Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7887060 | Game apparatus which combines with stepping, balancing and jumping A game apparatus which combines with stepping, balancing and jumping is formed by assembling a plurality of seats, a level panel and a curved panel. The upper and lower seats can be stacked together to change a height of the seats; whereas, the level panel and the c... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7611149 | Game of competitive physical skill in achieving balance An apparatus and means for a game of physical skill for two or more players composed of a central hub (110) capable of supporting the weight of the players; and, tethers (140). Each tether clips to the hub on one end, secures around the waist of a play... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7441780 | Balancing game method and apparatus A balancing game method and apparatus includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end. The elongated member has an arcuate upper surface. The elongated member has a plurality of scoring sections thereon. Each of the scoring sections has scoring indi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7367565 | Balance plate intelligent game apparatus A balance plate intelligent game apparatus, structured to include a lower tier balance plate having a circular arc-shaped bottom portion and a transparent upper tier ball disk combined with a transparent top cover. A ball is disposed interior of the game apparatus s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350786 | Rotatable games By providing a playing surface which is dimensioned for enabling a desired game to be played with all competitors positioned thereon, with the playing surface being rotated, a competitive game and/or playing system/environment is created which enables all individual... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7303193 | Balancing tube game and apparatus An amusement device in the form of a balancing tube game is described. In typical use, the balancing tube is balanced in a vertical orientation on a user's palm, finger, head, elbow, foot or wherever they wish to balance it. The balancing tube game comprises an elon... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300392 | Balance training apparatus A board for balance training has an upper footstep surface, lower bearing surface and a progressive series of concentric, cylindrical sub-frames depending from the lower surface which enclose progressively smaller framed-in areas of the bearing surface within progre... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273443 | Portable interlocking skate rail assembly The present invention 10 discloses a portable, modular skate rail comprising a plurality of square or tubular interlocking rail members 12 that may be assembled to provide grind rails of various lengths and elevations. Each rail member 12 has at... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261299 | Jumping game using building block-based stepping stones The present invention relates to a game tool for jumping building block-based stepping stones, comprising a plurality of stepping stone units that can be independently placed flat on the ground for children to step on and jump. As each stepping stone unit is triangu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252290 | Game method and apparatus A game method and apparatus includes an elongated game board having a platform attached to each of two ends. The game board pivots on a fulcrum in a seesaw type fashion. The game board can be adjustably attached to the fulcrum to compensate for the weight differenti... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7178805 | Suspended mobile construction game This invention is an educational game of suspension, balance, construction and strategy. It can be played alone or with others. An initial point of suspension support is set up. One of several ways is used to choose a particular starting game piece. The first player... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7070541 | Educational tracks and apparatuses An educational apparatus is traversed horizontally for the purpose of increasing learning capabilities is pictured. The apparatus is in the design of a figure eight lying on its side longitudinally and laterally intersected at its center by a column and row of strai... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060002 | Physical fitness course A physical fitness course for providing an inexpensive workout course comprising primarily of PVC material. The physical fitness course includes a pull-up exercise unit being securely situated upon a ground; and also includes sit-up units being disposed upon the gro... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6976452 | Wire or rod jump cups Agility contests, with humans and with animals, have been carried out down through history all around the world. Jump cups, made of wire and ganged into sets to be mounted to standards make changing jump heights quick and easy. Because only the cup assemblies have t... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6854734 | Limbo game An apparatus for playing the limbo game that has either battery operated speakers in the bar, which can play music, or the bar may have a speaker outlet through which an outside source of music can be played. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6544095 | Toy and method of play A control device and an elongated member provide for a controlled play wherein the elongated member remains aloft during play in response to controlled movement of the control device by a player. Contact by the control device with the elongated member inc... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6318726 | Pivoting board game A game apparatus, comprising a body, having a rotational axis and a non-planar surface, and a support, is disclosed. The support supports the body in a starting position, whereat the axis is horizontal, a center of gravity of the body is below the axis an... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6164654 | Stacking game of balance and dexterity The present invention provides a game that challenges variable skill levels, variable skill attributes, and that may be played under variable lighting conditions. The present invention provides a game of balance and dexterity, whereby game pieces 10 are s... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6149494 | Toy with a moving body movable on a platform A toy includes a platform, a moving body, and a balance bar. The moving body has front and rear wheels rotatable about horizontal rotary axes, a turning wheel, and a drive unit coupled to the turning wheel and one of the rear wheels to drive movement of t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6022026 | Method of playing a stacking block game and game blocks therefor A method of playing a stacking block game is disclosed. The game uses a plurality of game blocks have a generally parallelepiped shape aid generally similar dimensions. Each game block has indicia applied to at least one end thereof. The indicia include a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5954340 | Multiple tier token balance game A balance member is formed of a plurality of substantially planar rigid trunk elements arranged in a vertical stack and alternately oriented orthogonally to each adjacent trunk element. Each planar trunk element further supports a pair of oppositely posit... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5720645 | Balancing toy set A balancing toy set in which a number of balancing members are interconnected on a support and are dependent upon one another for the stable equilibrium of the set. The invention can be constructed in a variety of forms ranging from a simple toy for presc... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5622370 | Water limbo bar amusement device A water limbo bar amusement device has a base for supporting vertical support poles. A height adjustment mechanism is frictionally connected to the vertical support poles and a water distribution and spraying unit is in turn connected to the height adjust... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5613690 | Balance and proprioception training and enhancement devices Various embodiments of balance and proprioception training and enhancement devices, which serve to improve the balance and proprioceptive abilities of a user thereof. A balance platform is placed atop a base platform, with the balance platform being angul... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5377974 | Hoop balancing game A string or cord is tied between two vertical surfaces. A hoop is rolled across the stretched string in an attempt to balance the hoop as it travels from one end of the string to an opposite end of the string. On a peripheral edge of the hoop, a concave g... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5346229 | Balancing stick toy having 4 extending poles with linked chains thereon A plastic stick based toy formed of injection molded plastic, and consisting of one 36 inch stick, four injection molded plastic poles which extend out from the top of the stick, evenly spaced, at 90 degree angles, and four linked chains which extend down... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5292124 | Wand game apparatus A wand game includes a handle having elongate rail members extending from the handle, whereupon a game sphere arranged for rolling along the rails is displaced in adjacency to the handle to a second position spaced from the handle, whereupon the rails are... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5248152 | Footstep mimic game A game employs a number of footprint markers which the players take turns laying down. The procedure of the game is that two footprints are laid down initially; the first player steps on them without stepping elsewhere, then places another footprint any p... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5242165 | Hand coordinated ball and plank game In an apparatus and method for playing a hand-eye coordination game, a plank and "Ping Pong" type ball are provided. The plank has a hole at an end near the handle and another hole at the opposing end. The object of the game is to maneuver a ball from the... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5150104 | Attitude indicator device utilizing capacitance measurement An attitude sensor device for sensing deviations from a reference orientation which includes a sensor cup having a capacitor and a damped dielectric fluid with a bubble disposed between the electrodes of the capacitor. When the sensor cup is tilted, the b... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5040789 | Game apparatus and method for playing a game Apparatus for a game including a game piece, a pair of long cylindrical implements having first and second ends, and a receptacle. The implements are held, one in each hand, by grasping the implements generally adjacent their first ends. The game piece ha... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4988099 | Moving character action game A game involving the insertion of items into an open receptacle connected to an elongated member that is removably mounted on a hollow body containing a mechanism for effecting movement of the body relative to a playing surface. As the body moves about th... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4974850 | Vibration triggered game device Vibration triggered game device having a housing with a vibration sensitive reference base to generate vibrations in response to a manually applied vibratory stimulus during game play, and a circuit to sense the level of those vibrations relative to a pre... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4902011 | Magnetic game apparatus A game apparatus which utilizes a plurality of magnetized playing pieces is disclosed. The magnetized playing pieces are in the shape of two-sided circular discs, one side having a north polarity and other side a south polarity. The common polarities are ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4892307 | Balancing stick toy A balancing stick toy in which the stick is pivotally connected to a spindle projecting from the forward end of a handle member on which the stick is to be balanced. With the stick depending from the handle member and the handle member turned, a radially-... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4874166 | Skill action game with a tiltable housing and an alarm producing disturbance sensor A skill action game includes a hollow foot that is balanced on the rounded heel and ball when placed on a flat surface. The foot has a number of threaded bolts removably inserted into it and a wrench is provided for removing the bolts. Inside the foot is ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4872673 | Balancing beam toy A balancing toy comprising a base having bearing supports, adapted to accept a balance beam having journals. A figurine comprising a multiplicity of segments is formed by balancing one segment upon the other on the balance beam without causing the balance... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4787631 | Action game for children A game comprising a playing surface and at least one log-like unit upon which a player balances himself and attempts to move from one end of the playing surface to the other end with minimum instances of falling off the log-like unit.... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4783080 | Method of playing a military board game A board game in which players, using markers representing different types of global influence, challenge individual opponents. The outcome of the challenge being effected by point values of the markers of a selected type of global influence. In one form t... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4744567 | Duck on the rock A duck on a rock game is provided and consists of a plurality of playing pieces and a base member whereby one of the playing pieces is positioned on the base member and during play of the game another of the playing pieces can be placed upon the first pla... | 05/17/1988 |
