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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357392 | Air hockey table that produces atomized gas A hockey table includes a table body, a top board mounted on a top of the table body and formed with a plurality of ventilating holes, and an atomizer mounted in the table body to spray an atomized gas which passes through the ventilating holes of the top board and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7244164 | Toy with customization feature A toy is provided comprising a figure with a hole disposed therein and having at least one ferrous portion; a manipulator having a magnet for interacting with the at least one ferrous portion to animate the figure; and a stage for receiving the figure on one side th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7219892 | Hockey game This invention relates to a competitive board game comprised of a table with sides surrounding the playing surface. Hockey sticks are suspended from transverse bars suspended across the playing surface and slidably disposed between the sides of the table. The table ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6749196 | Ice hockey game An ice hockey board game where the player pegs (6) can move all around the game level through the network of miniature levels (3). The player pegs (6) are moved around by hand along the gaps (4). The shots are accomplished by rolling the ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6648329 | Rotary bar of game table A rotary bar for a game table, which is mounted on the table body of the game table. A predetermined number of dolls are mounted on the rotary bar. The rotary bar includes an inner bar and an outer bar in which the inner bar is slidably nested. One end of... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6478299 | Magnetic table top game A device for movably coupling a gaming piece to a substantially non-magnetic surface having opposite first and second sides is disclosed. The device comprises a base which is mounted to the gaming piece, the base comprising a housing, a first and second m... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6450497 | Magnetic table top game A magnetic table game is disclosed wherein gaming pieces are movably mounted to a substantially non-magnetic playing surface of a game by a magnetic coupling device. The coupling device comprises a base mounted to the gaming piece, the base having a housi... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6302394 | Game table A game table includes an elongate horizontal base wall, and two short side walls and two long side walls to confine a simulated soccer field space. At least two manipulating rods are mounted rotatably and transverse to the long side walls in a first axis.... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6189885 | Game of the table soccer type A game, of the table soccer type, comprises a playing surface, pieces imitating players and a ball simulating a football. It has, along the table, on each of two opposite sides, a series of control levers, each lever corresponding to the movement of a pla... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5655767 | Movable player for board game A board game for simulating a sport such as basketball or ice hockey in which the game board has a flat playing surface on which can be moved a number of playing members that can manipulate a small object such as a puck or ball. Each member includes a mai... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5605328 | Tabletop basketball game with play figures on operable rods A table top basketball game which has a plurality of player figures that can be manipulated by opposing players and which can project a ball into a hoop. The player figures are attached to rods that extend across a floor. The rods have handles which allow... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5433443 | Table hockey game A game apparatus for a simulated hockey game including a game board having a playing surface and at least two pairs of opposing sides with each side having an opening for receiving a small object such as a disk. There are four sets of game playing menders... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5275401 | Game with mobile figures A game comprising a board on which figurines can be moved along longitudinal paths by driving mechanisms arranged below the board. The driving mechanisms each comprises at least one handle and connectors for joining the handle to the figurines. The game c... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5125658 | Baseball board game A simulated baseball game apparatus having an upwardly facing playing surface with a home plate thereon, a pitching mechanism that rolls the ball in the general direction of home plate and a batting mechanism. A rotatable circular plate in front of the pi... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5060945 | Game with movable players A game, to be played by two operators, one at each end thereof, simulates a game such as soccer, hockey, ice hockey or the like. A central playing area has a flat surface (11) above which substantially nothing protrudes apart from the players and a simula... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5046734 | Table hockey game A table hockey game has a playing surface, goals, and a plurality of toy hockey players. Two of the toy hockey players on each side are movable to and from positions behind their opponent's goal. The hockey players move along guides comprising vertically ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5040794 | Removable player piece actuator for a slotted table top game A removable player piece actuator for a slotted table game comprising a carriage for sliding along a slot of a slotted table game, the carriage having player piece supporting means, a neck for reception by a slot of the slotted table game; a wing supporte... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5016878 | Game having magnetically operable pieces In a game having magnetically operable pieces (3) there are below a game board (2) several operating devices (4) for operating the pieces, these operating devices being separated by intermediate layers (7) that are parallel to the game board. The intermed... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4976434 | Table game The invention provides a new table game of the baseball type. The table game includes a number of player figures mechanically rotatably arranged on a playing surface for catching and forwarding a ball to base areas and also a player figure depicitng a bat... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4867454 | Ball game device A ball game device with a striking disk. The ball is located on a table-top playing surface which slopes and is enclosed on all sides by edge members, and is made to roll by means of the striking disk and comes in contact with a further arrangement of bal... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4834371 | Game having magnetically operable pieces In a game having magnetically operable pieces (3) there are below a game board (2) several operating magnets (4) for operating the pieces, the operating magnets being separated by intermediate layers (7) that are parallel to the game board. The intermedia... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4691921 | Automated game panel An automated game panel providing manual and automatic movement of player dolls so as to simulate realistic player movement. An operational handle enables a game player to manually rotate the player dolls, and to initiate automatic forward and reverse mot... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4474375 | Tabletop hockey game A tabletop hockey game comprises a planar board, a continuous raised border defining a playing surface and a plurality of slots in said board and within said playing surface. Player pieces are carried on pegs that pass through the slots and through arms p... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4311309 | Table top hockey game A table top hockey game having twelve playing elements supported on a playing surface and manipulated through control rods mounted beneath the playing surface. The control rods are operative to rotate the playing elements through a shaft that extends thro... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4304405 | Friction adaptor for competitive games The invention covers a friction adaptor enabling a simulated player in a table game such as soccer or hockey to strike a ball or the like independently with one foot or extension member, and to make a full turn on the other foot or member.... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4076242 | Game device with a playing surface of pressurized air A pressurized plenum or air chamber is separated by internal walls to form slots, holes or the like. The separated chambers may be either in gas pressure communication or entirely separated from each other. Game piece manipulation devices operate a contro... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4046380 | Game apparatus with positional strikers A competitive action game apparatus including a game board having a playing surface thereon. The playing surface has a high section intermediate each of a pair of opposed player ends and extends downwardly toward each of such player ends. A goal area is l... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4007932 | Miniature hockey game A miniature hockey game comprising a substantially horizontal playing surface which moves in an orbital movement in the plane of the surface. Miniature playing members are unattachedly mounted on the playing surface to move over such surface as it is subj... | 02/15/1977 |
