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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 |
| 7775920 | Elastomeric pitching shoe A pitching shoe configured to have a size, shape, and weight of a conventional metallic shoe is made of elastomers having specific gravities in the range between 1.8 and 2.0 to enable reintroduction of the sport to correctional facilities and other applications wher... | 08/17/2010 |
| 5971396 | Tabletop horseshoes game system A tabletop miniature horseshoes game for use in private residences which includes a substantially horizontal playing surface and a pair of miniature posts to be used as the target for tossed miniature horseshoes. An embodiment for use in commercial establ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5704857 | Horseshoe for pitching A horseshoe for pitching for recreation and in National Horseshoe Pitchers Association of America competition, wherein lugs or calks on top of a first horseshoe near the heel points can engage and shoulder against raised surfaces on the bottom of a second... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5358256 | Horsesticks game assembly and method of play The horsesticks game assembly and method of play includes a main game target assembly associated with a scoring stick assembly. The main game target assembly includes a support base assembly to be placed a predetermined distance from a boundary line and p... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5340347 | Flying toy A flying toy comprising a plurality of radial and transverse airfoils integrally formed with and spaced among a plurality of arcuate segments. The radial airfoils generally point inward but are disposed apart from one another. In at least some embodiments... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5317489 | Illuminated apparatus for playing a game of horseshoes An illuminated horseshoe set comprising, in combination a plurality of illuminated horseshoes, each horseshoe including an elongated upper member comprised of an elastomeric material and having a bend adjacent to its center, an elongated lower member comp... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4957168 | Metallic-sounding plastic horseshoes A horseshoe molded of a new high impact, high temperature resistant polyphenylene sulfide resin that possesses the unique property of possessing a metallic sound indistinguishable from metal horeshoes. The metallic-sounding plastic horseshoes may be attac... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4927159 | Game of horseshoes The present invention relates to the new and improved method of playing a game of horseshoes. The object of the inventive game is to toss horseshoes at the feet of an opponent such that the feet act as the target for scoring points during playing the game... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4880242 | Game apparatus and method of playing a game using the same A gaming apparatus which includes a game projectile and a vertical post and a method of employing the same are provided. The game projectile is generally H-shaped and includes a central bar member and first curved legs extending therefrom. Second curved l... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4720107 | Mini-shake, twist, and slide horseshoe game Mini horseshoes, and mini stokes concealed in one container adapted for use as a game, toy, puzzle or etc. and can be used in any kind of weather indoors or outdoors, and including a compact light readily assembled device, and provided with a see through ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4563008 | Device for playing a plurality of games The invention is an improved device for playing games, particularly as a plurality of games can be played upon the device. The device has a basic structure to which are added a plurality of different fixtures in different arrangements for at least four di... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4491327 | Game with throwing piece A competitive game which includes spaced, U-shaped pipe wickets and a throwing piece in the form of an S which can catch on a horizontal run of the wicket or on the vertical legs or on both to provide varying score points.... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4458902 | Quoit-like game piece A flat, quoit-like game piece to be tossed at a target pin and having a plurality of target receiving recesses, each recess formed with a pair of spaced and confronting pin engaging hooks and an angular deflector point formed on the quoit between each pai... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4265454 | Disc shaped projectile having notched portion Disclosed is a game including a projectile generally saucer-shaped with a portion cut out, defining a main body portion and two leg portions. The projectile may easily be adapted for grasping by the extension of the legs into a flattened circular area whi... | 05/05/1981 |
