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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186683 | Method and apparatus for providing target game mats utilized with a game A kit of components for playing a game and a method of using the components of the kit is provided. The kit may include a plurality of game mats. Each of the game mats may include a plurality of sections and each of the sections may be assigned a different point val... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8167310 | Transportable washer tossing game retrieving pole For an accuracy scoring game having a target area towards which steel washers are tossed when playing, a telescopic retrieving pole of multiple sections capable of collapsing into one another for closure and storage and of extending from one another for opening, inc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8016290 | Flying disk challenge game A flying disk challenge game involves two or more players, each positioned within a boundary ring to define a player position. The players in turn throw or toss a group of colored disks to each other. The disks each have a point value according to its color. The bou... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7905488 | Target game A target game includes a target area having first and second electrical grids that are configured to maintain a predetermined spacing therebetween. The target game includes a processor in communication with a power supply and grids so as to actuate the power supply ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891666 | Device and method for measuring a shot force exerted on a movable game device For measuring a shot force exerted on a movable game device, a time curve of the acceleration during the shot or of the pressure within the game device during the shot is recorded and processed to obtain an energy measure, said energy measure then serving to provide... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7857316 | Projectile roulette arcade game An arcade game is disclosed wherein a player actuates a projectile delivery system such as an air stream created by depressing a pump or bellows to cause a projectile such as a ball to be propelled over a rotating playing field. In a first preferred embodiment the p... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7611146 | Gaming apparatus and method of employing the same Provided is a game apparatus wherein a player may attempt to score a goal by means of a projectile. The gaming apparatus includes a handheld launcher which has a ramp portion configured such that the player may launch the projectile up and away from the launcher. Th... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7374503 | Wavable basketball backboard and rim When a rod extending out of the bottom of a hollow rigid plastic trunk encasing a collapsible basketball backboard is pushed up, the backboard comes out of the top of the trunk and opens and a rim rotates 90 degrees to an “up” position perpendicular to the trunk... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7338047 | Ball pitching game and method The present invention discloses a bowling/pitching game that can be played virtually anywhere a substantially flat surface can be found and is enjoyable for adults as well as children. The playing field includes a distance marker and a scoring goal comprised of an o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314420 | Bag tossing game A bag throwing game for a plurality of players. One embodiment of the game includes a target bag having a pair of opposite sides. An indicia applied to one side of the target bag and covering a portion but not the entire side thereof. Throwing bags are provided for ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300357 | Practice sport projectile having a through hole Non-standard sport projectiles, in accordance with this invention, include at least one linear through hole. As this non-standard sport projectile passes through the air, after being hit by, for example, a golf club, the non-standard sport projectile spins. When the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255658 | Baseball equipment bucket and pitching target A portable bucket for carrying baseball equipment (such as bases, gloves, balls) that is attached to a pitching target. The bucket, a bottom mounting bracket, a top mounting bracket and an extendable frame provide support for the pitching target. The pitching target... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7226372 | Batting tee The present invention provides a batting tee comprising a hollow tubular vertical stand having a first end through which at least one ball can be loaded inside said tubular vertical stand, and a second end, a means for pushing the ball upwardly just above the first ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211000 | Gaming utilizing actual telemetry data Gaming utilizing actual telemetry data. In one embodiment, a system including a source of actual telemetry data regarding an event, such as a sporting event, and a gaming application utilizing the actual telemetry data. In one embodiment, by utilizing actual telemet... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7192030 | Ballgame A game of throw and catch where the object is for one team to get another team to drop or not catch a ball a predetermined number of times. A playing field has a first scoring area and a second scoring area distal from the first scoring area and an out-of-bounds are... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7137509 | Bowl stacking separation device and method of stacking bowls The present invention provides a bowl stacking separation device and a method of stacking bowls using the bowl stacking separation device. In one embodiment the bowl stacking separation device comprises: (1) a spheroid body; and an (2) elastic surface on the spheroi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128665 | Golf ball The present invention provides a yellow-colored golf ball which can be manufactured without polluting the production line with a yellow pigment, exhibits a glossy appearance, and has superior visibility in a cloudy weather, even in a rainy weather where the golf bal... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7100539 | Simulative animal toy for training and exercise A novelty dog toy includes an elongated substantially flat surface portion having a first end and a second end and a substantially spherical portion disposed at the first end of the elongated substantially flat surface portion. The substantially spherical portion is... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093834 | Baseball-like game device and method of playing A baseball-like game device and a method of playing the device are disclosed. The device includes a bat; a cork having a truncated conical shape; a “single” marker strip; a “double” marker strip; a “triple” marker strip; and a “home run” marker strip... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063324 | Ball pitching game method The present invention discloses a bowling/pitching game that can be played virtually anywhere a substantially flat surface can be found and is enjoyable for adults as well as children. The playing field includes a distance marker and a scoring goal comprised of an o... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059862 | Hitting trainer A hitting training kit is provided which includes equipment to hit a baseball and instructions to assist a user in learning the technique of hitting a baseball a portion of said instructions appearing on the baseball bat of the kit to permit the user to review the s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025355 | Can kicking game and method of play A can kicking game which includes a substantially rectangular playing surface, a goal area having a goal housing subdivided into a plurality of spaces and open to the playing surface, a random chance generator, a can positionable on the playing surface, a plurality ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007290 | Flexible airfoil ring for safely flying CDs and DVDs An annular protective ring attachment designed to grip the outer peripheral edge of all compact discs (CDs) and digital video discs (DVDs) which, when used in combination with said CD or DVD, creates an airfoil. The airfoil ring consists of an inner periphery, which... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969069 | Playing piece A set of playing pieces for a game of jacks or the like, wherein each playing piece is in the form of a multi-point jack having portions defining at least four extremities spaced at least approximately equi-angularly about, and at at least approximately the same dis... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6941693 | Paintball guns A paintball gun is disclosed which includes a data link for transferring data to and/or from a remote terminal. The link may be a contact or contactless one. A removable data carrier may be used. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6913505 | Sinkable fun toy A sinkable fun toy includes a floater body and a counter weight member. The floater body includes a receiving portion, which has a receiving opening and a stand portion, which has at least one leg for supporting the receiving portion. The counter weight member is re... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6899335 | Method and apparatus for a learning system Disclosed herein is a learning system that uses the concept of tossing a token (dart) at a specifically designed game board for individual or team players. Included in this invention are variations of the learning system involving religious, phonetic and phonologica... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6869374 | Outdoor dart game An outdoor dart game includes a plurality of darts having a shaft section and a tip member removably attachable to the front end portion of the shaft. A flight section is removably engageable with the shaft section and includes a plurality of flight members integral... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6714284 | Track and field measuring apparatus and method The present invention relates to a distance measuring device for measuring athlete throws in a throwing event at a track and field meet. The device is setup in a position outside a throwing circle and a landing area for the event being measured and is aimed at a tar... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6702292 | Game ball system incorporating means for position sensing A game ball system is presented including a ball, a means for position sensing for determining and producing information regarding the ball's position, an input device to receive user input, a processor connected with the means for position sensing and th... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695698 | Electro-mechanical coin operated capsule dispensing game system A dispensing game system includes a prize capsule storage hopper above two automatic hopper loaders that replenish the game below with prize capsules as needed. Two Ferris wheels carry free swinging gondolas that receive and hold the prize capsules from t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6598882 | Dodge ball game and method of play A game suited for children from five years to adulthood. Game apparatus is spider or web shaped electronic device having a grounding stake. Included are 25 foot spider or web-like attachments, having a corresponding colored lights thereon disposed. A prox... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6530865 | Double tapered article A method of forming a molded article and a molded article itself having a passage therein which has a cross-sectional dimension adjacent an end which is less than at a location which is spaced from the end are disclosed. In the method an elongate, rigid m... | 03/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
