With Rectilinear Indicator Patents (Class 116/224)
  • Patent number: 8375882
    Abstract: A system and method for ascertaining field position for the game of American football has first and second wheels, each being substantially planar and round. The first wheel is relatively smaller than the second wheel and the two are rotatably mounted coaxially with respect to each other to allow rotation. The wheels are marked with various notches, numbers, and arrows to allow quick and easy calculation of yards gained or lost on a given play in accordance with the described operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: David W. Stout
  • Patent number: 7404373
    Abstract: A game scoreboard for displaying game scores of two opponents, which scoreboard comprises front and rear panels with multiple scoring discs mounted on each of the panels, such that the discs may be overlapped to minimize the size of the scoreboard and optimize game score digits displayed on the front side of the discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventor: Keith Bailey
  • Patent number: 6134184
    Abstract: An apparatus for chasing animals from an automobile includes a generator for producing energy which can be sensed by animals, means for mounting the generator to an automobile, and an activation device operatively connected to the generator for activating the generator upon detecting presence of an animal near the automobile. The activation device may include a motion sensor or an infrared sensor. The motion detector may take the form of an ultrasonic sensor, which is sensitive to vibrations in an ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Wilk Patent Development Corporation
    Inventors: Lucy Waletzky, Peter J. Wilk
  • Patent number: 4886272
    Abstract: A card game playing aid comprising a display support structure on which is affixed an array of reference marks and a plurality of legended indicators adapted to be positioned relative to said reference marks in accordance with clues and inferences of card holdings obtained during game play. The positions of the individual said indicators and the special relationships between these indicators form a compact display of key qualitative and quantitative card hand parameters determinative of card holdings, and thereby enables the user to establish the make-up of concealed card hands during game play without the need for the special skills normally required of card memorization and other mental manipulation typically beyond the capability of average card players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Inventor: Herbert H. Adise
  • Patent number: 4212261
    Abstract: A device for keeping a golf score comprises two flat panels fastened to provide a space in between. The first face is equipped with nine horizontal slots, numbered 1 to 9 and the second face an equal number of slots numbered 10 to 18 representing the holes on a golf course. Indicating runners or slides operate in these slots which are equipped with stops providing spaces and numbers from 0 to 10 for each slot representing the number of strokes per hole. Indicating slots are of novel construction so as to be easily moveable and yet may be readily arrested and held in place opposite the number corresponding to the strokes taken by the player. Numbered wheels are provided for totalizing the score as the game progresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Inventor: John Gaetano
  • Patent number: D384598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Inventor: Chester A. Park