US Patent Issued to University of Cincinnati on July 28 for "Pinball machines" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,366, issued on July 28, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati).

"Pinball machines" was invented by Zachariah Fuchs (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pinball machine includes a pinball, a tabletop surface, and a play area on the tabletop surface. The play area includes a ramp including a raised surface rotatable about a rotational axis, an upward pass, and a downward pass. The upward pass extends between the tabletop surface and the raised surface and allows the pinball to move from the tabletop surface to the raised surface. The downward pass extends between the raised surface and the tabletop surface and al...