Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926809 | Automatic playing card dispensing system An automatic playing card dispensing system includes a scanner for recognizing the card suits and card values of the dispensed playing cards, a display, a set of indicator lights, and a driver unit for controlling dispensing of the playing cards and driving the disp... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7584964 | Money counting/money fact board game apparatus and method An apparatus including a board for playing a game is provided, the board typically including a plurality of spaces. Each of the plurality of spaces has a depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item. The monetary item may be a coin or a bill. The board may i... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7386498 | Transaction assisting apparatus and recording medium A transaction assisting apparatus capable of automatically transacting chain orders. Chain order input unit accepts entry of a chain order and supplies the input chain order to chain order storing unit to be stored therein. Order detecting unit is supplied with an i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364163 | Big money playing card game and method A Big Money playing card game has a box; playing cards and a set of rules and a die, the playing cards including financial cards which constitute the majority of the playing cards and which teach the value of money in business, timing cards which constitute the mino... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357640 | Lock-In Training system A Lock-In Training system. The Lock-In Training system can include an appropriately programmed Web site and a user computer. The Lock-In Training system can also include an appropriately programmed stand-alone computer. Some embodiments of the invention allow studen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357718 | Server for network game, network game process control method, network game progress control program and recording medium storing network game progress control program In order to enable a user to play a game continuously and to facilitate acquisition of valuable data by the user, the present invention provides a network game server device 1 that conducts a game in which a user is enabled to acquire valuable data having a p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354343 | Wagering game where player can borrow money for wagers based on equity position A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for implementing a casino wagering game. The game allows the player to borrow funds against equity earned in a game currently in progress. When the game is over, any borrowed funds can be paid with winnings f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341455 | Method and system for training traders Systems and methods are provided which enable students to participate in a simulated, electronic trading environment. The concept is one where the eSpeed rules based system and GUI may be used to educate students on the trading of financial products. The system may ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335102 | Gaming device with a bonus scheme involving movement along paths with path change conditions A gaming device which involves a symbol marker which advances along one or more paths. The paths include a plurality of symbols and one or more path change conditions. If a path change condition occurs, the symbol marker moves from one path to a different path. Whil... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325804 | Game apparatus with an encapsulated figure A game piece in the nature of a hand manipulated capsule containing a visible and recognizable figure with assigned characteristics, a game field, and a method of using the game piece in the playing of games. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320466 | New York mafia board game A method of playing a board game comprising the steps: providing players each given money and starting at a first rank; providing dice; providing a game board having a plurality of playing spaces, that are either owned or available businesses, arranged around the ou... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7303398 | Educational game An instructional board of computer game defines a path of movement for a number of game “pieces” that are moved along the path a number of “stops” as determined by a die or other random device. Associated with the stops and color or otherwise visually coded ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291064 | Game program and game apparatus Game program has a procedure for determining item price (IVD), for respectively computing price for transfer of a plurality of items to be used in a game every each item, and a procedure for executing the procedure for determining item price when possession state of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287753 | Game and method of play A game for a plurality of players includes a playing area having playing stations which form a path along which the players move game pieces. The playing area includes a plurality of franchise site playing stations which represent a franchise location, such as a cit... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275745 | Wealth board game A board game and method of playing the board game wherein players move their game pieces in a path on the game board having landing spots in accordance with a combination of a numbers die and a words die. A spinner having a finger-activated spinning arrow pivotally ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270329 | Design game with deductive component A game of deduction including game components and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, a goal of which may be for one player to deduce, through a question and answer process, an image on a game card chosen by another player. A game board, multiple ga... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7206763 | Method and system for commodity-based currency for payment of accounts A system and method for permitting gold or other commodities to circulate as currency requires a network of system users that participate in financial transactions where payment is made in units of gold. The gold is kept in secure storage at a deposit site for the b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204693 | Egyptian pyramids board game The game includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board includes: (i) marked historical location spaces designating a specified historical location based on a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201656 | Method and apparatus for simulating games of chance with the use of a set of cards, including a wildcard, to replace use of dice A method and system for simulating games of chance using cards are disclosed using a shuffler to shuffle a set of cards and dispensing one or more cards. Current regulations prohibit certain game operators from using certain games such as traditional craps and roule... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185890 | Method and apparatus for playing a stock trading simulation game A method of playing a stock trading simulation game is disclosed and includes providing a game apparatus including a game board having a plurality of spaces marked thereon defining a path of movement on the game board, with a portion of the plurality of spaces repre... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182342 | Math board game A game for teaching arithmetic skills involves having a player spin a wheel twice, the first time determines the arithmetic operation to be performed and the first number and the second spin determines the second number. The player then moves his or her game piece a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159867 | Sports related board game A board game comprising a game board representative of a sport playing field having a plurality of spaces. The board game includes a first set of tokens to be deployed on the game board representing a first team of sport players; a second set of tokens to be deploye... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7128651 | Card game for displaying images based on sound recognition Provides a game machine with exceptional interactivity capable of ascertaining players' psychological states from player's voices and actions. It is a game device for executing a prescribed game program in response to information input by players. Comprises a device... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7093832 | Conversation generator A plate or other utilitarian object for generating conversations is provided comprising a substantially flat central portion for holding on object and a raised side surface positioned coaxially with the substantially flat central portion. A circular perforation is f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086647 | Trucking board game apparatus and method A method for playing a game related to trucking where the player is one or more of a truck driver, a federal or state official regulating the truck driver, or owner of a 1) service center, 2) insurance company, 3) truck stop having a restaurant, 4) produce broker, s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074128 | Method and system for enhancing memorization by using a mnemonic display A method and system is disclosed for enhancing a memorization process by using a mnemonic display implemented. First, the mnemonic display is implemented on a predetermined display area of a display device with one or more border sections, the border sections contai... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044466 | Food recipe game There is provided a food preparation recipe game and a method for playing the game. A spin wheel having a pointer is provided and includes a plurality of encoded possible landing spaces. A plurality of recipe cards is provided, each of which lists a plurality of ing... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039607 | System for evaluating a company's customer equity The object of the present invention is to provide a system for evaluating the customer equity of products and services provided by a company, with consideration of customer-purchase trends, and to provide a means for evaluating the ratio of repeat customers and the ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036817 | Method of play and game surface for a dice game A method and system for playing a dice game using a pair of dice. A primary player is first established. At least one wagers is then made from each player that one of a plurality of events will occur with the roll of the dice. The primary player then rolls the pair ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032901 | Poker dice casino game method of play A method for playing a stand-alone and a bonus casino poker dice having X dice, each of the X dice having F faces with a different symbol thereon so as to form a set {S} of symbols on each of the X dice. The method of the present invention includes the steps of plac... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021623 | System and method for adding a skill aspect to games of chance A system and methods are provided in which a certain level of the chance aspect of a game or other application is removed and a certain level of a skill aspect is added. This may be accomplished by using an indicator to establish a predetermined number of move numbe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6979265 | Game system and computer readable storage medium A game system allows a player's wish to influence appearance of event production squares. A game control device functions as various devices, including a device for displaying a route including plural squares and symbols representing attributes of the squares, on a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974132 | Method of play and game surface for a dice game having a progressive jackpot A method and system for playing a dice game using a pair of dice. A primary player is first established at the beginning of the game. At least one wager is then made from each player establishing that one of a plurality of events will occur with the roll of the dice... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6963855 | Apparatus and method for automated display of market activity Thermographs and top mover lists as displays of market motion. Displays for time-dependent information. Thermographs comprising display areas on computer screens, the display areas divided into cells, tick times for a security stored in memory, color values calculat... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962336 | Credit card debt management board game A board game comprising a board with a path having spaces thereon, wherein the path is navigated around the board by rolling dice, with the purpose being to teach the management and elimination of credit card debt. The game incorporates real life situations requirin... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6939137 | Method and system for training traders Systems and methods are provided which enable students to participate in a simulated, electronic trading environment. The concept is one where the eSpeed rules based system and GUI may be used to educate students on the trading of financial products. The system may ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932342 | Board game The present invention provides a board game wherein players attempt to purchase a complete set of items from a number of repositories. The game further includes rules for the game including multiple levels of play, allowing older and younger children to play with th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931365 | Industry simulation environment An apparatus and method for simulating a global industrial environment. In one embodiment, the global industrial environment models a global economy as a set of interlinked economies, models a management framework as a set of interlinked management functionalities, ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926277 | Simplified single throw craps game A simplified version of traditional casino style craps is provided where all bets are determined through a single roll of the dice, thus making the game easily understood by novice gamblers. The layout of the game includes a primary, second and third wagering areas.... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6843721 | Method for casino game A method of playing a casino game by offering a player a plurality of objects, each of which has a probability of success and associated award. The player chooses an object and receives the associated award when the chosen object is successful. The player continues ... | 01/18/2005 |
