Patents by Inventor W. Fred Stokes

W. Fred Stokes 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: 4316611
    Abstract: A game machine which can be played by two or more players includes an elongated box-like housing in which a game ball can be inserted, the housing including elongated side members with transparent windows therein and opposed end members with openings in their upper portions through which the game ball can be projected, the housing also including two projector elements in respective opposite ends thereof which are capable of utilization by competing players to project the game ball towards the opposite end member, and at least two activator elements in the housing between the two projector elements which are capable of utilization by competing players to contact and move a game ball in the desired fashion. A flooring structure inside the housing forms a contoured playing deck surface above the bottom of the housing and provides multiple, uniform and equally spaced-apart spaces which extend from one end member of the housing to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Inventors: W. Fred Stokes, Fairey S. Bradford, Nancy S. Strobel
  • Patent number: 4313605
    Abstract: A game machine which can be played by two or more players includes an elongated box-like housing in which a game ball can be inserted, the housing including elongated side members with transparent viewing windows therein and opposed end members with openings in their upper portions through which the game ball can be projected to achieve a score. The housing also includes at least three transversely extending flooring panels stationarily mounted in spaced apart fashion between the housing end members, the upper portions of these flooring panels forming separated segments of a playing deck surface for the game ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Inventors: W. Fred Stokes, Fairey S. Bradford, Nancy S. Strobel