Amusement devices: games inventions 12/07

20070296145 - Game player selection device and method: A game player selection device for indicating a turn in a multiple player game is provided. The game player selection device includes a housing, a selector, a number of indicators, and a control circuit. The selector is disposed on the housing and is used to select one of the operating... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070296146 - Game machine: A play field includes a token table adapted to mount a plurality of tokens on an upper face thereof, and a groove adapted to receive a token fallen from the token table. A moving table is moving along the upper face of the token table in such a direction that... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070296147 - Pharmaceutical industry board game: A board game illustrating the development, production and sale of new drugs by the pharmaceutical industry is provided. The game can be played by 2 or more persons and can be used for educational purposes or for entertainment.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070296148 - Table-top board game: A field goal is also provided and includes a forward facing panel which faces the game board, a substantially rectangular opening in the forward facing panel, a knock-down surface positioned behind the forward facing panel, and a landing zone between the forward facing panel and the knock-down surface. If the... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070296149 - Three dimensional chess game: A method for playing a two-level chess game on apparatus comprising, upper and lower spaced apart congruent traditional chess boards with traditional sets of chessmen positioned for chess play respectively on the first two rows of opposing sides of the lower chess board, where the method includes the steps of... Agent: Hanes & Schutz, LLC

20070296150 - Smart discard rack for playing cards: A discard rack moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card infeed area and moved to a card collection area. Both suit and rank of each card is read in the card infeed area or between the card infeed area and the... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20070296151 - Gaming equipment for table games using playing cards, in particular black jack: The invention relates to gaming equipment for table games using playing cards, in particular for Black Jack and makes it possible to increase a speed of game and automatically control the observance of rules of a game. The inventive gaming equipment comprises a playing table provided with a cover divided... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070296152 - Sisal target block of dartboard and its fabrication process: The present invention relates to a sisal target block of dartboards and its fabrication process, especially to a product and a fabrication process which can lower costs and improve quality of the dartboards. The sisal target block is made mainly through such steps as raw material forming, mold forming, cutting,... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070290436 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device having a display surface. The display surface is moveable. The display surface includes several playing card indicia. A display device actuator is in communication with the display surface and can move the display surface. A controller is in communication with the display device... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070290437 - Arm support for a gaming machine: An arm support mountable onto a video machine housing has a first portion configured for resting on a console of the video game machine without blocking the machine's interactive controls. An optional second portion is unitary connected to the first portion and extends downwardly therefrom, partially extending along the front... Agent: Keaty Professional Law Corporation Thomas S. Keaty

20070290438 - Playing card shuffler with differential hand count capability: A programmable card handling machine with a display and appropriate inputs for adjusting the machine to any of a number of games comprises inputs including a number of cards per hand selector, a card game selector, a number of hands delivered selector and a trouble-shooting input. These features also provide... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. Suite 205

20070290439 - Knight-walk puzzle game: A puzzle game of the present invention consists of a field of play having associated positions upon which place-indicators are placed during game play along a predetermined game path. Placement of the place-indicators represents a sequential series of steps from a starting point along a game path in the field... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070290440 - Game for wagering hobby-related objects: A game apparatus comprised of: a plurality of player game cards, each different from all others and including thereon a combination of randomized words arranged in rows and columns, and each randomized word pertaining to a hobby; a plurality of selection discs, each different from all others and containing one... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group LLC

20070290442 - Method for wagering in blackjack: A side wager for a standard blackjack game. After a player is dealt his initial two cards, if the two cards comprise a straight, the player is paid. Different ranks of straights can have different payouts. Suited straights can pay more than non-suited straights. Lower ranking straights can have higher... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070290441 - Method of playing blackjack and other games of chance: A gaming method and system which allows all players to be dealt a common two-card hand, representing the first two cards for each player. The individual player will independently determine the amount of his wager and will independently make decisions relating to how he will play his hand after viewing... Agent: Terry B. Morris C/o Mao, Inc.

20070290443 - Wagering game involving card ranges: A wagering game wherein a player is dealt a card and the dealer is dealt a card, and a player wins if a player's card and the dealer's card are of equal rank, or if a player is dealt a second card that falls in rank between a player's card... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070290444 - Blackjack game with side bet wager: The present invention is directed to a blackjack wagering game including the steps of: wagering a first amount on an underlying blackjack game involving a player playing against a dealer; wagering a second amount on a side bet bonus game integrated with the underlying blackjack game, wherein the wager includes... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associated, P.A. York Business Center

20070290445 - Game played by a golf foursome during a round of golf: A combination golf and dice game for a golf foursome comprising a first die and a second dice. The first die has different indica defining specified pairings of the foursome while the second die has different indicia defining at least one of a skill challenge(s) and scoring rules for the... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070290446 - Renewable projectile trap-target based on thermally reversible, viscoelastic materials: Thermally reversible visco-elastic materials suitable for use as projectile target materials and trap materials.... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20070284814 - Gaming device: A gaming machine 1 according to the invention includes a cabinet 3, having a display portion 4 which displays information relating to a game and operation buttons 11 for a player to carry out an operation of the game, a power lamp light emitting portion 300 which emits light, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070284815 - Engraved puzzle board: An engraved puzzle board includes a board having an erasable surface and a number of d lines formed at least partially through the erasable surface. The engraved lines form a for playing a puzzle. The engraved lines persist on the erasable surface through repeated due to the engraved lines being... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070284816 - Method of playing a pursuit board game: A method of playing a board game of pursuit for at least one of a first and a second player; where the board includes a pathway made up from a number of discrete squares and includes at least a starting position. The method of play includes the steps of the... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070284817 - Adult board game: The invention includes a board game and a method in which a card from a player card deck is used to provide instructions to a player to perform an adult activity. Two types of player card decks are used. One player card deck is suitable for a male player and... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070284818 - License plate geography game and method of play: The license plate geography game described by this provisional patent is a multi-player game intended to be played while traveling in a car, and in which players accumulate points by identifying the geography of origin for license plates on the cars around them, and using a pre-determined scoring system which... Agent: Michael G. Larocque

20070284819 - Card game: A game for one or more players utilizing a unique deck of cards or set of tiles and method of play is disclosed. The game consists of 81 numbered cards or tiles, nine each of numbers one through nine and may include additional cards or tiles without a number, to... Agent: Ellen L Ledger

20070284820 - Method and device for conducting a blackjack-type card game: A game begins with a game wager and an optional bust wager. The initial dealer hand and the initial player hand are dealt. A final dealer hand and final player hand are formed by hitting or standing and the player is rewarded on his game wager if the final player... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, LLC

20070284822 - System and method for playing a game: A system and method for playing a game is disclosed. Players divide a hand of six cards into two hands of three cards. The two three-card hands are evaluated with respect to two reference hands held by the banker, the dealer or a third party. The player wins if each... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070284821 - Blackjack game with bingo aspect: A variation of casino blackjack that includes a bingo type side game. A scoreboard is prominently displayed to the players which comprise indicator lights representing conditions of either the dealer's hand or a player's hand. When each condition is satisfied, the respective indicator light on the scoreboard is lit. When... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070284823 - Credit card debt management card game: A game comprising a set of cards for teaching credit card debt management. The set of cards carry indicia thereon to signify that they are either credit card debt or cash. Players are dealt seven cards each, and then in turn draw from either the remaining cards in the deck... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070284824 - Gaming apparatus and method of employing the same: Provided is a game apparatus wherein a player may attempt to score a goal by means of a projectile. The gaming apparatus includes a handheld launcher which has a ramp portion configured such that the player may launch the projectile up and away from the launcher. The apparatus also includes... Agent: Timothy J. Martin, P.C.

20070284825 - Game apparatus and method of using the same: The present disclosure is directed to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects at a target, and more specifically, to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects in an attempt to attach the objects to a target that may be in motion, or to... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070284826 - Electronic last-to-answer timed response game: An electronic game that awards the last player to correctly answer a question before the expiration of a timer. The game includes a plurality of buttons and corresponding indicators coupled to a housing. Within the housing is a controller that causes a question to be displayed on a screen. A... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070284827 - Electronic last-to-answer timed response game: An electronic game that awards the last player to correctly answer a question before the expiration of a timer. The game includes a plurality of buttons and corresponding indicators coupled to a housing. A question is provided to the players. A timer counts to a time interval. The controller activates... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070278738 - Wager-based domino games: A wager-based domino game is suited for individual play, particularly as presented at a gaming machine. In accordance with the game, a player attempts to play one or more dominos. Various outcomes of game play are defined as losing. A number of outcomes are defined as winning and have associated... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070278739 - Card weight for gravity feed input for playing card shuffler: A card feeding device for feeding cards into a card handling device is disclosed. Examples of card handling devices include shufflers, card sorters, card delivery devices and card verification devices. The device includes a card infeed area that supports a stack of cards. The card infeed area has a card... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20070278740 - Puzzle device with illumination and audible sounds: A puzzle device with illumination and audible sounds is provided. The device comprises a housing; a body shaped to securely fit over the housing and comprising a plurality of spaced recesses on a top surface, a circuit having a plurality of conducting members formed on upward faces of the recesses,... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070278741 - Religious board game: A religious-themed board game is disclosed. Multiple players compete in this Christian-themed game, with the goal of saving as many souls as possible. Souls are saved by supplying the physical needs (food, shelter, etc.) of unreached persons met in the field, and then ministering to them. Such needs are distributed... Agent: Guerry Leonard Grune

20070278742 - Football board game: In a board game playing method, an offensive play selection card (PSC) having at least one action is selected and a defensive PSC having at least one action is selected. A die is rolled to yield a first value in connection with the offensive PSC. A marker is positioned on... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070278743 - Strategic board game: A game board comprising a game board surface having a pattern including three concentric parallelograms arranged so that no side of any parallelogram intersects another parallelogram. A set of four lines originating at the corners of the first parallelogram and terminating at the corners of the third parallelogram to intersect... Agent: Law Office Of Jay R. Hamilton, PLC.

20070278744 - Letter acting game: A method for playing a letter acting game with at least three players. The game may include the following steps; selecting two players to be the letter forming players; selecting a category of a challenge phrase or trivia question by spinning a spinner; selecting a card from at least one... Agent: Mark A Koch

20070278745 - Method and apparatus for playing communication game: A method for playing a communication game between game players during an outing, the method including the steps of selecting a packet of game cards identified by a specific letter of the alphabet printed thereon for playing the game, selecting a venue having a name beginning with the selected letter... Agent: John S. Christopher

20070278746 - Fishing dart game: A magnetic dart game comprises a magnetic target having a graphical representation of a plurality of fish and at least one magnetic dart. A player playing the game attempts to catch said plurality of fish by hitting the fish with the magnetic dart.... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC