Patents by Inventor Ronald Loeffler

Ronald Loeffler 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: 4062543
    Abstract: Entertainment apparatus providing a game and including a spring positioned normally vertically on a base, a plurality of travelling objects positioned slidably along the length of the spring between the top and bottom thereof and upon a player displacing the spring from its normally vertical position and releasing the spring, the spring vibrating and returning to its normal position and the vibrating spring causing the travelling objects to slide downwardly along the length of the spring from the top to the bottom thereof and the player first causing all of the travelling objects to reach the bottom of the spring being the winner of the game. The apparatus may further include a plurality of markers disposed on the base around the spring which markers define positions or directions toward which the players can displace the spring. Further, the entertainment apparatus may include mechanism for randomly selecting one of the plurality of markers toward which a player is to displace the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Inventor: Ronald Loeffler