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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351168 | Multiple sports device This device is an all-in-one sports combination, which will allow an individual to play soccer, hockey, rollerblade driveway hockey, lacrosse, football, baseball, and basketball, as well as practice kicking a football. The frame structure will allow different height... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341531 | Portable anchoring device for a sports goal An anchoring device for a sports goal, such as a soccer goal, is provided as a portable bag having a pair of laterally spaced-apart weight-carrying compartments interconnected by at least one central strip of material. The central strip defines at least one opening ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328902 | Target apparatus for bola toss game A target apparatus for bola tossing games has both a forward and rearward frame presenting one or more rung-targets as well as a construction for the rung-targets by which such have free-spinning outer sleeves. Wherein the spacing between the forward and rearward ch... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7270332 | Activity sets A play activity set including a target at which objects may be directed, a plurality of objects for throwing at the target, the plurality of objects including at least a first object with a first opening therethrough and a second object with a second opening thereth... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7207565 | Bouncing ball board game A game in which a ball is thrown or bounced onto a horizontal game board from an adjacent bouncing surface such as a table, most of a target portion of the game board surface being covered with raised ball-deflecting projections in a grid pattern, the remainder of t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7056239 | Throwing and catching training apparatus A throwing and catching training apparatus for sports is disclosed. The throwing and catching training apparatus provides an upright, rigid target panel having a plurality of elastomeric bumpers connected to the target panel wherein the bumpers are adaptable to defl... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011311 | Method for playing a basketball-type game Method for playing a game with a ball in which a basket assembly defining at least two openings receivable of the ball is mounted to a ceiling or other elevated horizontal surface and one or more players are positioned in a horizontal, lying down position face up be... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011310 | Interchangeable modular ball game apparatus The multidimensional interchangeable modular ball game apparatus is used for building game playing skills, such as hand-to-eye and foot-to-eye coordination. The apparatus can be used for throwing, kicking or hitting any type of sports ball and can help with practici... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001288 | Soccer practice cage A soccer practice cage including an enclosure defining an enclosure interior and multiple ball openings provided in spaced-apart relationship with respect to each other in the bottom portion of the enclosure and communicating with the enclosure interior. In typical ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997825 | Toss-game structure for poolside use A toss-game structure for poolside use includes a target supported at a height from a base and having front and rear portions defining an interior space. The target front portion includes at least one opening for receipt of a tossed object in the interior space. The... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6932344 | Tossing game A tossing game preferably includes an even number of tossing discs, a target disc, a retaining wire, a disc retrieval wand and a portable play surface. The tossing discs come in at least two colors and the target disc is a different color than any of the tossing dis... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6866268 | Disk tossing game and disks therefor A tossing game with apparatus and an accompanying method of play, the apparatus comprising a target surface, a plurality of tossing disks, and a scoring peg. The game offers opportunity for variety and strategy of play by allowing for a multiplicity of games with th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6779797 | Target throw playing machine having restoring function A target throw playing machine includes a main frame, and a throw portion. The throw portion includes a front plate, a plurality of targets, and a plurality of shafts. Each of the targets has a bottom provided with a movable block formed with a cutout and a chamfere... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6755711 | Box games and activities A play activity set having, in at least certain aspects, target apparatus at which at least one object may be directed; at least one object for throwing at the target apparatus; the target apparatus and the at least one object made by separating box material from at... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6736740 | Collapsible structures Collapsible structures are disclosed having a central panel, a first support panel disengageably connected to the left side of the central panel, and a second support panel disengageably connected to the right side of the central panel. Each of the central panel and... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6354968 | Pitcher protection net device in baseball practice A pitcher protection net device in baseball practice having a frame installed on the ground to vertically extend to cover a pitcher from his front. A net closes a space surrounded by the outer edge of the frame and is attached to the frame. The frame incl... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6270080 | Coin-operated item vending and game apparatus A coin-operated item vending and game apparatus includes a coin-operated item vending machine and a game module. The vending machine includes a support base, coin deposit, vendable items dispenser, globe and elongated central support member. The game modu... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6264573 | Collapsible structures basketball goal Collapsible structures are disclosed having a central panel, a first support panel disengageably connected to the left side of the central panel, and a second support panel disengageably connected to the right: side of the central panel. Each of the centr... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6192635 | Multipurpose collapsible panels Collapsible structures are provided that have a single panel having a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, with a fabric material covering selected portions of the frame member to form the panel when the frame member is in th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189889 | Portable backstop device A portable backstop device for enabling an individual to practice throwing and pitching baseballs without a catcher. The backstop device includes a front panel and a back panel which are attached to each other to form a backstop member. A portion of the b... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6179295 | Frog target game A frog target game including a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, an open front face, a rear wall, and opposed side walls. The top wall has a plurality of apertures therethrough in a spaced relationship. The plurality of apertures include a central... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6030300 | Collapsible structures Collapsible structures are disclosed having a central panel, a first support panel disengageably connected to the left side of the central panel, and a second support panel disengageably connected to the right side of the central panel. Each of the centra... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5704612 | Arcade game with color sensing apparatus An arcade game including a number of playing pieces having distinct colors and a number of targets associated with at least one of the distinct colors. A sensor apparatus is arranged to sense the color of a playing piece received by a target. The targets ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5622369 | Resilient toss game target The resilient game target includes a generally planar surface which has multiple cup shaped concave receptacles. Multiple resilient dome-shaped protrusions surround each cup shaped receptacle such that a game piece which strikes a resilient dome-shaped pr... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5553725 | Glass having inner and outer compartment A quarters glass has two compartments, one for receiving a liquid and the other for receiving a quarter which is bounced off a surface. A slot may be formed in the second compartment to permit the quarter to exit the glass. A guide may be connected to the... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5516115 | Portable ball practice target A portable practice target, for propelled balls, includes a light-weight plastic tubing and fittings framework that supports a front and a rear panel in an essentially vertical position. Three edges of the panels are attached together so that the panels f... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5431411 | Combination portable sports goal and pitch back assembly Disclosed is a portable sports goal and pitch back assembly of tubular construction including a U-shaped main, generally upright frame with a horizontal top bar and two side posts, and a foot member that extends rearwardly at a right angle from the lower ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5217230 | Multi-sports net A multi-sports net includes an elongated main meshwork and a target assembly attached thereto. The main meshwork has an opening defined at a generally central location. The target assembly includes a substantially rigid annular support member attached to ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5067728 | Lawn dart with safety feature A lawn dart having front and rear portions, the front portion comprising a cylindrically shaped, hollow member fabricated from a flexible material, such as plastic. An elongated flexible tip in first, second and third embodiments is formed as a part of th... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4927160 | Electronic bag toss game with light-activated detection An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with holes formed therein. Items are provided for being tossed toward and into the holes, and the game automatically keeps track of and displays running scores based on which holes the bags fall int... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4923201 | Electronic bag toss game An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with a plurality of holes formed therein. Bags are provided, each containing pellets, at least some of those pellets having magnetic properties. A wire coil is provided for each hole and disposed be... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4898392 | Combined ring toss and ball roll games A combined ring toss game and ball roll game. In a first embodiment, representing the ring toss game, a pair of target standards are used as targets for the rings. Each target standard is cylindrically shaped and is segmented so that an integral staking r... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4768789 | Dart board assembly for an electronic dart game A dart board assembly for use in an electronic dart game. The assembly includes an electrically insulative dart board for catching and releasably holding darts. The dart board includes a spider defining a bull's -eye and a plurality of scoring radials ext... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4461485 | Method and apparatus for a game A flying toy includes an aerodynamic disc having a centrally located opening extending therethrough. A plurality of wings are mounted on the disc adjacent the opening and the wings extend upwardly and outwardly from the opening to a point beyond the perip... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4384723 | Defensive target apparatus A defensively orientated target assembly or apparatus comprising a main target capable of receiving projectiles and subtargets which when struck act to dislodge projectiles previously situated in strategic positions within the main or primary target. An o... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4203592 | Horseshoe type game device A game in which annular disks or rings are pitched or tossed at targets provided on each of two similar game mats. Each game mat comprises a small piece of carpet-like material having a stake extending above it and disposed immediately behind a circular a... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4045906 | Play device for suspending and moving a floatable object relative to movable areas A play device for suspending a floatable object such as a foam plastic ball or a ping pong ball in an air stream and selectively manipulating the direction and position of the air stream so as to move the ball into areas defined by movable structures. The... | 09/06/1977 |
