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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7722044 | Logical board game and game of chance on 6×6 and 5×7 boards The present invention is directed to a logical board game having a rectangular playing area made up of primary playing fields, the primary playing fields being congruent squares that are in contact with the adjacent primary playing fields on at least two of their si... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717428 | Checkers for three players A game board and rules that allow three players to play a game based on traditional checkers but requiring additional moves through a triangular central field of play. In one version, the central field is composed of three concentric equilateral triangles made up of... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7708279 | Logical board game and game of chance on a star-shaped board The present invention is directed to a logical board game featuring hexagonal primary playing fields as a playing area, and pieces, the primary playing fields being congruent geometrical figures that form a regular six-pointed star-shaped playing area that has axes ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7448629 | TRI board game A board game device having a plurality of tri-squares, four corners and a diagonally arranged border row of eight tri-squares of a conspicuous hue extending between two corners of the board and dividing the board into two triangular sections, with a plurality of par... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7434806 | Chess variant and method of play thereof A chess variant includes (a) one of an order 8 board, an order 10 board, and an order 12 board; (b) a conventional chess piece set; and (c) a non-convention chess piece set, wherein the pieces of the non-conventional chess piece set perform non-standard movements de... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7371165 | Card game program and card game machine A card game program has a routine for displaying areas of a player and an opponent, each being comprised of a plurality of hexes, a routine for displaying selective disposition of card on the hex, a routine for removing for displaying remove of a card between the he... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7287754 | Board game named Tora “Tora” is a classical strategy board game, constructed as a two-tiered, three-pronged, battlefield simulation. Using 7, 27 or 28 classical pieces at their disposal, players have the option to contend on a limited (9×9) or expanded (17×17) field of contest to d... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258342 | Card game with moving cards A card game where cards are arranged in columns, rows or circles that move in random or pseudo-random fashion. The player uses a point device to cause a line to intersect the cards. The cards that are intersected form the player's hand. The game can be played with s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249764 | Board game The board game is set up so that a group of people each control a single game figure and play against a single person who controls a group of game figures. The game board includes a number of castle spaces which each have a treasure card. This treasure card is revea... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7219895 | Chess game playing array assembly A chess game playing array assembly including a plurality of three-dimensional playing segments is disclosed. The playing segments are disposed relative to one another to define an array of playing spaces on which a game of chess may be played. One or more of the pl... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182341 | Tora “Tora” is a classical strategy board game, constructed as a two-tiered, three-pronged, battlefield simulation. Using 7, 27 or 28 classical pieces at their disposal, players have the option to contend on a limited (9×9) or expanded (17×17) field of contest to d... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156395 | Table game A table game has a center piece and a plurality of end pieces that removably attach to the center piece. Each player has chips and takes turns depositing the chips in the end pieces around the board. When the last deposit made by a player makes a special color combi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147556 | Games grid board A board is made of many grid points (1 and 2) arranged in a grid on a flat surface (6), and connected to a game manager (3) (a CPU+memory+software). Each grid point notifies the games manager when it is pressed, and the games manager can ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7111844 | Stackable magnetic-plate game piece design A method for designating the attributes of a character in a game: providing a plurality of replaceable stackable pieces in which each stackable pieces in which each piece represents a attribute of the character/creature in play. A dynamic game piece representing a c... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100918 | Board game kit and method of using A new and improved game kit and associated methods of using are disclosed for use in learning facts about art subjects. The game kit comprises a bucket; a pail; question tabs; bonus tabs; reference cards; a first set of play pieces; a second set of play pieces; a co... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7037206 | Billiards rack The present invention 10 discloses a billiards ball racking system comprised of two symmetrical circular loops 12, 14 bonded together. Each circular loop 12, 14 may hold up to seven billiard balls 16, six balls around the inner perimeter ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021628 | Multiple player board games A game board includes a square central playing area having a relatively large number of playing positions thereon, with each edge of the central playing area having two matrices of three rows and eight columns of playing positions extending therefrom. These playing ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6955354 | Chess game A variation of the game of chess featuring reserve pieces used to replace captured pieces. Reserve pieces are gained by capturing the opponents remaining pieces on the board at checkmate. In one embodiment the replacement pieces are placed on the square they origina... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938899 | Tile-based board game A board game including game pieces and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, the goal of which is to defeat an opponent through battle of game pieces. The invention provides a board, multiple tile-like pieces, and at least one die. The tile-like piece... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935630 | Portable game board A first portable game board is formed by a combination of a collapsible table and at least one panel connectable to the table and having at least one game board pattern disposed on a first side of the panel. A second portable game board is formed by a combination of... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913261 | Leo chess A method of playing a modified chess game by introducing a new piece in the shape of a lion to be called Leo. The Leo moves two squares in any direction selected from any of the diagonal, vertical or horizontal directions, moving forward and backward, leaping over o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902165 | Method for playing variations of chess Methods for playing variations of the game of chess include a playing area having 144 playing stations arranged in a 12 by 12 matrix. Two, three, or four players can utilize the playing area to play a game of chess. The game may be played using common chess pieces o... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6799763 | Modified chess game The present invention relates to a modified chess game for two players comprising a chessboard having a central section having a first side and a second side, said central section containing squares arranged in vertical rows and horizontal rows, and a first field se... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6719289 | DiCon game board and systems of play A two-player board game of chance and strategy, that uses sixteen direction-oriented game pieces, and fifty Additional Movement playing cards on a chess-like playing board. Each player is dealt seven or eleven cards, all concealed from view with only one card reveal... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6702287 | Method of playing an advanced chess game A method of playing a modified advanced chess game called Super Chess which provides a board having alternating dark and light squares arrayed in a ten-row by eleven-column configuration. The sixteen pieces of the orthodox chess are all provided in each c... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6679494 | Checkerboard cookie package game A checkerboard confectionary game that includes a box with a checkerboard pattern disposed on one surface to form a game board and a checkerboard pattern formed on a side surface such that multiple boxes can be positioned to form stacks of boxes with a ch... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6659464 | GridBloc strategy game A GridBloc strategy game. The present invention employs a runner and a blocker within any number of various GridBloc boards. The runner is operable to move throughout the GridBloc board, and the blocker who tries to oppose the movement of the runner throu... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6592124 | Board game and method of play A game board and method of play wherein a particular jumping and capture method are used in accordance with the rules of play. In order to capture an opponent's pawn or playing piece, a player must first jump over his or her own pawn. The game board inclu... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592123 | Circular chess system A circular chess system is disclosed wherein an extra diameter is included which through voiding a variable number of spaces changes the play and control of the game. There are three main versions of play, maximal, medial, and minimal with 70, 68 and 66 s... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588753 | Method of playing a variation of checkers board game A variation on checkers style games wherein each player has an initial holding of twelve playing pieces. The board includes an array of four columns and eight rows of playing locations, wherein one playing location may be occupied by only one playing piec... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6578848 | Game with moveable play space A game with moveable play space. The invention allows any user playing the game to modify the play space at any number of given times and in response to any number of different conditions. Certain spaces (tiles or blocks) within the play space are wildcar... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575463 | Gladiator game and method of play A gladiator game and method of play. The gladiator game comprises a game environment, player tokens, gladiator tokens, trainer tokens, a stack of monster cards, a stack of treasure cards, play money, and a chance device. The chance device determines playe... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6550770 | Chess game A chess game including a game board having a grid pattern of game spaces thereon which includes non-movement spaces and movement spaces. The non-movement spaces form a pair of V-shaped open areas positioned adjacent to one of the ends and opening toward e... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6446969 | Board game apparatus A game board has a central playing field, called the territories, surrounded by a peripheral or perimeter playing field called the sacrifice zone. The board comprises 90 squares arranged in ten columns and nine rows. The squares form an ordered array of c... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446966 | Chess game and method A chess game and method for opposed players includes a six-by-eight checkerboard-style game board, two sets of game pieces, each set including conventional chess pieces, e.g. a King, a Queen, a Bishop, a Rook, a Knight, and six Pawns, and a novel chess pi... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6419228 | Multi-level, multi-difficulty, board game with circular symmetry The present invention provides a board game adaptable to one, two or three levels of play wherein the game board may be set correspondingly to one, two or three physical levels. The board is preferably round and accommodates two, three or four players. Ga... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416056 | Chess game for multiple players A chess board and game that use the standard pieces of king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn as the first formation played on a board made up of triangular spaces. Three board variations are disclosed, each having a six-sided playing field divided to... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412778 | Multi-level chessboard A multi-level chessboard wherein the playing surface of the chessboard is divided into a first series of squares and a second series of squares with the second series of squares being of a color that contrasts to the color of the first series of squares. ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6394455 | Board game with nesting pieces A board game comprises a board having sixteen squares arranged in four rows of four squares each. Each player receives twelve pieces arranged in three stacks of nested pieces, four pieces to a stack. The object of play is to occupy squares on the board fo... | 05/28/2002 |
