Amusement devices: games inventions 12/06

20060290050 - Hard pass craps wager: A wager for casino craps which allows a player to win when a come out shooter makes a hard point (e.g. rolls 2/2 or 3/3 or 4/4 or 5/5), and then the shooter makes the point (before the shooter rolls a seven) with the same hard point (e.g. 2/2 or... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20060290051 - Emergency preparedness game: The present invention is directed to an educational game to teach emergency preparedness to a plurality of players. The game comprises a game board containing a series of spaces on which each player can land. The spaces include a first plurality of spaces instructing a player to acquire a playing... Agent: Dennison Associates

20060290052 - Gaming apparatus using integrated rollers for game pieces: A gaming apparatus including a plastic top surface and four side walls connected to the top, the top having a 64 block checkerboard pattern of a first and second color, the checkerboard having cutouts in the blocks of the first color of the checkerboard pattern; eight rods running crossways under... Agent: Debra G. Shoemaker

20060290053 - Board game to help develop word recognition and spelling skills: A board game to help develop word recognition and spelling skills. The game includes a board having a path between a start position and a finish position for each player. Each player has a token which can be moved by forming words from letter cards, or by taking a SPELL... Agent: Irving M. Weiner Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20060290054 - Dragon-name game: The Dragon-Name Game is a unique letter, word, and number dice game consisting of; a special six-sided, six-colored die having the letters D. R. A. G. O. N. individually placed, one letter and color per each face side, see FIG. 2; a partitioned six-sided blank-surfaced die used for the inscription... Agent: Richard Tamian

20060290055 - Memory and assembly game: A game is provided including cards and puzzle components. The cards may include collection cards, assembly cards, and action-altering cards that may affect assembly or manipulation of the puzzle components. The players work together to complete assembly of the puzzle or another joint task, such as matching of the cards.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20060290056 - Craps game improvement: A proposition bet for Craps referred to as a FIRE BET™. The method includes predetermining a schedule of a pay-out table, players placing FIRE BET wagers at respective player betting areas prior to a shooter's initial come out; accumulating points responsive to outcomes of the shooter's dice throws, wherein points... Agent: Peter D Keefe Keefe And Associates

20060290057 - Layered board game: A layered game board includes a base game board, a movable game surface, and a play surface. The movable game surface is provided on top of the base game board and is movable in relation to the base game board. The movable game surface has game-related characteristics directly affecting game... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20060290058 - Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game: An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surface is also disclosed. The... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (hasbro)

20060290060 - Method and system for playing a poker game enabling bonus bets: Computerized and gaming table versions of a poker game with bonus bets is provided where a player plays a poker game with the option to place bonus bets.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20060290059 - Method of conducting a poker game: Each player places at least one game wager. Game wagers include player hand proposition wagers on the composition of the player hand and inclusion of game indicia having predetermined characteristics in the player hand; competitive wagers on the comparison of the player hand to other player hands and/or a dealer... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, LLC

20060290061 - Wagering system with possible tie: A pari-mutual wagering system offering a plurality of wagering options to bettors for individual predictions of the individual outcomes sporting contests in contest groupings having a plurality of such sporting contests. At least one of the individual sporting contests of each plurality will have a at least one overtime period... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20060290062 - Hand held basketball toy: A portable Hand held Basketball Toy, having a detachable base and a basketball on a chain/tether and connected to the handle, is disclosed. The basketball goal is comprised of seven (7) separate parts and assembled to create one (1) unit. The sum of the parts consists of a backboard, a... Agent: Topas Original Products

20060290063 - Shooting target apparatus having pneumatic drive mechanism: A pneumatically-driven shooting target apparatus that can transition between presented and concealed positions and can be used in a variety of shooting environments. The shooting target apparatus generally includes a frame, an obstruction, a movable target holder, a pneumatic drive mechanism attached to the movable target holder, and a target.... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20060290064 - Shooting target apparatus having pneumatic drive mechanism: A pneumatically-driven shooting target apparatus that can transition between presented and concealed positions and can be used in a variety of shooting environments. The shooting target apparatus generally includes a frame, a movable target holder, a pneumatic drive mechanism attached to the movable target holder, and a target assembly. According... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20060290065 - Manipulation game: A manipulation game is provided, including a base having a substantially vertical support and a substantially horizontal support rotatably coupled to the vertical support. In some embodiments, the horizontal support includes receiving members. A plurality of objects may be adapted to be coupled to the receiving members. The game may... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20060284370 - Goal end board of a soccer playing table: A goal end board of a soccer playing table has its inner side formed with a recessed arc-shaped wall. Thus, when a football bumps against the inner side of the goal end board and rebounds, the football can be guided by the recessed arc-shaped wall to run inside the soccer... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060284371 - Novelty coin: A novelty coin is disclosed herein. The coin has a plurality of numbers around the perimeter of the coin, either sequentially or in a random order. The coin allows a user to somewhat randomly choose numbers, such as for a lottery or the like. The coin may also have indicia... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20060284372 - Building games: The present disclosure is directed to building games and methods of playing building games. In some embodiments, the game includes a plurality of building pieces and a plurality of base assemblies. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a playing piece having a first indicium; selecting a building piece having... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20060284373 - Board games with selected player movers and methods for playing same: Board game components include first and second visually distinguishable sets of player movers, or alpha and beta movers, each mover including a base portion with differentiable character indicia, each beta mover further including a cover to selectively conceal the character indicia. A reference element for each player mover identifiably corresponds... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20060284374 - Method of playing chess using cards: A method of playing a modified game of chess. A chess board is provided together with a set of chess pieces positioned on the board in the standard fashion. A deck of cards is further provided, each card having a chess piece depicted thereon. Players select, in turn, a card... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20060284375 - Computer game: A computer game includes a display having a plurality of cells each capable of holding an object. Twelve objects are displayed and divided between three rows, wherein three objects are positioned within a first row, four objects are positioned within a second row and five objects are positioned within a... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20060284377 - Board game: The board game is set up so that a group of people each control a single game figure and play against a single person who controls a group of game figures. The game board includes a number of castle spaces which each have a treasure card. This treasure card is... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20060284376 - Casino table variant of texas hold'em poker: A variant game of Hold'Em poker allows for rules of play of one or all of Players being allowed to remain in game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first Play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available Play wagers or prohibited from... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20060284379 - Game penalty-imposing method: A multi-player card or like game that involves “going out” (getting rid of held cards) to win the game, also involves imposing penalties on opposing players by forcing them to draw a card from the hand of the penalty-imposer. Where the last card of the imposer is taken by the... Agent: William Weigl

20060284378 - Poker game with blind bet and player selectable play wager: A system and method for conducting wagering games utilizing one or more decks of standard playing cards preferably including the steps of: receiving an ante wager from a player; receiving a blind wager from the player; dealing a plurality of cards to the player to form a player's hand; dealing... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. Suite 205

20060284380 - Moving target system: A novel, moving target system for the improved practice of hunting and improved shooting skills. The target may be comprised of one or more knockdown target sections moving along a track assembly on a carriage and may be preprogrammed to simulate random, realistic behaviors including running, walking, or grazing to... Agent: Joseph S. Beckman

20060279038 - Game apparatus: Described is a player activated game system, particularly adapted for playing instant lottery type games, that includes a game device having a computer containing at least one game, an electronic display and a card interface adapted to receive a game card having data that represents a particular game outcome such... Agent: Michael B. Mcmurry

20060279039 - Grip accessory device for a portable video game: A grip accessory device for an attachable portable video game has an integrated housing having opposing grip portions and a cavity for at least partially enclosing the portable video game, when the video game is placed in the housing. The grip portions of the housing are ergonomically shaped for comfort... Agent: Venable LLP

20060279040 - Manual dealing shoe with card feed limiter: A playing card delivery shoe is used in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat or blackjack or any game where cards are pulled one at a time from the shoe. The apparatus comprises a reader or an imager that scans lines bisecting the image at spaced... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20060279041 - Puzzle game incorporating a rotational element and methods of playing thereof: A puzzle game and method of playing provides for sequentially ordering a plurality of tiles that are originally oriented in a random pattern, and where a rotational element is included to increase the challenge. The game includes a frame with a central horizontal shaft defining a plurality of slide rows.... Agent: Raymond JonesIPLaw Global, P.C.

20060279042 - Chess-type game and method of play for 2,3 or 4 players: A chess-type game for 2, 3 or 4 players comprising a game board with a checkered playing surface and a border having four visually distinguishable sides, preferably by four colors, surrounding the playing surface, each of the said four colors corresponding to a different set of chess-like playing pieces of... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery Suite 1600

20060279045 - Active dealer version of blackjack: This invention relates to a method of playing a modified version of blackjack wherein the dealer is an active rather than a passive participant. The dealer selects which of the two dealer initial cards to turn face-up for exposure to the other players. The dealer also elects whether to surrender... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20060279043 - Card game: A method and apparatus for assembling one or more coherent images from a plurality of segments of the coherent image reproduced on parts, pieces, blocks, cards, or the like is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the face of each segment includes a portion of the resulting single... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20060279044 - Wagering game with variable wager denominations: According to one aspect of the present invention, a gaming machine is disclosed comprising a wager-indication element for receiving a wager from a player. The wager-indication element has a plurality of wager amounts arranged along a continuous wager scale. The wager-indication element also has an indicator adapted to visually represent... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20060273505 - Apparatus for rolling and collecting a disk-like object on a surface: An apparatus for rolling a disk-like object on a surface includes a base which maintains the disk-like object vertical in its discharge position, a mean to control the direction of the disk-like object movement and a discharge mechanism which controls the initial speed of the rolling disk-like object. A collection... Agent: Erel Milshtein

20060273507 - Educational battle game and method of teaching the periodic table of the elements: An educational battle game and method for teaching the elements of the periodic table of the elements. It can be played with physical cards or, alternatively, with the data from the periodic table in various media, combined with game-specific terminology and characters.... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20060273506 - Game box with multiple boards and door: Six rectangular panels made of a rigid material form the sides of a hollow cube box. The panels are held together by means of a series of two grooves on each panel and by means of a removable key and without the use of any adhesive or other fastening devices.... Agent: Peter Blose

20060273509 - Board game: An educational board game includes a planar game board having printed thereon a movement path consisting of a contiguous series of numbered spaces. Various groups of spaces are set to receive panels from a “Theme Pack.” The “Theme Pack” itself is comprised of character image panels, illustrated panels, instruction panels... Agent: George A. Rolston

20060273508 - Collection board games: Board games include a game board divided into a plurality of regions, the game board having a pathway defined by a plurality of spaces including a set of safe spaces, a set of danger spaces, and a set of token spaces. A plurality of tokens adapted to be drawn when... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20060273510 - Educational battle game method of teaching key theories and facts: An educational battle game method for teaching key theories and facts in an academic discipline. Game cards import and display key factual data relating to a body of knowledge and are employed in competitive exchanges involving attacks and defenses by the respective players, with the outcome of such exchanges determined... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20060273511 - Tourist vacation travel games: The present invention relates generally to the field of board games, and particularly to tourist travel board games in which players become more informed with the vacation destination. The present invention is particularly adaptable as a board game utilizing a popular vacation locale, such as for example Hawaii, in order... Agent: David R Preston & Associates Apc

20060273512 - Method and apparatus for playing blackjack with a side wager: A platform for playing blackjack is used to implement a method of playing blackjack with a side wager. Each playing position on the platform has a side bet betting area having a first card betting area and a second card betting area. A player places an optional additional bet in... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20060273513 - Board game and method of playing the same: The present invention is a game board in which game pieces positioned on the game board are exchanged with one another on the game board until a winning combination of positioned game pieces on the board is evident. Each game piece has at least two defining characteristics and no two... Agent: Lafkas Patent LLC

20060273514 - Board game: A game board comprising: an upper surface member, preferably composed of a transparent material; a peripheral edge connected to the upper surface member; and at least one aperture in the peripheral edge for receiving a game piece, the game piece preferably an elongate tile provided with indicia relevant to game... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20060273516 - Board game relating to dating experiences: A game having a set of question cards. Players draw cards and answer questions based on personal dating experiences they have had to gain points. Upon answering a question, a player gains the number of points specified on the question card and marks the points accordingly on a score-keeping tablet.... Agent: Cheryl R. Figlin

20060273520 - Business card texas hold'em card combination: A business card combination, comprised of a card body which has at least two severable sections, one severable section is a business card and another section is a Texas Hold'em Card; in which the Texas Hold'em Card has hidden representations of each of the fifty-two cards of a standard deck... Agent: Robert Mcdonald

20060273518 - Card game: A method of conducting a poker game is disclosed. The method may be played as a player v. house (i.e., dealer) or player v. player game and may be facilitated in an online version or on electronic gaming devices. The method comprises each participating receiving five hole cards, two of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20060273519 - Card game: A method of conducting a poker game is disclosed. The method may be played as a player v. house (i.e., dealer) or player v. player game and may be facilitated in an online version or on electronic gaming devices. The method comprises each participating receiving five hole cards, two of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20060273517 - Fantasy sports cards: A deck of fantasy sports cards simulating fantasy sports season with indicia thereon that represents actual players or drivers in actual teams, that provide statistics of the individual players or drivers for 17 weeks of the previous season and projected statistics for the upcoming season.... Agent: Jeffrey Laporte

20060273515 - Ultimate liar's poker: A liar's poker card game is disclosed. The disclosure includes novel rules for playing the game, novel playing cards for playing the game, and a deck of novel playing cards of about 100 to 1,000 playing cards. The non-stainable, washable playing cards have two sides, an outer side either blank... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein Intellectual Property Department

20060273522 - Camera mounting system for sports goal structures: There is herein described a camera mounting system for sports goals which is installed completely within at least one of the upright posts constituting the goal for the purpose of providing the viewer with a closeup view of activity within and adjacent the goal mouth itself. The upright post is... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20060273521 - Collapsible sports goal: A collapsible goal frame having a collapsed position and an expanded position formed of a plurality of telescopic members operatively engaged. The goal will collapse to 60 percent or less of its expanded size without the requirement of disengaging any of the members forming the goal.... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center