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Class 273/288 - Game piece


Subclass of Class 273 - Amusement devices: games
Definition: Game structure consisting of the contest element which is
No. of patents: 224
Last issue date: 11/08/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8052150Texture game
The Texture Game 1 is provided for determining the texture of a pair of game pieces 5 that are enclosed in a cylindrical enclosure 2 with open ends, a fabric 3 covers the enclosure 2 and overlaps the open ends, and elastic means
11/08/2011
7731194Game piece and method of playing game using same
An article of manufacture for use by a player in a game or as a collectible figure, comprising a first portion comprising a representational figure and a second portion affixed to the first portion and comprising a coupling member arranged to be coupled with a preex...
06/08/2010
7441779Game piece
A game piece for transferring an object across the surface of a board game or the like. The game piece generally comprises a carrier body having an upper end, a lower end, an entry opening proximate the lower end, and a socket in communication with the entry opening...
10/28/2008
7347421Chess set for the blind
A chess set for blind players. The board includes squares having different tactile patterning to distinguish different colors. Each square contains a hole extending through the board. A border includes indicia, both visual and tactile, to indicate the file and rank....
03/25/2008
7347422Game system
A game system with game pieces that have combinations of capture indicia and defense indicia spaced at angular increments. ...
03/25/2008
7349552Connected audio and other media objects
Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context inform...
03/25/2008
7325804Game 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
7316615Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming
A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees at least partially by tracking the movement of chips bearing identifiers. A chip tray reader images the contents of a chip tray, w...
01/08/2008
7300368Hockey game table puck with weighted perimeter
In preferred embodiments, the game pieces of the present invention concentrate the mass and weight of the game piece away from the center of the game piece and around the periphery. Preferably the center portion of the game piece has a minimum of weight while mainta...
11/27/2007
7290767Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game
An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa...
11/06/2007
7281714Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game
An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa...
10/16/2007
7281713Dice and card game and method of playing
A combined adult dice and card party game, which directs and leads the players into a variety of tasks throughout the entire game using colored numbered cards, colored numbered dice, one larger die with different symbols, specialty cards and set of rules. ...
10/16/2007
7273404Magnetic construction modules for creating three-dimensional assemblies
Magnetic structural components utilized to permit construction of a wide variety of structural profiles and to thereby increase design and/or construction flexibility and choice. The structural components each include a number of magnets operatively associated with ...
09/25/2007
7267614Gaming token having a variable value
A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a value currently associated with the chip. Slot machines and other devi...
09/11/2007
7267342Games and methods of playing games with collectable game components
Various game embodiments and methods of playing the same comprising a plurality of game components that can be projected onto a surface. The game components can have a plurality of indicia thereon with some indicia being determinative of how a particular game compon...
09/11/2007
7207909Dimpled air hockey puck
An air hockey puck has a disc shaped body and a peripheral ridge or rim facing both upward and downward. The disc body has head and tail surfaces. The head is a plane surface and defined by an annular inner sidewall of the rim. The tail is defined by an inner sidewa...
04/24/2007
7178804Collapsible chess game pieces
This invention is directed to chess pieces for playing chess, more specifically to large three dimensional game pieces that are associated with outdoor game playing surfaces in which oversize game pieces are physically moved about a board representation that the pla...
02/20/2007
7172197Entertainment machine
An entertainment machine (100), for example a pusher-type entertainment machine is provided with one or more special features. These special features may be taken from the following examples: using in the machine (100) a playing piece (40, 40...
02/06/2007
7140989Floor hockey puck
A method of manufacturing a floor hockey puck comprises the steps of bonding a pair of felt discs together in a coaxial relationship by means of a flexible adhesive sandwiched between the discs to form a flexible core between the discs and applying a strip of protec...
11/28/2006
7114722Plastic kubb (coob) game & carrying case
Apparatus that interconnects the twenty-one pieces used to play the ancient backyard target-throwing game “kubb”, pronounced “coob”, into a portable self-contained carrying case that looks like a briefcase. An improvement over transporting kubb in heavy crat...
10/03/2006
7111844Stackable 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
7104543Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game
An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa...
09/12/2006
7086645Game with collectible pieces
The present invention provides a game including a playing surface, collectible playing pieces, marking pieces, and collectible cards. Players take turns trying to create specific hands by throwing the playing pieces. The first player to successfully claim ownership ...
08/08/2006
7077400Game with associable playing pieces
The present disclosure relates to rules and apparatus for playing a combat-style board game including playing pieces and more specifically where the playing pieces have indicia relating to game play. In addition, the present disclosure relates to rules and apparatus...
07/18/2006
7071801Compartmentalized magnet device
Disclosed herein is a polyhedron magnet device for attaching to magnetically attractive surfaces and holding items. The device includes a plurality of sidewalls extending in a longitudinal direction along the surface of the device, partitions, and end walls, which a...
07/04/2006
7072487Watermark detection using adaptive color projections
Matching the color axis of the watermark detector to the color direction used by the watermark embedder: A preferred projection axis is determined for each pixel. The preferred projection axis for each pixel is determined by examining the color values of the surroun...
07/04/2006
7066851Floor hockey puck
A floor hockey puck comprises a pair of felt discs bonded together by means of a flexible adhesive sandwiched between the discs forming a core which acts as a weight element to import sufficient weight to the puck to approximate the movement of an ice hockey puck on...
06/27/2006
7059601Entertainment kit and associated method of entertainment
A combination snack food and game piece assemblage and method of use of same as an entertainment method. ...
06/13/2006
6997458Plural sided rolling game piece and method of play
A game piece has a continuous wall closed on itself so as to define a hollow space within. The wall is made-up of a plurality of flat plates, where each of the plates is shaped as a polygon with straight side edges. Corresponding pairs of the side edges of adjacent ...
02/14/2006
6983936Bobblehead trivia baseball
A sports trivia board game includes a game board having a substantially planar top surface and indicia thereon for illustrating a baseball field. The game board further includes a six-sided die, a plurality of playing cards for providing trivia questions for players...
01/10/2006
6938898Combination role playing and dice throwing board game
A combination role playing and board game comprising a plurality of action figures configured with detachable arm and head members, and which are moved within a grid-like board surface that represents an arena, wherein confrontations and other events are simulated. ...
09/06/2005
6926279Modular checker game pieces
Modular checker game pieces for playing a game of checkers includes a plurality of first base members. Each of the first base members resembles a lower body and includes an upper portion and a pair of legs that are attached to and extend downwardly from the upper po...
08/09/2005
6926275Five sided dice
The present invention discloses a fair five-sided dice which has a pair of oppositely opposed triangularly shaped faces and three rectangular shaped faces. Indicia are disposed on each of the faces for indicating the numerals one through five. One of each of the num...
08/09/2005
6918590Figure with spinner in base
A toy figure, such as a baseball player, which may or may not represent an actual identifiable person, is mounted upon a cylindrical base. Carried in the base is a rotatable disk having a grooved, serrated, knurled or otherwise textured outer peripheral wall. An arc...
07/19/2005
6899332Game piece and method of playing a game and supplying the game piece
A method and an apparatus by which rules and record keeping in games employing miniature figures as game pieces are incorporated onto the base of the miniature figures themselves. Counters or wheels keep track of a character's characteristics and how they change as ...
05/31/2005
6866266Game system and method of playing a game
A game system and method of playing a game for providing amusement for a plurality of players. The game system includes a plurality of game tokens is designed for being selectively placed on a support surface. The game tokens comprise a plurality of sets of game tok...
03/15/2005
6726206Turtledice island board game
A board game includes hexagonal game pieces that are rotatable between discrete orientations at array locations on a game board as well as being movable between array locations, with game outcomes being dependent on facing indicia of adjacent game pieces of opposing...
04/27/2004
6698760Educational game
A game system including a large container, and a plurality of small containers. The game system further including figurines reflecting different types of animals, said game system including a player attempting to match up the various animals after drawing...
03/02/2004
6612577Amusement device
The present invention is a lightweight plastic toy that is used in a game of chance. The toy includes a cylindrical body having a central axial bore defined by an interior wall; and a plurality of open cells defined by the interior wall, a concentric exte...
09/02/2003
6588755Pyramid game
The present invention is a game. The game board used is shaped like a triangle. The board has three sides with at least four primary interlocking base pieces and three secondary interlocking angle pieces connecting the sides, creating a triangular board. ...
07/08/2003
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