Patents Assigned to Gordon Barlow Design
  • Patent number: 4367875
    Abstract: A boxing type amusement game including a pair of figures of boxers. Each boxer has a torso with a blow actuated trigger. An inflated launchable balloon is mounted as a head on each torso. At least one arm is pivotally mounted on the torso and has a fist for hitting and actuating a trigger of an opposing boxer. The launchable balloon is mounted on the torso under tension and sealed against air leakage. The trigger releases the balloon and launches it when it is struck by the fist of an opposing boxer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, John R. Newcomer, John R. Krutsch, Fred Bezark
  • Patent number: 4348028
    Abstract: A board game including a base having a path on which playing pieces can be moved from a starting point to a finish point. A number of dunking stations for the playing pieces are located along the path. Each dunking station includes a tiltable platform for dumping a playing piece located thereon into a water container. A water reservoir is supported on a tower located adjacent to the base. A water distributor is positioned between the water reservoir and the water containers. A number of intermediate water containers are located between the reservoir and the distributor. A conduit connects the reservoir, the intermediate water containers and the distributor. A valve controls the flow of water from the top reservoir to the conduit. A first marble track is arranged to discharge a marble into the water distributor. A second downwardly inclined track is also supported on the tower. The first marble is released when water fills one of the intermediate water containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventor: Gordon A. Barlow
  • Patent number: 4346889
    Abstract: A board game including a number of generally similar rectangular tiles slidable relative to one another on a base to form a rectangular pattern with at least one vacant space equal in size to a tile. At least one groove is formed in the top surface of some of the tiles and more than one groove is formed in the top surfaces of others of the tiles with each groove extending from one side edge of a tile to another side edge of a tile. All grooves intersect the side edges of its tile at the midpoint of each side edge so that continuous paths can be formed on adjacent tiles if each adjacent tile has a groove extending to its side edges that is contiguous to an adjacent tile. Discontinuous paths are formed if one of the tiles does not have a groove extending to its side edge that is contiguous with an adjacent tile. A self-propelled vehicle is provided to move across the tiles. The vehicle has a guide which rides in the groove to direct the vehicle across the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, John R. Krutsch
  • Patent number: 4345764
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic game which uses a two-way mirror arrangement to simulate the battle between the player's rocket ship protected by barriers and a plethora of enemy rocket ships. The enemy rocket ships and the barriers are affixed on two parallel, spaced apart, vertical planes. Apertures in the front plane give the impression in the two-way mirror that the devices on the different planes are all in the same plane. In addition, the player's rocketship and death ray, on a horizontal plane, are also projected on the two-way mirror so that it appears that all the devices are in a single plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, John R. Krutsch, Richard A. Karlin
  • Patent number: 4283049
    Abstract: A miniaturized bowling ball game comprising a simulated lane assembly having an automatic pin status indication, a scoring readout device and a noise generator operated responsive to a ball propelled over the lane assembly by an aimable shooter striking operating contacts simulating the ball striking and knocking down pins. The scoring read out device not only provides the score, but also the frame, and indicates if the prior frame resulted in a spare or strike. Electronically generated noises simulate the noises that occur when pins are knocked down in an actual bowling ball game. Also, the electronic controls randomly provides data which results in different scores, even though balls traverse the same routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Richard A. Karlin, Gordon A. Barlow, John R. Krutsch
  • Patent number: 4250657
    Abstract: A game comprising an air tube transportation system energized by a unique air pump system. The air pump system includes an air pump manifolded into a plurality of tubes wherein each of the tubes is selectively connected to the air pump through individual valves which control the direction and force of the air flowing through the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, Anthony Janiszewski
  • Patent number: 4250656
    Abstract: A family of games utilizing figurines that are also pneumatic pumps used for actuating miniaturized pneumatically operated equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, John R. Krutsch, Michael J. Zidman
  • Patent number: 4230314
    Abstract: A unique skate board game wherein a pair of players individually steer miniature skate boards mounted over a moving tape having a plurality of randomly placed and randomly shaped apertures thereon, attempting to avoid the apertures. The skate boards include bottomless containers having pellets therein which drop through the apertures, if the players fail to avoid the apertures as the tape passes under the skate board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, John R. Krutsch
  • Patent number: 4229005
    Abstract: A pair of racing cars are individually propelled on tracks by impulses of air initiated by individual pumps at speeds that are a function of the individual operation of the air pumps. The propulsion portion of the tracks are enclosed and the rest of the track is opened and designed to enable one car to pass the other. A unique pin and groove system returns each car to its own starting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, Anthony T. Janiszewski, John R. Krutsch
  • Patent number: 4211412
    Abstract: A table top game unit wherein two opposing players direct air streams to each control their own unidentified flying objects (U.F.O.'s) in the form of flying saucers to cause them to collide against each other until the opposing U.F.O.'s are ejected from the game area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Gordon Barlow Design
    Inventors: Gordon A. Barlow, Anthony T. Janiszewski