Patents Assigned to Stokes Publishing Company
  • Patent number: 6120022
    Abstract: A spinner for randomly selecting a number has a very low friction bearing between a transparent spinner member and a transparent base plate. In one embodiment the base and spinner are formed of a transparent plastic such as Plexiglas, with a cone point set screw mounted in a threaded hole of the base plate and providing a narrow point for seating of the spinner member. A transparency with annularly arranged numbers may be placed at the bottom side of the transparent base plate, and different numerical arrays or symbol arrays may be selected. The spinner member has a central hole fitted with a central hub that has a recess formed into an internal cone shaped apex. The cone angle of the set screw point is steeper than that in the apex of the hub recess, so that the spinner member rests essentially only on the narrow point of the set screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Stokes Publishing Company
    Inventor: William T. Stokes
  • Patent number: D588476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Stokes Publishing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Wehrly