Abstract: A playing board with paths thereon, each made up of a series of squares. Playing pieces are moved along the paths, and at certain locations are instructions for picking up award pieces, which are items making up a sandwich, including bread, ham and cheese, The award pieces are in whole slices, half slices, and quarter slices, for teaching a child. Educational clues are used for beginning the game, including mathematics clues, puzzle indicators, and general information answer indicators.

Abstract: A racket body formed of composite materials in which the shaft portion of the handle, two branches of a throat portion and a frame portion, which can be completed by a bridging portion, adjoin in end to end relationship and have cores and sheaths composed of different materials. The sheaths are comprised of fiber webs or braids impregnated with synthetic resin, the fibers differing along the length of the racket from at least one portion to another, while the orientations of the fibers with respect to the axes of the respective cores can differ from place to place as well. The end portions of thetwo branches of the throat are axially offset from one another so as to avoid the formation of a rupture zone.

Abstract: A tension adjusting device for rackets. The system allows the player to adjust the tension of a number of strings while in the course of a match. By rotating a device having an offcenter hole and irregular sides the string which through it passes is extended or allowed to contract thereby providing a difference in the play of the racket.

Abstract: A racquet which includes a head, a throat, and a handle, the handle having a pair of spaced shaft arrangements with a grip extending between the shaft arrangements and spaced from the butt ends thereof. A wristband extends between the butt ends of the shaft arrangements for engaging the wrist of a player when he grasps the grip. In one embodiment, the positions of the grip and wristband are adjustable with respect to the racquet head and with respect to each other.

Abstract: Weight-and-balance adjusting assemblies for use with a racquet for racquet sports. The adjusting assemblies in each case includes a weight having an adhesive formed of an acrylic foam, with very high-bonding properties, secured to its base surface. The unbonded face of the adhesive is secured when an adjusting assembly is in use, secured to a selected part of the racquet. The weight is composed of lead which has a low melting point and is readily moldable to mate with the surface of the part of the racquet to which it is secured or is to be secured. Because of the bonding to the racquet by the adhesive, an adjusting assembly and its weight form an integral part of the racquet. The package includes a card to which a plurality of adjusting assemblies are removably secured. The card carries adjusting assemblies with weights of different magnitudes for the same parts of a racquet and adjusting assemblies for different parts of a racquet.

Abstract: A device adapted for use with a racquet having handle, neck and head sections, including a first anchoring portion attachable to a portion of the head section of the racquet, a second anchoring portion attachable to the wrist of a user gripping the handle section of the racquet, and an elongated, rigid member having end portions connected to the anchoring means providing freedom of movement of the wrist except during forehand and backhand strokes of the racquet. The anchoring portions are connected to the elongated rigid member via ball and socket joints. Both the first and second anchoring portions contain dampening material that serves to dampen vibration transmitted from the racquet to the player's arm.

Abstract: A game of chance in which the object of each player is to gain the least amount of weight. Each player is given a menu containing six pages of daily activities, each activity having twenty-four numbered choices. These choices have a listing of foods and/or activities which assign plus or minus calories. Serial chance selections are made by the players which designate one of the numbered choices, thereby containing a calorie value for each activity. As each player gains a predetermined weight value, he is eliminated, and the winner of the game is the longest remaining player. The status of an individual player with an overweight score is indicated by additional displays.

Abstract: A telescopic cue for billiards, pool, snooker and the like includes telescopically engaged central and butt sections permitting infinite adjustment of cue length between two end positions and a lock for securing the central and butt sections by frictional engagement at any selected cue length. The frictional engagement is provided by a member on one of the butt and central sections arranged for radial expansion or contraction to engage frictionally the other of the butt and central sections to prevent relative axial movement of the butt and central sections. The member may comprise a collet disposed between two relatively movable abutments which are urged towards one another on relative rotation of the butt and central sections or two parts of the same section to expand or contract the member to provide the aforesaid frictional engagement.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved grip for tennis rackets. The grip is inversely tapered such that it narrows moving along the axis of the handle away from the head of the racket. Further, the grip is hexagonal in cross-section. In other words, the grip is substantially a truncated hexagonal pyramid. This design is structurally compatible with the skeletal and muscular structure of the human hand, wrist and arm. The inverse taper allows for more comfortable gripping by allowing the wrist to automatically go into dorsi flexion which results in permitting the fingers to flex more easily. The mobile ring and little finger metacarpals are allowed to oppose the thenar emminence thus bringing the ring and little fingers into more advantageous contact with the grip thereby making the holding of the grip less fatiguing.

Abstract: There is provided a new and useful game apparatus for combining chance play with mathematical operation. The apparatus comprises a game board having a playing surface laid out with a sequence of numbered playing spaces, a set of markers for use in marking positions within the sequence of playing spaces, and at least two dice each marked on the sides thereof with a series of numbers. The numbers in the group of series on the dice form a number set. Each series in the number set is chosen such that the first number in the first series is zero or one. If the first number in the first series is zero, then one number in each other series may be zero and otherwise no two numbers are the same within the set and each number in each series subsequent to the first series is larger than any number in any preceding series.

Abstract: A fluid drainage system includes a suction chamber and a collection chamber. The suction chamber includes a suction regulator comprised of first and second chambers separated by a divider. An opening in the divider has a biased closing member associated therewith for opening or closing the opening according to the pressure differential between the chambers. A dash pot is connected to the closing member for damping the force on the closing member. The drainage system further includes devices for measuring the patient airflow, patient negativity and imposed suction. Those devices consist of diaphragms having dials connected thereto such that movement of the diaphragm results in movement of the dial and thereby indicating a change in one of the above noted variables. As an alternative, the drainage system includes a venturi meter for measuring airflow. Finally, the system contains an anti-spill device that prevents the spilling of fluids from the collection chamber to other chambers in the device.

Abstract: An educational word game apparatus utilizes a board with a diamond shaped playing area formed in a checkerboard pattern. A pair of goals is provided and players more playing tiles over the checkerboard squares toward the goal according to a roll of a die. A large deck of word cards is provided with each card having a word on one side and the meaning thereof on the other side. At each roll of the die, a player draws a card and chooses to either define or spell the word. If the correct answer is given, the player may advance a playing tile. The first player to move a certain number of playing tiles to his goal is the winner. A goal may be the word ALPHABET and tiles having letters of this word are used to cover the corresponding letter when reached by a playing tile.

Abstract: A ball bat which includes three portions formed of different types of wood and laminated together. The bat portions are formed of light wood, heavy wood and soft wood, respectively, from the handle to the barrel end of the bat.

Abstract: A game which can be played competitively by two to eight persons, and which simulates educational methods involving the school or college curriculum, is comprised of a flat board containing one sequence of outer playing spaces and associated pictorial and/or printed indicia and at least one sequence of inner playing spaces and associated pictorial and/or printed indicia. Playing pieces are adapted to be moved by a player a number of outer playing spaces dictated by a number-selecting device. Other playing pieces are adapted to be moved by a player a number of inner playing spaces dictated by the passing of a test. The game also includes two sets of question and answer cards that represent lessons and tests for the players. By correctly answering the test questions, players can advance their playing piece on the inner playing spaces.

Abstract: A question and answer game involving the field of criminal justice includes a game board, playing tokens, a die and cards. The board includes two playing tracks upon which the playing tokens move. The tracks consist of playing spaces having indicia thereon that relates to different question and answer categories. The two tracks intersect at various points and the intersection points are connected to a retaining area via a path. The retaining areas are in turn connected to one of the two tracks via a one-way path. The cards contain questions and answers relating to three levels of difficulty. Prior to the start of the game, players choose a particular level of difficulty. Thereafter, a player landing on one of the intersection points has the option of answering a question from a higher level of difficulty than that chosen by the player before the start of the game.

Abstract: At least one mark is provided on a tennis racket. The distance between the mark and an end or edge of the racket defines a measurement length which is equal to the difference between the 36" height of the net and the length of the racket. The height of the net can be verified by the combined height of the racket and the measurement length. Three marks may be provided on the strings of the racket head to define the measurement length between each side edge of the racket head and the end of the racket head. Also, a mark may be provided on the handle of the racket.

Abstract: A political campaign game is disclosed herein which is particularly adapted to simulate the conditions of an actual presidential campaign and includes a game board having playing zones which include a first group of popular vote obtaining zones and a second group of political occurrence zones. Each zone of the first group has the name of various voting areas selected from the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Some of the zones within the first group contain the name of a voting area that is also contained in other zones within the first group. The second group of zones instruct the player to draw either a political deal, speech or event card. A player score means having a score registering means is also included to accurately record the total number of popular votes received in each state.

Abstract: A game in which all of the pieces, while movable for play, are captured against removal and loss from the game. Player movable pieces are received for movement along slots extending through the thickness of a playing surface but are captured by upper and lower enlargements against removal. Discreet positional stops are provided along the slots by spaced apart depressions into which a mating truncated conical portion on the movable pieces fits. In one form, a captive rotatable disc cooperates with the playing surface to permit selective opening of covers that obscure indicia matchable with indicia designating positions along a slot path.

Abstract: A combined card and board game consisting of over 205 fields of law, legal categories, including legal lexicon, legal terminology and legal processes involving quetions and/or statements and responses. The game includes a board which consists of four pluralities of spaces with indicia which relate to indicia on the cards and spinner and represent legalcategories of law utilizing the alphabet and numerals, a plurality of sets of cards consisting of legal knowledge and information, a rectangular card box, a spinner and gamepieces. The game board is comprised of marked spaces and pathways whereby players move gamepieces in attempt to advance to the winner's/Dean's circle by correct response at his respective turn according to applicants' game rules. The game simulates graduation from law school, receiving an L.L.M., and/or passing the bar and provides an educational, entertaining, teaching, testing and competitive game of chance and legal knowledge.

Abstract: A board game for use by a plurality of players for playing a simulated football game which includes a game board having a simulated football field, a playing piece adapted to be placed on the game board for indicating the position of a player on the field, a plurality of decks of cards, each deck of cards being related to a specific type of football play, and each card having thereon the result of a selected football play. The game board is further provided with indicia representing betting areas including means for indicating different possible outcomes of a football play or a series of football plays, the game further including markers indicating a bet has been placed in the betting area on the particular outcome of a football play or a series of football plays.