Patent Application
20200349790
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The disclosure and prior art relates to number generating devices and more particularly pertains to a new number generating device for randomly selecting power ball numbers and mega ball numbers.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing, a control circuit positioned within the housing and a random number generator positioned within the housing. The random number generator randomly selects five numbers each ranging between 1 and 99 when the random number generator is turned on to randomly select numbers for playing power ball lottery or mega ball lottery. A plurality of touch screens is each coupled to the housing and each of the touch screens is electrically coupled to the control circuit. Each of the touch screens displays indicia comprising a respective one of the randomly selected numbers to display the randomly selected numbers for a user to play the power ball lottery or the mega ball lottery.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A random number generator 22 is positioned within the housing 12 and the random number generator 22 randomly selects five numbers each ranging between 1 and 99 when the random number generator 22 is turned on. Thus, the random number generator 22 can randomly select numbers for playing power ball lottery or mega ball lottery. The random number generator 22 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20. The random number generator 22 is turned on to select five power ball numbers when the control circuit 20 receives the power ball input. The random number generator 22 is turned on to select five mega ball numbers when the control circuit 20 receives the mega ball input. Moreover, the random number generator 22 is turned on to select a single number when the control circuit 20 receives the reselect input. The random number generator 22 may be an electronic random number generator or the like.
A power ball button 24 is movably coupled to the housing 12, the power ball button 24 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20 and the control circuit 20 receives the power ball input when the power ball button 24 is depressed. A mega ball button 26 is movably coupled to the housing 12, the mega ball button 26 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20 and the control circuit 20 receives the mega ball input when the mega ball button 26 is depressed. A plurality of touch screens 28 is each coupled to the housing 12 and each of the touch screens 28 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20. Each of the touch screens 28 displays indicia 30 comprising a respective one of the randomly selected numbers. Thus, the plurality of touch screens 28 displays the randomly selected numbers for a user to play the power ball lottery or the mega ball lottery.
Each of the touch screens 28 is positioned on the top side 14 of the housing 12 and the touch screens 28 are distributed between the first lateral side 16 and the second lateral side 18 of the housing 12. Each of the touch screens 28 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20 and each of the touch screens may comprise an LED touch screen or the like. Additionally, the plurality of touch screens 28 includes a set of number screens 32, a power ball screen 34 and a mega ball screen 36. The set of number screens 32 displays the five power ball numbers when the power ball screen 34 is touched and the set of number screens 32 displays the five mega ball numbers when the mega ball screen 36 is touched. The five power ball numbers and the five mega ball numbers may be stored in the electronic memory when the random number generator 22 selects the five power ball numbers and the five mega ball numbers.
The control circuit 20 receives the reselect input when any of the number screens 32 is touched for randomly selecting a different number on the number screen 32 that has been touched. In this way the user can reselect any of the randomly selected numbers if the user does not like one of the randomly selected numbers. Thus, the user has complete control over which numbers the user might like to play for the power ball lottery or the mega ball lottery. A power button 38 is movably coupled to the housing 12 and the power button 38 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20 for turning the control circuit 20 on and off. A power supply 40 is removably positioned in the housing 12, the power supply 40 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 20 and the power supply 40 comprises at least one battery. A battery slide 42 may be slidably coupled to the housing 12 and the at least one battery may be positioned on the battery slide 42. Additionally, the battery slide 42 may be slid outwardly from the housing 12 for replacing the at least one battery.
In use, the power button 38 is depressed to turn on the control circuit 20 and the power ball button 24 is depressed to randomly select the five power ball numbers. Each of the number screens 32 displays a respective one the five power ball numbers thereby facilitating the user to fill out a power ball slip with the five power ball numbers. The mega ball button 26 is depressed to randomly select the five mega ball numbers. Each of the number screens 32 displays the power ball numbers when the power ball screen 34 is touched, and each of the number screens 32 displays the mega ball numbers when the mega ball screen 36 is touched. Any of the number screens 32 can be touched to randomly generate a new number on the number screen 32 that has been touched. In this way the user can reselect any of the power ball number or the mega ball numbers until the user is satisfied with the numbers that have been selected for subsequently filling out a lottery slip with the selected numbers.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
