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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175143 | Portable accessory hook A portable accessory hook includes a C-shaped clamp formed of a pair of jaws one of which is movable for tightly securing about a support surface. A J-shaped hook member is removably attachable to the clamp for retaining accessory items such as a purse or coat. The ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 5611691 | Modular construction kit using electronic control modules The present invention provides a modular electronic construction kit having modular control circuit boards or modules capable of achieving various types of electrical control for controlling movement of mechanical elements and the like. Each module includ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5326269 | Scramble-circuited quiz-module w/overlaying Q&A-sheets An improved quiz-game like educational apparatus, exhibiting entertainment-value qualities suitable for one or more players of virtually all ages, via a reference-library of subjects. A thin planar 61/2"×10" housing, contains an elementary hard-wired or ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4868374 | Self-contained detector device for checking information recorded on a carrier A self-contained detector device for educational or amusement purposes cooperates with conducting and non-conducting zones of a carrier. The detector is in the form of an elongated hollow body with a reading or detecting head projecting from one end. The ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4829431 | Method and apparatus for correlating test information A method and apparatus for storing a relationship between individual elements of two or more knowledge sets includes a main computer (12) that is operable to receive a portable memory cartridge (20). The computer (12) has an input keypad (16), a storage m... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4773860 | Multiple aptitude testing device with data terminal input An electronic testing device comprising a housing, test overlays, at least one data entry overlay, operating mode selector means and a microprocessor and associated circuitry. The testing device is arranged for either a testing mode of operation or a data... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4609359 | Educational game An educational game for developing recognition skills regarding items of significance on a map, the map being any generally two dimensional depiction of a system (e.g. geological, astronomical, etc.). A map has a selecting electrode and a plurality of sel... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4604065 | Teaching or amusement apparatus Teaching or amusement apparatus consists of a substrate bearing printed intelligence and a detector pen or unit for use therewith. The detector pen discriminates between areas on the printed substrate by means not visible to the naked eye e.g. by a differ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4561851 | Apparatus for demonstrating and/or teaching alleviation of pain with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators An apparatus for demonstrating and teaching the application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to a human or animal body includes a representation of such body with receptors thereon at different sites thereof corresponding to treatment sites ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4541806 | Multiple aptitude testing device A multiple aptitude testing device for electronically evaluating an examinee's capacity or aptitude toward performing various vocational tasks. The device includes a test station which affords five general types of examinations, namely, objective question... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4525148 | Multi-modal educational and entertainment system A multi-modal automated educational and entertainment device having improved functional versatility and which requires relational positioning of input data by the user which corresponds to required manual operations and procedures. The device comprises a ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4518361 | Method and apparatus for effecting and evaluating action upon visual imaging A method and apparatus for enhancing mental images of data in various visual environments utilizes an electronically generated visual display of an environment including datum references to be acted upon by the subject and a manipulative control which may... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4514176 | Automatic teaching apparatus and method The method of determining which of several simulator probes in an automated training installation is engaging one of several simulator terminals, which method comprises energizing the terminals electrically and observing the probes individually to determi... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4453920 | Instructional apparatus with multiple types of feedback An instructional apparatus is disclosed comprising a holding frame having a grid of shallow and deep depressions or holes, the bottoms of which are defined by electrical contacts; a printed instructional format that contains circular response areas or zon... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4280809 | Educational toy An educational toy for testing a child's ability to properly associate logically related symbols and teaching proper associations. The toy includes an area for displaying two groups of symbols in a predetermined array on a housing and two members movably ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4259788 | Testing apparatus A simplified testing apparatus comprising a test board assembly and an information display sheet. The board includes correct and incorrect answer circuits which are completed by placing a signal manually positionable answer selector unit through a selecte... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4254562 | Combination cardiovascular electronic display/teaching apparatus, system and methods of constructing and utilizing same A structure for an electrical display of the human heart and cardiovascular system, which is useful in teaching the functioning of this system. A planar or raised outline drawing of the heart and related body parts is provided with a lamp and electrical c... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4205463 | Electronic teaching aid An electronic teaching aid including a circuit board having a plurality of numbered rows for possible questions and a plurality of circles to indicate a plurality of possible answers for the question in each row. A probe is inserted in the circle selected... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4166325 | Didactic apparatus including handheld responsor means A didactic, or teaching, apparatus upon which interrogatory documents, or test sheets, may be placed in the manner of an overlay on the face side of the machine. The interrogatory document, which contains at least one interrogative statement, or question,... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4135313 | Educational toy with action An educational toy comprises a base and a statue mounted thereon. The statue has a movable head and arms. One of numerous replaceable question/answer plates is selectively placed over a quiz device which consists of an electrical conductive bottom layer, ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4121354 | Animated learning aid An educational device for teaching facts to children in a manner that is pleasant to them by incorporating physical activity upon their part; the device including an upstanding large display board having a row of questions and also a row of answers to the... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4083120 | Electronic device for use as a teaching aid A teaching device having a base on which a program card is mounted. The base contains an electrical circuit having a plurality of count indicator lights and a further illuminated indicator. A rotary switch is mounted on the base and has a numeral display ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4060915 | Mental image enhancement apparatus utilizing computer systems A method and apparatus for enhancing mental images of data in various visual environments utilizes an electronically generated visual display of an environment including datum references to be acted upon by the subject and means which may be manipulated b... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4052798 | Audio-visual teaching system A system for selectively supplying information including video information to operators, such as students, at plural stations, the information requiring responses, or answers, and the correctness of each operator's answer being displayed. A television mon... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4010553 | Portable quiz responsive and display device A portable case that carries multi-subject quiz cards to which selected answers by a user are automatically noted as correct or incorrect which provides compact storage for a complete display unit when being transported and full display area when opened f... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3964177 | Reinforcing teaching system A self-teaching device which visually indicates the desired response to data presented. In the event an erroneous response is entered into the system, all prior responses are erased, requiring a complete repetition of the previous responses, thereby, rein... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3955290 | Learning devices An electronic matching circuit for use in teaching, having a plurality of contact pairs interconnected through an interchangeable and programmable matrix. One contact of each pair corresponds to a stimulus and the other contact of each pair to a response.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3949489 | Psychological teaching apparatus A psychological teaching apparatus is described having a cover plate and successively therebeneath a question analysis sheet, a spacer plate, an answer key plate, and a series of electrical contacts, a series of aligned holes in said cover plate and space... | 04/13/1976 |
