Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118696 | Virtual shuffleboard A virtual shuffleboard table gaming apparatus including a housing having a playing field, a game acquisition circuit, and a display. As a puck is propelled towards a puck return at the distal end of the playing field, the puck temporarily obstructs at least two beam... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7815532 | Practice hockey puck A practice hockey puck to be used by a young player to learn how to pick up a hockey puck off the ice with the blade of his hockey stick or to stickhandle on pavement or asphalt. The puck is like an ordinary puck but with a lower, outer, annular portion removed, the... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7621833 | Hockey puck A hockey puck comprised of an annular member with a translucent member disposed interior to the annular member. The interface of the annular member and the translucent member is reflective. A light member is disposed in the translucent member to form a hockey puck h... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7357740 | Hockey training pucks and methods of using same This application relates to hockey pucks modified for training purposes and methods of using same. The pucks are intended to develop the visual acuity and hand-eye coordination of hockey players to improve game play. In one embodiment of the invention, each training... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325514 | Tossable pet toy for holding consumable treats A tossable pet toy is provided in either an annular or disc shape. The ring or disc comprises a perimeter having an inner rib and an outer rib, the ribs forming an interstitial space therebetween for holding a consumable pet treat. The inner rib is a single, continu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7300368 | Hockey game table puck with weighted perimeter In preferred embodiments, the game pieces of the present invention concentrate the mass and weight of the game piece away from the center of the game piece and around the periphery. Preferably the center portion of the game piece has a minimum of weight while mainta... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294036 | Flying disc A circular planform wing includes a contiguous thin central plate having top and bottom surfaces. An outer annular rim encompasses the central plate. The rim has a lower edge defining a lower plane of the wing, and the central plate has an upper zone defining an upp... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276001 | Aerodynamically augmented hockey puck Aerodynamically augmented hockey puck design uses the dynamics of airflow around a moving body to assist in overcoming the unwanted forces of friction that inherently exist between two opposing surfaces and may be used on either an ice or other non-ice playing surfa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270627 | Exerciser In order to provide rehabilitation, physiotherapy and maintain suppleness, an exerciser is provided in which a skid with a slide or movement surface is provided on one side and a grip on the other in order that a user can perform controlled oscillatory motions by re... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270332 | Activity sets A play activity set including a target at which objects may be directed, a plurality of objects for throwing at the target, the plurality of objects including at least a first object with a first opening therethrough and a second object with a second opening thereth... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241229 | Golf club with two piece hosel The exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a non-contiguous hosel for attaching a golf club shaft to a golf club head. In an exemplary embodiment, two inserts are used to form a hollow shaft receptacle, or hosel. The two inserts are placed at substa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237490 | Expanded volume less lethal ball type projectile A close range munition for firing from a bore of a weapon. The munition includes a spherical projectile having a central core and a plurality of uniformly radially extending resilient filaments defining an outer diameter. The outer diameter of the projectile is grea... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223150 | Illuminated elastomeric flying disc and its method of manufacture An internally illuminated toy having a flexible body that is made from an elastomeric gel. The flexible body defines an internal chamber that is accessible through a small access opening. An electronics module is provided that contains a light source. The electronic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217169 | Dimensionally stable flying disc toy construction A flying disc toy formed from plastic resin includes a circular central body portion surrounded by a circular rim that has a stair-step cross-sectional configuration. The rim includes an upper step and a lower step that extends outwardly therefrom. Each step has a c... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207909 | Dimpled air hockey puck An air hockey puck has a disc shaped body and a peripheral ridge or rim facing both upward and downward. The disc body has head and tail surfaces. The head is a plane surface and defined by an annular inner sidewall of the rim. The tail is defined by an inner sidewa... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198169 | Storage container convertible to a closed object A storage container convertible to a permanently closed object has a receptacle with an outside surface corresponding to the partial exterior of a closed object; and with an interior surface defining a storage chamber. A lid covers the entry opening and thereby clos... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198536 | Water disc toy A toy throwing disc that is tossed between players has a unique feature of having the compartment in the center filled with a liquid or gel that creates a stabilizing effect. The water disc is a plastic molded flying disc with an outside molded rim and a sealed comp... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7154540 | System for enhancing video Pan, tilt and zoom sensors are coupled to a broadcast camera in order to determine the field of view of the broadcast camera and to make a rough estimate of a target's location in the broadcast camera's field of view. Pattern recognition techniques can be used to de... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140989 | Floor hockey puck A method of manufacturing a floor hockey puck comprises the steps of bonding a pair of felt discs together in a coaxial relationship by means of a flexible adhesive sandwiched between the discs to form a flexible core between the discs and applying a strip of protec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134979 | Hockey puck A hockey puck comprising a resilient material having a first configuration, a first thickness and a predetermined hardness. There is a first disk having a second configuration and a second thickness that is engageable with a first side of the resilient material and ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104906 | Aerodynamically augmented hockey puck Aerodynamically augmented hockey puck design uses the dynamics of airflow around a moving body to assist in overcoming the unwanted forces of friction that inherently exist between two opposing surfaces and may be used on either an ice or other non-ice playing surfa... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101293 | Golh: the golf hybrid sport of golfrisbee The golh sport is comprised of the golh club, golfrisbee disc and golfrisbee basket. Swiveling the golh club, the flying object such as golfrisbee disk is thrown to fly into the golfrisbee basket. The golfrisbee basket has the wind-bell-chain reverted umbrella struc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086645 | Game with collectible pieces The present invention provides a game including a playing surface, collectible playing pieces, marking pieces, and collectible cards. Players take turns trying to create specific hands by throwing the playing pieces. The first player to successfully claim ownership ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081032 | Flying disc having contoured features A flying disc for use in recreational activities and sports, such as for catch and throw, Ultimate, disc golf, and the like. The flying disc is configured for enhanced flight characteristics, throwability, trick shot capability and durability. The flying disc includ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7066851 | Floor hockey puck A floor hockey puck comprises a pair of felt discs bonded together by means of a flexible adhesive sandwiched between the discs forming a core which acts as a weight element to import sufficient weight to the puck to approximate the movement of an ice hockey puck on... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025350 | Stick for a hockey game table A stick for a hockey game table includes an outer body and an inner body fitted in the outer body. The outer body has an open bottom, an annular stop wall facing downward on an inner surface near the bottom, an annular recessed surface on the inner surface, and two ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6973747 | Sports memorabilia apparatus The Invention is an item of sports memorabilia. Indicia are imprinted on a medallion using convention minting technology. An ice hockey puck has a cavity adapted to receive and to support the medallion for display. The cavity of the puck exerts a pre-selected force ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971940 | Illuminated flying disc An illuminated flying disc may have adapted to attach a light source to the disc in the area of the rim in a manner that may have no substantial effect on the aerodynamic qualities of the device and is sufficient to hold the light source in place while throwing and ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6939191 | Cord guided frisbee A frisbee includes an annular main disk, and an annular support member mounted on the main disk. Thus, the support member can be detached from the main disk, so that the frisbee is foldable when not in use, thereby facilitating storage, package and transportation of... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918843 | Baseball training bat The present baseball training bat is comprised of a hollow tube with a handle portion and a hitting portion. The hitting portion is substantially smaller in diameter than that on a conventional baseball bat for improving swing accuracy. The distal end of the tube ha... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6908359 | Water skipping toy A water skipping toy which has the desired characteristics of a few, simple, low cost parts that are easily produced using injection molding and minimal assembly time. The preferred embodiment comprises two substantially identical convex plastic discs each having an... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905430 | Water skipping article incorporating elliptical outline and hollowed interior core A water skipping article for use by a user in launching the article in a substantially horizontal trajectory and with a specified rotation spin. The article includes a three-dimensional body constructed of a biodegradable material and having a smooth and continuous ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902460 | Hand-thrown toy parachute and method of manufacturing the same A hand-thrown toy parachute has a canopy. A hollow stick is suspended from the canopy by a plurality of rigging lines substantially at the center of the canopy. A weight is enclosed in the hollow stick to be movable back and forth in the longitudinal direction of th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899587 | Flyer discs A flying disc which in certain aspects has a disc body having an outer perimeter and a plurality of cuts, indentations, grooves, and/or weakened areas spaced-apart around the outer perimeter, and at least one portion [or a plurality thereof] of the disc body between... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893367 | Hockey puck with aerodynamic pins A hockey puck having aerodynamic pins located on each surface is provided for play on synthetic ice. The pins utilize dish shaped heads which provide substantially frictionless movement for the puck. The pins in one surface are mounted in offset relationship compare... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6863588 | Collapsible throwing toy and its associated method of manufacture A toy assembly and its method of manufacture. The toy assembly is a spherical object that can be temporarily compressed into a disc. A short time after compression, the toy pops back into its original ball-like shape. The toy assembly has shell sections that join al... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6770348 | Three-dimensional imaging decorating sheet and the method for manufacturing the same A three-dimensional imaging decorating sheet made by injection molding or plastic-molding and method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The decorating sheet is a semi-transparent thin plastic plate and has non-flat embossment figures on surfaces thereof. There... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764371 | Aerodynamic sound-emitting amusement device An amusement device toy in the shape of a flying saucer disk having aero-dynamically shaped whistle structures for emitting different tones when the disk is thrown into the air, mounted symmetrically on the periphery of the disk. The size of the whistle air chambers... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6755711 | Box games and activities A play activity set having, in at least certain aspects, target apparatus at which at least one object may be directed; at least one object for throwing at the target apparatus; the target apparatus and the at least one object made by separating box material from at... | 06/29/2004 |
