembly to move the permanent magnet between the first position and the second position.