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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134375 | Visual assistance guide system for disrupter placement and method of use A visual assistance guide system for placement of a disrupter device for explosive ordinance disposal includes a checkerboard base and adhesive containing areas on the base. One of the adhesive containing areas is used to secure a disrupter device on the base. The c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6626432 | Game board and playing card retention clips A portable board or platform for playing cards outdoors where wind might blow away cards. A plurality of card engaging members may be placed in any orientation on the playing surface of the board to accommodate a number of cards at selected locations on t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6361047 | Game and method having polarized adhesion portions A game system having a playing board which comprises one or more regions of polarized adhesion material, and a plurality of playing pieces, each with two faces, which may have polarized adhesion material of one or both types. The polarized adhesion materi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5681042 | Game board apparatus A game board apparatus having multiple sets of playing space designators is disclosed. The playing space designators are adapted to be removably affixed to playing spaces of a playing board. Examples of sets would include professional baseball teams, comp... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5478085 | Magnetic domino set A magnetic domino set is disclosed comprising a set of dominoes magnetically attracted to a playing surface which, when folded, also serves as an attractive carrying case for the dominoes.... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5456474 | Folding holder bingo cards with detachably adhesive cover A new and improved holder for supporting a plurality of bingo cards during play comprising, a flat rectangular base of a thin flexible material of a size to receive a rectangular array of a plurality of rows of bingo cards and a plurality of columns of bi... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5421583 | Print media products with enhanced realism There is disclosed herein a new form of print media product which provides enhanced realism through a three-dimensional effect. It includes a master sheet or card having a background picture, along with a picture of a person or an object printed or dispos... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5250000 | Play kit with detachable play surface A play kit, including a carrying case with a storage volume sized to enclose therewithin and allow removal therefrom a play tray and a play sheet. The play tray includes a rigid planar supporting member having first and second planar surfaces. The first s... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5083783 | Poster game apparatus An apparatus mounted on a unitary support blank arranged to effect a game scenario for ease of transport and storage, wherein the apparatus includes a planar support base formed of a rigid material including a furled poster mounted essentially coextensive... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5056793 | Picture identification game A picture identification game apparatus for competitive determination of the identity of the subject matter of a partially exposed picture, such as a photograph or drawing of a well-known person, thing, or member of a select group. The picture is initiall... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5040800 | Vertical perspective game apparatus Apparatus for a board game, wherein playing pieces are moved to and from designated positions on the game board's surface, has a vertically disposed planar game board with the playing surface area represented in perspective, giving the effect of depth and... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5037107 | Vertical magnetic game apparatus A magnetic game apparatus adapted to be played on both sides of a vertically mounted board by two players using magnetic playing pieces. The magnetic game apparatus includes a game board having an organized series of openings therethrough and a plurality ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5026071 | Word game A board game has an adherent playing surface for players to competitively develop words from individual alphabetical letters formed by placing removable strips on ordered matrix patterns incorporated onto the surface of the board. A die having opposite su... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5016888 | Magnetic game system An improved magnetic game system according to the invention includes a magnetically attractable layer which has the same shape as a game track on the board's surface. The magnetically attractable layer is made of, for example, particles such as iron parti... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4919618 | Game board with player figures for teaching team sports A game board comprising a support of fiber web and of thin plates of polystyrene glued thereon at a distance from each other. A field marking corresponding to the field of the game to be analyzed is printed on the plates. Player figures of a laminate of a... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4767119 | Peelably adhesive game board A convenient, foldable game board for holding game cards for Bingo and similar games, wherein the cards are temporarily adhered to the board and can be peeled off and removed or replaced by the player. Various means are disclosed for peelably adhering the... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4671514 | Game board doll A soft-sculptured, game board doll (10) includes a three-dimensional body portion (12) and removable hair (14), feet (16) and nose (18). A plurality of color markers (54) are selectively registrable over corresponding color areas (52) disposed about body ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4590112 | Multi-layer adhesive articles A multi-layer article having a padded appearance is disclosed. The article includes a layer of polished, highly plasticized polyvinyl chloride material suitable to adhere to a smooth high gloss surface and a padded layer. The article is produced by a high... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4496327 | Educational game An educational game is provided wherein a random path from a start position to a goal position is divided into at least twenty-six spaces and such spaces are labelled with the letters of the alphabet in proper sequence. Playing cards containing numbers ar... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4456258 | Game with an icosahedral geodesic sphere board The invention refers substantially to games and their construction. The games are played on the outer surface of a geometric solid necessitating piece and gaming surface construction adequate to permit piece and surface adherance. Also the geometric solid... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4216964 | Puzzle game A number problem game which comprises a playing board having a planar surface thereon, with an odd number of squares arranged in an equal number of horizontal and vertical rows intersecting each other on the playing board, as well as a plurality of playin... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4018445 | Educational puzzle game An educational game for playing a game of skill and judgment, the game comprising, at least one game board divided into a plurality of rows and columns of four in number, a plurality of numbered tokens for placing at each of the sixteen spaces defined on ... | 04/19/1977 |
