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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120108333 | Gaming Machine Chair And Wagering Game Systems And Machines With A Gaming Chair Gaming machine chairs and wagering game systems and machines with a gaming chair are presented herein. One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to an automated gaming chair for a gaming system that conducts a wagering game. The gaming chair includes a seat porti... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052959 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, AND GAME PROCESS METHOD An example game system includes a game apparatus, an operating device, and a hand-held device. The game apparatus receives first operation data from the operating device and second operation data from the hand-held device, and performs a predetermined game control proce... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110300951 | SMART DISCARD RACK FOR PLAYING CARDS A discard rack moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved to a card collection area. Both suit and rank of each card is read in the card in-feed area or between the card in-feed area and the card collection... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110244966 | POKER CALCULATOR Apparatus for use by a player in a game of Texas Hold'em poker is disclosed and comprises and keyboard and a screen. The keyboard includes: a card identification key arrangement including one key for each of the cards of a standard 52-card deck suit; and a suitedness in... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110195789 | DEVICE MONITORING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FOR VENDING MACHINES A gaming peripheral for a gaming machine is described. The gaming peripheral can be configured to emulate the functions of a lighting device, such as a candle. The gaming peripheral can be configured to provide enhanced gaming features such as 1) enhanced networking cap... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195788 | DEVICE HEALTH MONITORING FOR GAMING MACHINES A gaming peripheral for a gaming machine is described. The gaming peripheral can be configured to emulate the functions of a lighting device, such as a candle. The gaming peripheral can be configured to provide enhanced gaming features such as 1) enhanced networking cap... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195775 | GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS GAMING SYSTEM PROVIDING NON-INTRUSIVE PROCESSES A gaming peripheral for a gaming machine is described. The gaming peripheral can be configured to emulate the functions of a lighting device, such as a candle. The gaming peripheral can be configured to provide enhanced gaming features such as 1) enhanced networking cap... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195786 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING CANDLE DEVICES ON A GAMING MACHINE A gaming peripheral for a gaming machine is described. The gaming peripheral can be configured to emulate the functions of a lighting device, such as a candle. The gaming peripheral can be configured to provide enhanced gaming features such as 1) enhanced networking cap... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195787 | CANDLE DEVICES FOR GAMING MACHINES A gaming peripheral for a gaming machine is described. The gaming peripheral can be configured to emulate the functions of a lighting device, such as a candle. The gaming peripheral can be configured to provide enhanced gaming features such as 1) enhanced networking cap... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110159967 | SCREENSPLITTER A screensplitter for splitting a viewing screen of a gaming device which has a first opaque panel having a first end, a second end, and opposed edges and a second opaque panel having a first end, a second end, and opposed edges. Engagement means are provided for securin... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110117532 | IMAGE COMPOSITING VIA MULTI-SPECTRAL DETECTION A video image capture component includes a light source operable in a first spectrum, a first image detector operable in the first spectrum, a second light source operable in a second spectrum, and a second image detector operable in the second spectrum. A filtering com... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110118034 | IMMERSIVE WAGERING GAME MACHINE LIGHTING STRUCTURES A lighting controller can be configured to control a variety of immersive lighting structures proximate to a wagering game machine (e.g., surrounding, affixed to, flanking, etc.) in accordance with game events (e.g., the wagering game being played, a bonus game, a porta... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110109134 | SERVER-BASED GAMING CHAIR A gaming chair includes a plurality of speakers, at least one electronic display device, a network interface configured to couple to a network, and a processor coupled to the speakers, the electronic display device, and the network interface. The processor is configured... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110105220 | Real-world items unlocking virtual items online and in video games There is provided a system and method for providing access to a virtual object corresponding to a real object. There is provided a method comprising authenticating a user account for a networked application, confirming a validity of a user provided code, wherein the cod... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110086747 | Exercise and video game chair A video game chair for enhancing the enjoyment of a video game includes a chair member formed of a horizontal seat portion with a backrest portion vertically extending therefrom. This is a chair that utilizes arm movement, torso movement, leg movement and finger movemen... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110077088 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREON, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS A CPU of a game apparatus sequentially obtains, from a gravity center position detection device, gravity center position data indicative of the gravity center position of a user, and detects a variation range of the gravity center position of the user during a predeterm... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110034260 | Pool 300 The Pool-300™ game enables one or more players to utilize standard pool equipment/implements (i.e., cue sticks, balls and a pool table) or specially designed implements (for electronic gaming), to play an individual or league match comprising playing a sequence of M i... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034253 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SENSATIONS OF MOVEMENT AND FOR PHYSICAL REHABILITATION The appliance designed to allow a living being to perceive sensations of virtual movements of part of his body comprises a control unit in which is stored a table containing a first plurality of basic excitation signals, a second plurality of macro-motifs each formed by... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110003631 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN A SPLIT POST OF A WAGERING GAME CHAIR In some example embodiments, an apparatus that includes a wagering game chair for a wagering game machine that is configured to present a wagering game. The wagering game chair includes a seat having a seat bottom and a seat post that is part of a split-post configurati... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331092 | GAME CONTROLLER CASE A game controller case enables game play that utilizes an action operation input (e.g., hitting or pushing) using a game controller attached to a game device instead of a dedicated game controller. The game controller case includes a receiving section that receives a ga... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327525 | SHUFFLED PLAYING CARDS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermin... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100323789 | Cashbox coupon for a gaming machine The present invention provides a method for an additional security feature on a gaming machine regarding the content of a cashbox positioned within the gaming machine through the printing of a coupon. The method involves transferring information from a bill validator to... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100304873 | Bowling Ball and Football Game Controller A ball-shaped housing for encapsulating a game controller. The game controller is held in a compartment within the hollow of a ball. A user accesses control buttons on the game controller by way of buttons on the housing that are mechanically linked to contact ends that... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100234087 | Hidden Image Game Piece A hidden image game piece and a method by which a hidden image game piece is produced. A first pattern of colored ink is deposited on a transparent or highly translucent substrate at 110-180 density, forming the image which is to be hidden. Then a second pattern of colo... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100210340 | GAMING SYSTEM, MACHINE AND METHOD WITH A SCANNABLE PHYSICAL COMPONENT ASSOCIABLE WITH A GAME A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed that include generating a scannable physical gaming component associable with a game. The disclosed method also includes identifying a game structure at a player station through a scan of the gaming component, receiving a ga... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100167825 | JOYSTICK THUMB CUSHION A cushioned attachment (30) for a user-manipulatable actuator (12) of a controller device (10) provides extra support and comfort for the user (60). A preferred embodiment is a joystick thumb cushion that fits over a conventional joystick act... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167826 | DISCARD RACK WITH CARD READER FOR PLAYING CARDS A card verification station moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved individually to a card collection area. A device may comprise a) a card in-feed area with card moving elements that move only a bottom ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100144449 | GAMING TOKEN A method of forming a gaming plaque in which a decorative design is printed onto a clear polymer film which is then thermoformed into an outer plaque face; two plaque faces are then injection moulded together with a suitable polymer between the rear faces of the faces t... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100130288 | RFID-INCORPORATED GAME TOKEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF An RFID tag incorporated game token that does not allow the RFID tag to be easily removed and hardly has failures in the RFID tag during manufacturing or in use is implemented. In the game token, an RFID covered with flexible cover sheets is held between laminate resin ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100120540 | GAMING MACHINE A gaming machine has sticker pasting portions onto which stickers with decorative images are pasted, around each of a plurality of displays thereof. Each sticker pasting portion has a sticker pasting surface and a raised portion. Owing to stickers pasted onto sticker pa... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100105486 | RFID-INCORPORATED GAME TOKEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A RFID tag incorporated game token that does not allow the RFID tag to be easily removed and hardly has failures in the RFID tag during manufacturing or in use is implemented. A game token (10) includes a body (11) produced by injection molding using therm... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100105485 | COMPOSITE TABLETOP FOR ELECTRONIC GAME TABLES Composite tabletops for electronic game tables are described. In one implementation, the composite tabletop has a channeled core layer sandwiched between a bottom layer and top layer. The channeled core layer is constructed of foam, so that the foam forms enclosure spac... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100099487 | WAGERING GAME MACHINE FAN CONTROL AND MONITORING A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising gaming code which is operable when executed on to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and includes a cooling module comprising two or more fans and a fan controller opera... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100093446 | VOUCHER MANAGEMENT PATH SYSTEM FOR A GAMING MACHINE PRINTER A gaming machine printer. The gaming machine printer creates printed vouchers, tickets, receipts, etc. for use in gaming applications employing cashless enabled gaming systems. The gaming machine printer includes a voucher management system having a burster bar for sepa... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100081503 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEM Disclosed is a video game system. The video game system includes a video game console, and a Compact Disc (CD) changing apparatus. The CD changing apparatus is connected to the video game console. Further, the CD changing apparatus is capable of accommodating, and readi... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100081505 | ACCESSORY FOR PLAYING GAMES WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide user interfaces for playing games on portable electronic devices. One example provides a game accessory having input controls for playing video, audio, and other types of games. The game accessory can have input controls, su... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100069160 | HANDHELD WAGERING GAME MACHINE AND DOCKING UNIT Embodiments of a handheld wagering game machine and docking station are described herein. In one embodiment, the wagering game docking station is configured to dock with a handheld wagering game machine. The docking station can include a docking port configured to recei... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100062863 | Apparatus and Method for Gaming System and Game Controller Maintenance A gaming system service apparatus comprising: a memory for storing update data for at least one gaming system, wherein the update data includes one or more game programs or sets of game rules; a data communication interface; a programmer adapted to update a game control... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100048308 | Manipulation input device structure A manipulation input device structure includes a foundation base and an operating base. The foundation base has a rotation slot, such that the operating base is pivoted therein, and the operating base may relatively pivots to the foundation base and is fixed at a using ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100022298 | LIGHTING DEVICE USING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND GAMING MACHINE INCLUDING THE LIGHTING DEVICE A game system 1 related to the present invention includes: slot machines 3A to 3J in each of which a base game is executed with a game value being bet; a shared display 201 which displays predetermined content; and a lighting device 120. | 01/28/2010 |
