Class 273/115 - Surface pockets

Subclass of Class 273 - Amusement devices: games
Definition: Games in which the pocket is formed in the surface, usually
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 09/21/2010

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Number	Title	Issue Date
7798493	Board game A game for children or adults using a board and a ball provides entertainment and motor skill improvements. The board has a central depression for initially receiving the ball whereby the board is then manipulated to allow the ball to roll from the central depressio...	09/21/2010
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
7300202	Clock having a playing function A clock includes a main body having a lower space and provided with a protruding post extended into the lower space, a face plate mounted on the main body and formed with a plurality of holes, a tumbler mounted in the lower space of the main body and rested on the p...	11/27/2007
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
7169047	Providing an indication of a hidden bonus on a casino gaming apparatus A casino gaming apparatus may include a display unit capable of generating video images, a value input device, a user input device and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit. The controller may comprise a processor and a memory and may be programmed to...	01/30/2007
7169099	Balancing object One or more balancing objects are provided having an arcuate roof onto which a user may step and a pair of sidewalls to support the roof. The arcuate roof is shaped such that a portion of a user's foot will contact the balancing object when standing on the roof, the...	01/30/2007
7037206	Billiards rack The present invention 10 discloses a billiards ball racking system comprised of two symmetrical circular loops 12, 14 bonded together. Each circular loop 12, 14 may hold up to seven billiard balls 16, six balls around the inner perimeter ...	05/02/2006
6952906	Packaged furniture assembly and method thereof for compressible furniture The present invention provides a chair having a removable outer cover. The chair has an air permeable bladder which houses compressible filler material. The compressible filler material allows the chair to be selectively compressed between various compressed states....	10/11/2005
6220917	Body suspended amusement system An amusement device that includes a mounting assembly that is selectively attachable to a person's body. A mounting rod is provided that has a first end and a second end. The first end of the mounting rod engages the mounting assembly. As such, the mounti...	04/24/2001
5676371	Arcade games An arcade game including an inclined playing surface, a playing piece which can be directed down the playing surface, and a vibration apparatus operative to overcome the frictional forces between the playing piece and the playing surface. The vibration me...	10/14/1997
5607155	Pivoted player-tiltable games table This invention comprises a games apparatus on which a game involving strength, skill and agility is playable by two or more opposing players who, in playing the game, must struggle against one another as they attempt to score points by directing a playing...	03/04/1997
5553851	Revolving rings gaming apparatus Gaming apparatus in which a ball is traveled onto a revolving surface has a plurality of rings of differing diameters which jointly form the revolving surface. The rings are centered on a vertical axis of rotation and may rotate in opposite directions or ...	09/10/1996
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
5492325	Math game device A game device has a flat, circular bottom wall with a plurality of ball-receiving wells formed in it and a transparent dome-shaped cover that captures a plurality of balls within the device. Some of the wells have a number shape, and each of those wells a...	02/20/1996
5425536	Arcade game An arcade game including an inclined playing surface, a playing piece which can be directed down the playing surface, and a vibration apparatus operative to overcome the frictional forces between the playing piece and the playing surface. The vibration me...	06/20/1995
5375828	Cup lid game A combination drinking glass lid and game includes a base which operates to cover and seal a drinking glass. The base includes an opening there through for passage of a drinking straw. Supported upon the base is a game of skill or chance, such as a target...	12/27/1994
5310579	Method and apparatus for painting a surface by moving a device through a paint reservoir and across the surface Apparatus and method for painting an object. The object is affixed to a holder and a reservoir of paint is formed either on or adjacent to the surface of the object. The holder then is tilted sufficiently to cause a paint distribution device, such as a sp...	05/10/1994
5213325	Tiltable board and rolling ball game mechanism An amusement device has a housing with a chamber in which a game board is disposed. A player endeavors to guide a rolling ball on the board by manipulating a control lever to tilt the board in any selected direction. The board is supported by a tiltable s...	05/25/1993
5066014	Sidewinder amusement game A carnival or amusement park game in which a player is challenged to keep a rolling ball to its objective descending, planar, zig-zag path by manipulating the rotation of the plane of the path. The game may be further enhanced by providing rotational stee...	11/19/1991
4964637	Roving spinning top puzzle An apparatus for a game of skill has a base member with a gaming surface with a gaming pathway. An orbital pathway is formed on the base surface, and a handle is attached to the base. A top member has a vertical axis and a spindle that extends along the v...	10/23/1990
4909512	Game apparatus utilizing rolling members A toy game educational and/or therapeutic possibilities comprising a translucent or transparent elongated cylindrical member having a hollow extending longitudinally through the member and a partition disposed in the hollow which extends radially between ...	03/20/1990
4880236	Game device A game device comprises a transparent housing having a plurality of partition plates which are spaced apart to divide the interior of the housing into a plurality of compartments, each partition plate having a through-hole therein to intercommunicate two ...	11/14/1989
4550912	Spherical maze game apparatus Circular maze game apparatus includes a transparent sphere which encloses another sphere having a maze on its external periphery, with predetermined paths laid out throughout the maze between a predetermined starting point and a predetermined ending point...	11/05/1985
4487417	Puzzle amusement device An amusement device for selectively interchanging or transferring coded pieces from one storage element to a second adjacent storage element is disclosed. The two storage elements are connected to each other for relative rotation. The coded pieces are tra...	12/11/1984
4359224	Manipulative fluid-filled game A hand manipulative game including specially formed fluid chamber, and specially formed objects which must be manipulated into predetermined relation to a target in the chamber. The fluid chamber is formed between a pair of spaced apart translucent walls ...	11/16/1982
4257601	Manipulative game A manipulative game can be constructed so as to utilize a housing having a transparent cover and a bottom member located within the housing adjacent to the cover and so as to be movable with respect to the cover between a no-play position in which one or ...	03/24/1981
4248427	Rotating surface pinball game A pinball type game utilizing an inclined, rotatable playing surface containing projections, guide rails, targets, traps, and at least one ball is described. The speed and direction of rotation of the playing surface is controlled by the player. The locat...	02/03/1981
4239223	Novelty game drinking glass A novelty game drinking glass for containing beverages as well as entertaining, amusing and interesting the user. The glass itself has a transparent partition positioned upwardly from the bottom end to form a bottom recess portion at the bottom end. A nov...	12/16/1980
4236716	Two-player pivoted rod ball drop game A box supports two playing fields which slope downwardly from opposite sides thereof toward a switch bar along the exposed inner side of each field for energizing a "spill" display light at the end of each field when a player fails to score with a ball ro...	12/02/1980
4198047	Multi compartment game board A composite game board comprising a base wall, a peripheral wall surrounding said base wall, a single septum extending between oppositely disposed portions of said peripheral wall to form a pair of chambers, one substantially larger in total area than the...	04/15/1980
4163558	Vibratory game apparatus A vibratory game apparatus for use with a plurality of game pieces movable over a playing surface in response to vibration thereof comprises an open top enclosure or arena for containing a group of said game pieces during play. The enclosure includes a fl...	08/07/1979
4074827	Multi-purpose closure for containers A closure for a container. The closure includes a base member having a central portion and a peripheral flange and a cover member also having a central portion and a peripheral flange. The cover member is adapted to be releasably secured to the base membe...	02/21/1978
4009881	Game apparatus A game apparatus including a frame and horizontal sheet of flexible material having a plurality of vertically displaceable localized areas and goals at opposite ends. A plurality of crankshafts are rotatably mounted beneath the sheet and interconnected th...	03/01/1977
4007936	Novelty closure A novelty closure consists of a container cover, such as that used in connection with soft drink cups, and a puzzle means coupled with said cover at the central portion thereof. The puzzle means takes the form of a planar member having indicia imprinted t...	02/15/1977
3964748	Mallet game A mechanical apparatus for playing a game of chance for entertainment. By manipulation of a mallet-like device a resilient ball is caused to bounce about within a hollow open-space, then settle into any one of nine indentures in a scoring face which is ma...	06/22/1976
3938807	Ball game with shiftable labyrinthine platform A ball game has a housing with a transparent cover, and a labyrinthine platform disposed in the housing. A plurality of balls are positioned between the platform and the transparent cover. The labyrinthine platform is resiliently loaded in the direction t...	02/17/1976

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