Abstract: A new treasure hunt game is played by concealing magnets in a game board and passing a detector assembly in a path over the game board to provide a concealed stored indication, retrievable later, that the detector's path has intercepted a concealed magnet. The detector assembly includes a pivotable indicator having two gravitationally stable positions, and magnetic means in the indicator for pivoting it from one stable position to the other stable position as the magnetic field of a concealed magnet is encountered. The indicator remains in its second stable position after once passing over a concealed magnet to store the indication. A housing with a retractable cover encloses the indicator, and a cushioned stop for the indicator absorbs noise and vibration, so that an indication is hidden from a player moving the detector assembly until a selected juncture in the game.

Abstract: A hangman game includes a three dimensional miniature gallows with an operable trap door over which a noose is pendently supported. Separate head, torso, arm, hand, leg and foot components include magnets positioned for the components to be engaged in the form of a human representation. The head component is proportioned to be carried by the noose. A rack for letter blocks to construct a pre-selected word is secured to the platform and a spinner is provided for determining by chance the number of letters which the preselected word is to contain.

Abstract: A display for a simulated football game. The display includes an elongated main panel having yard marking indicia arranged therealong. Edge panels mounted on the main panel support clips which are movable therealong. An indicator member mounted on each of the clips is alignable with selected yard marking indicia.

Abstract: A three-dimensional word game apparatus which includes a cubical solid defining six playing surfaces. Paper pieces or covers having game diagrams and indicia formed thereon are adapted to be positioned upon and to cover the six faces of the cubical solid. The paper pieces or covers may take any of a variety of different shapes and embodiments. One such preferred embodiment has three each of the playing surfaces or areas formed on two substantially rectangular pieces of paper. The three playing surfaces are arranged in an end-to-end fashion, and each piece of paper includes tabs and marking indicia for facilitating attachment of the pieces of paper to one another and to the cubical solid. This embodiment of paper cover facilitates provision of same in a pad-like form. The individual pieces of paper may be mounted to the cubical solid with the aid of an adhesive or retainer clips, and have playing areas and squares adapted to be written or otherwise marked in by the game players.

Abstract: A novelty closure consists of a container cover, such as that used in connection with soft drink cups, and a puzzle means coupled with said cover at the central portion thereof. The puzzle means takes the form of a planar member having indicia imprinted thereon and having depressions therein and small spherical balls are movably mounted upon the planar member so that by manual manipulation of the cover the balls can be rolled into the depressions.

Abstract: A miniature hockey game comprising a substantially horizontal playing surface which moves in an orbital movement in the plane of the surface. Miniature playing members are unattachedly mounted on the playing surface to move over such surface as it is subjected to the orbital movement. Each member has a steering wheel normally in contact with the playing surface to direct its movement and it has a retractable friction disc normally out of contact with the playing surface. The friction disc is mounted on an elbowed shaft so that when it is applied against the surface, the playing member is stopped in its movement and starts to spin. The steering wheel and friction disc are interconnected so that when one touches the playing surface, the other is free from it. Control members are provided beneath the playing surface to cause application of the friction disc against the playing surface through magnetic action.

Abstract: An electrical version of the game Tick-Tack-Toe comprises a stylus-actuated switching device including a printed circuit board carrying one group of electrically-conductive deposits, and an overlying flexible plastic sheet formed with a conductive layer facing the conductive deposits of the printed circuit board but separated therefrom by a wax coating carried either on the printed circuit board or on the flexible sheet. Both the sheet and the board are divided into a 3 .times. 3 matrix of 9 boxes, the electrical conductive deposits of the printed circuit board being arranged so that if an 0 mark is traced by the stylus in any box, a first electrical switch is closed by causing the wax to part and one deposit on the board to engage the conductive layer on the flexible sheet, and if an X mark is traced by the stylus in any box, a second electrical switch is closed by causing the wax to part and another deposit on the board to engage the conductive layer on the flexible sheet.

Abstract: An amusement device comprising a container having a hollow space filled with a liquid having a bubble movable therein. The device includes a channel separate from said hollow space; for trapping a portion of the bubble so as to be able to control its size and in a preferred embodiment of the invention an arrangement to make the bubble move rapidly between two compartments formed in the hollow space.

Abstract: A game device is provided which has a high degree of sustained recreational and entertainment value. The game includes a housing fitted with a removable screen. The screen includes indicia which simulate a field of play, for instance a tennis court, hockey field, soccer field or the like. Screens with different fields of play may be interchangeably mounted on the housing. A boom is mounted in the housing for universal movement in a plan substantially parallel to the screen. A signal means is mounted in the universally movable end of the boom for projecting a signal on the screen simulating a play action game piece, for instance, a tennis ball or hockey puck in play on the simulated field. The signal end of the boom is reciprocable with the housing across the screen. Deflectors are movably mounted in the housing for buffeting the signal end of the boom across the screen at random verticals to the reciprocal horizontal.

Abstract: A skilled game, of the simulated tennis or table tennis type, includes a translucent screen representing the playing field, through which a movable point representing the ball and rectilineal segments representing raquets or players are visible. Both the movable point and segments advantageously are luminous. The movable point is simultaneously provided with both longitudinal and transverse reciprocating displacements which achieve a zig-zag path of travel of the ball, as if it were bouncing between the raquets and the lateral borders of the playing field or screen. The raquets or segments are provided with a transversal movement parallel to the border lines of the playing field, which displacements are controlled by manual activating controls for each player.

Abstract: There is disclosed a new game and a combination for playing the game, comprising a board and a pack of cards, the pack of cards including cards which carry a numeral thereon and are not marked to indicate a value, other cards having a "minus" point scoring value indicated thereon, other cards having a "plus" point scoring value indicated thereon, and still other cards having a numeral thereon, and also having a point scoring value indicated thereon, the board being divided into numbered spaces into which the cards may be played, there being one space for each different numeral on the cards of the pack.

Abstract: A game apparatus involving the use of numbered cards, a closeable receiving area and an interval timer. The timer is controlled by a propelled ball which moves along the inside of an inverted conical surface disposed beneath the receiving area such that after a random interval of time the ball will fall through an aperture at the bottom of the concave surface thereby triggering a pair of spring loaded shutters which then close the receiving area. Each card has two numbers printed thereon. The first number is the number of the card, the second number indicates the number of the next card to be played. The cards are deposited in the receiving area until the shutters close thereby prohibiting further play.

Abstract: A domino type game consisting of two sets of rectangular playing pieces of substantially the same size and proportions, the first set consisting of a multiplicity of pieces of three different colors individual to the pieces having contiguous substantially square, coplanar opposite end surface areas; number symbols selected from a range of zero through nine disposed on said surface areas including a blank area symbolizing zero and spaced apart spot markings symbolizing selected numbers in said range, said set including pieces on which the number symbols on opposite end areas are different, known as "singles", and pieces on which the number symbols on the opposite end areas are the same, known as "doubles"; the second set consisting of a multiplicity of pieces of five different colors individual to the pieces and distinct from the first set, each piece having a rectangular surface area; and visual indicia on said surface areas of the second set individually symbolizing numbers selected from the range of one thr

Abstract: A word game using lettered objects, letter selection devices and combination boards, and a set of rules, suitable for audience entertainment, testing and comparing the luck and skill of participants in drawing random combinations of lettered objects which consecutively or in rearranged order form recognized words. Rewards of fixed size and chances at further rewards of variable sizes are won by obtaining letters in consecutive order and, if no consecutive word order is obtained, for rearranging letters into word order, the rewards, either points or cash or prizes, increasing for words formed from greater numbers of letters. Alphabetical orders of letters drawn may also be recognized and rewarded.

Abstract: A card game apparatus including a playing surface having thereon a plurality of defined areas in the form of rectangles or the like. A dealer using a conventional deck of playing cards places five cards at designated positions on the playing surface. Each player can attempt to guess if one or more of the cards has a value of "9" or better with Aces being high or a value of "2" through "7". Each player can also place chips in defined areas to guess if the hand contains conventional poker hands such as a straight, a flush, and a full house. After each player has completed the process of putting chips in the desired defined areas, the dealer turns each of the five cards over to determine which, if any, players have guessed correctly.

Abstract: A three-dimensional mathematical game comprises a stacked array of rotatable transparent or translucent plates, each plate being rotatable about a common vertical axis, the plates carrying indicia thereon such that when the plates are viewed through one of the top or bottom plates, there will appear to be a plurality of vertical rows of indicia. The indicia are arranged to represent a field of numbers in some numbers system to the base 2 or higher, and the game is played by rotating the plates to go from one number configuration to another.

Abstract: An electrically and mechanically operated competitive amusement game, simulating the game of table tennis. The game includes a display screen so arranged that a game can be simulated thereon where two players appear to hit a ball, in the form of a light image, back and forth on the screen. The game includes a serve button for initiating a serve at the beginning of the game. The players continue to "volley" the simulated ball back and forth by timely actuation of two "volleying" buttons until a miss is detected. When a miss is detected, the ball comes to rest and a new serve is initiated to start the process again.

Abstract: A competitive game apparatus of the type resembling a table tennis game including a table having opposed playing areas divided by a transverse barrier or "net". The opposed playing areas slope downwardly from the barrier to define a crown below the barrier. A pair of hand manipulatable projecting devices are provided, one for each player of the game, for receiving a substantially hard ball rolling along the playing area and projecting the ball back across the barrier. The playing areas are resiliently supported to dampen the bouncing effect of the ball so that it lands on the playing surface and rolls toward the player down the playing area. Each projecting device is electrically operated and includes a rotatable roller having a resiliently flexible periphery for engaging the ball and directing it through a chute for return to the opposite playing area.

Abstract: A hexaturn game device comprising, a playing board provided with an array of hexagonally shaped apertures or spaces therein and a plurality of hexagonally shaped pieces adapted to fit loosely in said apertures, said pieces provided with a travel direction indicator and an indicia indicating aperture distance travel.

Abstract: A hog head is removed by suspending the carcass in a head-down position, marking the skin of the carcass around the neck, engaging a hook in the jaw of the carcass and applying force to the hook to rotate the head upwardly, and disengage the atlas joint whereby the head is substantially removed from the carcass. Continuous apparatus includes head pulling structure running parallel to and synchronized with the carcass suspension system, and preferably horizontally offset therefrom, so that the carcass assumes a "bellydown" attitude when head-pulling force is applied thereto. Semi-continuous apparatus may apply the required force using a flywheel, a crank, a lever or a fluid driven cylinder.