Elaut has reminded the industry of its closed-loop pusher patents.
The company, which is known for its development of cranes and pusher games, employs a large team of experienced and trainer engineers, designers and game enthusiasts to create the next generation of games.
The Elaut Group holds a portfolio of patents, trademarks and copyrights to safeguard its intellectual properly.
The company said: “Regularly, operators will be tempted by overseas websites to import games directly from Asian factories. These types of games often don't comply with local safety regulations, nor import regulations, so the importer takes a high risk and is responsible for all adverse consequences. The European Union has strict regulations around product safety, environmental protection and health-related issues and the CE marking on a product is a symbol that marks that specific product to comply with these requirements. Importing non-CE compliant products into the European Union can lead to several serious consequences, both legally and financially.
“With a recent increase in the availability and import of different pusher games, Elaut wants to remind the industry of its closed-loop pusher games patents in the EU (3543973 and 3021298), USA (9754456) and GCC countries (201631302). Elaut emphasises that any third party is prohibited from manufacturing, offering, marketing, using or importing these types of closed-loop pushers in the countries where their patents are validated.
“These patents comprise a closed-loop pusher system (single or multiplayer) with several playing pieces and one or more prizes on the playfield. Both the playing pieces as the prices can be balls, marbles, coins or chips, and the shape and/or size of the playing pieces are different from the size and/or shape of the prizes. Playing pieces and prizes fall over the edge of the pusher, are collected and sorted into a collector location and are reintroduced on the playing surface. Different variations of the above descriptions are possible and can be found in our patent claims.”
