Deploying components in a pinball machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11511182
APP PUB NO 20130181399A1
SERIAL NO

13777865

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Systems and methods for deploying components within pinball machines. In some embodiments, a device may include a physical object coupled to an actuator via a flexible link, the physical object configured to interact with a pinball within a playfield of a pinball machine under control of the actuator. In other embodiments, a pinball machine may include a physical object configured to directly or indirectly interact with a pinball during a pinball game, the physical object coupled to an area within a playfield of the pinball machine other than a playable surface accessible to the pinball during a pinball game, the physical object suspended above the playable surface. In yet other embodiments, a pinball machine may include a plastic playfield cover configured to cover a playfield of the pinball machine, the plastic playfield cover configured to provide a player with access to one or more physical objects within the playfield.

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MULTIMORPHIC INC6 INDIAN MEADOWS DRIVE SUITE 300 ROUND ROCK TX 78665

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pitt, Leslie Austin, US 3 14
Stellenberg, Gerald Austin, US 8 35

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