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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| 7281928 | Method and apparatus for conducting a competition using a divided literary work The invention provides a method of advertising by conducting a competition using a literary work that is divided into a plurality of distinct parts and formed into playing pieces, each piece optionally having an associated advertisement, logo, or brand. A literary w... | 10/16/2007 |
| RE39542 | Preparation of agarose coated, solid agarose-collagen beads containing secretory cells Biological agents such as secretory cells are encapsulated in a hydrophilic gel made of agarose or collagen-agarose and gelatin sponge-agarose combinations. In a preferred embodiment, semi-solid beads are formed from a suspension containing collagen, agarose and sec... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7125255 | Puzzle A puzzle comprising a plurality of pieces wherein each piece comprises an elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a first surface and an opposite second surface. A plurality of symbols are longitudinally spaced along the first surface or the second surface. Eng... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7000919 | Systems, methods and kits to facilitate the solution of diagramless crossword puzzles The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and kits for facilitating the solving and/or resolution of diagramless crossword puzzles. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for completing a diagramless crossword puzzle having a soluti... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6739874 | Electronic educational toy appliance teaching letters words and numbers An electronic educational toy designed to teach letters, words and numbers and stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure enclosing a processor, a data storage medium and a speaker and having a substa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6340159 | "Double Cross™" game show A "Double Cross™" crossword puzzle game is a method of playing a game that allows players to compete to complete a crossword puzzle. The game includes a game board which is configured as a grid of squares with a video screen in the center of the board w... | 01/22/2002 |
| 5823782 | Character recognition educational system A system where a child or other individual arranges one or more computer-recognizable characters on a working platform to spell words or provide a mathematical result in response to computer generated questions or prompts, the system then indicating wheth... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5566942 | Crossword puzzle game and method of generating the same This invention relates generally to crossword puzzle type games, and more particularly to an improved crossword puzzle game and method of creating an improved crossword puzzle type game wherein additional indicia is provided on the crossword puzzle answer... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5435564 | Electronic word building machine An electronic word building machine including a keyboard to input a user determined set of letters, a set of words in memory, a comparison program to compare the input set of letters with the set of words in memory to provide a set of matching words from ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5393062 | Word transformation game The present invention is a word game to be played by two or more persons, in which the object of the game is to assemble solutions to word transformation puzzles. The game of the present invention requires the use of a computer (or processor), a display, ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5288068 | Word game system This puzzle game system utilizes a movable base frame 12 which defines within its body a cut-out template 26 which defines a crossed word pattern. The cut-out template 26 defines at least two intersecting word files 28, with each word file 28 being orient... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5282631 | Cross-word board game construction system and method Word construction system (10) is provided to allow a user to form crossword puzzles or other indicia related games. System (10) includes strips of tape (16) which are divided into zoned elements (18, 18' and 18") having individual regions (20) on each whe... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5249965 | Electronic word selection machine An improvement in a electronic crossword puzzle solving machine to provide alternate words for a word that is input on the keyboard. A first actuation of a function key labeled "Second-Guess" initiates a search in which all words in memory having the same... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5149097 | Crossword puzzle aid A word puzzle device in which an unknown word is solved by substituting, for each of the unknown letters, the letters of the alphabet, and combining these letters with the letters known to exist in the unknown word to determine the identity of the word. T... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5055049 | Word listing system A word listing system adapted to be complied into an electronic or print dictionary or compendium wherein the words are arranged in columns. There is a vertical guide column which indexes words arranged horizontally in said columns by corresponding letter... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5018975 | Educational amusement device which includes a game card, and method for using the game card A game card includes a playing matrix with squares arranged in rows and columns. Starter words or starter letters may be pre-printed in the playing matrix. The player examines advertisements to derive words which are to be inserted in the playing matrix. ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4828499 | Apparatus for constructing crossword puzzles An apparatus for constructing crossword puzzles includes a two-piece housing including a base portion and a cover portion, the base portion including a work area surface of metal or the like for receiving one of a plurality of grid members which defines a... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4512581 | Hidden message puzzle packet A puzzle packet which includes a greeting card containing a "hidden message. " The message appears only on a see-through sheet which is detachably fastened to overlie a panel of the card in registry with a panel-imprinted crossword puzzle-type lattice. Th... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4299578 | Crossword system and game apparatus A crossword puzzle system for creating crossword puzzles including the steps of (a) obtaining a crossword puzzle grid defining sections; (b) inserting "generator" words into the grid; (c) making "possibility" check from a provided "Table of Average Prefer... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4205852 | Crossword system, game and apparatus A crossword puzzle system for creating crossword puzzles including the steps of (a) obtaining a crossword puzzle grid defining sections; (b) inserting "generator" words into the grid; (c) making "possibility" check from a provided "Table of Average Prefer... | 06/03/1980 |
