Domino Patents (Class D21/391)
  • Patent number: 8672328
    Abstract: A method of playing a word forming game comprises distributing a predetermined number of tiles to a set of players so as to form a hand of play associated with each player. Each tile has a character value associated with the tile, and at least one tile has a special feature value. The players form words on a playing surface, and the words comprise one or more tiles from a player's hand of play and one or more tiles already on the playing surface. Exemplary special feature values instruct players to skip a turn, to reverse the order of play, or to redistribute tiles. Each tile has a nesting portion and a nested portion. The nesting portion is characterized a concavity into which another playing tile may be nested and the nested portion is characterized by a convex edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Warren Bazarko
  • Patent number: 7857315
    Abstract: A dominos-style mathematical operation game is provided with a plurality of dominos style type game pieces. Each game piece is defined by a polyhedron with a top and bottom face. Each face is divided into a left and right section with a mathematical operation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventor: Leon Ray Hoyt
  • Patent number: 7832732
    Abstract: A game with interlocking game pieces includes a first set of game pieces each comprising a game surface, a first side surface having a first concave portion and a first convex portion extending from the first concave portion and a second side surface having a second concave portion and a second convex portion extending from the second concave portion. A second set of game pieces are mirror images of and interlock with the first set of game pieces. A game piece face provided on the game surface of each of the first set of game pieces and the second set of game pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Pedro A. Torres, Mary B. Torres
  • Patent number: 7100920
    Abstract: A game is provided that utilizes a code caller card that is used to direct each step of play. The code caller card identify passages of the Bible, and are analogous to a “question” that the player in turn must answer. In combination, word tiles are drawn and held by the players, and are used to create an “answer”, the answer being the phrase or quote identified by the “question” on the caller card. These word tiles are used in conjunction with previously played tiles. The word tiles can be used with or without a board and on a flat, horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventors: Mayme E. Onstad, Alvin C. Onstad
  • Patent number: 6517070
    Abstract: A domino including pieces (1) which have on their back or sides an indication device with several identifying positions, and a device for storing and transporting the same. The indication device provided on the back of the pieces allows the pieces corresponding to each player to be marked so as to carry out the same distribution in other matches. The device for storing and transporting the pieces (1) is made up of four cases (9) which have means to allow them to be identified or for the indication device of the pieces (1) housed in each of them to be viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Joan Fornesa Clapera
  • Patent number: 6209875
    Abstract: A new domino playing piece system for helping children learn and recognize numbers and animals. The inventive device includes a plurality of playing pieces with each playing piece comprising a display surface having first and second regions and a border between the first and second regions. The display surface of the playing piece has numeric indicia displayed thereon. Each of the first and second regions of the playing piece has an illustration displayed thereon with each illustration representing a numeric value. The sum of the numeric values of the illustrations of the first and second regions equals the value of the numeric indicia displayed on the playing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventor: Luis M. Vildosola
  • Patent number: D444182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Robert W Tompkins
  • Patent number: D446255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: RB Toy Development Co.
    Inventor: Dennis Kupperman
  • Patent number: D447186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: James M. Flippo
  • Patent number: D449656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Sleep Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Freda Elliott
  • Patent number: D461853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Ruey Hsiung Cheng
  • Patent number: D542859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Thierry Denoual
  • Patent number: D548289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Melvin Ramsey
  • Patent number: D549786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Thierry Denoual
  • Patent number: D559918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Inventor: Melvin Ramsey
  • Patent number: D560727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Inventor: Thierry Denoual
  • Patent number: D573661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Inventor: Adar Golad
  • Patent number: D582991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventor: Gregory McCowan
  • Patent number: D583877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Inventor: Thierry Denoual
  • Patent number: D587321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Inventor: Atul Patel
  • Patent number: D624131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Abraham Nathanson
  • Patent number: D655352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Smart, Naamloze Vennootschap
    Inventor: Raf Peeters
  • Patent number: D662149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Bananagrams, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Nathanson, Rena Nathanson, legal representative
  • Patent number: D687898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventor: Raymond Lupkas
  • Patent number: D739895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventors: Israel Tellez, Heriberto Tellez, Juan Carlos Tellez
  • Patent number: D767042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Christophe Martin
  • Patent number: D789456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventors: Wenlan H. Frost, Daniel A. Frost, Sr., Daniel A. Frost, Jr., David H. Frost
  • Patent number: D866671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Daniels
  • Patent number: D971679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Reuben Boyd
  • Patent number: D992036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventor: Chun Wu
  • Patent number: D1020908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jorge A. Verdeja