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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326059 | Child reward center A motivational apparatus contains a supply of tokens. The apparatus includes a release mechanism for releasing one of the tokens, which may be actuated by a child as a reward for good behavior. After being released, the token is collected in a reservoir. The apparat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7284755 | Bulk vending machine having an integrated game of skill A bulk vending machine having an integrated game of skill includes a base having a chute door and a coin mechanism operatively attached thereto. The bulk vending machine further includes a hopper in which the bulk product is contained, and the hopper is operatively ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 6361046 | Marble/disk game A marble game is described in which a playing surface is provided having designations for the locations of two marbles in contact with each other and with designations of a plurality of shooting positions for a third marble, these being points awarded a p... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5553851 | Revolving rings gaming apparatus Gaming apparatus in which a ball is traveled onto a revolving surface has a plurality of rings of differing diameters which jointly form the revolving surface. The rings are centered on a vertical axis of rotation and may rotate in opposite directions or ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5029863 | Croquet game apparatus Apparatus including a multi-sectioned trough like organization directing impacted croquet balls from a starting position defined by a series of aligned recesses. Guide plates direct a struck croquet ball through a medial section of the apparatus and direc... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4190250 | Game apparatus A game apparatus for the enjoyment of both young and old alike. The game is played on a sloping table wherein a ball is bounced off a launch board at one end of the table on to a portion of carpet for reducing the velocity of the ball. If the ball is accu... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4190251 | Bump board marble game A bump board game for finger propelled marbles including a walled enclosure having a flat sloping playing surface with spaced marble scoring holes therein and bump guide deflecting members arranged thereon. A dump board underlies the playing surface to re... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4148486 | Pinball toy with ball ejector A pinball toy including an inclined playing surface having a plurality of holes through which a ball rolling on the playing surface can fall. Beneath each hole is a ball-ejecting member spring biased upwardly but held down by a latch. As a ball falls thro... | 04/10/1979 |
| 3961793 | Educational and recreational game An educational and recreational game having a case-like rectangular basic structure including an outer support structure and an interior frame with interchangeable principal transparent playing elements and insertable underlying complementary transparent ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3941381 | Board game amusement device An amusement game apparatus has a guide surface, a playing surface and a deflecting surface, and a freely movable player piece moved or propelled along the guide surface is directed by the deflecting surface onto the playing surface. The deflecting surfac... | 03/02/1976 |
