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Amusement devices: games March listing by industry category 03/09

20090079130 - Method and apparatus for playing a chess puzzle: A chess puzzle provides a chess-type playing surface which has a plurality of spaces located on it. A fixed playing piece is indicated on one or more of these spaces. A placement mechanism associated with the playing surface allows indicating insertable playing pieces on one or more of a selected... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20090079131 - Puzzle with combined interlocking members: A puzzle with combined interlocking members includes R interlocking members, of which R≧7. The interlocking member is composed of two ends and a central portion as well as a first surface and a corresponding second surface. The first and second surfaces are provided with 16 blocks for changing the recessed... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090079132 - Game assembly employing spring loaded fabric hinge: A game assembly for housing a foldable game board which is quickly and conveniently secured to an open configuration for game play through the use of a spring loaded flexible hinge. The game assembly includes a first base portion, a second base portion capable of cooperating with the first base... Agent: Perry Hoffman & Associates P.C.

20090079133 - Method of playing a game of war: A method of playing a card game based broadly on the game of WAR wherein the higher card wins when a player card in matched against a dealer card. The game includes dealing multiple cards such as 3, 5, 7, etc. to each of the dealer and player for matching... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090079134 - 6-5-4 casino table poker game: A casino table poker game comprises a player makes an Ante wager to play in the poker game, and a first number of cards being dealt to the player. A second number of cards is dealt to a dealer. The second number of cards dealt to the dealer is greater... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20090079135 - Fishing game: A fishing game is played with a rod, a reel, and line. A holder is connected to the end of the line and an engaging fabric marker is removably attached to the holder. The holder and marker are cast at a target having an engaging fabric surface. If the marker... Agent: Philip L Bateman

20090079136 - Target stand system: A target stand system having at least two stand assemblies is provided. Each stand assembly comprises a post member configured at one end for insertion into a support surface and a support member connected to the post member by an attachment portion such that a gap is formed between the... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090072477 - Automatic card shuffler: An automatic card shuffler includes two parallel stands, two conveying units respectively mounted in the stands for conveying playing cards out of the associating stands toward a space between the stands, two limiters respectively mounted in the stands for holding playing cards for delivery by the conveying units individually, a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090072478 - Puzzle game apparatus and computer readable storage medium having puzzle game program stored thereon: In a solution area which has a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix thereof, a connective cell, which is obtained by interrelating a predetermined plurality of cells with one another, is displayed. Further, a normal numerical clue, which is caused to correspond to a row and a column in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090072480 - Board game kit of components, and methods of constructing and utilizing same: A board game employs a combination of rules and apparatus 1) to motivate each player to truthfully answer the questions which asks her/his opinions, and 2) to promote cooperative play at the right time to make the game not only fun, but also meaningful.... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20090072479 - Mat including a composite structure: A mat includes a first surface having a first polymer, a second surface having a second polymer, and indicia associated with a game. The first polymer can include, for example, an elastomer, such as a silicone elastomer. The second polymer can include, for example, a fluorinated polymer.... Agent: Saint-gobain/gtpp

20090072481 - Play set for toy vehicles: A racing play set for toy vehicles includes a first track segment, a second track segment disposed in intersection with the first track segment, a return portion disposed in communication with the first and second track portions, and a scoring mechanism, where the return portion is configured to be shared... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090072482 - Two level shut the box game: An improved game of Shut the Box, including a game box and front and back rows of tiles in which tiles are pivotally arrayed in a side-by-side relationship. Each tile bears a number and may be selectively placed in either a vertical orientation so as to show the tile face... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20090072483 - Collectable trading card game: A collectable card game of strategy and skill that includes a plurality of collectable cards, each of which preferably comprise a character-specific collectable card. Each collectable card corresponds to a character and contains character specific information regarding the character, including attributes and capabilities of the character such as offensive and... Agent: Malin Haley And Dimaggio, Pa

20090072484 - Interactive and dynamic multi-target toss game: The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for playing toss game. The toss games of the present invention only use projectiles as targets. A playing surface is divided into two areas: a standing area and a target area Players stand in said standing area and throw projectiles onto said target... Agent: Youjian Fang

20090066019 - Billiard game with chess indicia and method of play: A game is played on a billiard type table using balls with indicia of chess pieces. A cue stick is used to strike the balls following rules of movement that vary with the indicia on the ball to be moved. Game rules control movement and pocketing of balls are representative... Agent: Paparella & Associates, PLC

20090066020 - Method and apparatus to enhance lottery participation: A method and apparatus designed to enhance player participation in lotteries includes a redesigned incentive-based lottery play slip with features designed to increase the chances of all players winning at least some prize, thus providing a real incentive to play and increasing revenue from play slip sales. The inventive play... Agent: Larry D. Johnson

20090066021 - Table game system: A table game system comprises cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include code elements that are arrayed as an ultraviolet-ray reaction code indicating at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing cards, a card guide unit that guides cards... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20090066022 - Omnidirectional word construction game connecting markings within a spatial array: A method of playing a word construction game wherein one character, letter or stroke is added at a time to a defined space appearing on a paper surface, computer interface, mobile communication device screen, personal digital assistant or a non-paper erasable surface displaying discrete blank spaces. Each player aims to... Agent: Gregory J. Yu

20090066023 - Method for conducting a wagering game: A method for conducting a wagering game includes defining a game board with at least one starting point and an out position separated by multiple intermediary points. Markers are located at the starting point or starting points and wagers are received. Wagers designate one or more starting points and one... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, LLC

20090066024 - Board game: A flexible game board and carrying pouch for holding game playing pieces and the game board itself which is easily deployed for playing and compactly restorable within the carrying pouch. The game board is formed of a flexible sheet defining a game board face for receiving the game pieces thereon... Agent: Charles J. Prescott, P.A.

20090066025 - Declare apparatus for a poker game: Apparatus for declaring during a Hi-Lo poker game. The declare apparatus may take the form of a mechanical device by which a player may indicate whether he is wagering HI, LO or BOTH ways. The revealing of the player's selection can be effected by each player or by the poker... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20090066026 - Matching card game and method of playing: A card game is provided with play cards containing indicia symbolic of nine different known human sexual orientations. A preferred embodiment includes a plurality of change cards to be applied in conjunction with the play cards. An ideal card set includes a total of 67 cards that includes 61 play... Agent: Lionel Pasicaran Castro

20090066027 - Washer tossing game: A target for a tossing game is disclosed comprising a soft metallic surface adapted for use as a washer tossing game. The disclosed soft metallic target absorbs the impact of a tossed object such as a washer and allows it to remain at or near the point of impact rather... Agent: Burleson Cooke L.L.P.

20090066028 - Fantasy game and method of play: A game enables game players to predict an order in which sports players are selected during rounds of a sports draft event. The game players each provide a draft selection list that identifies individual sports players according to numerically ordered draft selection slots within one or more rounds of the... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090058001 - Spherical puzzle: A spherical logical puzzle is disclosed comprising of a plurality of elements symmetrical about three axes and planes. The puzzle is solved by rotating the elements on the surface of the sphere to align a surface pattern or numerical set. The surface of sphere is divided into octants of 4... Agent: Kyle Macdonald

20090058002 - Learning device and method thereof: The present invention discloses a learning device and its method. The learning device comprises a platform, a plurality of puzzle pieces, a plurality of reading units, a storage unit and a processing unit. Each puzzle piece includes a pattern and at least one ID code. The reading unit is used... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090058003 - Combination delivery box and board game: A combination food delivery box and game board includes a foldable cardboard delivery box, preferably a pizza delivery box, having a box bottom and a box top pivotally attached to the box bottom with both the bottom and the top having surfaces on which are imprinted game boards for such... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20090058004 - Apparatus and method for playing a bingo-type game: Disclosed are a game apparatus and a method of playing a game. According to the method, a plurality of gifts is purchased from a gift list. The gifts are associated with a gift identifier. A participant is provided with a card imprinted with a plurality of gift identifiers in defined... Agent: Tiffany M. Baughman, Esq.

20090058005 - Game comprising a playing surface formed from a resilient material: This invention relates a playing surface (1) for a game that may be played by opposing players or teams of players. The playing surface is formed from a resilient material and may be of polygonal or regular shape. The playing surface is provided with at least one scoring means, for... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090058006 - Predetermined bonus enhancement for game card game: This invention relates to a predetermined bonus feature for use in conjunction with a designated underlying game of chance, wherein the individual game card and master game card or master bonus game card include symbols that predetermine and identify which player(s) is eligible to win the bonus prize upon the... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

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20090058008 - Printed target apparatus and method: A target includes a face member, a side wall, and an image. The face member includes a first edge that at least partially surrounds the face member. The side wall is connected to the face member at the first edge. The side wall increases the strength and stability of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC