I am starting this new thread to replace the one that got sidetracked with personal attacks:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-trying-to-drop-a-bombshell
I am sure the mods can ban anyone that gets too personal this time now that everyone has been warned.
Patent application title: COIN OPERATED GAME DEVICE USING LEDS TO PROVIDE GENERAL ILLUMINATION
Inventors: Steve Ritchie (Lombard, IL, US) Lyman Sheats (Hoffman Estates, IL, US)
Assignees: STERN PINBALL, INC.
Publication date: 2014-02-06
Patent application number: 20140035227
Abstract:
A coin operated amusement game such as a pinball machine having a playing surface wherein tri-colored LEDs are provided to illuminate the game playing surface.
Claims:
1. A coin operated amusement game, comprising: a playfield including a plurality of features which are utilized to define play of the coin operated amusement game; and a plurality of tri-colored LEDs positioned in cooperation with the playfield to illuminate a playing surface of the playfield in a one of a plurality of different colors.