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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311610 | Play facility Play facility that lets play participants experience visual stimulation, and with which a decorative effect can be attained. The play facility includes a frame, partition members attached to the frame and forming a play space, a gas-filled transparent tubular member... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7160171 | Pneumatic pump and vehicle In accordance with the present invention there is provided a pneumatic pump in combination with a pneumatic toy vehicle powered by a refillable compressed chamber. The improvement of the pump is defined by having a pipe that has an aperture to exhaust air being pump... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6722887 | Training and/or gaming apparatus and method This invention relates to an apparatus and method that can provide a group of individuals with an experiential exercise. The apparatus can comprise a source of fluid flow and a channel formation connected to the source of fluid flow at at least two regions of the ch... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6454260 | Air jet board device An air jet game comprising an air jet conduiting member having a plurality of air jet outlets and a controller adapted to selectively control at least partially, the flow of air out of the air jet outlets in order to move an object located in an air flow ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 5859359 | Curling stone comparator A simple pneumatic device for use in comparing and matching curling stones, and evaluating ice surfaces and sweeping broom efficiencies is described. A pneumatic cylinder, charged by means of a compressed gas, is placed against the backboard of a rink and... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5658198 | Pneumatic running toy A pneumatic toy including a board provided with a runway, a body for running along the runway, an air chamber formed within the board, a blower for supplying air to the air chamber, a plurality of holes associated with the board which communicate with the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5467986 | Pneumatically projected ball table game A unique skill-action table game is provided, which consists of a rectangular shaped game board defining a court having a center line which divides the court into two playing areas, with two end goal lines and two side lines. A small lightweight hollow ba... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5326101 | Law enforcement baton with projectable restraining net A law enforcement baton for enhanced suspect control and apprehension comprises detachable, coextensive, proximal and distal lengths with a handle portion removably perpendicularly attached thereto with the handle portion and distal length being of identi... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5288071 | Game apparatus A game apparatus which consists of a substantially rectangular base having a flat surface. A vertical plate is suspended over an end of the base by a support and has a hoop horizontally attached to the plate. A catapult is pivotally mounted to the opposit... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4897065 | Toy vehicle and handheld pneumatic launcher A toy vehicle and a handheld pneumatic launcher combination includes a piston and an elongated hollow cylinder with a flange adjacent one end of the cylinder providing grips for a child which simulate an airplane control yoke. While supporting lateral ext... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4838550 | Pneumatic ball amusement game A pneumatic call amusement game is provided and consists of players rolling balls across playing tables in which the balls are pneumatically propelled into hoppers spaced back from and elevated above the table until one of the players places a predetermin... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4830374 | Simulated baseball game apparatus A baseball game apparatus including a simulated baseball diamond fitted with an air jet for projecting a low density ball toward a batting device by which the ball is struck, in the right hand or left hand mode, with various degrees of batting power while... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4757999 | Pneumatically operated toy device A peumatically operated playing device for randomly casting at least one discrete article includes a substantially rigid cubic enclosure having a first opening on one wall thereof and a second opening on another wall thereof; a first elastic membrane cove... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4605230 | Toy vehicle game with launcher and return means A toy car collision set (10) in which children attempt to crash nonsteerable unpowered cars (28, 30) at an intersection (12) when travelling in either the forward or reverse directions. The set includes at least two sets of tracks (14, 16, 22, 24) connect... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4593906 | Surface game projectile manipulating device Apparatus for conducting sports and games on a slippery solid playing area surface comprises one or more doughnut-shaped streamlined discs which include a self-contained propulsion device. Each disc optionally carries an operator and includes around the p... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4468029 | Portable pneumatic action game A portable pneumatic action game for two opposing players has a base including a central raised hollow core supporting a playing surface and oppositely extending end sills. The playing surface has an array of separate elongated channels, each with an aper... | 08/28/1984 |
