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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389987 | Reconfigurable air table game assembly A reconfigurable air table hockey game includes at least one air puck and is designed to be set upon a flat, horizontal surface. The game comprises a perforated, bounded playing surface overlying a plenum chamber that is supplied with air under pressure, at least du... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367565 | Balance plate intelligent game apparatus A balance plate intelligent game apparatus, structured to include a lower tier balance plate having a circular arc-shaped bottom portion and a transparent upper tier ball disk combined with a transparent top cover. A ball is disposed interior of the game apparatus s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338045 | Three dimensional maze game A three-dimensional maze game in the form of a hand-held toy. The hand held toy is in the form of a cube. The toy comprises a substantially cubic non-transparent body containing a plurality of intersecting pathways for an object and an entrance aperture and single/m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7300329 | Symmetric poi A symmetrical poi to be used by jugglers to safely perform moves includes a flexible long strap and two weights disposed at each end of the flexible long strap having reversibly deformable soft structure and having dimensions that fit in a human hand for easy graspi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284755 | Bulk vending machine having an integrated game of skill A bulk vending machine having an integrated game of skill includes a base having a chute door and a coin mechanism operatively attached thereto. The bulk vending machine further includes a hopper in which the bulk product is contained, and the hopper is operatively ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275974 | Magnetic top toy A wheel-shaped top with magnetic spindles projecting from the body. A circular disc with a beaded rim is mounted on each end of a shaft; the rims of the discs forming a two-rail track encircling the shaft. A handle has two legs attached to opposite ends of the shaft... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270327 | Game playing device for rolling balls A game playing device for rolling balls includes a game surface, a plurality of bar-shape elements and at least one rolling ball that rolls on the game surface. The game surface is made of a fabric and has an area and a shape including a circular shape or a rectangu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7228633 | Saber For use as a law enforcement weapon, a saber is provided having an elongated blade and a hilt affixed to one end thereof The blade has a triangular cross section including a pair of concave sides converging to a sharp common edge. The third side in opposed relation ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207570 | Trivia game A trivia game includes providing a plurality of balloons. A plurality of trivia cards is also provided. Each of the trivia cards has a different trivia question positioned thereon with respect to remaining ones of the trivia cards. Each of the balloons has one of th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192328 | Toy for simulating character motion A method of simulating real-life motion of a character includes providing a toy having a plurality of interconnected links. The links are rotatably attached to one another and the character is attached to one of the links. The method also includes grasping the toy b... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7163203 | Game A game having at least two boards, each having a frame with a substantially flat surface, said board determinative of a playing level, an object piece, the frame having a playing surface with a predetermined entrance and exit, game pieces arranged to travel over the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152862 | Intelligent toy ball The present invention relates to an intelligent toy ball, comprising a transparent sphere, a ball bearing bracket enclosed inside the sphere, a colored ball bearing, and two retaining rings that are enveloped on the ball bearing bracket to position the sphere, where... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137863 | Toy having two sliding bobs on a string with end stoppers A swinging bob toy having two bobs constrained to, yet slidable along, a string. Each end of the string has a pair of low-mass, spaced-apart stoppers which allows the end of the string to be easily grasped so that smooth transitions can be made between various modes... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7071802 | Magnetic device An improved magnetic device is provided for adhering to an outer magnetic or magnetizable surface in a secure, reliable manner, by ensuring proper orientation of a magnet contained therein at all times. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7011308 | Joystick maze Joystick Maze is an educational labyrinth game with the objective of demonstrating mechanical linkage while moving a steel ball across a game board from point A to point B. The game board consists of two parallel connected surfaces with the upper surface incorporati... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6959926 | Game board having a base for uneven surfaces A game device includes a housing defining an interior chamber and the housing has a top surface. The game device also includes a gaming surface integral to the top surface. A leg is slidably connected to the housing and the leg is moveable between a first position i... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6923737 | Baseball swing training apparatus A baseball swing training apparatus including that enables a batter to determine whether his swing followed the proper principles for hitting or batting. Oriented for use by both right-handed and left-handed batters it is intended to teach batters how their wrists s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6758474 | Marble-sequestering skill game A marble sequestering skill game having transparent hollow vertical tube members attached to a base and to a nontransparent hollow tubular top member, and being filled with marbles, each marble having an identifying feature. The marbles can be moved from one vertica... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6742780 | Skate board maze This invention discloses a skateboard maze game comprising a board having a surface, an underside, a front section, and a back section at least one maze grooved into the surface of the board, at east one ball per maze which fits into the grooves, and at least one gr... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6685531 | 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 than is required to maintain spin. The rotating device has a housing with a base upon which th... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6624802 | Method and device for detecting specific states of movement of a user Process and device for producing input data for a data processing system in which a user stands, sits, kneels, etc. with his entire body on a support plate of a bearing device, such that this support plate is mounted on a base plate which can tilt and/or ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6604978 | Top toy A top toy comprises a hand-held paddle with a contact portion and a handle portion, designed to manipulate, catch and throw a spinning top. The toy has two or more sides configured with substantially flat contact surfaces meeting at a periphery juncture t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6595519 | Dimensional puzzle A puzzle using Moebius topology and three-dimensional construction to make solution more challenging by preventing the player from seeing all possible layouts at any one time. The preferred embodiment of the puzzle challenges players to solve a maze when ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6554277 | Pocketed parachute game An amusement device including a sheet of flexible material defining an opening, and a pocket defining a mouth joined to the sheet around the opening. The sheet is grasped by participants during a game in which the sheet is held substantially horizontally ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6485017 | Toy top maze game A toy top maze game. The maze game includes a maze board upon which at least one spinning top is placed. The maze board has a top surface. A grove is disposed in the top surface of the maze board. The groove defines a maze pathway capable of guiding the s... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6273420 | Electronic maze game The maze game consists of a plurality of horizontal segments and a plurality of vertical segments that define a two-dimensional array of m×m squares or spaces where the size m is selectable by the user. In each potential segment location the present inve... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6254095 | Table horse racing This invention is about a wood structural tabletop horse racing game. The running of the horses on a board is caused by the back-and-forth shaking movement of the board. The shaking of the board is powered by the turning of a steel nut against an angle pl... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6164653 | Fishing toy structure A fishing toy includes a rotary disk and a plurality of toy fishes. The rotary disk has a circular rack, engaging gears installed within the toy fishes. Blocks are installed on the gear. By rotating, the blocks will drive the toy fishes to simulate the ac... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6139015 | Maze toy having changeable tracks A maze toy is formed of a base, a movable element, and a housing. The base is of a three-dimensional construction and is formed of a plurality of two-dimensional planes such that at least two adjoining planes of the periphery of the base form jointly a la... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6022020 | Game machine with an endless belt that moves opposite to a direction of movement of a play piece A game machine in which an endless belt is circularly moved such that an upper face thereof is moved from a background side to a foreground side relative to a player. A target moving in a crosswise direction of the endless belt is provided at an upstream ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5884911 | Table game A table game including a housing, a playing surface received within the housing, and a paddle member resiliently affixed to the playing surface and supported by the housing. The paddle member serves to move the playing surface upwardly and downwardly rela... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5839723 | Multi-layer maze assembly A multi-layer maze assembly that includes a steel maze ball; a top cover member having a magnetic ball storage hole, a ball storage magnet positioned adjacent to the magnetic ball storage hole, a ball insertion opening, two securing apertures, and first, ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5755438 | Hockey sphere game A game device played with rules similar to a hockey game. Te device contains an inflated transparent sphere containing a plurality of handles, nets between the handles, and a ball on the inside of the sphere. The object is to roll or bounce the ball into ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5692944 | Hand held exercise and amusement device A hand held device for exercise and amusement has a clear plastic circular tube with a central handle. One or more balls are inserted into the circular tube. One holds the central handle and causes the ball(s) to move around the tube. Balls of different w... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5676622 | Wrist excerciser A wrist therapy device comprises a handle, a maze mounted to one end of the handle, an object for following the maze, and a weight mounted to the handle between the handle and the maze. The user grasps the handle and moves the wrist to manipulate the maze... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5667221 | Tubular puzzle or toy with rolling members In this invention two similar bearings or balls are contained within a sealed tubular capsule. The capsule is comprised of a fully transparent material of a singular rigid substance. The capsule is composed of a lengthier playing field and two shorter sto... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5639087 | Rolling game machine A rolling game machine includes: a rolling unit by way of which the player rolls a rollable object in a desired direction; an interference member movable in a direction intersecting the inertial direction of the rolling object; an opposite detector arrang... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5549295 | Multi-level rotatable concentric ring marble game A multi-level rotatable concentric ring marble game that includes a circular base, a circular upper peripheral cylinder, a lower peripheral cylinder, a cylindrical collector, and a plurality of concentric rotatable circular rings. The circular base contai... | 08/27/1996 |
