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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110089634 | SHAPE CONTROL OF MAGENTIC FIELDS FOR TABLE GAMES A gaming table with an upper surface that includes a gaming chip placement area and a lower surface opposite the upper surface is provided. The gaming table also includes a housing coupled to one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the gaming table, an antenna... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100117298 | Vehicle designer A board game for developing skills in the functional and ornamental design of a land vehicle and land vehicle systems comprising an assortment of tiles magnetically retained to a board, having images of portions of a vehicle, for creating alternate vehicle designs that ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100066017 | Planar Sided Case with Multiple Magnetically Engageable Activities A portable activity device for playing entertaining and educational games and activities. The activities may also be adapted for provision of physical therapy and occupational therapy. The device features a case having an accessible cavity for storage of activity compon... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090261528 | Game Apparatus Apparatus for playing a game, comprising: a base board having a support member configured to rotate upon a support surface by manual operation; a playing board configured to fold into a three-dimensional shape so as to present a plurality of playing surfaces when mounte... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090243214 | Therapy Games The present invention includes at least one magnet attractant dry erase type board, a game board that may be rolled up for easy storage, and a unique game piece containing a hollow substantially transparent body with a top end and bottom end. The game piece may comprise... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090230622 | LAMP CHESS MODULE A chess piece is embedded with a light unit; a central lead and peripheral lead are made on its bottom. A chess board comprises a top electrode plate and a bottom electrode place. The top electrode plate has a plurality holes where the central leads electrically couples... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090051111 | Magnetic Game Simulating a Team Sport Game pieces with non-magnetic ferrous metal and/or magnetic portions are used to simulate a group activity, such as combat or a team sport. The pieces are adapted to releasably adhere or repel by magnetic forces during play.... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080099989 | Method and device for playing a game in which values of game pieces are gradually revealed The present invention relates to a method and device for playing a game in which values of a game piece are gradually revealed. A cover is magnetically attached to a game piece. The cover can be slid or moved to gradually reveal values on the game piece. ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080093801 | Modifiable Game A modifiable game according to the present invention includes a magnetic base, at least one game token, a plurality of user tokens, and a plurality of overlays. Each overlay may include starting and ending indicia, segmented path spaces, and indicia, such as artwork, re... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20070235929 | Collapsible game board and case A collapsible game board having a plurality of rectangular shaped sections joined side by side at a lengthwise edge by a flexible member. The flexible member enables the sections to be folded into a generally rectangular shape with a hollow cavity therethrough. A plural... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070216095 | FOLDABLE BODY WITH MAGNETS AND OBJECT COLLECTOR A single piece body foldable along hinges between a three-dimensional generally closed configuration and a generally rectangular two-dimensional configuration. The body includes a plurality of components. The components are foldably interconnected through lateral and lo... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070187892 | Challenge magnetic game The magnetic game comprises a game board (10) provided with a plurality of anchorage points (11), for the selective positioning of a plurality of magnetically anchorable game members (14, 14′, 15); the game members comprise s a first set of elonga... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20060255539 | Interactive magnetic game board educational system and method This invention is directed to an educational system for assisting in the instruction of an educational concept to at least one individual. The invention contains a game board adapted for attracting magnets, a game area carried by the game board with a plurality of piece... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060244212 | Game board and game thereof A game board for playing a game thereon using a magnet sensitive game piece. The game board includes a substantially flexible and substantially non-magnetic first sheet of material defining a first sheet first surface and a substantially opposed first sheet second surfa... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060237904 | Board game and method of play The board game includes a playing surface with distinctly defined rows. Twelve playing elements divided between the rows, wherein three playing elements are positioned within a first row, four playing elements are positioned within a second row and five playing elements... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060232007 | CONVERTIBLE GAME BOARD AND TABLE A foldable portable game board including a platform for playing board and card games outdoors where adverse conditions might displace the location of game elements and subsequently interrupt the game. One surface of the platform supports a plurality of card engaging mem... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060226603 | Barrier game display unit education system The invention is directed to an educational system for use in instruction of educational concepts while playing a game. The system consists of a game sheet having an illustration for use in instruction of an educational concept, a set of magnetic playing pieces associat... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060138725 | Interactive board game A pattern made from a magnetizable material (1) is placed below a board. A playing piece (6) contains a magnet (4), which interacts with the magnetic material (1). If placed on special fields on the board, the playing piece slides away and st... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060087077 | Game for magnetically associating symbols to convey intelligence This invention relates to a game for selective association of indicia to convey intelligence where the indicia appear on the surfaces a cube shaped, magnetizable body. Each surface of the cube contains a recess of like dimension and so dimensioned and proportioned to ca... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060043673 | Baseball team play organizer The present invention provides a magnetic organizing apparatus for a baseball team. The organizing apparatus comprises a board, a frame, and a plurality of rectangular nameplates. The board has a perimeter and opposing surfaces. The frame is positioned around the board ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20050023754 | PUZZLE GAME AND METHODS OF PLAYING THEREOF A puzzle game and method of playing includes a pegboard frame having a plurality of recesses therein. A challenge card is placed on an upper surface of the pegboard frame. A plurality of posts are placed through the openings in the challenge card and contact the recesse... | 02/03/2005 |
