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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967188 | Umpire counter with null indicators A handheld, thumb or finger operated, umpire's counter having three dials to indicate the count kept by the umpire for each of “strikes”, “balls”, and “outs”. Each dial has associated with it a null indicator having a tactile output perceptible to the to... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7866541 | Fish cooler with counting means A receptacle for receiving, counting and temporarily storing game, such as fish, has an opening or passageway into the interior of the receptacle. The opening or passageway is normally covered by a closure member or door which is selectively slidable between a norma... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7313929 | Wearable record tracking device and method of using A user wearable device for tracking or reminding the user of time and/or numerical records. In the preferred embodiment, the device takes the form of an attractive bracelet. The bracelet is made of two sets of beads strung together to form the bracelet and at least ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7246730 | Smart hanger system A moisture resistant rustproof smart hanger system provides a set of plastic spindles or thumb wheels permanently attached to a hanger. The spindles are designed to record, for a particular garment, the last cleaned date, the number of times worn, and the last worn ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6941693 | Paintball guns A paintball gun is disclosed which includes a data link for transferring data to and/or from a remote terminal. The link may be a contact or contactless one. A removable data carrier may be used. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6859510 | Electromagnetic counter with built-in illumination device An electromagnetic counter includes a case, an electromagnet, an anchor rotatable through magnetization and demagnetization of the electromagnet, and number wheels rotated by a predetermined angle according to the rotation of the anchor. A flexible board with a ligh... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6634548 | Tennis pal A portable tennis scoring device having a flexible strap removably attached to a casing. The casing preferably contains a circuit chip and a battery; and the circuit chip is activated one or more of four activation switches, which cause information to be ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6561415 | Calorie management system A bracelet for counting calories is formed by a plurality of counting beads each having an aperture there through. A monofilament line is threaded in a looping manner through the aperture of each counting bead such that the line overlaps itself within the... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6073835 | Mechanical model and counter method and apparatus A model, a counter, an actuator, and a termination device is provided. During a rest state the model is stationary in a first position and the counter is not counting. During a first transition state the model moves from its first position to a second pos... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5877480 | Illuminating umpire counter and timing device An illuminating umpire counter and timing device including a hand-held housing having three apertures through a top face thereof. Each of the apertures have distinguishable indicia adjacent thereto. Three indicating wheels are rotatably disposed and exten... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5736720 | Loader mounted paintball game scorekeeper and an associated paintball game playing system A paintball game scorekeeper and an associated paintball game playing system. The paintball game scorekeeper includes a switch member having plural control buttons insertably mounted in a recess formed in a front side surface of a housing. A printed circu... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5730658 | Golf scoring device A system for attaching a scoring display unit to a fastening band of a glove. The fastening band includes a top strap, and a back surface patch for the top strap. Confronting surfaces of the top strap and the back surface patch comprise cooperating intere... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5700997 | Game play media dispenser A game play media dispenser comprises a ball passage 10 for allowing game play media (pachinko balls) 90 to flow, a gear 20 formed with a plurality of recesses 21 engaging with the pachinko balls 90 on an outer peripheral surface and rotating while causin... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5341121 | Differential score indicator system for basketball A separate differential score display unit is provided at each end of a basketball court, atop or beside of the shot time clock indicators presently used, and in position to be as visible to the players and coaches as is the shot time clock indicators. Th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5084695 | Umpire's counter An umpire's counter is provided with a housing having a top face and a bottom face. On the side of the housing between the faces, inputs for advancing a balls display, a strikes display, an outs display and an inning display are provided. A separate butto... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4912307 | Device for keeping score during a scoring game A device for keeping score during a scoring game and, in particular, during a game of golf. A plurality of counting beads having respective passages formed therethrough are strung in a serpentine manner on respective first and second portions of a string,... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4820908 | Combined calculator and puzzle game device A combined calculator and puzzle game device including a calculator cover-board which is provided with guide pieces confined to intersecting guide grooves. Game pieces which have projecting necks are mounted on the guide pieces by inserting the projecting... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4642449 | Cashbox for a cash register The invention relates to a cashbox for a cash register, with a money drawer mounted in a cash case so as to be slidable in a moving-in and a moving-out direction, a sliding drive for the money drawer with spring means which act on the money drawer, are st... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4347853 | Cycle counter for lung exerciser A simple device intended to register the number of cycles performed by a patient using a lung exerciser. A means for easily resetting to zero is provided. The device is adaptive to various sizes, scales, and maximum number of cycles.... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4331098 | Tennis score keeper A small sized device is disclosed for keeping score of a tennis match, and which can be conveniently carried either around a player's wrist, mounted on a racquet or the like; the score keeper including a frame on which is imprinted a row of point scores a... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4245216 | Electric cribbage board with common hand count display and selective entry to respective sets of game score indicators An electric cribbage board wherein the score for each shown by the illumination of a respective one of a number of lightable indicator devices forming a respective "track" or "street". The board is arranged to illuminate two successive devices in each tra... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4189143 | Tennis scorekeeper A tennis scorekeeping device having a pair of separately formed scorekeeping units adapted to be mounted one each side of a tennis racquet handle between the head of the racquet and the handle grip of the racquet, first manually manipulatable means on one... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4172595 | Tennis tally A tennis tally includes different colored markers for scoring the opposing sides of a tennis match. The markers are movable to at least four positions so as to be capable of scoring "0", "15", "30" and "40" for each side. The tally may be readily attached... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4089318 | Spring type article projecting device A spring type article projecting device for propelling an object, at a target, is disclosed. The device comprises a stock, a handle and a striker head housing that includes a striker plate actuated by a striker pin. A force deflector member, pivotally mou... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4029943 | Method and apparatus for opinion surveys Beginning with data cards which carry thereon a question or a statement to be a subject of a survey, such cards being pre-punched with appropriate indicia signifying the question being asked or the position being tested, the interviewer submits such posit... | 06/14/1977 |
