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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7607403 | Method of providing scoring information at a wrestling meet A method of providing team scoring information at a wrestling meet. This method includes providing a scoring device with team names and a team score associated with each team name. Information related to the wrestling match is then inputted into the scoring device a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7354180 | Rapid dispatch emergency signs An illuminated sign includes a plurality of sections. Each section includes a mesh of conductors having illuminating pixels located at conductor intersections. The mesh is surrounded by a frame connected to the frame of another section. Once frame sections of the di... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325343 | Display board system An apparatus configured to allow the retention of at least one display board with a mounting structure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a retaining system. A portion of the retaining system is deformable to retain at least one display board in a press-in, inter... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7216670 | Drain apparatus with liquid trap and liquid level indicator A buoyant liquid level indicator device is positioned within liquid drain apparatus having a trough accommodating liquid to form a liquid seal to prevent passage of gas through the liquid drain apparatus. The indicator device will float and be exposed to an outside ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7153138 | Health management cuff A cuff (10, 110, 210, 310) for a health managing system includes a strand (14, 114, 214, 314) having first (16, 116, 216, 316) and second (18, 118, 218, 318) strand sections interconnected to define a loop (128, 228, 328). A plural... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117619 | Banner scoring device A two-sided, multi-sport scoring banner 30 consisting of a plurality of flexible scoring elements 44A, 44B, 44C, 44D sandwiched between a front face 32 and a back face 34. A set of scoring symbols 44A, 44 | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108144 | Portable work stations Portable work stations which permit a one-step, touch-free finishing of all surfaces of doors, shutters, window sashes, cabinet doors, garage doors, spindles, and other workpieces. There are also provided trim measuring and cutting, and hinge mortising and prep rack... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7017513 | Dosage reminder device and medication carton A dosage reminder device (100) and medication carton (130) includes an indicator/support (140) formed from the carton's flat exterior wall (132) retentively engaging a rotateable ring (110). The ring includes dosage time period ind... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012797 | Versatile stun glove A versatile stun glove having at least two electrodes placed in the palm region, and/or on the back of the hand and/or on the fingers of the glove. A rechargeable power supply that uses simple thin diameter and thickness replaceable batteries for powering the electr... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971198 | Barrier cover A post cover with advertising for use with a substantially semi-circular guard post of the type commonly found surrounding fuel pumps at gasoline stations. The post cover has a substantially semi-circular shape with an interior cavity dimensioned to receive a genera... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959924 | Euchre scorekeeper A unique Euchre scoring device includes a tablet with aligned rows of scoring spots to keep score of each of the two steams in the card game Euchre. Further, the device includes a storage compartment, and an indication of what suit is trump. The device also allows a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941693 | Paintball guns A paintball gun is disclosed which includes a data link for transferring data to and/or from a remote terminal. The link may be a contact or contactless one. A removable data carrier may be used. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6907840 | Football first down indicator system A football first down indicator system for providing a method of quickly and accurately determining a first down in football. The football first down indicator system includes a pair of first down marker members each having an elongate housing member, and also havin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6578513 | Device for recording and displaying a tennis score A tennis score keeping device includes a length of straight rigid plastic pipe having a closed upper extremity and open bottom extremity. A series of at least seven pairs of holes are disposed in the pipe in diametrically opposed relationship. Each hole h... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6511066 | Apparatus and method for scoring dart games A dart game scoreboard intended for use in association with regulation size dartboard. The scoreboard contains a removable game piece that allows players to play established dart games such as "cricket" and "301" or "501." Additionally, the removable game... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6456568 | Golfer's watch A golfer's watch (1) includes an analog counter (2) for the strokes taken on a hole, and a counter (3) of the total number of strokes of the game.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6439153 | Queuing system A queuing system is provided for queuing conventional coins corresponding to a line of persons. The system includes an endless track supporting tokens therein for sliding movement in a first direction along the track. The tokens are arranged to support th... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6390017 | Standings marker A team standings marker that indicates the standings of teams in an organized league. The standings marker allows a fan to track and display the standings of the teams during the course of a season. The standings marker has an indicia bearing base with a ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6360684 | Hand down indicator including pocket A hand-down indicator for aiding a football official in tracking play of an American-style football game including a pocket for holding and storing accessory items which may be easily accessed by the official during the game is provided. The down indicato... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6142882 | Base anchor indicator and plug A device used to plug an opening into and locate a receptacle in an anchor to a base employed on a playing field. The device has an elastic body that has a shape sufficiently large to extend across the opening of the receptacle. A flexible indicator is co... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6119623 | Golf score keeping device A golf score keeping device is formed from a body 50 having interlocking front and back portions 100, 200. A preferred version of the front portion includes five slides, each slide defining a slide trough within which at least one slide indicator may trav... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5992344 | Tournament scheduler What is disclosed is a tournament scheduler wherein one disk is subdivided into a multiplicity of fields, with each field being assigned to one round of the tournament. Each field is provided with a multiplicity of receptions to which markers representing... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5704067 | Exercise organizer sweatband A sweatband adapted to be worn upon the wrist of a user during exercise activity is fabricated as a tubular elasticized band of water absorbent material having an external compliant pocket. A transparent window is centered in the pocket to permit visualiz... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5702102 | Score board for dart game A dart score board has tokens moveable along tracks, each track corresponding to a region of a dart board. The score board also has point-score-keeping elements, such as sets of thumbwheels. Players record the progress (status) of a dart game by moving th... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5694881 | Portable visual display assembly A portable visual display assembly comprises modular sections selectively configurable between a combined full-size display board configuration and a separated plural smaller single display board configuration. The display boards can have identical or dif... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5664780 | Baseball player field position and batting order tracking apparatus A baseball field position and batting lineup apparatus for tracking each player on a single team during a baseball game or practice. Included is a display board having an image of a baseball field and both a batting lineup region and a dugout region image... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5620099 | Combined portable scoring system and storage/carrier unit The invention relates to a combined portable scoring system and storage/carrier unit. There is disclosed a portable storage/carrier unit which is intended to be used for storing and carrying sporting equipment of any type when used or not used for scoring... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5552758 | Darts scoreboard A darts scoreboard having a plurality of tracks on a panel. Each track supports a horizontally reciprocal slide bar. The slide bar reciprocates back and forth across an opening to reveal one or more of three indicators. A column of indicia is provided on ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5515808 | Alerting mechanism for a whistle An alerting mechanism integrated with a hand-held whistle utilizing a structural member having a first and a second surface. The structural member is secured to the whistle or a cavity found in the whistle structure, to permit the structural member to rot... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5505665 | Apparatus for monitoring game challenges An apparatus for monitoring game challenges is described which includes a microprocessor programmed to receive keypad input as to the identity of challengers making challenges and maintain such challenges in a chronological order sequence. A display is pr... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5438950 | Dart board scoring system A dartboard scoring system for allowing players to keep score of a variety of dart games comprising a pegboard bearing indicia for dividing it into a plurality of team zones, each team zone bearing indicia dividing it into a matrix of scoring spaces, each... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5418517 | Basketball scoring apparatus A portable electronic scoreboard apparatus attachable to a basketball goal is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an electronic analysis and report mechanism capable of receiving input information, analyzing the information according to a mode of operation... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5388547 | Fish score card A fish score card for counting the number of fish caught during a fishing trip is disclosed. The score card includes a column for each fisherman on the trip and a row for each possible type of fish caught. Each time a fish is caught the fisherman places a... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5385113 | Tennis score keeper and display device A tennis score keeper and display device includes an elongated support pole, a pair of attachment brackets mounted at locations spaced from one another along the support pole and being adapted to secure the support pole to and alongside a tennis net suppo... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5329874 | Portable tennis score keeper A portable tennis score keeper designed to keep the set score in the game of tennis. The set score is most often the most disputed score in the game. This invention allows any one of the players to simply flip over numbered plates to reflect the progress ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5294913 | Indoor/outdoor portable basketball scoreboard A portable electronic scoreboard comprising a housing with a display face, an electronic mechanism disposed within the housing, and a score registering assembly. The housing back configuration is amenable to releasable attachment to a pole or a flat surfa... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5291850 | Golfer stroke-hole indicating devices In indicating devices of the invention, a slide member is disposed between two registering rectangular sheets forming a holding member and is guided for relative rectilinear movement in certain embodiments and for relative rotational movement in other emb... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5199712 | Golf swing training apparatus A golf swing training apparatus is disclosed having a housing, a circuit board, a buzzer, a battery, an on/off switch, and a pair of mercury switches. The housing has a clip member extending therefrom with the housing being capable of attachment in a pref... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5186119 | Modular marking system for athletic fields A modular marking system for permanently marking the playing field on an athletic field with removable upright visible markers containing a variable diameter spring means for attaching an above ground, upright visible marker to a ground anchor. The variab... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5084695 | Umpire's counter An umpire's counter is provided with a housing having a top face and a bottom face. On the side of the housing between the faces, inputs for advancing a balls display, a strikes display, an outs display and an inning display are provided. A separate butto... | 01/28/1992 |
