Patents by Inventor Troy E. Adams

Troy E. Adams 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: 6976676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a game apparatus and especially to a combination game apparatus in which players try to guess a preset combination of digits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Inventor: Troy E. Adams
  • Patent number: 5221093
    Abstract: A combination game apparatus is provided having a housing with a plurality of settable dials each having indicia thereon. Setting the correct combination on the game dials provides an output for indicating when a correct input combination has been set on the settable dials. The combination setting members are used for changing the combination necessary to indicate the correct input combination for unlocking the combination. The combination setting system includes a plurality of input members each having a combination setting, such as a coded opening in a flat card. Each combination setting member is placed in a covering sleeve so that it may be inserted into the game apparatus from the covered sleeves so that the combination being set cannot be seen by the players. The game may include a ball which is raised in a lift and dropped into a ball track where it passes through an opening in the track as determined by the first dial which determines which of a plurality of ball chutes the ball will move in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Inventor: Troy E. Adams