Patents Assigned to Q-BA-Maze Inc.
  • Publication number: 20250144525
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a computer-based system for virtual navigation that includes a server for managing the virtual navigation of one or more non-player characters, and at least one player console in operable communication with the server over a network. Each of the at least one player console includes a gaming platform for executing a gaming environment, wherein the server generates a virtualized flow of randomly colliding non-player characters, each of which descend through a structure with varying dwell times at one or more chamber nodes and then exits at an end of the dwell time for a given non-player character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Publication number: 20240374987
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a randomizer that includes a starter assembly and a collector. The starter assembly provides participants in a race with a fair start and also provides spectators with a beneficial view of the not only the start of the race, but in some cases, the race itself, including the finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Comfort, Shane Rogers, Lauren Johnson, Kristin Gallagher
  • Patent number: 12076654
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a randomizer that includes a starter assembly and a collector. The starter assembly provides participants in a race with a fair start and also provides spectators with a beneficial view of the not only the start of the race, but in some cases, the race itself, including the finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Comfort, Shane Rogers, Lauren Johnson, Kristin Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20220203216
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a randomizer that includes a starter assembly and a collector. The starter assembly provides participants in a race with a fair start and also provides spectators with a beneficial view of the not only the start of the race, but in some cases, the race itself, including the finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Comfort, Shane Rogers, Lauren Johnson, Kristin Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20210362070
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a plurality of interconnectable modular members that may create a pathway system with multiple entrances into the upper portion of each member and at least one exit from the lower portion of each member, thereby providing for a variety of convergence and divergence possibilities. The pathway system is suitable for receiving and transporting marbles and other spherical objects from one member to another. The modular members may be interlinked via male/female connectors to create a variety of configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Patent number: 11117067
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a plurality of interconnectable modular members that may create a pathway system with multiple entrances into the upper portion of each member and at least one exit from the lower portion of each member, thereby providing for a variety of convergence and divergence possibilities. The pathway system is suitable for receiving and transporting marbles and other spherical objects from one member to another. The modular members may be interlinked via male/female connectors to create a variety of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Q-BA-MAZE INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Patent number: 9409097
    Abstract: An accessory, such as a trampoline, for a toy or game may include a base, a rebounding portion configured to rebound an impacting object, and an adjustment portion coupled to the base and the rebounding portion, supporting the rebounding portion relative to the base, and configured for at least two degrees of rotational freedom relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Publication number: 20140011424
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a plurality of interconnectable modular members that may create a pathway system with multiple entrances into the upper portion of each member and at least one exit from the lower portion of each member, thereby providing for a variety of convergence and divergence possibilities. The pathway system is suitable for receiving and transporting marbles and other spherical objects from one member to another. The modular members may be interlinked via male/female connectors to create a variety of configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Q-BA-MAZE, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Patent number: 8475226
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a plurality of interconnectable modular members that may create a pathway system with multiple entrances into the upper portion of each member and at least one exit from the lower portion of each member, thereby providing for a variety of convergence and divergence possibilities. The pathway system is suitable for receiving and transporting marbles and other spherical objects from one member to another. The modular members may be interlinked via male/female connectors to create a variety of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Q-BA-MAZE, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Patent number: D570425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Q-BA-Maze Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Patent number: D889567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Comfort
  • Patent number: D980336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Comfort, Shane Rogers, Lauren Johnson, Kristin Gallagher