Patents by Inventor Frank S. Csoka

Frank S. Csoka 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).

  • Patent number: 4200290
    Abstract: A game device for chance play is disclosed which comprises:a base;a body rotatably mounted on said base and being formed with a plurality of holes of a first size and another hole of a second size;a plurality of members sized to receive in said plurality holes but not fitting into said another hole; andanother member sized to be received in both said plurality of holes and said another hole.The game device is played by inserting all the members in the plurality of holes but not the differently sized hole, and then spinning the body. When the body stops spinning, one player selects a member and tries to insert it into the differently sized hole. The game continues until one player selects the one member that fits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Fun Things, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank S. Csoka
  • Patent number: 4114892
    Abstract: A game is disclosed which is played by two opposing players disposed on opposite sides of a vertically disposed, opaque game board; said board being formed with a plurality of holes therein, and pegs inserted in the holes. Each player rests one U-shaped token member on a peg without disclosing the location of the token member to the other player, and in turn each player removes pegs in an effort to cause the opposing player's token member to drop from the board thereby winning the game. The construction permits the U-shaped token member to fall onto a lower peg disposed directly below the removed peg position, thus frustrating attempts of the opposing player to cause the peg to fall clear of the board. In a preferred embodiment the game is a free standing vertically upright unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Fun Things, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank S. Csoka
  • Patent number: 4057253
    Abstract: A maze game having a plurality of game boards, each game board comprising individually identified delineated boxes, and grooves disposed peripherally of and between the boxes, and a plurality of walls insertable into the grooves between each set of adjacent boxes so as to form a wall therebetween, and wherein a series of such walls defines a maze on the board, and a token piece for moving step-wise from one box to an adjacent box through the maze as it is being defined, and a plurality of game sheets having like individually identified delineated boxes corresponding to the game board for each player to define a maze thereon without disclosure to the other player. The object of the game is to move the token piece step-wise on one player's board though the secreted maze configuration to the secreted end-square of the other player, before the other player defines the secreted maze configuration of the first player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: Fun Things, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank S. Csoka
  • Patent number: D256037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: Fun Things, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank S. Csoka