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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7631876 | Magnetic projectile and target game that uses a fulcrum board launcher A dart projectile game and its associated method of play. A launcher is provided that has a base and a lever suspended above the base by a fulcrum connection. The lever has a first end and an opposite second end that can teeter up and down. Magnetic material is coup... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7607665 | Fishing dart game A magnetic dart game comprises a magnetic target having a graphical representation of a plurality of fish and at least one magnetic dart. A player playing the game attempts to catch said plurality of fish by hitting the fish with the magnetic dart. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7591471 | Magnetic acrobat game A game in which game pieces in the form of acrobats are launched toward a target. The game pieces include magnets at the distal end of the extremities of the stylized acrobat game pieces. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7316399 | Flexible magnetic dart board with the capability of automatic scoring A magnetic dart board that includes embedded conductor coils beneath scoring areas. When a dart with a magnetic head strikes a scoring area of the dart board a current is induced in the underlying conductor coil. The induced current provides an electrical signal tha... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290766 | Three dimensional piece alignment game A game including a playing area divided into a plurality of spaces, and sets of game pieces with each set associated with different players or teams. The players or teams execute strategically selected instructions, such as move, stack and flip, to position their ga... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275747 | Dart board game kit and associated method for playing the game A dart-board game kit includes an annular target including a front surface provided with predetermined surface indicia imprinted thereon for defining a plurality of pie-shaped regions at which players may aim. The front target surface has at least one concentric cir... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267342 | Games and methods of playing games with collectable game components Various game embodiments and methods of playing the same comprising a plurality of game components that can be projected onto a surface. The game components can have a plurality of indicia thereon with some indicia being determinative of how a particular game compon... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7229073 | Game board and game thereof A game board for playing a game thereon using a magnet sensitive game piece. The game board includes a substantially flexible and substantially non-magnetic first sheet of material defining a first sheet first surface and a substantially opposed first sheet second s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7163204 | Dart and dartboard set A dart and dartboard set, which includes a dart, which is a plastic dart with a flat magnet at the front end, and a dartboard, includes a front fabric panel printed with a score, ring pattern, a back fabric panel, two induction circuit membranes separated by a flexi... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7108576 | Foam projectile exhibiting an illuminating element A projectile adapted for being discharged from a suitable firing device such as a gun, slingshot, cannon and the like. The device includes a three-dimensional shaped body constructed of a foam material and which may include such as a disc shaped, conical arrow shape... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7001292 | Safety dart with woven mesh flexible tail Disclosed herein is a safety, blunt end dart having a head of frusto-conical shape having first and second ends, with the first end being of a larger diameter than the second end, and the first end includes a magnet, and a longer flexible tail is fixedly and permane... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6860482 | Framed dartboard The present invention relates to a framed dartboard in which a magnetic rubber pad is combined with a case member of a picture frame that can provide interior decorations for the dartboard. The framed dartboard comprises a case member forming an outer case of the fr... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6517075 | Dartboard with magnetic rubber sheet Disclosed herein is a dartboard with a magnetic rubber sheet. The dartboard includes a target board, a holding pole and two closure members. The target board includes a magnetic rubber sheet having a rectangular shape and containing iron, the two sheets o... | 02/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6105965 | Magnetic toss game method and apparatus A spinning-type game piece that can be tossed at, and secured to, a magnetically attractive game surface. The game piece includes an aerodynamic body of thin sheet material with a base portion and at least one rotor. A magnetic substrate is secured to an ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5967520 | Modified dart-board a modified structure of a dart-board comprised of a dart-board, made of paper board, plastic or other magnetic susceptible material, with surface divided into a multiple of scoring segment; a magnetic inductor made of magnetic inducing material provided b... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5775694 | Dart game with blunt dart having magnet surrounded by non-magnetic sleeve and board including magnetic material A game of dart comprising safe darts and a board, wherein the darts are provided with blunt nose with a high-energy magnet, e.g. a neodymium magnet, surrounded by a sleeve of non-magnetic material, whereby the front end of the magnet forms the nose tip, a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5722663 | Magnetic card pick-up game and apparatus A game apparatus which includes a magnet tied to an elastic cable and a number of cards which are attractive to the magnet. To play the game, the player holds the elastic cable and throws the magnet so as to cause the magnet to impact one or more of the c... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5613684 | Game platform for magnetic dart game A game platform for use with darts, with a surface designed to allow for a wide range of games to be played on the surface. This is achieved by having removable and interchangeable printed surfaces which are simply sheets, each with a different game print... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5566949 | Tethered ball game device A tethered ball game device is disclosed utilizing flat disk devices that are retrieved by the tethered ball or "snagger". The ball includes a magnet or hook and loop type fastener means and is therefore capable of attracting or attaching the flat disks o... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5342057 | Interactive, tabletop signage assembly A signage assembly useful for the tabletop display of an advertising message. The assembly includes a holder comprised of an upright into which the insert may be removably inserted and a base for supporting the upright upon the tabletop. An interactive de... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5265885 | User configured magnet tossing game A user configured magnet tossing game for play by one or more players. The game comprises a plurality of magnets embedded in the floor of an enclosure to create magnetic areas. A playing surface is defined on each side of several user-selected, replaceabl... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5139272 | Target game apparatus A target game includes a rotating cylindrical housing, including a top surface with an interior cavity, with the top surface of the cylindrical housing demarcated into a multiplicity of segments to include a central area, medial segments, and outer segmen... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5005841 | Means and method of a game board for receiving magnetic pieces A new and improved game board for use as a receiver for magnetized game pieces. The game board comprises a metallic wire screen embedded between two layers of flexible plastic.... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4813683 | Parlor game The parlor game disclosed is played by placing a number of pucks on the top faces of the blades of a stationary ceiling fan and, with the fan running, opposing players on opposite sides of a center line under the fan catching as many as possible of the pu... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4681325 | Game toy A dart game toy that is suitable for simulating the popular ball games comprises a dart, a group of offensive target pieces to be used by offensive team, and a group of defensive target pieces to be used by defensive team, wherein one game play consists o... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4331335 | Hardware elements storage dispenser and game device Improvements in storage dispensers for metallic objects having magnetic properties; a storage dispenser for paper clips and the like made up of a hollow vertical hopper with a downwardly slanted floor and an opening on one side, there being magnetic retai... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4305587 | Magnetic game and method This disclosure relates to a new target game and method for playing the same in which a relatively flat target board and relatively flat projectiles thrown at the target board exhibit magnetic attraction for one another to enable the projectiles to adhere... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4293133 | Game device Disclosed herein is a game device including a playing surface having games scoring indicia thereon by plural spaced regions each having point values, a sealed chamber underlying and coextensive with the playing surface containing plural magnets, in which ... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4211411 | Apparatus for electromagnetically generating fields for repelling or attracting permanent magnetic fields for the purpose of entertainment A device and method using an electromagnetic generator for generating magnetic fields to repel or attract permanent magnets which are placed in a specially configured mold comprised of a slotted non magnetic material attached to a base plate of non magnet... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4055343 | Surface projectile game apparatus A game having a vertical game board with an adherent surface supported from a horizontal game surface upon which a game piece transporter can be accelerated. The game piece transporter has weight and center of gravity located to prevent tipping and has a ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 3997162 | Dart board game The dart board game includes a dart, a target board having a target face, and cooperating elements for retaining, on the target face, a removably mounted marker on the dart. Such cooperating elements can consist of cooperating "Velcro" strip material. The... | 12/14/1976 |
