ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,413, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Elaut N.V. (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium).
"Amusement machine of the pusher type" was invented by Eric Verstraeten (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an amusement machine of the pusher type, including a playing surface on which playing pieces, as well as one or more prizes are supported, a playing piece pusher configured to move over the playing surface in order to disturb the playing pieces and one or more prizes supported on the playing surface; a transport system configured to transport a prize which has dropped over an edge; a first detection module configured to det...