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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7122000 | Method of using a water pipe A water pipe providing sexual stimulation includes a tube with an exit port at its upper end, an reservoir port at its lower end, and an inlet port. The inlet port is spaced from the lower end whereby the inlet port remains exposed when the lower end is inserted int... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7032902 | Casino card game Players place a base wager on either a first hand or a second hand. Proposition wagers for pushes, ties, and bonus holdings may be placed. Three cards are dealt to a first and a second hand. Either hand may automatically win if it includes a predetermined three-card... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6981920 | Magic trick device and method A magic trick device and method are set forth to provide the illusion of a performer inserting a cigarette into his nostril. The device includes a body with a slidable sleeve and a pull tether to withdraw the device into a coat sleeve, vest or shirt. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6952161 | Motor vehicle emergency system The present invention is an emergency system for a motor vehicle. The emergency system includes a monitor collecting data from a driver. The data are transmitted to a data processor that compares the data to baseline standards stored at an associated data structure.... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6932702 | Device and method for configuring a slot machine having a hot streak phase A game and method are set forth which includes a triggering event triggering a hot streak phase. During the hot streak phase, for a predetermined number of future games, the game is configured to provide at least one of consecutive wins or a multiplier applied to wi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932487 | Lighting device designed to fit on a mounting, particularly textile Lighting device for equipping a mounting, particularly textile, comprising a case provided with a rechargeable or dry battery or batteries that power a lamp bulb, characterized in that the case has a housing on its front surface that contains the lamp, the front sur... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932343 | Bonus card game method One or more payout indicia cards are randomly interspersed throughout a conventional deck of cards. A base game begins with players wagering and receiving a player hand. During game play of the base game, players receiving a payout indicia card are rewarded as indic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926216 | Material crusher A material crushing device including rotating rotors having first and second crushing surfaces which converge to a nip. One or both of the crushing surfaces may include projections and one or more of the crushing surfaces includes channels disposed at the nip for ej... | 08/09/2005 |
| D508269 | Gaming machine cabinet | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923705 | Play structure and structural building elements for building a play structure Building elements for constructing a play structure comprise polyethylene members. In one embodiment, the members are extruded cylinders and include notches or other interlocking features. In another embodiment, the members are flat panels and include notches, teeth... | 08/02/2005 |
| D507058 | Building | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910651 | Material crusher A material crushing device including rotating rotors having first and second crushing surfaces which converge to a nip. One or both of the crushing surfaces may include projections and one or more of the crushing surfaces includes channels disposed at the nip for ej... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6871856 | Method for playing a casino card game A method for playing a Poker-style card game where the player makes a first bet and is dealt three cards. Based upon the three cards the player has the option of placing a second bet. A fourth card is dealt to the player and the player's four card hand is compared t... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871855 | Commission-free Pai Gow Four tiles are dealt to players and a banker who arrange the tiles into a two-tile high hand and a two-tile low hand. Wagers are resolved by comparing the banker high hand and low hand to each player high hand and low hand, respectively. A first subset of banker han... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869075 | Game method for a blackjack-type game Improved Blackjack-style games are set forth. In one embodiment, the player and dealer are dealt at least two cards and can discard and exchange one of the cards to make a final hand. In another embodiment a trump card is used to resolve pushes. The trump card can a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869360 | Gaming apparatus and method including a multiplier feature and bonus features A device and method are set forth for a video slot machine where a player makes a wager to enable one or more pay lines for a game matrix. Game symbols are randomly selected and assigned into the matrix to define winning and losing game symbols combinations for each... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860166 | Torque induced propulsion system A gyroscopic device includes a drive gimbal drive ring spinning about a drive gimbal axis, a precession gimbal spinning about a precession gimbal axis substantially perpendicular to the drive gimbal drive ring, and a gyro coupled to the drive gimbal drive ring rotat... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6845981 | Casino game method providing a side wager based upon a dealer's hand A method for playing an improved game of cards which includes a target value, such as Blackjack, is set forth. Prior to the dealing of a hand of play, a player makes a side wager, which proposition, is won or lost, based upon the (1) the dealer's hand exceeding the ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6817614 | Method of conducting a wagering game A game method for providing a mid-game wager for a base game begins with designating an intermediate game point, a qualifying intermediate holding, and a qualifying final result. Players place a base game wager and initiate the base game. The base game is played the... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811153 | Method of playing improved card games A player places a base wager and an optional proposition wager in a card game or the game of Pai Gow tiles or in Three-Card Poker where all players compete against the dealer on the base wager. If the dealer receives one of predetermined hand combinations, a player ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6796898 | Method for providing a blackjack insurance wager An improved insurance wager for Blackjack includes defining an insurance outcome set containing two or more predetermined holdings and an insurance payout associated with each holding. Each player makes an initial wager and the Blackjack game is dealt in a fashion k... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6773015 | Apparatus and method for playing a toss game An apparatus for playing a toss game includes a projectile consisting of two weights connected by a tether and a stand. The stand includes a base supporting a goal. The goal includes at least two crossbars, each of which is assigned a point value. A method of playin... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767053 | All terrain vehicle back support A back support for an ATV having a seat in front of a rear rack includes a base secured to the rear rack and attached to a back support through a rail. Optionally, a rail support connects to the base to the rail and a bracket attaches the back support to the rail. T... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6756874 | Series transmission line transformer A series transmission line transformer is set forth which includes two or more of impedance matched sets of at least two transmissions lines such as shielded cables, connected in parallel at one end ans series at the other in a cascading fashion. The cables are woun... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742781 | Baccarat game methods and electronic device for playing the same Improved Baccarat Game methods and a device for playing the games are set forth wherein players each make a wager and are dealt a two-card hand of cards. A Banker hand is dealt with two cards face down and a third card face up. Players can receive a third card to be... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6737983 | Display board having illuminated elements and method A display which provides for the display of a printed media message during daylight hours and an LED message during evening hours. The display can be remotely reconfigured to change and monitor the LED message. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| D488793 | Telephone | 04/20/2004 |
| D488792 | Telephone | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719291 | Method and system for playing a casino game A method and system are set forth for playing a casino game of the type where each player has a hand and competes against a hand of the dealer and or against other players using a communal holding. Each player wagers to participate in the game and posts an additiona... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715427 | Suspended storage structure An overhead storage assembly, vendable as a kit, includes a plurality of panels each of a rectangular platform having dimensions that are integer multiples of conventional structural spacing. The panels may be joined to each other to form a common support surface re... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6701539 | Multi-use toilet seat assembly A multi-use toilet seat assembly including an adult toilet seat, a child toilet seat with an optional replaceable diverter to direct urine flow from a male child and an optional animal waste receiver with waste liner insert and further including an option... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698757 | Casino game A method for playing a game in which players play against a casino using a standard fifty two card deck plus at least one joker, which acts as a wild card. In an alternate embodiment, the game may be played on an electronic device and electronic represent... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6692967 | Method and compositions for detecting of bloodstains using fluorescin-fluorescein reaction A method, compositions and kit are set forth for detecting blood stains. A reactant solution includes fluorescin solubilized (reduced) in acetic acid in ethanol. The solution may be buffered to a pH of approximately 9. After spraying the reactant solution... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6692386 | Training sports club and method A training sports club comprising a striking portion and a handle portion. The striking portion has a hollow cavity of fixed length formed therein and an opening for accessing the cavity. Removable weights which can be selectively disposed in said cavity ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6688978 | Event contest method A contest decided by the outcome of an event includes a participant selecting a subset of predetermined size from a finite pool of event competitors. Optionally, the participant places a wager to participate. Optionally, the participant's selections are r... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6682446 | Range estimator A device for estimating the range of a struck ball includes a backstop, at least one velocity measuring device, a data processor having a data structure communicating with the velocity measuring device, and a display communicating with the data processor.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6669661 | Method and device for central nervous system protection during whole body hyperthermia or hypothermia A method and device for intentionally inducing whole-body hyperthermia or hypothermia in a patient for medical treatment while protecting the central nervous system from damage includes a tub for immersing the patient's body in a solution with a temperatu... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6663487 | Gaming machine with randomly variable pay table An electronic gaming device and method are set forth which provides for dynamically selected pay tables. For each hand or series of hands the device selects a prevailing pay table or a prevailing pay for one or more outcomes. The prevailing pay table can ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6656044 | Bingo/poker game A device and method are set forth playing a game of Bingo while at the same time playing Poker. A processor displays a player Bingo card representing a 5×5 matrix and selects a virtue card against which the player competes. Each matrix coordinate has a B... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6575828 | Game using game and outcome indicia A device and method for playing a card game where four game cards are selected. To win, a fifth, outcome card must have either a higher or lower value than any same suited game card.... | 06/10/2003 |
