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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7247101 | Billiard target practice device An apparatus for billiards practice, comprising a housing; an emitter connectively disposed to the housing; a pair of detectors equally spaced about the emitter; a controller having logic controlling the emitter; at least one indicator in communication with the logi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6244970 | Optical sensors for cue ball detection Two optical techniques for selective detection of a regular-sized, standard cue ball. Both techniques make it possible to distinguish a regular-sized, standard size cue ball from object balls within a standard set. The first technique is called the "optic... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5066008 | Electronic voice and control system for billiards The present invention relates to an electronic voice and control system for billiards. The inventive system, intended for use with a standard billiard table having a separate return for the cue ball, includes sensors on each pocket to indicate when a ball... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5042803 | Billiards utilizing similar and dissimilar balls The invention reside in a plurality of spherically balanced billiard balls whereby the balls are divided into two equal sets of balls, each set of balls being identical in mass distribution, and each ball of each set has a mass dissimilar from the mass of... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4878664 | Poker pool game A pool game uses balls marked to correspond to standard playing cards. Each player or team attempts to form a "poker hand" by sinking appropriate balls, to defeat the opponent's hand. Typically, an electronic scoring apparatus detects each ball as it is p... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4516770 | Ball identification for a table ball game Electronic arrangement for detecting and identifying individual balls in a table ball game involves the use of two or more distinct code elements embedded in the balls. When applied to a pool table, the balls landing in the pockets are conveyed by incline... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4396192 | Pool ball A cue ball has a metal insert therein in the form of a ring having a center of mass coinciding with the geometric center of the cue ball. The body of the cue ball is formed of a nonmetallic material in a conventional ball mold. A locating insert is formed... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4155549 | Pool ball sorting apparatus Pool game apparatus having homogenous spherical balls of identical size including a cue ball of slightly higher specific gravity than the specific gravity of the object balls; a pool table internally carries a sorting device for the balls having a chute w... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4142720 | Billiard ball A billiard ball having magnetically attractable characteristics such that it may be utilized on pool tables where separation of a scratched cue ball from the object balls is accomplished by use of a magnet. The ball has a spherical core of non-magnetic cu... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4140220 | Color recognition system A color recognition system is used to distinguish between objects of various colors. A plurality of light sources are arranged at a sensing station to reflect light from the object as it passes the sensing station to a plurality of cooperatively mounted l... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4116435 | Automatic cue ball separating device for billiard tables An automatic cue ball separating device is described for billiard tables to separate a metallic containing cue ball from nonmetallic object balls. The cue ball separator includes an induction sensing coil that circumscribes the path of the balls along a r... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4042491 | Color recognition system A color recognition system is used to distinguish between objects of various colors. A plurality of light sources are arranged at a sensing station to reflect light from the object as it passes the sensing station to a plurality of cooperatively mounted l... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4015845 | Automatic cue ball separating and return assembly for billiard tables An assembly for identifying and separating a cue ball, on a single file ball return run of a billiard table, from a group of object balls with the cue ball being substantially identical in weight and size to the object balls. The assembly includes a cue b... | 04/05/1977 |
