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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7118105 | Miniature golf game A miniature golf game involving a miniature golf hole having a playing surface including a tee-off area and a ball-receiving cup. The hole includes a pachinko game or other game of chance, which may be positioned within the playing surface or otherwise adjacent the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6688596 | Board game A board game is provided and includes a game board having a planar playing surface and a pair of goals, one goal at each of the two opposite ends of the game board. The board game also has a pair of centrally facing ramps, one ramp at each of the two oppo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6638134 | Vertical boarding toy having a thin flat-faced track jumping spinner A rotating spinner travels down a number of track segments by the force of gravity, the spinner jumping across gaps separating the track segments and yet remaining in an upright position to enable reliable transfer of the spinner across the gaps. This is ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6257573 | Device for supplying/retaining/checking balls for labyrinth-type games of chance The board game (1), with the conventional pivots (2) determining the labyrinth-type course for the ball, is framed by a circumferential channel (5) in which there is a ring (8) provided with at least one lateral, internal opening (12) so that, upon the ro... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6056620 | Construction set for marble track with mid-air trajectories from a vertical planar surface A marble track construction toy for assembly on a vertically-oriented planar surface. The construction toy includes chutes down which the marble can roll, pivot elements and bumpers for altering the direction of the motion of the marble, and a catch baske... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6042482 | Collapsible ramp construction for handicapped bowlers A collapsible ramp construction 10 for physically challenged bowlers and including a contoured ramp unit 11 supported by a collapsible framework unit 12. The upper end of the ramp unit 11 is provided with a ball release unit 13 which includes a ball recei... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5702108 | Game board A game board comprises; a table board; body parts; extrusive bodies; hollow catching bodies each of which is made in the shape of an animal's head or the like pivotally mounted to the front end of each of the extrusive bodies and has an open bottom part c... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5494292 | Marble maze game device A game device consisting of a plurality of vertically stacked, alternately rotatable disks (13, 25, 33, 41 and 49) and stationary tiers (10, 19, 29, 37, 45 and 53) each containing passageways through which a spherical game piece may pass. The disks are ro... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5370391 | Spiral slide ball game The present invention is a game apparatus capable of temporarily storing a plurality of spherical game pieces, and then consecutively and independently releasing each of these game pieces into any one of a plurality of compartments. Included is a spiral p... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5354058 | Board game A board game comprising a game board having a planar playing surface, a goal at each opposite longitudinal end of the game board, a ramp at each opposite longitudinal end of the game board, a large target ball, a plurality of smaller projectile balls and ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5332216 | Toy apparatus for constructing pathway for marble A game has a plurality of directional elements which are attached to a vertical face in numerous arrangements to define paths along which a marble can travel. The game includes a plurality of housings which can be interconnected in a plurality of orientat... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5314367 | Marble toy A toy (10) comprising an elongated block (12) which is carved out to form one or more patterns (30) for a path along which marbles (15) are propelled by a person's finger through a slot (17) communicating with a channel (14) in any one of such patterns (3... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5199704 | Pool ball positioning apparatus A pool ball positioning apparatus includes a wedge-shaped body with an inclined upper surface having a channel formed therein to guide a pool ball along the length of the inclined surface. Preferably, the channel has an arcuate cross-section which matches... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5183261 | Bumper bowling game with gravity released ball projector A bumper bowling game, combining the features and required skills of conventional billiards and bowling, includes a V-shaped table having flat outgoing and return alleyways with a concave gutter along each side thereof. The outgoing and return alleyways a... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5090699 | Game A slot game utilizing coins provides an enclosed partially transparent case having at an upper end thereof input slots for placing coins into each of a plurality of vertical columns. At the lower end is positioned a coin retrieval slot the allows removal ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5088736 | Toy pinball machine A miniaturized pinball machine serving as a funny toy is provided. The pinball machine includes a machine body, a ball-feeding device mounted between a ball-storing room and a ball path for feeding from the room to the path a ball to be propelled by a pro... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5080592 | Variable action quincunx pinplate A statistics teaching aid of the Quincunx type. The device includes a pinplate which has at least one movable row of pins. Shifting of the movable pinrow effectively increases or decreases the number of pinrows on the pinplate. By shifting the pinrow, an ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5066014 | Sidewinder amusement game A carnival or amusement park game in which a player is challenged to keep a rolling ball to its objective descending, planar, zig-zag path by manipulating the rotation of the plane of the path. The game may be further enhanced by providing rotational stee... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5048832 | Double ball launcher for rolling ball game A rolling ball game such as pinball comprises a playfield plus means for launching rolling balls onto the playfield. By this invention, the launching means comprises a station where a ball at rest is positioned for said launching, spring-operated manual p... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4991844 | Apparatus for playing a ball game Apparatus for playing a ball game, comprising a playing surface, a plurality of balls having an eccentric distribution of mass, and means for initiating rolling movement of the balls in a way which preserves the orientation of the eccentricity of mass dis... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4953874 | Educational marble board game Educational marble board game for facilitating the teaching of arithmetic or other mathematical or related mainly numerical games. Marble launchers fitting upright near corners of a game board, outside a bounded generally horizontal playing surface, store... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4949967 | Tennis game board In the tennis game board, each of the racket-supporting bodies that are reciprocally movable along each end of the base board is provided with a ball delivery member, which directly feeds the ball onto the board surface as if the ball was served by one of... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4900255 | For two-stage Quincunx A two-stage training device for statistical studies permits the demonstration of advanced statistical principles. Balls are dropped from an upper reservoir through a maze of pins which scatters the balls into a histogram having that shape of a normal curv... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4811953 | Numbering guessing game structure This invention relates to a novel structure of a ball type "figure-guessing" game, and in particularly refers to the structure of game which is composed of several cases, a base and a top plate. All cases have identical outer appearances to the naked eye,... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4474558 | Didactic game based on selection of the trajectories followed by balls A didactic game wherein a number of balls are allowed to roll by gravity along a guide channel on a play plate. The guide channel has bifurcations controlled by switch means provided with manual control members for selecting the trajectory of each ball an... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4468030 | Rotating selective element game apparatus Game apparatus includes a bowl having a sloping floor and a receptacle centered beneath the floor, and a rotating element having an opening therein through which rolling elements may be selectively admitted or dropped into the receptacle, is disposed abov... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4336938 | Game including apertures simulating playing cards selected by a rolled ball A game of chance including one or two balls of predetermined diameter and a gameboard wherein the gameboard defines a generally dish-shaped symmetrical central zone bounded by an outer peripheral zone defining a race path; the gameboard has a raised outer... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4320902 | Pitching track game A game having a pitching track suspended above a game board is disclosed. The pitching track may be tilted thereby allowing a ball to roll downward toward a device for striking the ball. After being struck, the ball is propelled onto the game board where ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4290605 | Game having pathway traversing a plurality of independent object transfer mechanisms A game of skill has a support housing on which there are located a plurality of independent object transfer mechanisms preferably no two which are identical. The transfer mechanisms are aligned in a sequence such that a pathway includes a plurality of dis... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4274630 | Game apparatus using visual/motor skills A novel game apparatus requiring hand/eye coordination includes a plurality of playing pieces such as marbles having different indicia thereon such as color and a hopper for containing a supply of said marbles having an outlet. A dispenser receiving marbl... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4260155 | Marble runway game apparatus A marble runway type of game apparatus for children which provides amusement and requires skill and which is of the knock-down type and formed of readily interfitting parts of any suitable material and may be easily molded of any suitable plastic.... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4244572 | Board game having movable target A board game is constructed having a playing surface and an object release mechanism coordinating with the playing surface such that an object released from the release mechanism is deposited onto the playing surface. A target mechanism having an object h... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4210331 | Rotatable target game A game apparatus for use with play pieces and playable by one or more players, generally two, and including a playing area movable in a cyclical path during play by a suitable driving mechanism. The playing area has structure defining spaced play piece re... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4198050 | Game device with release ramp and scoring recesses A competitive game device which comprises a frame having a rippled playing surface. The rippled surface is formed by a plurality of transversely extending spaced apart recesses separated by arcuately shaped transversely extending ridge portions. The vario... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4183535 | Game with inclined surfaces and interceptors A game which includes a downwardly inclined primary pathway or track. The track may be serpentine and a first player attempts to roll an object such as a marble down the track. One or more interception devices are positioned along the track. These devices... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4156527 | Scoring game with operative path and switching apparatus There is disclosed a board game. The board itself has three tracks with a plurality of interconnecting segments therebetween. A group of switches is provided, each adapted to be placed on the board in the region of one of the interconnecting segments. The... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4135715 | Timed stacking game A game comprising a zig zag trackway through which a ball descends by gravity, said trackway terminating in a straight, downwardly inclined portion having a platform at its terminal end, and a plurality of construction pieces adapted to be stacked on said... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4120501 | Inclined track ball and dice game The game comprises first and second inclined tracks upon which balls may be placed by a player and released to roll down the tracks by gravity. Numbers on a pair of dice determine the levels at which the balls are respectively initially released. The lowe... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4119312 | Game board A game board for play by children, in which a pertinent number of booty capturing structures modeled after the head of an animal or otherwise shaped and operated by the respective players are rushed toward the center of the board from the peripheral parts... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4108438 | Method of playing a board game There is disclosed a board game. The board itself has three tracks with a plurality of interconnecting segments therebetween. A group of switches is provided, each adapted to be placed on the board in the region of one of the interconnecting segments. The... | 08/22/1978 |
