Pocket random number selector

Abstract

A random number selector comprising a containment chamber having an opening and containing a preselected number of numbered cylindrical beads, a closure member for sealably closing the opening on the containment chamber, the closure member having an elongated receiving channel extending away from the containment chamber, and means for permitting a preselected number of numbered beads to pass into the receiving channel to thereby provide the random number.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A random number selector comprising a containment chamber having an opening and containing a preselected number of numbered cylindrical beads, a closure member for sealably closing said opening on said containment chamber, said closure member having an elongated receiving channel extending away from said containment chamber, into which a preselected number of numbered beads can be allowed to pass to thereby reveal a random number.  
     
     
         2 . A random number selector comprising a containment chamber having an opening and containing a preselected number of numbered cylindrical beads, a closure member for sealably closing said opening on said containment chamber, said closure member having an elongated receiving channel extending away from said containment chamber, and having a slidable bar mounted therein adapted for manual movement back and forth, said slidable bar having a passage-way therethrough and positioned so that when said slidable bar is moved to a first extreme end position, said passage-way is in communication with said containment chamber, and when said slidable bar is moved to a second and opposite extreme position, said passage-way is in communication with said elongated receiving channel.  
     
     
         2 . A random number selector, according to  claim 2  wherein said slidable bar is spring-loaded to bias the slidable bar to either one of its extreme end positions.  
     
     
         3 . A random number selector, according to  claim 2  wherein said passage-way through said slidable bar is sized to contain but one of said numbered beads at a time.  
     
     
         4 . A random number selector, according to  claim 1 , wherein said closure member is made of a transparent material to permit viewing of the aligned numbered beads in the receiving channel.  
     
     
         5 . A random number selector, according to  claim 1 , wherein said containment chamber is made of a non-transparent material to prevent one from seeing the arrangement of the numbered beads therein.  
     
     
         6 . A random number selector, according to  claim 1 , wherein said containment chamber is spherical in form.  
     
     
         7 . A random number selector, according to  claim 1 , having means thereon for securing said random number selector to a key-chain or the like.  
     
     
         8 . A random number selector, according to  claim 6 , wherein said cylindrical containment chamber is decorated to resemble that of a human face.