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| 8011660 | Lawn game using rolling disks A lawn game uses a pair of markers toward which each player rolls a disk while standing proximate the other maker. Once all disks have been rolled, the disk closest to the marker determines which player scores points for that round. For the player scoring points, al... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7621530 | Disc game apparatus and method of playing the same A game apparatus of the type where a projectile, such as a disc is hand propelled across an elongated playing surface from a launch area to a target area and a new method of playing such a game. The method of playing including awarding points to a player for each di... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7441775 | Game table with centrifugal blower assembly A game table is disclosed. The table includes a flat game surface having a plurality of air holes defined therein and a plenum box having a tapered profile proceeding from a shorter end to a taller end. There may be a plurality of elongate passageways between the pl... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311304 | Game apparatus with multiple moving elements An apparatus for providing an arcade game with multiple moving elements, where a player must engage all moving elements with a playing piece to engage a target and earn a reward. The game apparatus has a guiding member having a first motion, a target surface having ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7273212 | Article support apparatus, system, and method An article support apparatus facilitates article interaction such as game play upon an oblong game table. The article or game support apparatus comprises a support plate, an anchor plate, and an article-positioning assembly extending therebetween. The article-positi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264551 | Four dimensional billiards A Playing surface (12) that introduces “movement” or “motion” as a fourth dimension to the traditional game of billiards by altering the natural inertia of the billiard balls is disclosed. In one embodiment of the playing surface (12), “motio... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261638 | Bowling practice device A bowling practice device for regularizing and perfecting bowling technique. An aerodynamically designed hollow body includes an outer wall and a cylindrical inner wall. The opposed ends of the outer wall taper to meet the cylindrical inner wall. The outer wall pref... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229360 | Table which can be converted into a billiard table The invention relates to a table (1) which can be converted into a billiard table, of the type comprising a rectangular fixed frame which is provided with vertical support feet (11) and which surrounds a rectangular central plate (13) which is c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222852 | Method, apparatus and article employing multiple machine-readable indicia on playing cards A stacked set of playing cards are supported to expose an information bearing portion bearing a first machine-readable indicia and an information bearing portion bearing a second machine-readable indicia, such that each of the first and second machine-readable indic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207909 | Dimpled air hockey puck An air hockey puck has a disc shaped body and a peripheral ridge or rim facing both upward and downward. The disc body has head and tail surfaces. The head is a plane surface and defined by an annular inner sidewall of the rim. The tail is defined by an inner sidewa... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207565 | Bouncing ball board game A game in which a ball is thrown or bounced onto a horizontal game board from an adjacent bouncing surface such as a table, most of a target portion of the game board surface being covered with raised ball-deflecting projections in a grid pattern, the remainder of t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156394 | Method and device for playing modified games of chess A method for playing a modified game of chess includes the steps of providing a game board having a plurality of rows and columns to define a grid-like pattern and providing each player a set of game cubes, each of which defines six faces. Five of said faces include... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156745 | Combination pool table/ping pong table A combination pool table/ping pong table having height adjustment means for raising and lowering simultaneously the four corners of the game table. This allows the game of pool to be played at a proper regulation height and also allows the ping pong table to be used... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144014 | Portable kicking game The portable kicking game includes a relatively small, portable playing sheet or mat having a representation of a playing field thereon. The playing sheet is preferably sufficiently small to provide for placement in a medium size room, a single parking space in a st... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121547 | Carromboard adapted for challenging players of varying skill A rectangular carromboard provides a vertically adjustable impact surface outward of each pocket, positioning of which enables the player of the game to be presented with playing situations of varying difficulty. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7052405 | Bowling lane construction providing adjustable lane topography The topography of a bowling lane may be adjusted after installation through the use of special truss assemblies beneath the lane that are provided with a height adjustment mechanism that is remotely actuatable at a convenient location. Lane tilt, including side-to-s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052013 | Stacking game and method A game device that includes non-uniformly shaped playing pieces that may be stacked onto an arrangement of multiple, base structures, the base structures having one or more substantially planar playing surfaces thereon, the playing pieces suitable for stacking on th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7014523 | Vector toy Embodiments disclosed herein may include a toy method and system configured to be displaced for generally long distances by a small force. The disc-like or ring-like device may utilize wind-related vortex forces to remain generally upright and moving for long distan... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7001288 | Soccer practice cage A soccer practice cage including an enclosure defining an enclosure interior and multiple ball openings provided in spaced-apart relationship with respect to each other in the bottom portion of the enclosure and communicating with the enclosure interior. In typical ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6932344 | Tossing game A tossing game preferably includes an even number of tossing discs, a target disc, a retaining wire, a disc retrieval wand and a portable play surface. The tossing discs come in at least two colors and the target disc is a different color than any of the tossing dis... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6893017 | Combined shuffle board and pool game assembly A combined shuffleboard and pool game assembly includes a playing surface that has a substantially rectangular shape and a plurality of elongated rails removably engageable with the playing surface. The plurality of rails include opposed arcuate end portions for def... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6811494 | Shooting game machine and shooting game system A shooting game machine includes a target unit in which targets are arranged at four stages. A token discharge device faces the target unit and is operable by a game player to discharge a token while selectively aiming at any of the plurality of targets. Display uni... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6764074 | Compact hockey arena Systems and methods for providing a recreational game that promotes coordination, provides a form of exercise, and is an enjoyable pastime. A game box includes a floor, side walls and end walls, wherein each end wall includes a goal formed therein. A center wall ext... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6761355 | Game apparatus and method A new and improved game apparatus and method of using the game apparatus is disclosed. The game apparatus has a plurality of parts for use in betting and/or trading various parts of the game apparatus between players. The game apparatus comprises a plurality of sets... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6749196 | Ice hockey game An ice hockey board game where the player pegs (6) can move all around the game level through the network of miniature levels (3). The player pegs (6) are moved around by hand along the gaps (4). The shots are accomplished by rolling the ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6682072 | Game piece with adjustable center of gravity A game piece and game board assembly includes a game piece body having a weight mounting section. A weight member can be mounted at various locations on the weight mounting section to vary the center of gravity. The game piece can strike an opponent's gam... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6623005 | Game playing member supporting device for a hockey game table Game playing member supporting device of hockey game table, including a main body; a transmission mechanism including: a rod section horizontally rotatably fitted through the main body, when pulling the rod section, the main body is driven and displaced; ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6568380 | Medal game machine The present invention provides a medal game machine that makes it possible, for a medal to move forward with good directionality, thus increasing the playability of an aiming game. The configuration is such that a medal (14) fired from a shooting device (... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6520500 | Multi-playfield redemption game The game apparatus has a gamepiece aiming device having a plurality of degrees of movement that allows a player to have better aiming capability. The game apparatus features a multi-playfield game having at least first and second playfields that are coupl... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6513807 | Gaming apparatus and method for playing a game therewith A gaming apparatus and method includes a table with a cushion on its perimeter and centrally located target area. The target area includes an elongated barrier to prevent passage of a ball and a primary target formed as a bay having opposed side walls and... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6502819 | Convertible game table A convertible game table which can be used to play a SKEE-BALL type game, a re-bound hockey or shuffle board game and pool or billiards utilizing different-size playing areas spaced at different elevations above the floor.... | 01/07/2003 |
