Patents by Inventor Joseph Goott

Joseph Goott 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: 4441714
    Abstract: A poker-type table game which can be played by one or more persons. The game comprises a Keno-like enclosed bowl containing fifty-two balls each bearing the representation of a card in a conventional deck of playing cards. After the balls are mixed or shuffled in the bowl to assure randomness, a number of balls, corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand (e.g. six cards), are blown into a "unicorn" at the top of the bowl in consecutive order. The results of the hand are displayed on a game table. Prior to the initiation of the game, i.e. blowing the balls into the "unicorn", each player uses chips or the like, in attempting to guess, for example, if one or more of the cards has a value or "9" or better with Aces being high, or a value of "2" through "7" being low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Tropic Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Goott
  • Patent number: 4364567
    Abstract: A poker-Keno-type game which can be played by one or more persons. The game comprises a Keno-like "goose" containing fifty-two balls each bearing the representation of a card in a conventional deck of playing cards. After the balls are mixed or shuffled in the "goose" to assure randomness, a number of balls, corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand (e.g. five cards), are blown into "rabbit ears" in consecutive order. The results of the poker hand are displayed on at least one game board either in the form of a large board which can be hung so as to be seen in a large room or in the form of a table game. Prior to the initiation of the game, each player uses a slip, if the large board is used, or chips or the like, if a table game is used, in attempting to guess, for example, if one or more of the cards has a value of "9" or better with Aces being high, or a value of "2" through "7" being low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Assignee: Tropic Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Goott
  • Patent number: 3998462
    Abstract: A card game apparatus including a playing surface having thereon a plurality of defined areas in the form of rectangles or the like. A dealer using a conventional deck of playing cards places five cards at designated positions on the playing surface. Each player can attempt to guess if one or more of the cards has a value of "9" or better with Aces being high or a value of "2" through "7". Each player can also place chips in defined areas to guess if the hand contains conventional poker hands such as a straight, a flush, and a full house. After each player has completed the process of putting chips in the desired defined areas, the dealer turns each of the five cards over to determine which, if any, players have guessed correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Inventor: Joseph Goott