Class 473/475 - Table tennis

Subclass of Class 473 - Games using tangible projectile
Definition: Playing field or court game wherein the game or sport uses
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 04/24/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8162783	Table tennis game with automated serving and scorekeeping A table tennis game table may include one or more automated ball serving guns and an automated score announcing system. Remote control actuators may be provided for one or more users to operate the features of the table. The system may be adjusted manually or remote...	04/24/2012
7736249	Digitally controlled, user programmable and field relocatable table tennis robot A table tennis robot system characterized in that all the motion control mechanisms of the robot are digitally controlled and fully user programmable and the robot can be positioned in a wide space range of the machine side of the playing field using a unique design...	06/15/2010
7367907	Tri-surface table tennis game The invention relates to a tri-surface table tennis table and method of use, the tennis table comprising a configuration achieved placing three regulation tennis table surfaces next to each other to form a symmetrical arrangement, so that two of each surface's verte...	05/06/2008
7229360	Table which can be converted into a billiard table The invention relates to a table (1) which can be converted into a billiard table, of the type comprising a rectangular fixed frame which is provided with vertical support feet (11) and which surrounds a rectangular central plate (13) which is c...	06/12/2007
7214149	Method for playing a table tennis game and playing table The present invention is a game and table for playing table tennis with six players simultaneously. Each side of the table includes a pair of lobes formed by angled edges, having arcuate edges and being arranged on either side of a central region that defines a play...	05/08/2007
7156745	Combination pool table/ping pong table A combination pool table/ping pong table having height adjustment means for raising and lowering simultaneously the four corners of the game table. This allows the game of pool to be played at a proper regulation height and also allows the ping pong table to be used...	01/02/2007
7137911	Table tennis ball return mechanism A ball return mechanism for use with a table tennis table for returning a ball to a player. The table tennis table includes a net, a first side and a second side located on opposite sides of the net. The ball return mechanism includes a first return line including a...	11/21/2006
6959926	Game board having a base for uneven surfaces A game device includes a housing defining an interior chamber and the housing has a top surface. The game device also includes a gaming surface integral to the top surface. A leg is slidably connected to the housing and the leg is moveable between a first position i...	11/01/2005
6939256	Concave playing surfaces The invention relates to new tools for a new game. The invention consists of a thin solid object, as can be obtained by slicing a cylindrical crown parallel to its axis, and of a net, which can separate the surface in two parts. This solid object is placed concave s...	09/06/2005
6656096	Exercise method A method for strengthening coordination between a person's hand muscles and muscles of the lower part of a person's body involves (a) the person jumping into the air while holding a hanging article; and (b) placing while in the air the hanging article on ...	12/02/2003
6425835	Table tennis table Table tennis table including a frame, a pivot linkage, and two table halves which are secured to the frame by the pivot linkage to be pivotable between a substantially vertical storage position and a substantially horizontal play position. A releasable sa...	07/30/2002
6406386	Ball size adjustment mechanism for table tennis robot An automatic table tennis ball serving device is disclosed as having a generally vertically extending enclosure with a table tennis ball feeding passageway including a lower ball entrance and an upper ball dispensing outlet. Ball feeding arms are mounted ...	06/18/2002
6379273	Gameboard, especially tableboard for ball games There is provided a gameboard, especially for playing table bull games, e.g. table tennis. The gameboard has playing surfaces (8, 9, 10) which touches the ball during play and a support frame (1) for supporting at least three playing surfaces (8, 9, 10) a...	04/30/2002
6270431	Control grid for table tennis scorekeeping device with audio and visual display A control grid for an automated scorekeeping device for table tennis or ping pong includes a voice recorder that is used to announce the score before each serve of the game. The scorekeeping device further includes optional visual displays. The scorekeepi...	08/07/2001
6168541	Illuminated ping pong An illuminated ping pong game comprises a table which comprises at least one table leg. The illuminated ping pong game further comprises a net securely fastened to a the table along a median thereof. The illuminated ping pong game further comprises at lea...	01/02/2001
6155939	Gameboard, especially tableboard for ball games The present invention concerns a gameboard, especially for playing table ball games, e.g. table tennis, having a playing surface which touches the ball during play and a support base supporting the playing surface and placed on the floor. Gameboard charac...	12/05/2000
5733210	Apparatus for scoring table tennis game A scoring apparatus for scoring a table tennis game includes three sensors secured to two tables and a net device of the table tennis game for sensing the striking of a table tennis ball to the tables and to the net device. A processing device is coupled ...	03/31/1998
5655979	Table tennis style game with basketball backboards, hoops, nets and foam ball A side basketball style backboard with attached hoop and net assembly is herein designed for mounting on both sides of a table tennis style table. The backboard has an upper surface area that can be used to deflect the game ball into the opposing playing ...	08/12/1997
5575471	Table tennis apparatus A table tennis game apparatus comprises a horizontal playing surface supported at a preselected height, and one or more upright rebounding panels mounted centrally at the marginal edges of the playing surface. The rebounding panels are provided with a plu...	11/19/1996
5566936	Electronic table tennis game A table tennis game is provided that can be used with an automatic table tennis ball serving device, the game including a plurality of sensors which can be arranged on the surface of the table to serve as targets, the sensors having means for detecting th...	10/22/1996
5470057	Paddle game A paddle game and method of preparing same for play is provided, having an elongate deflector adapted for resting on a table top. The deflector has a generally triangular configuration when viewed in cross section and has two substantially solid opposing ...	11/28/1995
5398926	Game accelerating table tennis table top A table top to be used in games of table tennis and the like. The table top is convex in one or more directions. The convexity provides a deflection bias to a ball in play so that the post-bounce trajectory has more horizontal velocity and less vertical v...	03/21/1995
5383658	Robot table tennis net and server assembly A robot server device includes a ball container constructed to hold a plurality of table tennis balls and a robot server that is mounted within the container and designed to receive balls from the container. A trough assembly is mounted to the container a...	01/24/1995
5178385	Portable game apparatus A novel table type tennis game apparatus comprising a base section which is formed by a center plate and two end plates assembled and held together by vertical walls from which a ping pong ball might ricochet during playing. Each of the flat plates formin...	01/12/1993
4969645	Portable game apparatus The invention relates to a game table having first and second flat surface halves attached in an edge-to-edge relationship to define a flat horizontal playing surface. Each of the flat playing surface halves is provided with a pair of spaced apart slots a...	11/13/1990
4900022	Tabletop ball game and equipment A tabletop ball game has two-handled paddles for projecting a soft foam ball back and forth from end-to-end of a rectangular ballfield over a central ball bounce-deadening zone. The paddles each have a flat, round ball striking portion and two handles ext...	02/13/1990
4875678	Ball retrieval system System for retrieving balls outside the normal playing area of a game such as table tennis or the like. The system includes a channel for receiving the balls to be retrieved, a ball receptor in a convenient location of the playing area, and a circulating ...	10/24/1989
4772018	Corner table tennis This game apparatus includes a playing surface having end sections mounted at right angles to each other, thus forming a corner with a center section positioned between the end sections, a backboard mounted along the outer edges of the playing surface, pa...	09/20/1988
4556218	Elevated court game apparatus A game played on an elevated, rectangular court. The game ball has a resilient core, preferably foam, that is covered by a thin layer of rubber which in turn is covered by a hard or soft plastic material. A transversely disposed net bisects the court mid-...	12/03/1985
4522395	Games apparatus A table tennis game apparatus in which one or more players project a ball with a racquet over a net constituting a planar playing surface. The playing surface has a centrally disposed, rotatable hub extending vertically therefrom. A plurality of nets exte...	06/11/1985
4345758	Convertible table, especially for games A convertible table which is primarily intended for games comprises a stationary horizontal bottom panel and a movable panel slidably mounted for outward withdrawal or inward return to the storage position by means of at least one pair of roller-tracks ca...	08/24/1982
4335877	Round table tennis table Round Table is a game table on which games can be played utilizing standard table tennis balls and paddles. The playing surface is flat and of circular shape. The playing surface can be divided into 2, 3, or 4 equal sections by dividers which radiate from...	06/22/1982
4285519	Ping-pong poker A guide-ball game for card playing where a broad flat, hard, smooth surfaced table with a separate unit, gallery type card-rack for a table divider mounted on top and center of the table--the card-rack is attached to the table top by metal clamps on each ...	08/25/1981
4108434	Multi-net table tennis apparatus A table tennis game for four players comprising a table having an upper playing surface which has intersecting nets which divide the upper playing surface into four sectors shaped substantially as quadrants, each such sector comprising the individual play...	08/22/1978
4010952	Table game A table game, which is played by two or four persons, using a ball and paddles, and wherein the playing surface is divided by a net into two courts, as in the game of table tennis. Apertures in the playing surface are provided for catching the ball and ea...	03/08/1977
3971560	Fluorescent table tennis assembly A table tennis assembly including a table having a flat upper surface, a transversely disposed net that divides the surface into two playing areas, a ball, and a pair of paddles that include ball striking surface that is characterized by at least the peri...	07/27/1976

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