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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789394 | Swinging horseshoe game A suspended horseshoe game comprised of a horseshoe, a tether attached at its lower end to the horseshoe, and at its upper end to a supporting structure, and of a target vertical pole. This game consists of swinging the horseshoe toward the target pole such that the... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7186192 | Ball return system A ball return apparatus includes a base, a substantially vertical pole extending from the base, an extensible tether extending from the pole, and a ball connected to the tether. The preferred base has a hollow interior and a closure so that the base can be filled wi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7001063 | Cleanable mixer driver apparatus and method A drive system for driving a mixer impeller shaft in a vessel, including a motor; an outer magnet rotor driven by the motor; a bearing housing mountable to a vessel; and a drive shaft rotatable in the bearing housing. An inner magnet rotor is connected to the drive ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6688994 | Batting aid A batting aid that may easily be installed upon fixed or temporary structures, made up of a main frame that slidably supports a tube which in turn supports a ball for a batter to hit. The ball is fixed to the tube by a wire cable that extends through the ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684819 | Toy device for an animal A toy device for an animal wherein a catapulting apparatus is disposed on a base whereupon a toy-like member is catapulted from the apparatus in a horizontal-like trajectory, whereupon the animal will chase and capture the toy-like member. A string is con... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6375192 | Moving object restorer A moving object restorer is provided with a connecting cord having one end held at a fixed position and the other end connected with a moving object, a guiding member fixedly provided between the moving object and the fixed position for guiding the connec... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6352484 | Apparatus for soccer training A sports ball is held in a novel manner within a cradle having multiple arms encircling the ball and attached by Velcro.RTM. to a set of strips attached to a flexible tether line fastened to a person's waist. The ball is able to be kicked or punched and r... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6152838 | Apparatus for soccer training A sports ball is held in a novel manner within a cradle having multiple arms encircling the ball and attached by Velcro.RTM. to a set of strips attached to a flexible tether line fastened to a person's waist. The ball is able to be kicked or punched and r... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5967513 | Sport board game and method of playing same A flat board has a top side and a distal and proximal end. Mounted on the flat board top side at the distal end is a target area defined by a goal element. Mounted on the flat board top side at the proximal end is a launching mechanism. A base member of t... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5700203 | Golf training device A golf training device includes base pad on which an anchoring base is fixed. The anchoring base has a primary column and a secondary column extending upright therefrom and each defining therein a bore. An L-shaped support has a first section movably rece... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5494284 | Track guided football game board A game board for simulating a football game. The inventive device includes a main panel having lateral panels pivotally attached to opposed longitudinal sides thereof. A track extends along a center of the main panel and supports a ball member for longitu... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5316301 | String race game A game includes a plurality of sets of components, each set including a string, a mounting member stationarily attachable to a playing surface and connected to one end of the string, and a body having first and second opposed ends. The string slidably pas... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5199715 | Game device for catching a ball on a target A game and sport apparatus is set forth which is played by two players for placing a ball on a target. Each player carries a frame which is belted to the player's waist. The frames are connected by an elastic cord from which a body covered with a hook and... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4927145 | Board game apparatus A board game apparatus for playing a class of board games such as board football involving the use of a thumper disc and other removable game apparatus associated with the playing board and the rules of play. The apparatus may utilize electronic position ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4915394 | Aerial hook and loop game An aerial hook and loop game comprising a string extending from a fixed support to a mobile end controlled by a game player. A carriage supported on the string for free movement there along under the force of gravity and at least one target, the carriage ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4739995 | Tethered ball toy A cradle or tethered ball type toy is made more amusing and challenging by the use of a target housing instead of the conventional cradle to receive the ball. The target housing has an opening at the top to receive the ball but is then equipped with slits... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4339137 | Tethered ball and tube target A puzzle that includes a transparent box having a small cup mounted upon its floor and a small bead suspended on a thread from a ceiling of the box, the box being shaken manually by a player in attempting to get the bead into the cup, and in a modified de... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4147344 | Tensioning type physical therapeutical treatment device The invention is a physical therapeutical treatment device for children suffering from diseases, or afflictions such as cerebral palsy. The system is provided with attractive toy-like elements that are associated with various magnitudes of tension elastic... | 04/03/1979 |
| 3966208 | Tethered ball goal scoring game A goal scoring game has a framed game board defining a playing area. An arcuate support member suspends a tethered game ball above the game board intermediate opposite sides of the frame. Strikers are slidably received in holes in the frame and strike the... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3930649 | Tethered ball and elliptical target This device consists of a base portion to which is secured upright frame portions having a cord or string secured to the upper extermity the cord having a weighted ball on the opposite end which is to be placed into a center mounted ball support.... | 01/06/1976 |
