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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5089960 | Racing system for exercise machines A racing system for a group of exercise machines is disclosed. The race is entirely flexible, in that each exercise unit communicates electronically with all of the other potential racing units. Any user may offer a race, accept or reject another user's r... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4844462 | Electronic racing game apparatus and methods An electronic racing game apparatus employs a microprocessor which controls a plurality of incandescent lamps. The lamps are arranged in an XY matrix as each lamp is indicative of a lane and a position about an oval track display. When power is first init... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4817948 | Reduced-scale racing system A reduced-scale racing apparatus having at least one self-powered, remotely controlled vehicle, and at least one operator's booth containing a control console for operating the vehicle, the vehicle having a wheeled body provided with a first control for c... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4616829 | Apparatus for simulating running games An apparatus for simulating running games wherein figurines are propelled about a track to simulate races and field events. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the figurines are guided along slots in the track and have electric motors that are p... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4569522 | Gaming device using visible randomization A gaming apparatus uses a group of distinctively colored marbles which are released to travel down an inclined path consisting of four mutually perpendicular segments. A series of deflecting pins are provided along the path for randomizing movement of the... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4449114 | System for identifying and displaying data transmitted by way of unique identifying frequencies from multiple vehicles A system for detecting the location and identification of a number of vehicles at multiple points on a given track against a time gauge which includes an on-board transmitter on each vehicle of a unique identifying frequency, spaced receiving circuit elem... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4423870 | Video game collision detection system A video game includes a pre-recorded video signal depicting selected objects upon a background; e.g., a race track where the selected objects are colored racing cars, the color being used to distinguish the cars from their background. An associated video ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4373723 | Amusement apparatus Amusement equipment relies on horses or other objects to traverse a course (tracks each 10, 11, 12) for each game and produce a winner. An electronic control unit (ECV) provides intermittent drive signals for such course traversal so that control over a f... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4373722 | Electronic vehicle race simulator A battery operated electronic drag race simulator includes a casing having hand grips at each side. When an on-off ignition switch is closed, a first light emitting diode (LED) numeric display immediately indicates the maximum engine RPM or tachometer rea... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4364566 | Game apparatus with toy vehicles A toy or game apparatus with toy vehicles, having a track in which there are located contact elements for the electrical recognition of individual vehicles and in which the toy vehicles are provided with bridging contacts. The apparatus serves to prescrib... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4349196 | Computer control toy track system A toy track system having an electro-optical sensing device in the roadway senses the passage and identity of a plurality of individual cars on that roadway and provides the sensed information to a microprocessor based operator control panel. The operator... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4334221 | Multi-vehicle multi-controller radio remote control system A radio control system for a multi-controller, multi-vehicle, independently controlled toy vehicle system provides proportional steering and speed control without mutual interference. Each of a plurality of control sets repetitively transmits low-duty-cyc... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4322612 | Self-service wagering system A single cash deposite may be used for multiple race/multiple day wagering. As a receipt for the deposit, a ticket, having a form upon which a proposed wager may be entered, is issued with a system-generated transaction identification code. The code corre... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4296926 | Red light - green light game A hand-held electronic game of skill. First and second columns of LED's display the positions and movements of the piece indicia of respective first and second players between respective starting and finishing positions. During the first state of a stop/g... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4247107 | Electronically controlled roadrace system with sound generator An electronically controlled roadrace system with a sound generator for penetrating a variety of audible signals is disclosed. The system includes facilities for starting the race, counting and displaying laps completed for each car, computing and display... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4169588 | Electronically controlled exercising machine Electronic game apparatus is provided which is controlled by a person jogging in place to establish a simulated race between a jogger and a simulated competitive runner on the face of a display. The simulated figures give an indication of accumulated inpu... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4162792 | Obstacle game A novel game is disclosed featuring a playing field having at least three lanes and divided into at least six rungs. A gamepiece representing the player may be positioned in any one of the three lanes and is free to move in a first direction from one rung... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4148485 | Driving games method for automatically controlled cars In a race car type video game one or more manually controlled player cars race against automatic computer controlled "drone" cars whose courses are controlled by direction vectors associated with cells into which the entire track is divided. The relations... | 04/10/1979 |
