US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 24
.~.~.~.~ Coin controlled


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473 /   HD   GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE

1  DF  BILLIARDS OR POOL {8}
4  DF  .~ Table or gameboard {16}
21  DF  .~.~ Table attached ball rack {1}
22  DF  .~.~.~ With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack {4}
24.~.~.~.~ Coin controlled


DEFINITION

Classification: 473/24

Coin controlled:

(under subclass 22) Subject matter wherein the table or gameboard includes means associated therewith (a) to prevent unauthorized use of the table or gameboard for playing a game, (b) to limit the amount of time that the table or gameboard may be used to play a game, or (c) to limit the number of games that may be played; and wherein the prevention or limiting means is controlled by a mechanism which accepts a predetermined number of units or amount of monetary currency to release the prevention or limiting means so that a game or games may be played.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

27, for a table or gameboard having an unauthorized use prevention, time limiting, or number-of-games limiting means which is not under the control of a coin-release mechanism.

52+, for a ball, per se, particularly subclass 53 for a ball having a characteristic enabling it to be mechanically separated from other balls.