Patents Represented by Attorney Calif Terro
  • Patent number: 6007438
    Abstract: A method of playing table tennis includes using a table comprising a rotating circular playing surface marked out in quadrants with adjacent quadrants being distinguishable from one another, a non-rotating net dividing the playing surface into two playing sides, a plurality of paddles, and a resilient ball; providing two teams of at least one player each; associating one team with a playing side and with a pair of opposed quadrants; and associating the other said team with the other playing side and the other opposed quadrants; determining a first serving team; the first serving team serving by propelling ball with a paddle against the playing side associated with the serving team and over the net directly into a quadrant associated with the serving team; wherein failure to do so scores a point for the other team; wherein each team alternately attempts to propel the ball with the paddles directly over said net into a quadrant associated with the team until one team fails to do so thereby scoring a point for t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventor: James Robert Harrell