Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7813116 | Heart shaped structure with altering appearance The present invention discloses a heart shaped structure with altering appearance comprising: a right base with an accommodating cavity; a left base flippable and pivot-jointed to the accommodating cavity of right base; a right upper cover pivot-jointed to the side ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7568702 | Folding chess set Chess set comprising a housing that closes and creates a space to store game pieces. Shelves are rotatably attached to the side of the board to move from a close position inside the housing to an open position adjacent to the playing board. Game pieces are adhered t... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7387299 | Collapsible game table A folding game table having a collapsible construction is disclosed. The folding game table has a plurality of table top portions connected with at least one hinge and movable between an extended position and a folded position. At least one retention coupler is conf... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7341252 | Board game A game board comprising: an upper surface member, preferably composed of a transparent material; a peripheral edge connected to the upper surface member; and at least one aperture in the peripheral edge for receiving a game piece, the game piece preferably an elonga... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7287752 | Simulated golf game A system of simulated golf play and a simulated golf game are described, wherein a player piece is moved along at least one path of play from a tee area, across a fairway and to a putting area, wherein said path of play is defined by indicia marking a ball path, and... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270328 | Two player gameboard apparatus A two player game apparatus comprising a hexagonal gameboard with six major equilateral triangular segments each of which is defined by sixteen equilateral minor triangles. There are two adjacent and two opposite adjacent major segments each having game piece locato... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7237776 | Game board Apparatus 10 discloses a mathematically-based game comprising a game board 12 having four parallel rows of eight depressions 14 for retaining game pieces 24 such as marbles. Game pieces 24 are arranged by each player 26 in t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229073 | Game board and game thereof A game board for playing a game thereon using a magnet sensitive game piece. The game board includes a substantially flexible and substantially non-magnetic first sheet of material defining a first sheet first surface and a substantially opposed first sheet second s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7090557 | Ornamental display using wind motion A mobile constructed from a single sheet of material having alternating cut lines and fold lines so that wind striking the mobile causes the intervening panels to undulate. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7008289 | Toy with openable container from which one or more objects spring out A toy including an openable container, and a non-porous, molded, hollow, elastic three-dimensional representative object arranged to be contained in a compressed condition within the container such that on opening the container the object springs out by assuming its... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6954199 | Three dimensional interactive system A three-dimensional position locating system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional position locating system includes a housing including a substantially planar surface. The housing includes a first antenna element under the substantially planar surf... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6749198 | Games, and methods and apparatus for game play in games of chance The inventions herein relate to novel games of chance and apparatus and methods for their play. In one embodiment, a multi-level game of chance is played by presenting the player with multiple options, where there is at least one positive option and at least one neg... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6736398 | Modular board game apparatus A modular board game apparatus has a segmental playing surface comprising pairs of segments which are variously configured to provides a surface whose shape and playing area may be changed according to the requirements of a particular game. The segments facilitate v... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6695309 | Modular hidden maze game A modular hidden maze game for multiple players is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the game includes a playing board having a playing surface on which can be defined a plurality of playing spaces. Each of the playing spaces can include at least one ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6634646 | Portable game table A portable game table having a protective outer surface when in the closed position. The portable game table includes a game table having an outer surface and a case configured to attach to the game table. A portion of the outer surface of the game table ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6585265 | Board game played by plural players and method of play thereof A board game in which a game can be developed in an unexpected way can be provided. Plural dice selected from among plural dice which can be unfolded two-dimensionally are rolled. According to the results of the rolling of the dice, a die is unfolded and ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6488280 | Games, and methods and apparatus for game play in games of chance The inventions herein relate to novel games of chance and apparatus and methods for their play. In one embodiment, a multi-level game of chance is played by presenting the player with multiple options, where there is at least one positive option and at le... | 12/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6322485 | Portable abdominal exercising mat A portable abdominal exercising mat including a mat portion defined by an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel and the lower panel each have an inner surface, an outer surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed side edges. The lower edge ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6315293 | Baseball board games with raised stadium indicia A preferred embodiment of the board game incorporates a carrying case which includes a base and a lid. The base preferably includes a wall extending upwardly from a periphery thereof, with the wall having first and second ends which are spaced from each o... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6286835 | Basket box for containing a game, including a black-board A basket-like box intended to contain elements for a game which requires a black-board, the black-board also serving as a cover for the box, and this latter on its turn serving as a support for keeping the black-board in a working position. To the rear pa... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6254097 | Traveling bingo player The present invention 10 discloses a foldable game board 11 for playing bingo or the like having a plurality of playing surfaces 20 upon which surfaces is attached a part of hook and loop material 22 for having attached thereto either playing cards 12 hav... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6203017 | Folding board game having pop-up features A board game includes a folding board having a plurality of generally planar board segments joined to form a large planar play surface by a plurality of hinges. The folding board is configurable in a closed configuration suitable for storage or transport ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196546 | Chess game apparatus A chess game apparatus provides a chess board in an unrolled condition and an octagonal storage device for chess pieces in a rolled up condition. The chess game apparatus includes a first end board/storage unit which includes a first outside surface which... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6123334 | Airport game A board game for two or more players wanting to experience the common pleasures and pitfalls of airline travel, and the method of playing same, which preferably involves a game board, a distinguishable traveler game piece for each player, luggage game pie... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5997001 | Board game for playing simulated ice hockey A board game for playing simulated ice hockey comprises a game board having indicia representing an ice hockey rink, perimeter wall sections surrounding at least a portion of the perimeter of said board against which dice are thrown, and a first and secon... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5868389 | Portable game board A game board is made of a fabric sheet, printed with the game board design, and hemmed at two opposing edges. Two dowels are inserted through the hems. A pair of frame rails include pivotably mounted legs. Holes are provided in the frame rails for inserti... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5586763 | Siamese case for storing and playing two games A portable Siamese case for storing and playing two games, each having a play board and playing pieces movable thereon. The case is provided with a central section formed by a pair of open boxes in back-to-back relation on a common base in each of which i... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5577730 | Flexible vinyl chess mat that converts into a carrying case This invention consists of a flexible vinyl chess mat having two handles on opposite sides, both disposed in opposing positions to each other and centered on the perimeter of the square shaped chess mat, so that when the chess mat is folded in half, both ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5540443 | Portable corrugated cardboard game board A corrugated cardboard game board hinged at a central location so that in transit or when stored prior to use, it is of a convenient half-size, wherein the embodiment of the hinge uses to advantage the corrugated cardboard construction material by cutting... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5497998 | Roll up game board and method for making the same A tambour game board comprising of a series of adjacent rectangular segments each segment having a top and bottom horizontal surface and two side surfaces each being vertical to the top and bottom surfaces. Each segment consisting of a top surface such as... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5490675 | Game set and storage system Game set and storage system in which game pieces are stored in a preset arrangement relative to their starting positions on the game board. The set includes a game piece holder which has a plurality of compartments for holding the game pieces in an invert... | 02/13/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5413352 | Self-setting game board device The present invention relates to a game board device, more specifically to a chessboard game device having self-setting capability for its game pieces. Disclosed are five different embodiments of chessboard game devices having the capability of automatica... | 05/09/1995 |
