Patents by Inventor Foster M. Brashear

Foster M. Brashear has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Manually directed coin game
    Patent number: 4303248
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an amusement game wherein coins are dropped onto a flat surface over which a vertical dam is horizontally translated. The vertical dam translates over a portion of the flat surface and will thus drop certain of the accumulated coins over the edge. The coins, as they drop over the edge, are collected in a counting chute to be synchronously counted in a memory which is then synchronously unloaded to vend out a corresponding number of tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Inventors: Stephen P. Shoemaker, Jr., Foster M. Brashear