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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4175336 | Bridge playing apparatus A bridge playing apparatus is disclosed that is adapted for use with a bridge column of a newspaper, magazine or the like. The apparatus comprises an outer housing member having a pair of windows cut therethrough and two inner members slidably disposed wi... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4173342 | Device for simulating a card game The device for simulating a card game played between a number of players and especially a game of bridge comprises a case provided on the front face with luminous information panels corresponding to the number of players and each having a number of card p... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4172597 | Magnetic pick-up device and marker An improved magnetic pick-up device and marker for use in games includes a rectangular ferromagnetic member having a length substantially greater than width. The ferromagnetic member is fixedly received in a rectangular socket affixed to an elongated hand... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4130871 | Bridge game scoring and display computer An electronic computer for computing and displaying the scores of the parties engaged in conventional games of Bridge receives inputs before each hand of the winning bid, the party winning the bid, and whether the winning party is doubled or redoubled; an... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4128246 | Chase-type board game apparatus A board-type game apparatus designed around the theme of a mythical man-animal known as "Big Foot" includes, in combination, a game board having a relatively large playing surface with a plurality of spaced apart playing piece stations or spaces thereon p... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4113143 | Bingo chip dispenser A dispenser for chips or coins includes a cylindrical body and a plunger for moving the chips out of an open end of the body. The open end of the body is formed as a thin distortable ring having at least a pair of oppositely disposed detents thereon again... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4084821 | Magnetic collection device for bingo chips and similar game parts An apparatus for collecting bingo chips or other game parts. The parts are picked-up by a magnet and deposited in a container. The permanent magnet disengages the chips for reuse in play upon contacting the container. In one embodiment the container is of... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4074442 | Apparatus for teaching and playing contract bridge An apparatus adapted to teach contract bridge and other card games and also to ordinarily play contract bridge and distinctively comprising a preferred sequence of play indicia juxtaposed to playing card indicia respectively to directly indicate the prefe... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4073493 | Bridge bid recording device A device for recording and retaining the bids of a player in a bridge auction comprising a block having a plurality of holes formed in a rectangular row and column array therein, each row and column being respectively associated with a particular level an... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4072310 | Control apparatus for a card game simulator A card game simulator simulates a card game by means of a set of hand displays, which may be seen only by one player at a time, and a set of corresponding play displays, which may be seen by all players. Each hand display includes a set of light emitting ... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4052073 | Blackjack play director A blackjack play director having structure including normally deenergized indicator means adapted to be sensed by a player. A plurality of input switches are interconnected with indictor means for exclusive generation of one of four sensible play decision... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4046383 | Magnetic collection device for bingo chips and similar game parts An apparatus for collecting bingo chips or other game parts. The parts are picked-up by a magnetic device and automatically released and deposited into a container when the magnetic device is partially inserted into the container. Because the apparatus em... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4033589 | Bingo instrument A tool for use by bingo players who play lap board bingo; the tool serving to pick up the metal chips very quickly after a game in order to be ready for the next game; the tool including a pair of levers pivotally together at the center so that one end of... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4027884 | Betting device A betting device is disclosed for indicating all of the combinations of numbers, for example 1 through 12, in groups of only two or three different numbers each, from at least three or four different preselected ones of the numbers. The device comprises a... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4021046 | Accumulative comparative timing device A timing device including an internal motor which rotates a pointer on an elapsed time dial which indicates the time periods required for the performance of respective events and for indicating the differences between the time periods when each time perio... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4019747 | Magnetic bingo markers Transparent marker pieces for use on a game board such as the game of Bingo and the like contain magnetically permeable material so that they can be quickly and easily gathered up from the game board with a magnet attached, for example, to a pencil or pen... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4003579 | Dart game scoreboard A scoreboard is provided for use primarily in scoring dart games. Typically, darts may be played in a number of different ways with each game having its own rules and scoring procedures and each requiring a different score board or sheet for each game. Th... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3999763 | Slide calculator A calculator to aid in selecting bingo cards to increase the odds of winning. A fixed frame member has a slide member freely movable relative to it. The front face of the frame has a transverse slot and an indicator. Adjacent the slot, along its length, i... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3990698 | Game apparatus A game apparatus including two sets of playing cards and a timing device. One of the sets of cards each includes indicia on one side thereof representative of an activity. The second set of playing cards each includes indicia which is identical to a porti... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3976219 | Article storing and dispensing unit An apparatus adapted to receive, orient, and store a plurality of visible markers and to dispense said markers individually in a predetermined location under the control of a user. In one form, the apparatus comprises an upper portion having an enlarged, ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3968582 | Gaming token and process for fabricating same An improved gaming token and fabrication process therefor wherein an injection molding compound is applied at selected preconfigured locations within and between a pair of aligned, substantially flat annular non-metallic rings. The common interface betwee... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3962800 | Teaching device particularly adapted for the game of blackjack There is described a teaching device for use in learning the game of Blackjack. The unit has logic circuitry therein which is implemented according to certain logical formats enabling a user to play the game correctly based upon understanding the odds and... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3953027 | Card matching apparatus including dispenser A game apparatus for use by two or more players. The game apparatus includes a set of playing cards having different indicia on at least some of the cards, and a set of chips having indicia on at least some of the chips which is identical to the indicia o... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3930652 | Portable lawn playing checker apparatus A portable lawn playing checker apparatus comprised of: A rectangular base board having a first and a second face; with a plurality of rectangles inscribed upon the first face and a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment attached to the sec... | 01/06/1976 |
