Patents by Inventor Joel C. Zimmer

Joel C. Zimmer 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).

  • Scavenger hunt-type card-based game incorporating personality trait, command and/or event cards and method for playing same
    Patent number: 6609713
    Abstract: A card deck comprising a plurality of cards of at least one type is provided as well as a method for playing a scavenger hunt game in a selected environment/population. The plurality of cards comprises at least one type of card bearing indicia representative of a goal/target normally occurring in the selected environment/population. Players are thereby dealt a predetermined number of cards and sent into the selected environment/population and must match the goal/target on each of their cards with targets normally occurring in the selected environment/population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Eleven Eleven Productions, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Heffron, Joel C. Zimmer