Reward Candy Dispenser for Personal Computers
A personal computer peripheral, battery powered reward candy dispenser which immediately presents students with a single candy for each problem completed correctly.
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| 8109517 | Hand held product for playing a game A hand-held product for playing a game is disclosed. The hand-held game includes a basketball goal assembly and a ring coupled to the basketball goal assembly that can be attached to the finger, wrist, arm, or other body parts or limbs of a user. The basketball goal... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7753375 | Amusement ball receiving and return An amusement system including a housing having a receiving aperture at a top surface and an ejecting aperture at a front surface and further including a channel connecting the receiving aperture to the ejecting aperture; a motorized rotatable flywheel mounted inside... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7566059 | Tabletop basketball game A tabletop basketball game having a game board and miniature basketball and hoop to test a player's skills. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| RE40580 | Toy figure simulating a jump shot An easy to manufacture toy figure (10) for throwing balls or other aerial projectiles by emulating a jump shot in simulated games such as basketball. Resilient means (12) may be bent or compressed and then released to rebound substantially to their ori... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7404562 | Quick detachable basketball machine A quick detachable basketball machine comprising a front cabinet unit and a rear cabinet unit is disclosed. The front cabinet unit has an electronic coin slot box, two lower side panels, two upper side panels detachably connected to the lower side panels at the top,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7361104 | Automated ball game training and playing system A ball game system for training and/or play comprising one or more playing areas suitably large to accommodate running and jumping players, each playing area including adjacent surface areas forming a court and having distinctly different properties, such as a first... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350782 | Cheerleader action-figure board game The present invention relates to an action-figure type board game wherein players advance their game pieces around a dividedly spaced instructional peripheral track in accordance with a die being thrown, subsequently allowing a player's poseable cheerleader figure t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7320599 | Blood pressure simulation apparatus with tactile interface The blood pressure level in humans is a vital health parameter, yet the vast majority of people do not have a physical feeling for what normal and abnormal blood pressure levels mean in relation to the forces exerted on the heart and blood vessels. A blood pressure ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7290767 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281714 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270332 | Activity sets A play activity set including a target at which objects may be directed, a plurality of objects for throwing at the target, the plurality of objects including at least a first object with a first opening therethrough and a second object with a second opening thereth... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7238127 | Limited contact athletic game A limited contact boxing game and apparatus for playing the game includes a platform having an upper surface for supporting two individuals in a standing or crouched position. A platform is preferably in the shape of a square boxing ring and may be elevated and/or i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222859 | Toy figure simulating a jump shot An easy to manufacture toy figure (10) for throwing balls or other aerial projectiles by emulating a jump shot in simulated games such as basketball. Resilient means (12) may be bent or compressed and then released to rebound substantially to their ori... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219892 | Hockey game This invention relates to a competitive board game comprised of a table with sides surrounding the playing surface. Hockey sticks are suspended from transverse bars suspended across the playing surface and slidably disposed between the sides of the table. The table ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207564 | Mechanized ball-throwing game A mechanized ball-throwing game is provided, comprising at least one game play object, at least one rotating goal assembly, means to maintain a count of the number of times a game play object passes through each of the at least one rotating goal assembly in each of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182340 | Hockey player toy A hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. The major component is a hockey toy player with special internal mechanism. When the head of the toy player is pulled up, the body, which consists of front piece and back piece, will spin to pull the ho... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182704 | Automated ball game training and playing system A ball game system for training and/or play comprising a one or more playing areas suitably large to accommodate running and jumping players, each playing area including adjacent surface areas forming a court and having distinctly different properties, such as a fir... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147225 | Board game A genuine fully bordered portable polymer enclosure game board, provided with non secured, multiple polymer human imaged soccer figurines, to be disposed in a random pattern determined by the player and allowing for directed movement, inserted with a micro magnetic ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7104543 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094164 | Trajectory detection and feedback system A trajectory detection and feedback system is described. The system is capable of detecting one or more moving objects in free flight, analyzing a trajectory of each object and providing immediate feedback information to a human that has launched tile object into fl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7048604 | Levitating ball toy In one embodiment, the present invention provides a toy wherein a player manipulates a levitated object through an obstacle course. Furthermore, the present invention allows the player to design and build the obstacle course. The toy may include a playing field havi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6962335 | Playing figure of table soccer A table soccer playing figure includes a figure body that is mounted to an axially movable and rotatable actuating rod of a table soccer to take a vertical posture and a counterweight made in the form of a jacket for removably fitting over the figure body to change ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6918591 | Adjustable basketball system and method A basketball system that includes a movable platform and a pole rotatably mounted to the movable platform. The pole has either a curved or an angled region, and also has an axis of rotation. The basketball system also includes a backboard mounted to the pole and a r... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6837769 | Toy figure and a game comprising such toy figure Human-like toy figure (1) comprising a body (3) and legs (4) that are, in the upright position of the toy figure, configured such in relation to each other that the body (3) is turnable about an essentially horizontal axis (A). In connect... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6679498 | Indoor interactive target game of skill An indoor interactive competitive game of skill incorporating an arcade-type fixed target and an elastic launching sling using the human body as a yoke and fulcrum to propel soft foam balls to the target containing numerous indicia marked scoring opportun... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6663108 | Tabletop basketball game The invention is a game that includes a miniature basketball court. Players control the rotational direction and the side to side movement of their team members. A player scores a goal by shooting a miniature basketball through a basket or hole in the goa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6582329 | Hoop for indicating when a basketball passes therethrough A hoop for indicating when a basketball passes therethrough that includes a ring and first and second apparatuses. In a first embodiment, the first apparatus includes a momentary microswitch, a lever that closes the microswitch when contacted by the baske... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6554724 | Action-responsive basketball backboard An action-responsive basketball backboard includes a backboard having a rim mounted thereon. Mounted thereon are a rim motion sensor operative to detect specific motions of the rim and output notification signals signaling detection of those specific moti... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6536770 | Intelligent basketball game assembly An intelligent basketball game assembly has a main body including a driving mechanism provided with a first moving member for moving a goal support rightward and leftward, a second moving member for moving the goal support forward and rearward, and a rota... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6482090 | Computer readable recording medium recording a program of a ball game and the program, ball game processing apparatus and its method After a batter hits a ball, the height of the ball moving on a trajectory passing through present movement positions is judged. For example, future movement positions positioned on a time axis ahead of the present movement positions are indicated on the g... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481451 | Vertically stacked collapsible structures Collapsible structures are provided having at least one lower panel, each panel having a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, with a fabric material substantially covering the frame member to form the panel when the frame mem... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6478678 | Computer readable recording medium recording a program of a ball game and the program, ball game processing apparatus and its methods After a batter hits a ball, the height of the ball moving on a trajectory passing through present movement positions is judged. For example, future movement positions positioned on a time axis ahead of the present movement positions are indicated on the g... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6471585 | Ball-game-type game program, computer-readable recording medium on which such a program is recorded, and ball-game-type game processing apparatus and method Input of a manipulation by a user is accepted before a player receives the ball. Upon occurrence of input of a manipulation, motion of the player including catching and throwing of the ball is determined in response to the input of the manipulation. By us... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6461237 | Computer readable program product storing program for ball-playing type game, said program, and ball-playing type game processing apparatus and method A computer readable program product stores a program for a ball-playing type game enabling continuous action at the time a player catches a ball in a ball-playing game to be expressed smoothly. When a fielder starts a catching action, a difference between... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6270080 | Coin-operated item vending and game apparatus A coin-operated item vending and game apparatus includes a coin-operated item vending machine and a game module. The vending machine includes a support base, coin deposit, vendable items dispenser, globe and elongated central support member. The game modu... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6224504 | Basketball practice assembly A basketball practice assembly a case including a box-like receptacle which is open at a front side thereof, and a pair of doors hingedly connected with two lateral sides of the box-like receptacle, a pair of fixing members fastened in the box-like recept... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6148242 | Apparatus for recording and utilizing basketball game data A portable electronic hand-held device for recording and computing basketball data during the game includes an impact-resistant housing having a top surface equipped with an LCD (liquid crystal display) of rectangular contour, and a series of control touc... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6116605 | Magnetic toss game A magnetic toss game simulative of a sports game. The game is comprised of a number of flat magnetic disks simulating hockey pucks, soccer balls, footballs, basketballs, golf balls, and the like. Each type of magnetic disk has a corresponding magnetic tar... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6101747 | Athletic shoe having basketball hoop An athletic shoe having basketball assembly including a flat backboard affixed to the athletic shoe. A rim is attached to the backboard and supports a flexible net.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6082736 | Multipurpose game assembly which includes a table tennis assembly, a bowling assembly, a billiards assembly, a basketball assembly, and a hockey assembly A table tennis assembly which includes (i) a net, (ii) a lower playing surface positioned on a first side of the net, and (iii) an upper playing surface positioned on a second side of the net. The upper playing surface is oriented in relation to the net a... | 07/04/2000 |