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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7562872 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a lower liquid crystal display, a manual adjustment mechanism and liquid storage portions. The lower liquid crystal display is attached to the cabinet. The manual adjustment mechanism adjusts an attachment angle of the lower liqu... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7533884 | Angling paddle and a playing surface for use as a tabletop game The invention is a double handled angling paddle for use with a soccer table-top game apparatus, which includes a planar rectangular base area to serve as a playing surface with upstanding sides defining the boundaries of said playing surface, two pair of goal pocke... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7506871 | Table game having an elevated platform A combination of an elevated platform and a game table having a support structure including a game table and an elevated platform. The elevated platform including at least one support arm releasably connectable to the support structure in a play position and further... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7503563 | Combined gift container and kinetic puzzle A gift container includes a base and a lid capable of holding a gift. The gift container also includes an integral manipulable game. ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7487969 | Kite system having a light transmitter and a light receiver A kite system having a light transmitter and a light receiver is described. The kite system comprises a kite having a light receiver attached with the kite. The light receiver is capable of receiving and registering a light signal. A light transmitter is included fo... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7455296 | Play figure A toy figure in the form of a golf player with a body including a head, torso, arms and legs. A recess is provided in the body. The arms and the connected hands have a receptacle for the golf club. The golf club is swivelable through actuation of an operating handle... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7374169 | Table bowling A table parlour game particularly a turbo-bowling comprising a turbo player unit (1), bowling pins (2) and a lane plate tilting to any direction (3). The turbo player unit (1) is a whirling top, namely a conical solid of rotation, the pla... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357392 | Air hockey table that produces atomized gas A hockey table includes a table body, a top board mounted on a top of the table body and formed with a plurality of ventilating holes, and an atomizer mounted in the table body to spray an atomized gas which passes through the ventilating holes of the top board and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347533 | Low cost piezo printhead based on microfluidics in printed circuit board and screen-printed piezoelectrics In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a printhead includes a printed circuit board having at least one base layer, with at least one electrical trace, at least one fluidic passage and at least one fluidic chamber as part of the printed c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338047 | Ball pitching game and method The present invention discloses a bowling/pitching game that can be played virtually anywhere a substantially flat surface can be found and is enjoyable for adults as well as children. The playing field includes a distance marker and a scoring goal comprised of an o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303192 | Drop turn target An improved drop/turn target is easier to construct and operate than existing drop/turn targets. The drop/turn target may be adjusted for wear, and may easily be configured to operate in a variety of different modes. The drop/turn target may also be raised or lowere... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267342 | Games and methods of playing games with collectable game components Various game embodiments and methods of playing the same comprising a plurality of game components that can be projected onto a surface. The game components can have a plurality of indicia thereon with some indicia being determinative of how a particular game compon... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261293 | Ball game having members with passageways A game apparatus comprises a pair of side rails, a first passageway member having a bottom and a plurality of passageways communicating with the bottom. A second passageway member has a bottom and a plurality of passageways communicating with the bottom. There also ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229072 | Playing surface for a game and method of using a game playing surface The invention may be embodied as a playing surface. Such a playing surface may include a first boundary wall, a second boundary wall, a first zone separator and a second zone separator. The second zone separator may be spaced apart from the first zone separator in o... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219891 | Virtual goal for a game table A game table for playing a game with a gamepiece includes a playing surface and the gamepiece is movable along the playing surface through the application of gaming forces. A first endwall extends generally perpendicularly from the playing surface and has a first wa... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219889 | Sheet-processing machine with a pneumatic sheet-guiding device A sheet-processing machine, particularly a rotary printing press, includes a blast-air supply system and a pneumatic sheet-guiding device connected thereto. The sheet-guiding device has a sheet-guiding surface formed with air passage openings and serves for having t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7178802 | Hockey game table with goal handicap feature An adjustable goal for use with table top games such as air hockey allows one or both players to independently adjust the width of their respective goals to increase or decrease the difficulty of an opponent to score, i.e., allows a superior player to be handicapped... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178803 | Game table having storage compartment in corner member An air cushion game table is provided with a storage compartment useful for stowing game pieces during periods when the game table is not being utilized. The storage compartment is additionally useful for locating keys, watches, etc., that might distract a player du... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160171 | Pneumatic pump and vehicle In accordance with the present invention there is provided a pneumatic pump in combination with a pneumatic toy vehicle powered by a refillable compressed chamber. The improvement of the pump is defined by having a pipe that has an aperture to exhaust air being pump... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160189 | Systems and methods for determining an outcome of a game on a gaming device based on a factor other than a random number In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, a player input is used as a value for a variable in an algorithm of a gaming device. The algorithm, in turn, is used to generate a pseudorandom value. The pseudorandom value, in turn, is used to de... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158379 | Device for removing heat from a power connector A heat removal device includes a shroud on a top side of a printed circuit board that contains a power connector. An air intake vent is located underneath the printed circuit board and directs air up through printed circuit board vias into the shroud. Openings are l... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131647 | Casino pinball game A gaming unit having a pinball game and a casino game. Once a predetermined score is reached by playing the pinball game, the casino game is initiated. During the casino game, the player has the opportunity to win a monetary bonus. The pinball game continues, during... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128644 | Coin roll type coin operated redemption game where rolling coin turns into image on video screen A coin rolled from a first end of a surface to a second end of a surface is detected by a sensing device. The sensing device causes a video screen to display a coin generated video object in response to the detection of the coin near the second end of the surface. T... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118105 | Miniature golf game A miniature golf game involving a miniature golf hole having a playing surface including a tee-off area and a ball-receiving cup. The hole includes a pachinko game or other game of chance, which may be positioned within the playing surface or otherwise adjacent the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108262 | Table game improvements Improvements for use with table games include a first set of improvements which allow a player of a table game to more securely hold a paddle used in playing the table game. A second set of improvements provides a visual barrier which obscures a player's view of a p... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104900 | Diagnostic device for analyzing a golf swing A golf mat similar to the type used at a driving range, including a hole for inserting a golf tee, with the addition of a pressure sensor (transducer) embedded in one corner of the mat, sandwiched between a top artificial grass and a bottom rubber backing of the mat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090217 | Component craps stick This invention is a component craps stick for manipulating dice in a gaming casino, formed as a three-component detachable assembly of a rattan hook, a rattan shaft and a pinewood handle. The rattan components may be removed and replaced when they deteriorate or bre... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081033 | Toy figure for use with multiple, different game systems A game includes a toy figure that includes memory for storing information relating to the toy figure, a first game system configured to communicate with the toy figure, and a second game system configured to communicate with the toy figure. The first game system is ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063320 | Portable multimode shuffleboard game apparatus, exercise and strength measurement method A portable game board has a ring-shaped frame containing at least one slide panel marked with indicia used to score trajectories of playing disks slidably launched on the slide panel, which comprises a base panel, an optionally segmented game indicia panel placed on... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063324 | Ball pitching game method The present invention discloses a bowling/pitching game that can be played virtually anywhere a substantially flat surface can be found and is enjoyable for adults as well as children. The playing field includes a distance marker and a scoring goal comprised of an o... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059064 | Measuring device A measuring device includes a spool mounted in a housing having opposing front and rear ends. A string is wound about the spool, and has an end is attached to a marker located outside the housing. The string winds and unwinds relative to the spool upon rotation ther... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055821 | Coin rolling game apparatus There is provided a gaming apparatus in which a player rolls a coin or token down a chute and across a playing field to a jackpot opening. The playing field has coin or token catches for a falling coin or token. The closer the coin or token gets to the jackpot openi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025350 | Stick for a hockey game table A stick for a hockey game table includes an outer body and an inner body fitted in the outer body. The outer body has an open bottom, an annular stop wall facing downward on an inner surface near the bottom, an annular recessed surface on the inner surface, and two ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004465 | Game table A game table for playing a game relating to an ice-related sport. The game table includes a tabletop substantially covered with a sheet of ice. Symbols printed on the tabletop are visible through the ice and relate to the sport of ice hockey, curling, skating, etc. | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006076 | Dart game score board A dart game score board includes a case having a front face with two orthogonal arrays of display windows, a plurality of number keys and cancel buttons, two keypads, each having a four digit display, electronic circuitry having a microprocessor and processing firmw... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994349 | Portable dueling tree A modular target system includes a plurality of targets mounted on a center support so that the targets rotate between opposing sides of the center support. Preferably, the targets rotate about an axis which is between about 5 and 30 degrees less than vertical, and ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994348 | Dueling tree A target system includes a plurality of targets mounted on a center support so that the targets rotate between opposing sides of the center support. Preferably, the targets rotate about an axis which is between 5 and 30 degrees less than vertical, and have faces whi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991230 | Revolving target amusement apparatus An amusement device in the form of an arcade game is disclosed that comprises a rotating playing field arrayed with targets at the perimeter. Using a projectile such as a token or coin, the player drops the projectile into a chute in an attempt to knock down the tar... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6971648 | Game of hand-eye skill In a game requiring hand-eye coordination, the present invention comprises a game box, a liner tray with dividers forming cavities of various sized, an arch assembly having a tethered projectile, a curved rail portion, a target ball, a target-ball release, and a sco... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6913506 | Electric toy top device with support and its associated method of operation A system comprising a rotating device and a support structure for the rotating device, wherein the support structure provides the power to the rotational device that is required to maintain spin. The rotating device has a housing with a base upon which the housing s... | 07/05/2005 |
