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Amusement devices: games February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/11

20110042891 - Gaming dice: A gaming dice for a game, such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice comprising a body part comprising a number of sides, wherein at least one or more of those sides is/are provided with coupling studs. Hereby it is possible to mount indicia-carrying elements that... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20110042892 - Three-dimensional cube puzzle: A three-dimensional puzzle cube comprising multiple pieces having various shapes that can be assembled into a cube and various other structures using all or a portion of the puzzle pieces. A first embodiment comprises seven pieces and forms a 3×3×3 cube. A second embodiment comprises five pieces and forms a... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20110042893 - Puzzle and playing method using puzzle: A puzzle includes a plurality of pieces having the same outer shape, the plurality of pieces are divisionally arranged in a plurality of layers, and the pieces assigned to each of the plurality of layers are selectively arranged at locations on a plane of the layer. Each of the plurality... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20110042894 - Rotatable illuminated game board: A rotatable illuminated game board system to adapt to contemporary board games or for use with newly-conceived games, the system including stained glass elements adhered to a translucent plate beneath a modified printed sheet of game instructions and rules, all atop a quadrilateral housing attached to a stationary platform by... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20110042895 - World environment/carbon credit trading game: A game is disclosed, the game simulating the effects of players' personal and/or business decisions on the environment. The game includes a simulated carbon credit trading scheme and system, and an indication means for indicating the health of a simulated world environment, where this indication means may be varied in... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20110042896 - Extended play game: The present invention provides a combination instant and extended play game with at least two games playable in separate areas and having associated prizes, wherein indicia from a first game are used to determine whether the player is a winner of the first game and the second game.... Agent: Thomas F. Bergert C/o Williams MullenIPDocketing

20110042899 - Card game: A card game is provided where a set of qualifying combinations is provided and as long as one qualifying combination is held by a player that is greater than a qualifying combination held by the dealer then paying the player winning amounts associated with all qualifying combinations held by the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20110042897 - Side bet for baccarat: A method of playing baccarat includes a side bet wagering on the outcome of the player's score, the banker's score or a combination of the player's score and banker's score.... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20110042898 - Unique sensing system and method for reading playing cards: A sensing system for determining the rank and suit of playing cards is disclosed. The system includes a sensing module capable of reading a line of data from a printed image, a position sensor and a hardware component that combines the signals from the sensing module and position sensor, converts... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20110042900 - Reactive firearm training target: The present invention provides a heatable long range metal target capable of providing acoustic feedback to the user on impact and is durable to withstand the repeated vibration stress that occurs during repeated use. In a preferred embodiment, target includes a reactive target body for generating an audible feedback signal... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20110042901 - Pole assembly for flying disk game: A game apparatus which allows for a target disposed on the top of a pole to be knocked down by a projectile. The game apparatus includes a segmented pole which can be assembled and disassembled easily via coupling mechanisms between each segment. The top segment of the pole includes a... Agent: Erickson Law Group, PC

20110037222 - Game table: A game table including a table body which has two mutually opposite inner sides each being provided with a scoring unit, two players in game competition can be decided of winning by the two scoring units that count the times of receiving a game utensil. Wherein the table body is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20110037223 - Magnetic house puzzle: A take-apart puzzle consisting of a small number of identical looking bricks which are held together by the mutual magnetic attraction of their internally hidden magnets. The puzzle is disassembled by separating the bricks from one another. Upon separation it will be found that one or more of the magnets... Agent: Rozsa Law Group Lc

20110037224 - Methods and apparatus for playing word games: A method and apparatus for playing a word game with two, three or four players competing to spell as many words as possible within a period of one minute. The game includes a deck of 59 cards, each having two or three letters on its face. Words must start with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20110037225 - Projectile golf game: Embodiments of projectile golf game may include a variety of targets, each of them representing a “hole” to imitate playing traditional golf. For example, nine different “hole” targets having different configurations similar to a golf course layout may be provided. Scoring is accomplished based, at least in part, by the... Agent: BatemanIPLaw Group

20110037226 - Illuminated ball toss game: A ball toss game includes a target that includes a first upright and a second upright. A base is adapted to support the first upright and the second upright and a cross piece is supported by the first upright and the second upright. The ball toss game includes an electrically... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20110037227 - Portable projectile trap assembly: A portable projectile trap assembly includes a modular target assembly having a frame configured to retain a plurality of backstop panels. The plurality of backstop panels are removably mounted on a front side of the frame forming a planar backstop, and a front panel of resilient material is removably mounted... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson PLLC

20110031685 - Shuffle board game: A shuffle board game system including a shuffle board game apparatus and a method of playing a game such as shuffle board. The board game includes a base, a pair of side walls, an end wall and an intermediate wall each connecting the side walls and defining therebetween a goal... Agent: Douglas P. Lalone Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20110031686 - Playing card dispensing and opening system: A playing card dispensing and opening system includes a playing card dispensing unit that dispenses playing cards automatically, and a playing card opening unit that uses a motor to rotate a crank arm and to further move a transparent playing card holder plate from a horizontal position for receiving a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110031688 - Puzzle game: A puzzle game includes a Playing Grid and a plurality of Playing Pieces. The Playing Grid contains an array of Nodes, and a subset of said Nodes are designated as Anchors. Also included in the Playing Grid are a network of Branches interconnecting said nodes. A Playing Piece is a... Agent: Thomas & Karceski, P.C.

20110031687 - Three dimensional sudoku cube puzzle: A three-dimensional Sudoku game comprising a plurality of individual Sudoku puzzles arranged on the faces of a polyhedron, in which cells on the edges of each face of the polyhedron must contain the same number or other symbol as adjacent cells on adjoining faces of the game, such that a... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20110031689 - Puzzle with conductive path: System and method for additional amusement, entertaining and surprising visual or audible reward provided upon completing the reconstructing of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle pieces include conductive pads connected by a conductor such as a wire, a metallic strip or a conductive paint, so that upon assembling... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, PLLC

20110031690 - Bible walk board game: A board game, Bible Walk provides fun while testing one's knowledge of the bible and teaches as you play. The game Bible Walk is designed to be and interactive multi-player game which includes a board, playing pieces and an electronic device which displays questions. The board is generally rectangle on... Agent: Shirley Clanton Young

20110031691 - Tabletop sporting game apparatus: A portable tabletop sporting game apparatus includes a game board having at least one opening formed therein. A pair of legs are attached to the game hoard in order to elevate the game board generally off of the ground. A lever is operatively attached to an underside of the game... Agent: Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co, Lpa

20110031692 - Dice game and method: The invention is a game that preferably comprises a gameboard and twenty-one (21) twelve-sided (dodecahedron) dice that feature the notes of the chromatic scale. The game may be played with one to four people and lasts an average of 15 to 30 minutes. An unlimited number of players may be... Agent: Winstead PC

20110031693 - Matching game for learning enhancement: A matching-based competitive game is used to reinforce the association, correlation, translation, or equation of values. The values are indicia on the face of the tiles, where each tile has at least two different indicia. These values may be cross-language vocabulary words, geographic entities, arithmetic valuations, or chemical symbols, as... Agent: Gfd Patents, LLC

20110031694 - game of baccarat: Apparatus for playing a modified game of Baccarat, comprises a table-top having in addition to the standard three regions for player win, banker win and tie, an additional region for an automatic result, meaning an event that leads to a result without an additional card being drawn. Preferably three additional... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20110031695 - Moving target system for defensive training: A moving target system for defensive training includes an elongated ground-based track defining a track axis, a trolley operable to move along the track, the trolley having a target support facility, a driver operable to move the trolley along the track, and the target facing in a direction angularly offset... Agent: Langlotz Patent & Trademark Works, Inc.

20110031696 - Automatically scoring structure of a dartboard: An automatically scoring structure of a dartboard which comprises a board body, at least two camera modules, a processing module and a display module is provided. The board body has a board-surface. The at least two camera modules comprise a first camera module and a second camera module. The first... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20110031697 - Transportable washer tossing game retrieving pole: For an accuracy scoring game having a target area towards which steel washers are tossed when playing, a telescopic retrieving pole of multiple sections capable of collapsing into one another for closure and storage and of extending from one another for opening, including a first end for player hand grasping... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky

20110024981 - Automatic playing card dispensing system: An automatic playing card dispensing system includes a scanner for recognizing the card suits and card values of the dispensed playing cards, a display, a set of indicator lights, and a driver unit for controlling dispensing of the playing cards and driving the display to display the card suits and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110024982 - Foldable jigsaw piece and foldable jigsaw frame assembly: A picture mosaic's foldable piece and frame are present. The picture mosaic's piece has the first piece and the second piece, and one side of the first piece is connected with one side of the second piece by a strip connector, and the first piece can fold backward or forward... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20110024983 - A latin game: It is disclosed a board game including patterned graph boards, sets of grouped index elements, and disparate successful arrangements. Each patterned graph board has graph patterns associated with several nodes of the same number for all the graph patterns. Two nodes of a given graph pattern are shared by two... Agent: Dr. Mordechai Lando

20110024984 - Card game: A card game includes a deck of cards used, for example, to play craps, poker, or any combination thereof.... Agent: Innovation Division

20110024985 - Firearm targets with reinforcing features for enhanced durability and associated methods of use and manufacture: The present disclosure is directed to target assemblies and targets with reinforcing features for improved durability. One example of such a target can include a target portion that is configured to be struck by a projectile, and a connector portion configured to movably couple the target portion to a support... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20110024986 - Target member: A target member which may be used in conjunction with sporting activities, such as archery, comprising a housing (20, 21) having an outer surface which forms a portion of a target during use, the outer surface having an aperture (18) therein. The target member also comprises a degradable component (22)... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.