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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5405153 | Musical electronic game The game includes a device for randomly selecting a sequence of musical notes for game playing purposes. Another device enables a player to preview a recognition sequence of a portion of the sequence of musical notes prior to game play. A switch device ac... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5393062 | Word transformation game The present invention is a word game to be played by two or more persons, in which the object of the game is to assemble solutions to word transformation puzzles. The game of the present invention requires the use of a computer (or processor), a display, ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5385344 | Modular device for playing pranks A system of remotely actuated novelty devices is disclosed having triggering and actuating components packaged in separate, interchangeable modules. The system includes several interchangeable trigger modules, each of which detects the occurrence of an ac... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5368308 | Sound recording and play back system An electronic apparatus breaks a stream of recorded sound into discrete segments. The apparatus randomizes the order of the sound segments and will allow the sound segments to be re-ordered to their original order or to some desired order. The apparatus a... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364107 | Simulated lie detector apparatus The invention is to a game lie detector that is not actuated by direct contact with the person being question, but by a party coordinator that actuates the lie detector arbitrarily and independent of the truthfulness of the answer to the question. A detec... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5320362 | Computer controlled amusement structure An amusement system for use by one or more participants includes weapons which may be carried, aimed and triggered by the participants to fire objects, such as paint balls, or electromagnetic energy, such as laser light. The participants wear sensors whic... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5297800 | Ultra-enigma code game The cryptography game is an electrical device having a sending panel and opposite receiving panel, with a privacy extending upwardly between them. A probe is provided which engages within jacks on the sending panel which are identified with letters of the... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5269522 | Apparatus and method for promotional contests A system and method are provided for promoting customer traffic. A promotional unit is provided having audio messages stored in its memory. At least one audio message is associated with a plurality, or range, of selected bar encoded indicia. The promotion... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5269521 | Expected value payment method and system for reducing the expected per unit costs of paying and/or receiving a given amount of a commodity Disclosed is an Expected Value Payment Method for the purpose of reducing the expected per unit costs incurred in paying and/or receiving a given amount of a commodity. An Expected Value Payment Method uses a random number supplier to decide bets that can... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5259613 | Casino entertainment system An entertainment system for slot players in a gaming establishment includes video monitors and speaker/microphones located adjacent each slot machine in a defined area of a gaming establishment. An operator at a centrally located control station can selec... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5244214 | Gaming device This invention relates to a gaming device comprising a display panel (1) with several areas (2) to be lit up by means of sources of light, as bulbs, to give the player substantial information on the course of the game and a control unit for the control of... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5217224 | Prize award system for coin laundry An apparatus and method for awarding prizes to equipment users during off-peak hours of an establishment. A plurality of machines, such as coin laundry washing machines or dryers, are all coupled through an activity interface to a master control unit. The... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5213338 | Brain wave-directed amusement device A game having circuitry for the conversion of a player's brain wave intensity to direct the movement of a rotating circular visual display. The game in one embodiment can be played by two players competing with one another and the visual display can inclu... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5209494 | Biofeedback game A biofeedback game in which a target player sits on a "hot seat" where he is assailed by provocative questions or statements put to him by an inquisitor player, calculated to induce stress by embarrassing or otherwise upsetting the target player and there... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5186471 | Interactive telephone gaming system A gaming apparatus for use with a telephone network which supports standard DTMF tones and to which is connected telephone stations capable of generating standard DTMF tones wherein the gaming apparatus generates and transmits DTMF tones to a calling tele... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5145182 | Board game with laser beam paths A board type game which utilizes lasers where players selectively divert the path of laser beams. The board apparatus comprises an enclosed chamber formed by a top and bottom piece and a frame piece within which laser beams are directed down symbolic rows... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5106097 | Audio quiz game An apparatus and method of playing an audio quiz game wherein a player attempts to answer a question after listening to a corresponding audio clip provided on a compact disc. Each track of the compact disc contains one or more sound clips separated by aud... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5085435 | Method of using a random number supplier for the purpose of reducing currency handling Disclosed is the use of a Random Number Supplier to execute bets in an Expected Value Payment Method for the purpose of reducing the expected per unit costs incurred in paying and/or receiving a given amount of a commodity. An expected Value Payment Metho... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5062635 | Number generating device with magnetic biasing means A device for generating numbers that can be used to play a numbers game includes a fan which forces number bearing balls from a chamber into an exit chute. The chute can be opened or closed using a disc-like valve. One embodiment of the device includes a ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5060941 | Electronic reaction-time game toy A competitive electronic game toy for one or more players, dependent upon personal reaction time and hand-eye coordination. Players manually trigger the sequencing of lights along one or two paths having successive segments bearing award indicia of a sele... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058894 | Musical puzzle toy A cube shaped toy has a button and a rotary switch on each of the cube's six sides. For each of the cube's six faces, there is an associated set of four tones. Pushing the button on a selected face causes the toy to play the tones associated with that fac... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5056798 | Freeway frenzy An electronic hand-held game apparatus comprises a portable hand-held type computer including a keyboard, display screen, and memory. The keyboard has a plurality of data entry keys and instruction keys. The data entry keys include twenty-six alphabetic a... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5054787 | Portable validation unit for gaming system A portable validation unit for an electronic gaming system, particularly a BINGO system. The validation unit communicates through a serial data interface with a base station of the gaming system to receive a serial number defining a particular validation ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5048831 | Electronic game apparatus and method of use The present invention provides a hand held electronic game apparatus useable by a single player, but also useable for direct competitive play between two or more players through both direct physical linkage of multiple units of the apparatus and indirect ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5042809 | Computerized gaming device A computerized gaming device and method of playing casino-type games of chance wherein a player chooses a game to play from a plurality of games displayed on a video screen. Each game has a finite number of chances per deal and a video display of the chan... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5026058 | Electronic baseball game apparatus An electronic baseball game is presented which permits the human operators to input individualized attributes or statistical information relative to the batter, runner and pitcher based on real or fictionalized baseball players. In a preferred embodiment,... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5021768 | Detector for detecting resistance between fingers A detector detects the variation of resistance between fingers of a human's hands which varies in response to his mental condition. When the mental condition is varied and the resistance between fingers is changed, the detector detects such resistance var... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5018736 | Interactive game system and method An interactive contest system is provided which permits competition among a plurality of remote participants. The system includes a central controller, storage devices for storing a Contest Roster from which each participant selects a team roster, a plura... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5009419 | Microcomputer controlled rotation game A game device for development of coordination and concentration among children as well as adults is disclosed. The device includes a microprocessor mounted within a housing having indicia representing a pair of hands and a pair of feet. Each participant h... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4968257 | Computer-based teaching apparatus A limited function, user interactive teaching apparatus includes a memory for storing a compilation of words and phrases to be used by the teaching apparatus and a pedagogical lesson database which includes a plurality of substantially identical, limited ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4961575 | Hide and seek game Apparatus for playing hide and seek comprising a plurality of portable units adapted for being carried by a corresponding number of individuals in hiding, for generating respective output signals each contributing to an output signal field in the vicinity... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4961579 | Electronic puzzle game An electronic puzzle game device for players/students. The device includes a memory for storing code corresponding to a plurality of sets of alpha-numeric symbols, each set comprising a puzzle. A display is provided for visibly indicating a selected puzzl... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4959017 | Electronic learning device for teaching how to handle money An electronic learning device (10) for teaching how to handle money is provided. A student provides input to the device, in a preferred embodiment, by a plurality of keys (40) which select the learning activity and its difficulty level. In certain activit... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4958835 | Game playing system A game playing system for business use includes a plurality of independent game machines and transmission lines for connecting the game machines into a loop, data calculated in each of the game machines being sequentially transmitted to the other game mac... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4957291 | Electronic puzzle An electronic game that includes a main body that consists of four panels assembled to form a four-sided pyramid having four vertexes. Each vertex serves as a node for supporting a light which may illuminate a plurality of different colors. Digital circui... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4949726 | Brainwave-responsive apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for use with one or more subjects simultaneously, for causing an output device to perform productive functions, such as various types of movement of an object, in response to the subject's movement between various brainwave states a... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4948138 | Device for maintaining game state audit trail upon instantaneous power failure A look ahead state saving device for maintaining an audit trail of a plurality of discrete, sequential operating states in an electronic machine, such as a gaming machine. Each such state include accompanying operational data. A nonvolatile solid state me... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4938483 | Multi-vehicle interactive toy system A multi-vehicle interactive combat type game is disclosed. The game includes first and second controllers each of which communicates with at least one vehicle. Each controller is capable of selectively generating control signals comprising at least a firs... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4932879 | Compact interactive training manikin system A manikin and control system is provided for use by a student practicing a procedure usually applied to the human body, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The system includes a manikin that has an artificial lung into which the student can blow to exp... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4906826 | Usage promotion method for payment card transaction system A usage promotion method for use with a payment card data interchange system in which a computer examines card transaction data files to select transactions conforming to specified criteria. The computer eliminates arbitrarily all but a fraction of the se... | 03/06/1990 |
