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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7273212 | Article support apparatus, system, and method An article support apparatus facilitates article interaction such as game play upon an oblong game table. The article or game support apparatus comprises a support plate, an anchor plate, and an article-positioning assembly extending therebetween. The article-positi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7156396 | Collapsible game table A folding game table having a collapsible construction is disclosed. The folding game table has a plurality of table top portions interconnected with at least one hinge and movable between an extended position and a folded position. At least one rail is configured t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6926278 | Game table having a pivoting table section for chess and backgammon and having storage compartments therein A game table for playing different types of games. The game table includes a frame section having a centrally-located opening with a rotatable table section mounted therein. The game table further includes a pair of pivot pins for rotating the table section being co... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6869073 | Vertical board game and apparatus therefor A game and an apparatus for playing the game are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of bodies stacked vertically one above another. Each body is rotatable about a common axis of rotation, vertically oriented. Each body has a plurality of faces, each face ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6581933 | Three-dimensional, rotatable, pyramid game The invention is a three-dimensional, pyramid-shaped, word forming game having a plurality of levels independently rotatable around a vertical support column secured to a base. The game is played with cards of four different colors, which correspond to th... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6540229 | Card game apparatus A card game apparatus for playing cards. The card game apparatus being played with a deck of cards having a letter, symbol and numerical indicia marked thereon. The card game apparatus also utilizes game chips in conjunction with a game board that has an ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536766 | Multi-functional game board with rotating mechanism A novel game board comprises a base board (100) with rotating tiers (105, 405, 410, and 415) which rotate on a shaft (430) and bearings (402, 404, and 407) or a lazy susan (115), a pointer 120 or a rotating pointer knob (425) which points at numbers (305)... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6428003 | Apparatus and method of playing a strategy game Strategy game using at least two lots of game pieces with each lot being allocated to a player. The game includes a game grid forming rows and columns, and having a juxtaposition of parallel chutes. The parallel chutes include a first end and a second end... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6406300 | Board game teaching letter locations on a keyboard A board game teaching letter locations on a keyboard including a first game board and a second game board. The upper surface of the first game board has a spinning wheel, a computer keyboard, and a pair of hand placement markers disposed thereon. The lowe... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398222 | Board game A board game including at least one playing surface. The surface is provided with at least one feature adapted in a manner that a participant may cast a suitably sized and shaped projectile around and/or into the feature and wherein the board is adapted t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6382627 | Multi-level game board apparatus A multi-level game board apparatus has a plurality of transparent, planar game boards each having a plurality of marker seats arranged in a pattern for receiving game markers, and a plurality of support shaft assemblies extending at spaced intervals throu... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6361048 | Game board apparatus and method of playing same A game board requiring strategy and providing the element of chance includes a playing surface having a fixed path section and a path altering section providing a route from at least one area to at least one finishing area and including a plurality of gam... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336634 | Board game A board game for providing entertainment and teaching strategy. The board game includes a game board having plurality of discrete paths thereon and defining a quadrant. Each of the game paths is divided into a plurality of game spaces and each game path e... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6273422 | Three dimensional alignment game playing system and method A strategy game system and method that requires a player to align three markers wherein each marker is positioned at one of three levels.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6247696 | Rotation-game board with rotatable wheels A novel board game utilizing a two-dimensional game board having a plurality of bi-directional rotatable wheels with spaces for player movement arranged on the circumference of the wheel surface. Numbered cards determine the orientation and resulting magn... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6182967 | Board game having dynamic game pieces A board game has two teams of a plurality of game pieces whereby, on successive turns, a player may add a game piece, move a game piece, or enhance the movement direction capabilities of a game piece. The object of the game is to occupy designated opponen... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6065750 | Maze board game A maze board game for providing an enjoying game for a number of players. The board game includes a base member and a generally transparent top member spaced above the base member. A middle board is interposed between the base member and the top member. T... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5887872 | Memory game having sequentially opened capsules A base supports a rotatable turntable having a plurality of capsule bases each having capsule recesses formed therein. A plurality of capsule lids are pivotally supported upon the turntable and overlie their respective capsule bases providing closure of t... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5857674 | Interactive game An interactive game is contemplated having an outer container and a tray engaged within the outer container. The tray including a plurality of compartments adapted to receive and retain articles within. Openings are formed in the outer container aligned w... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5820127 | Rotating trading card apparatus and gameboard A collectable sports card sorter comprising various elements that when assembled form a rotating stadium with a novel game board upon which up to four innovative simulated sports games can be played, including but not limited to, baseball, basketball, foo... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5785320 | Cubic alignment game A 3-dimensional, token alignment game which can be played by 2 or 3 people and consists of a 6 sided game box inset with 96 small, rotatable, cube shaped game pieces and a detachable, rotatable base. The 96 game pieces are all identical, each having 4 dif... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782351 | Container A container is disclosed as including a top part releasably engageable with a bottom part having an upper surface, wherein the top part is engageable with the bottom part in a first position to form a substantially enclosed container, and the top part is ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5738354 | Educational board game An entertainment and educational board game is disclosed which requires players to answer questions arranged in a hierarchy ranging from most difficult questions to questions of intermediate difficulty, and then to questions of least difficulty, and inclu... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5653443 | Rotatable cribbage board A rotatable cribbage game board allows players to make their successive turns without getting up from their seats and without having to physically move the entire game board. The novel game board has a top wooden member rotatable relative to a stationary ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5415411 | Board games of global conquest Board games of global conquest include lighted and unlighted circular game boards having geopolitical maps of the globe thereon. Playing pieces of different types are provided for each player, with each type of playing piece having a different move patter... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5380013 | Apparatus for board games An apparatus useful in a board game which requires one or more players to reach a conclusion, such as a treasure, based on collected clues, which includes two boards which are movable relative to each other. The upper board includes a number of openings a... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5318299 | Card game board A rotatable betting device is provided for a card game which consists of a turntable assembly to sit upon a flat surface. A plurality of cups are radially positioned about the turntable assembly, so that each card player can conveniently place bets by ins... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5314191 | Word forming board game with mirrors A reflective word game is provided in which letter tiles placed into a game plate by a player will simultaneously form both a real word and a reciprocal image word that is reflected in either one or two adjacent mirrors. A challenger player must make up a... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5201524 | Marble board game A marble game including a stationary top board having a plurality of spaced apart game holes to define a game path. A rotatable bottom board includes a plurality of randomly spaced apart sink holes for aligning with the game holes. A marble positioned in ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5184821 | Game apparatus for poker and similar card games Disclosed is a game apparatus for playing poker and similar card games, including a playing table having a plurality of images which may be selectively lit to indicate winning bets, an indicator board to indicate identified cards, and a switchboard for co... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5145181 | Board game apparatus Game apparatus defines an effectively spherical playing surface which is divided into ranks and files of blocks. The playing surface has at least two poles, and the files extend radially from respective poles, while the ranks are arranged concentrically a... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5116061 | Game using beads stacked on pins A strategy game which has as structural base (20) upon which a concentric pedestal (26) is rotatably mounted permitting players to revolve for viewing. A number of equal spacial pins (32) project upwardly around the periphery of the pedestal and each of t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5100150 | Word forming board game with rotatable two level board and chance device A word game assembly for play by two or more players includes for each player a play grid of horizontal and vertical rows of adjacent areas and a supply of alphabetical letter designating play pieces receivable on the grid areas in a competitive attempt t... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5011159 | Method of playing a chess game A method of playing a board game combining chess, dice and money is disclosed. The game includes a chess board, marker pieces that have a specific value as a chessman and move on the chess board, and dice having a number corresponding to the value of the ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4989878 | Wheel word game A wheel word game is provided and consists of a puzzle board on a first easel, for displaying the puzzle as it is worked out, an alphabet board for displaying letters called by the contestants, but not used in the puzzle, a plurality of puzzle cards, a pl... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4961581 | Apparatus for playing a game A board game having a rectangular support for carrying arrays of images. Each image has a set of six manually variable rotatable drum indicators, each set, one for each player, being located are at each of the peripheral sides of the support. Each drum be... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4854594 | Method of playing a board game A game board for two to four players which eliminates virtually all aspects of luck and requires both knowledge and skill as to the strategy of play includes a generally square game board consisting of a plurality of squares which are arranged in a matrix... | 08/08/1989 |
