"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olsen, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation ; 1977
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350782 | Cheerleader action-figure board game The present invention relates to an action-figure type board game wherein players advance their game pieces around a dividedly spaced instructional peripheral track in accordance with a die being thrown, subsequently allowing a player's poseable cheerleader figure t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7213724 | Table tennis ball delivery device A table tennis ball delivery device adapted to be secured to or adjacent the side of a table tennis table for directing a ball to a player upon the activation of a switch by the player. The device includes a chamber for carrying a supply of table tennis balls, a bal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214137 | Portable golf swing practice device having a separable cord shield incorporated therein The golf swing practice device has a floor pad; a hollow tee extending upward from a surface of the floor pad, a ball resting on an end of the tee; and an elastic cord attached to the ball and to the floor pad and extending through the tee. The golf swing practice d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7048604 | Levitating ball toy In one embodiment, the present invention provides a toy wherein a player manipulates a levitated object through an obstacle course. Furthermore, the present invention allows the player to design and build the obstacle course. The toy may include a playing field havi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6464504 | Mathematical game of amusement A mathematical game of amusement including a game board having generally planar upper and lower surfaces. The game board has a square center aperture therethrough. The upper surface of the game board is divided into a series of spaces. Each of the spaces ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6109613 | Amusement machine The invention provides a game apparatus in which playing pieces (12) are projected at a target (2) by a player, comprising a player console (1), a target panel (2) spaced apart from the player console, playing piece projector (3) disposed at the player co... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6102405 | Toy catapult and game A toy catapult includes a frame and an elongate arm. One end of the arm includes a wheel that is rotatable on an axis defined by a bar of the frame. The other end of the arm includes a ball holder. An arm-protection member is also circumferentially attach... | 08/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5501466 | Coin projecting game apparatus A game apparatus is provided comprising a cabinet defining a playing area including a plurality of shelves mounted therein where each of the shelves has disposed thereon a plurality of game pieces. A receiving mechanism is attached to the cabinet for acce... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5069460 | Pocket sized mechanical game A hand held game that utilizes a small motor mechanism to uniquely animate various targets, targets, goals or projectile path to increase the challenge of putting an object through the goal or contacting the object with a target at a particular time. Poss... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4548413 | Game device A game device for holding and propelling a ball therefrom upon swinging movement which includes an elongated shaft with a chute member for holding the ball. The chute member is pivoted to the shaft for swinging movement through approximately 180° of arc ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4509760 | Target structure A target structure comprising of at least one target and means coupled to the target for exploding the target when the target is hit by an object. In a particular embodiment, the target is a horizontal panel and projector means is located beneath the pane... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4313606 | Baseball game apparatus A baseball game apparatus having a body with a top surface and a bottom surface, interconnected by first and second side surfaces. A plurality of vertically stacked plates defining stage fields are positioned at one end of the body. Side portions of the t... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4278256 | Target game A target game comprising a gun and an enclosed target area attached to the muzzle end thereof having a series of moving knock-down targets which are resetable to an upright position, the projectiles are automatically returned to the firing mechanism, and ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4193597 | Combination vehicle and launcher toy assembly A toy including a number of snap and press-fit parts which may be configured as a race car and may be reassembled to form various other toys. In one such toy, the race car body may be disassembled to form a spring-loaded projectile launcher. Other parts m... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4184680 | Artillery game and playing method Apparatus and methods are provided for a game including a playing board having means for pivotally mounting a plurality of projectile shooting cannons. The playing board includes first and second orthogonal grid indicia arrays so that the location of a mo... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4155552 | Dumbbell shaped projectile and balloon target game A competitive game in which each player holds a tong used to throw a dumbbell-shaped projectile toward a target that includes a flat vertical backwall in front of which serval inflated, conventional rubber balloons are supported in front of points of spik... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4054287 | Toy amusement arcade A preschool toy amusement arcade which includes a base frame having a plurality of amusement arcade games thereon. Each of the amusement games are designed so that they are self-contained and include no loose parts. In each of the games, a moving part is ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4036498 | Novelty disc manipulating device An amusement device in the form of a novelty disc manipulating device wherein an upstanding housing with transparent side walls has a narrow internal chamber through which a disc can be movably manipulated. A pivotally mounted operating lever is disposed ... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3998461 | Archery projector and target A missile and target toy which allows horizontal and vertical manipulation of the path of a missile or arrow and at the same time providing a stationary base from which the arrow is propelled, which allows one handed loading, aiming and firing of a missil... | 12/21/1976 |