258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-273.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 273 Amusement devices: games. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:03:35 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032402/description.html

Application Number:  20120032402

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Comee, Ethan

This invention provides a beer pong table in which the cups are attached to a scoring mechanism. The scoring mechanism consists of two sets of three cups that are attached to three individual ramps that transport the ball into three individual tubes which holds three balls each. Once a tube has accumulated three balls, it will reject a fourth ball and lets it fall back to the collection point behind it as if it were a missed shot. The collection point organizes the balls into a straight line to ...
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Application Number:  20120032401

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Loriz, Nilda Velasquez; Loriz, Douglas Allen

A game for forming words of fixed lengths within a fixed time period with a board having thereon a plurality of concentric rings around a common center, a first group of radii which extend from the common center to the outer most concentric ring which divides the concentric rings into quadrants of equal size, and a second group of radii which extend from the common center to the outer most concentric ring which divides each concentric ring of each quadrant into a group of blocks where the ...
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Application Number:  20120032400

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Mumphrey, Timothy

A Blackjack variant with a side wagering game includes in some embodiments the steps of: receiving a wager from a player to participate in the Blackjack game; receiving one or more side wagers from a player participating in the Blackjack game, wherein each of the one or more side wagers is associated with a preset criteria relating to cards in a side wager hand to be formed from cards dealt in the Blackjack game; dealing the playing cards according to the Blackjack game rules; identifying a ...
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Application Number:  20120032399

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  HELLER, Steven Jeffrey

A multi-stage poker game or tournament and a method for conducting the same comprising a first stage in which a first plurality of players buy in at a first amount and a second stage in which a second plurality of players buy in at a second, greater amount. The second stage is a continuation of the game, such that non-eliminated players from the first stage may continue playing the game, along with the second plurality of players. The latter group may start the second stage with substantially ...
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Application Number:  20120032398

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Gillespie, Bill; Richter, Steven W.

A game piece overlay including a transparent base sheet and an opaque top sheet coextensive with the base sheet. The transparent base sheet has a top surface and a bottom surface that is non-releasably adhered to a surface of a game piece to overlay and conceal an underlying printed message by a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive applied to the bottom surface. The top sheet includes a non-peel portion non-releasably bonded to the transparent base sheet, and a peel-portion releasably ...
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Application Number:  20120032397

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Garnier Letourneau, Samuel

A board game based on the sport of fishing having a board surface having various features and players are given special privileges in order to catch fish according to a set of rules and ...
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Application Number:  20120032396

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Erickson, Bertil Ronald

Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide a method of integrating radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC) to add excitement, features, automation or semi-automation, and digital connectivity to a traditional Bingo or lottery game. Any game of chance may be played using embodiments of the disclosed technology. Balls used for purposes of randomization comprise freely movable RFID tags situated therein. When a ball is chosen, such as when it is the first or ...
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Application Number:  20120032395

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Levine, Jonathan E.

An electronic game piece is illustrated and described. The electronic game piece can include a light, a proximity sensor, and a proximity-sensor target. Activation of the proximity sensor can cause the light to illuminate. The electronic game piece can be configured to light up when arranged with other electronic game pieces. The proximity sensor, for example, can be configured to be activated by a proximity-sensor target substantially identical to the proximity-sensor target of the electronic ...
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Application Number:  20120032394

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Levine, Jonathan E.

An electronic game piece is illustrated and described. The electronic game piece can include a light, a proximity sensor, and a proximity-sensor target. Activation of the proximity sensor can cause the light to illuminate. The electronic game piece can be configured to light up when arranged with other electronic game pieces. The proximity sensor, for example, can be configured to be activated by a proximity-sensor target substantially identical to the proximity-sensor target of the electronic ...
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Application Number:  20120032393

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Leicht, Boaz

Embodiments may including multiple building elements that may include connector building elements and basic building elements for the construction of three-dimensional puzzles. Connector building elements may include a connector portion that may insert into a receiving portion of a basic building element. Connector building elements and basic building elements may rotate with respect to each other to a fixed point where respective faces of the connector building element and the basic building ...
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Application Number:  20120032392

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  SWALLEY, Michael R.

The present invention implements the use of tension in interacting cables to maintain control of a table-top. By creating an apparatus designed to replicate an actual sports field, the table-top sports game allows for indoor playing of a popular sport. Also, since the game makes use of hand-eye coordination rather than placing an emphasis on foot-eye coordination, it allows various people, especially those with lower appendage disabilities, to enjoy the sport as ...
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Application Number:  20120025469

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Shiino, Takashi; Sakurai, Makiko; Goto, Shigeharu; Ohi, Akihiro

A prize placement section includes a first plate-like member having a side on which a prize is placed, and a frame member that supports the first plate-like member, the frame member including a frame-side attachment section that is adapted to removably attach the frame member to an apparatus-side attachment section provided in a game space, and the frame-side attachment section being positioned so that the frame member can be attached to the apparatus-side attachment section from above when the ...
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Application Number:  20120025468

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Kreiman, Kerry L.; Englert, Mark C.; Buttrey, Donald Ray; Brown, JR., William R.; Hughs, Matthew G.

A target system having a base, a stationary member inclined from the base and having a cap, a rotating tube having a cap and positioned over the stationary tube, a bearing between the caps of the stationary member and the rotating tube to permit substantially free rotation of the rotating tube, and a plurality of target sides secured to the rotating tube, with impact of a fired round onto one of the target sides initiating movement of the rotating tube relative to the stationary ...
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Application Number:  20120025467

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Feola, John

A method of playing a succession of poker-type games that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. The starter hands remain the same for all games of the succession of games. In each game a player wagers on one or more starter hands, after which the community cards are revealed. Each starter hand is combined with all of the community cards to form complete hands. The player is paid a payout amount if a complete hand that has been wagered on is ...
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Application Number:  20120025466

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Bertrand, Michelle

A wagering game utilizing standard playing cards and comprising the object of reaching the numerical value of nine, ten, or eleven, herein referred to as qualifying, and wherein the player coming closest to eleven wins the hand. The game further provides for automatic payouts for the occurrence of a flush, a straight, and three of a kind. Additionally, if neither the dealer nor the player qualifies, than the bet is a push and if both the dealer and the player qualify, whoever is closer to ...
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Application Number:  20120025465

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Sardo, Peter

A poker or game chip has an outer ring and an inner disk. The inner disk is typically engaged with the outer ring, but may be disengaged by pushing on the inner disk. When the chips are in a stack, pushing on an inner disk causes it to disengage with the outer ring, and engage in the outer ring of an adjacent chip. In a stack of chips, all of the chips may have a moveable inner disk and, upon application of pressure, may be shifted to engage with the outer rim of an adjacent chip, thereby ...
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Application Number:  20120025464

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Meyers, Jon Andrew Norman; Koo, Lily; Tzembelicos, Dean

A magnetic collecting piece game device, comprising: a plurality of metallic pieces (200) which comprises a metal plane which can be magnetically attracted, the metallic pieces (200) are divided into a plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas is marked with a corresponding data value; a magnetic main piece (100) which attracts the metallic pieces (200), the magnetic main piece (100) is provided with a data disk (120) marked with a plurality of ...
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Application Number:  20120025463

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Guyer, Jim P.

A chess-like game has a two-dimensional game board made up of 49 regular hexagonal play spaces assembled into a clustered, stylized diamond shape where seven spaces are arranged side-by-side, contiguously in a central, latitudinal row. Each successive parallel latitudinal row has one less space and its spaces are offset. By the sixth row away from the central row, a single hex space is provided at either end of the board. The color of each space is selected from three available. No space of a ...
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Application Number:  20120025462

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Kondo, Hiroshi; Setteducati, Mark; KNOWLTON, Kenneth C.

A mosaic puzzle set has a predetermined number of pieces (45) with unique, directionally visible, identifiers and different brightness characteristics, three for grey scale and five for color, comprising average brightness(es), and direction and magnitude of brightness gradients, enabling assembly to copy any user selected target picture (30) by following a dedicated table/chart (33). An internet server (1) storing piece characteristics and accessible for target ...
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Application Number:  20120025461

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  HARRIS, Richard Lionel

A method of playing a game to complete and/or solve a Sudoku puzzle is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an electronic game board is displayed on a display. The electronic game board is a 9×9 matrix. A plurality of elements or marks may be displayed in each of cells making up the 9×9 matrix. The marks may be variety elements for indicating a filled-in cell. The mark may include a picture, a figure, a shape, a color, a number, a letter, or any combinations thereof. Another embodiment is an ...
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Application Number:  20120025460

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Vanderberg, Matthew Alexander

A light-up shuffleboard disc includes a lighting component, and a disc component with a cavity for receiving the lighting component. The disc component is constructed so as to allow light from the lighting component to illuminate the shuffleboard disc when the lighting component is received within the cavity of the disc component. A light-up shuffleboard set includes a light-up shuffleboard court, and a plurality of light-up shuffleboard ...
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Application Number:  20120025459

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Vanderberg, Matthew Alexander

A light-up shuffleboard disc includes a lighting component, and a disc component containing the lighting component. The disc component is constructed so as to allow light from the lighting component to illuminate the shuffleboard disc when the lighting component is activated. A light-up shuffleboard set includes a plurality of light-up shuffleboard discs, some of which may be illuminated by a first color for representing a first player, and some of which may be illuminated by a second color for ...
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Application Number:  20120018994

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Stalker, Scott Thomas; Thomas, David Joseph; LaRose, Derek Victor

A lottery ticket is formed by a substrate layer with game data printed in a game area with a fixing layer applied over the game data and a scratch-off layer applied over the sealing layer, the scratch-off layer being arranged to separate from the sealing layer and break down into fragments when scratched by a player. A UV curable varnish is printed onto the opaque scratch-off layer either as a single block or as separate patterns. While the varnish remains uncured, an exposed surface of the ...
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Application Number:  20120018954

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Noda, Masataka; Tomimatsu, Rie

A game machine is provided with a target, a CRT, a card reader and a cash-box on a front face. A player inserts his own ID card into the card reader. The CRT displays information concerning a game and has a function of a game display when a game adopting darts is executed. A target is both a target hit by an arrow and also a tool by which players obtain points, areas or numerals by arrow throwing. A button is provided on the game machine for “Player Change” of the darts, which is used as an ...
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Application Number:  20120018953

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Frey, Jessica

This invention provides a board-style personal flotation and swimming device that has raised, soft sides that is intended to aid the user in keeping the torso and upper body on the board. This invention can assist experienced users in swimming while placing a small child/toddler/infant on their torso, on the board. This invention also contains varied number of elongated water squirting devices that are attached to the board, along the length of the board, below the surface of the water for ...
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Application Number:  20120018952

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Hein, Henri

A card game where players start and grow businesses, simulating that aspect of the economy involving public and pre-public companies. The game can be played by two or more players, with an upper limit constrained only by time. Cards represent opportunities available to each player. Opportunities can be of an economical kind, such as recruiting talent or investing in infrastructure. Opportunities can also be political, or regulatory, such as securing a government contract or product approval. ...
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Application Number:  20120018951

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Just, Peter

A playing card provided with identification code which is arranged along opposed long sides of the card and mutually symmetrically. Each code comprises at least six code fields of essentially equal size that occupy a significant area of the rim area of the respective edges of the card. According to a preferred embodiment, the codes are provided in that the surface of the entire playing card is reflective of ultraviolet light, where the surface has been de-masked to define the code ...
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Application Number:  20120018950

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Kingsley, Mimi

A board game that combines the traditional Asian counting system of tally marks; basic addition skills; vertical and horizontal tracking of tally numeral combinations; and strategic sequential placement of same-color Game Tiles is disclosed. Generally, the goal is to place five same-color game tiles in a sequential row or column—and have their collective tally sum equal to the white tally numeral on the black tiles that flank both ends of the sequential row or column. The center of the Game ...
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Application Number:  20120018949

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Fletcher, Stuart D.; Owen, Scott A.; Hall, Michael A.

A three dimensional puzzle assembly 12 is formed of a plurality of puzzle pieces 18. The puzzle pieces 18 have tabs 28 that are received in recesses 30. The tabs 28 and recesses 30 have cooperating engagement features 32, 34 that prevent adjacent puzzle pieces from being displaced in a direction normal to an exterior surface of the puzzle pieces. The puzzle assembly 12 defines a guide 24 in which a lock 20 may be ...
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Application Number:  20120013075

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventor:  Kraft, Ryan

Systems and methods of organizing and conducting games are set forth herein. One method of organizing and conducting a game comprises steps of arranging a plurality of contestants within a predefined adventurous area, and providing a plurality of items, each item having a distinct identifying characteristic. An ultralight with a programmable ejection system launches the plurality of items into the adventurous area through the air according to a predetermined routine. The contestants are allowed ...
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Application Number:  20120013074

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventor:  Chodniewicz, David

A method of establishing one or more puzzles from candidate deals of a card game such as poker, for supporting an exercise in guessing an opponent's concealed card holdings. The method may use random dealing, archived actual deals, and other manufactured or sourced material to source an inventory of candidate deals. To qualify a deal from the inventory of candidate deals, the method may quantify one or more parameters of a candidate card deal. Quantified parameters may be weighted or otherwise ...
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Application Number:  20120013073

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventor:  Wyland, Ryan

In certain embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to a game table that has a plurality of cups that may be automatically moved from a storage position to a playing position. In certain other embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to a game table that has a plurality of cups that may be manually moved from a storage position to a playing position. In certain other embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to devices and methods that allow a user to provide a payment ...
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Application Number:  20120013072

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventor:  Loveland, Damien Gerard

An assembly puzzle comprising different polycubes that can be arranged to form a cube comprising sixty-four unit cubes. Included in the puzzle are polycubes of a sufficiently distributed complexity to allow meaningful hints to be given without actually providing a solution. Furthermore, the polycubes can be arranged in different configurations to build a wide variety of shapes other than a ...
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Application Number:  20120013071

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventors:  Hardy, Dow; Kane, Steven N.; Herrmann, Mark E.; Sabet, Bijan

A system and method are provided for playing a game of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game. A result of the game of chance is revealed to a player in another medium. In one example, the result is revealed during multiple game instances of one or more online games. In one example, the online game includes a game similar to the well-known game of ...
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Application Number:  20120013070

Publication Date:  2012-01-19

Inventors:  Crawford, Timothy D.; Brooks, Martin L.

Air hockey tables are disclosed herein. An embodiment of an air hockey table comprises a playing surface and an opening wherein a puck is movable on the playing surface and is receivable in said opening. At least one barricade is movable proximate the opening, wherein the barricade has a first fixed position wherein the puck is prevented from entering the opening when the puck is shot from anywhere on the playing surface, and a second fixed position wherein the puck is able to enter the ...
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