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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| 7114465 | Pet operated ball thrower A pet operated ball thrower including a base, a fulcrum post attached at its lower end to the base, a throw arm pivotally attached to the upper end of the fulcrum post, a ball receiving receptacle attached to the throw arm adjacent its outer end, a treadle pivotally... | 10/03/2006 |
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| 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 |
| 5788242 | Two-sided tabletop basketball game A game that allows one player to win by scoring goals at a faster rate than the opposing player. The game includes a vertical wall that has a first goal attached to a first side and a second goal attached to a second opposite side of the wall. The game al... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5681043 | Compression actuated game or simulation apparatus An apparatus providing a novel challenge to skill and dexterity includes a projectile and a deformable container having a drive medium contained therein. The deformable container is in fluid communication with a launch member, such that deformation of the... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5605330 | Portable container involving games of chance A portable container for playing games of chance comprises a box combined by a cover and a base, a rotatable means whose components are disposed in the cover and the base when carried. A number of bouncers are provided on the base for playing. Disks are i... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5499821 | Basketball game amusement device A basketball game amusement device includes a base and a partition to divide the base into a first court and a second court. A first basket is positioned on a first side of the partition facing the first court. A second basket is positioned on a second si... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5492334 | Hand-held ball game toy A hand-held ball game toy including a column upright stanchion for the holding of the hand; a housing supported on the column upright stanchion, having a vertical back wall and a goal mounted on the vertical back wall; a trigger mounted on the column upri... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5465961 | Punch-out game A novelty punch-out game card comprises punch-out elements for, when assembled, simulating elements of a sporting game such as basketball, football or the like. The punch-out card comprises a card member including a plurality of elements adapted to be pun... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5417435 | Coin operated projecting and target amusement device An amusement apparatus wherein a catapult mechanism projects objects toward various targets, and in particular to an amusement game in which a catapult is lever activated and receives coins via a chute arrangement. The user controls the lever to catapult ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5375828 | Cup lid game A combination drinking glass lid and game includes a base which operates to cover and seal a drinking glass. The base includes an opening there through for passage of a drinking straw. Supported upon the base is a game of skill or chance, such as a target... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5318307 | Super tir-tac-poc tossing game A game of skill and strategy that can be played on almost any surfaces (grass, sand, water, cement, etc.), indoors as well as outdoors. This game shows some resemblance with "tic-tac-toe". The game comprises a reception frame divided into nine squares and... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5145176 | Pneumatically operated golf ball tee A pneumatically operated golf ball tee system of the present invention comprises an upwardly opening ball and air guide through which the ball passes and above which the ball is pneumatically supported when in a teed position. The system further includes ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5104129 | Arrangement for a game playing device An arrangement for a game playing device comprising a game playing apparatus which controls a prize delivering machinery (10), a feeding device (7) for a token (8) for starting the game playing apparatus against a payment, and a tuner (11) controlling the... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4979753 | Action toy game device An action toy game device includes a base, a timer on the base, a receiving wall having a receiving opening therein on the base, a plurality of game elements, and a propelling mechanism for propelling the game elements toward the receiving wall so that th... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4928968 | Spinning top and projectile game An apparatus and method for a game of skill has a bottom member with a plurality of pockets and a top member. The top member has a base with a plurality of openings therein, a sidewall attached to the base and a cover having a central opening attached to ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4787640 | Mechanically actuated turntable target game A tabletop action game for two, three or four players in which each player attempts to be the first to dispose of a predetermined number of marbles by propelling the marbles into targets being carried on a rotating turntable, while also rotating the turnt... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4783082 | Competitive game device A competitive game device having mainly a plurality of balls, two sets of obliquely mounted tubes, at least two slidable blocks slidably mounted on two sets of horizontal guide rails and connected with bellow-shaped tubes so that a player can deflect the ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4754980 | Game apparatus utilizing a ball controlled electrical switch A game apparatus consisting of a housing, the interior of the housing has electrical wiring and a power switch including a switching means, for starting and stopping a toy motor. The motor being coupled to spin a multi-disk assembly. The disks are divided... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4744566 | Coin projecting, moving target game apparatus A coin projecting game apparatus includes a transparent display housing having a rotating target carousel disposed therein. A plurality of player positions are spaced about the display housing, with non-player areas interposed therebetween. Each player po... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4733871 | Item jumping game A game in which players, in turn, lay down cards, or other distinguishable items, that are divided into two or more sets of two or more items each. The cards are laid down in lines with the goal of laying down an end card that matches the one at the other... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4673186 | Outdoor game and apparatus An outdoor game and associated apparatus having a plurality of goals, playing balls with holes drilled therein, and tapered elongate shooting sticks used for projecting the balls toward the goals is disclosed. The goals are buckets or mesh baskets elevate... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4585235 | Table ball game apparatus Apparatus is provided for enabling two or four people to play a competitive game involving skillful manipulative control of a ball on a horizontal game surface. The apparatus comprises a flat playing surface of substantially square perimeter supported by ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4529207 | Toy having interchangeable game modules A toy has a base having an opening therein which is capable of receiving one of a plurality of game modules. The modules are attached to the base by sliding the modules into the opening in the base. The modules each contain a game, with the game of each b... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4496160 | Coin projecting and target game apparatus A game apparatus has a cabinet defining a playing area, a plurality of coin slots, and a rotable, ribbed, drum beneath the slots for projecting an accepted can within the playing area. In a lower portion of the playing area are two shelves onto which proj... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4487414 | Coin operated prize dispensing projecting game A slot machine or coin operated prize dispensing apparatus comprising a vertical gambling panel which forms a plane of movement for coins or similar flat, rolling tokens and which is provided with a plurality of prize sensors located in the plane of movem... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4424972 | Game apparatus A new game apparatus including a shooting device for shooting a ball and a target when the shooting device is loaded, balls are either shot automatically by the shooting device, or by a trigger operated by the user. The shooting device includes a pressuri... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4373724 | Family baseball game A game which may be sold as a packaged unit and is provided with means for projecting a ball by ejection in a direction and with a velocity controlled by the player and wherein the ball is directed at a given target representing a baseball field. The targ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4371171 | Self-contained game A self-contained game providing an enclosed space between a base and a transparent dome, and including a plurality of freely movable objects within the space. A plurality of levers are pivotably mounted on the base and can be manually activated by players... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4350344 | Apparatus for playing a competitive game Disclosed is apparatus for playing a competitive game comprising (a) a playing board having a first player's station at one end and a second player's station at the opposite end, (b) an upright standard centrally mounted on the playing board, (c) a weight... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4337949 | Playing piece propelling game device A playing piece propelling game device includes a generally dish-shaped open-topped playing surface divided into a plurality of compartments which are defined on the surface by a plurality of radially arranged upstanding walls on the surface. The surface ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4320902 | Pitching track game A game having a pitching track suspended above a game board is disclosed. The pitching track may be tilted thereby allowing a ball to roll downward toward a device for striking the ball. After being struck, the ball is propelled onto the game board where ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4309034 | Competitive game moving objects through adjacent depressions in an inclined surface A toy is described which has a housing which includes an elevated centralized object repository. Associated with the object repository is at least one peripheral section of the housing which includes an inclined top surface. The inclined top surface has a... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4290605 | Game having pathway traversing a plurality of independent object transfer mechanisms A game of skill has a support housing on which there are located a plurality of independent object transfer mechanisms preferably no two which are identical. The transfer mechanisms are aligned in a sequence such that a pathway includes a plurality of dis... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4273341 | Game apparatus including projectile and pivotal targets An amusement game device played by one or two persons and including an up-standing housing separated into left-hand and right-hand compartments by a vertical middle wall therebetween which is provided with a window for communication between the compartmen... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4261577 | Washer projecting game apparatus A washer game includes a playing board of a generally rectangular configuration having side and end surfaces extending upwardly above the plane of the playing board surface. Pocket means adjacent, but spaced from each end of the game board playing surface... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4253669 | Game apparatus with object receiving receptacles and object engaging member A game apparatus includes a stationary base with a playing surface and housing rotatably mounted thereon in driving engagement with a spring motor. The playing surface includes a hemispherical central portion and a centrally mounted chute for dropping pla... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4245842 | Projectile launching game A skill-type game is disclosed having two opposing projectile launching areas, each launching area including means for launching a projectile and a projectile receiving target area including at least one projectile-receiving upstanding channel adapted to ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4243227 | Disc projecting game An action toy game comprises a flat hollow frame having an actuating lever mounted at each end and an arcuate slot extending from one lever to the other and forming a passageway for the travel of disc-shaped playing pieces propelled therethrough by manual... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4236716 | Two-player pivoted rod ball drop game A box supports two playing fields which slope downwardly from opposite sides thereof toward a switch bar along the exposed inner side of each field for energizing a "spill" display light at the end of each field when a player fails to score with a ball ro... | 12/02/1980 |
