Patents Examined by Vishu K. Mendiratta
  • Patent number: 10981049
    Abstract: A board game featuring a board having a removable rotatable tower having an arm extending away from it and a hook for receiving a ring hung from a string from the arm. Players move their pieces about the board. Cards may be drawn at random intervals. The player may be required to toss the ring towards the hook located on the tower. Successfully hooking the ring to the tower may affect the outcome of the player's turn. The tower may be rotated on the board, so that each player can swing the ring, depending on outcomes from the various features of the game, including the cards, dice rolls, and space locations on the game board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Kyle P. McGetrick
  • Patent number: 10960293
    Abstract: An arcade game comprising an elevated ally having a first flat planar section to receive rolling game elements and a second alley section having a plurality of targets, wherein the targets are passages though the second alley section and sized to allow the rolling elements to pass through said passages and game has a compressed gas reservoir and a plurality of exit portals and a controller that allows players to release gas and affect the motion of rolling elements on the target section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Louis J. Cappetta
  • Patent number: 10926186
    Abstract: A lighted toy figurine comprises a figurine body assembly and a headgear assembly. The figurine body assembly includes a head and a body section. The headgear assembly includes a headpiece and a pack element extending downwardly therefrom along a side of the body section. The pack element includes a power source and light powered thereby. The headpiece defines an internal channel communicating between a headpiece opening and the light such that illumination from the light is visible through the headpiece opening via the internal channel. An inductive power transfer system for an interlocking building block set comprises a toy building block and an inductive transmission assembly. The toy building block includes an electrical load and a power source, the power source including an inductive receiver coil. The inductive transmission assembly includes a transmission coil, and a battery or a wired power supply applying electrical power to the transmission coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Charm Genius Limited
    Inventors: Ross R. Smith, Mark Andrew Starling
  • Patent number: 10926165
    Abstract: A game board assembly includes a game board. The game board includes a base, sidewalls upstanding from the base, and a top wall coupled to the sidewalls. A track is defined through the game board. The game board assembly further includes a plurality of game pieces. Each of the game pieces includes a shaft, a head at a top of the shaft, and a foot at a bottom of the shaft. The shaft fits within and is slidable along the track. The head and the foot each include dimensions that inhibit removal of the game piece from the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Kyle David Shimel
  • Patent number: 10905942
    Abstract: A board game dial for use with a board game includes a cylindrical body having a top surface. A first attribute track extending from the top surface is provided, wherein the first attribute track having a first plurality of numerical values representing a first attribute for a game player. A second attribute track is provided having a second plurality of numerical values representing a second attribute for the game player. A third attribute track is provided having a second plurality of numerical values representing a third attribute for the game player. The top surface is magnetic enabling a magnetic game character piece or a magnetic or non-magnetic token to attach to the top surface such that the board game dial is identified with a game player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Chuong Pham
  • Patent number: 10898823
    Abstract: Described is a board that is operable as a children's book or puzzle with parts that move, slide or turn on one lateral plane to physically change an illustration or part of the item and, as they slide or turn, activate a noise related to the illustration. The board includes a generally planar top illustrative layer. A bottom base layer is attached with the top illustrative layer. The bottom base layer includes a sensor (e.g., light or touch sensor) and sound generation components for generating a sound based upon actuation of the sensor. A moving component is movably connected with the bottom base layer. Finally, the sensor is connected with the bottom base layer and positioned such that moving the moving component from a first position to a second position exposes the sensor to cause the sound generation components to generate a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: William Derraugh
  • Patent number: 10898822
    Abstract: The dual flying disk device comprises a primary disk, a disk receiver, a secondary disk, and one or more auxiliary disks. The primary disk, the secondary disk, and the one or more auxiliary disks may be detachably coupled to each other and thrown as a single throwing unit. The secondary disk may separate from the primary disk and travel on its own trajectory after being thrown. The one or more auxiliary disks may separate from the secondary disk and travel on their own trajectory after being thrown. A disk receiver may be coupled to the primary disk via two or more support struts. The secondary disk may detachably couple to the primary disk via the disk receiver. A plurality of loops disposed around the edge of the primary disk may aid in throwing or catching the primary disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Dejong
  • Patent number: 10850185
    Abstract: A method for playing a word-forming and word-guessing board game (10) between at least a first player and a second player includes (i) each of the players selecting a letter tile set (20), a card deck (22) and a dice set (26); (ii) each of the players utilizing a predetermined number of letter tiles (20) from their letter tile set (20) to form a word that is hidden from each of the other players; (iii) the first player utilizing their card deck (22) and their dice set (26) to win an opportunity to guess the word of any of the other players; and (iv) the first player making a guess of the word of any of the other players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Ted J. Fechser
  • Patent number: 10850208
    Abstract: Enhanced building blocks may be formed from one or more basic shapes. Enhanced building blocks may include magnetic materials (e.g., magnets, ferromagnetic metals), piezoelectric materials, or lights (e.g., LEDs). Enhanced building blocks may be combined to form or give the appearance of various geometric structures, and may be used in various lighting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: T. Dashon Howard
  • Patent number: 10843064
    Abstract: A soccer board game assembly for playing a soccer themed game includes a panel that is representative of a soccer field. Each of a pair of goals is coupled to the panel proximate to a respective opposing end of the panel and equally distant from opposing sides of the panel. A disc and a set of figurines are selectively positionable upon an upper surface of the panel. Each figurine comprises a base that is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to tilt the figurine and to impart a downward force upon a circumference of the disc to selectively propel the disc toward a respective goal and another figurine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Gerardo Rivera
  • Patent number: 10830553
    Abstract: A crossbow includes a rail assembly and a limb assembly that can be assembled together and disassembled from one another. A release member is rigidly attached to one assembly and a retention member is attached to the other assembly. When the crossbow is assembled the release member is in a retained position; when the crossbow is disassembled the release member is removed from its retained position. In a release position the retention member permits movement of the release member into or out of the retained position; in a retention position the retention member prevents movement of the release member out of the retained position. The release and/or retention members can be adjusted to alter the force urging together the rail and limb assemblies. The retention member can be moved between the release and retention positions without using any tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR CROSSBOW, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle William Egerdee, Stephen Donald Langdon
  • Patent number: 10821372
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to building blocks for a toy building set. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a building block configured to releasably join another building block of a similar construction. The building block comprises a hollow main body which defines a lower surface, an upper surface and walls joining the lower and the upper surfaces. At least one of the walls comprises a first wall section and a second wall section parallel to and distant from the first wall section. The building block further comprises spaced apart projections that extend from the upper surface and spaced apart recess sections disposed within the hollow main body. When two building blocks are releasably connected together, a longitudinal groove is provided between the second wall section of the lower building block and the hollow main body of the upper building block when the blocks are fully connected one to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: 9321-7032 QUEBEC INC.
    Inventors: Yves Bertrand, Jan Popik
  • Patent number: 10814237
    Abstract: A toy vehicle having a longitudinal central axis aligned in a direction of travel and for travel through a passageway of an elongated tubular track having a non-linear pathway which extends in three dimensions and which at least partly confines said toy vehicle, said toy vehicle comprising a first plurality of translational elements comprising two+2n, wherein n=1 or more, translational elements spaced about the longitudinal central axis of the toy vehicle for engagement with the inner surface of the elongated tubular track; and a second plurality of translational elements comprising two+2m, wherein m=1 or more, translational elements spaced about the longitudinal central axis of the toy vehicle for engagement with the curved inner surface of the elongated tubular track, wherein each of the translational elements of the first plurality of translational elements and each of the translational elements of the second plurality of translation elements are independently moveable in relation to each other and are bia
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Smartrtoys Limited
    Inventor: Geoffrey Ronald Atcheson
  • Patent number: 10806992
    Abstract: Provided is a game device which can be used for education, play or the like, in which, when three or more chips having the same colors or shapes are placed in a column by allowing a player to insert the chips having at least two types of colors or shapes into input holes (slots) formed at the upper parts of each column, a game is won. This device may have a shape enabling the game to be played by using one surface and at least two surfaces while rotating a body if necessary, and to a shape enabling the game to be played by further using an upper surface. This device can have a structure enabling a game to be played by placing the chips on the outer surfaces of a cube, and enabling various games to be played by allowing space division to be clarified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Chang Woo Jang
  • Patent number: 10806976
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a golf club body, a hosel connected to a heel portion of the golf club body, a face connected to a front of the golf club body, the face including an inner surface, an outer surface, and at least one boundary condition feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James, Matthew David Johnson, Todd P. Beach
  • Patent number: 10799807
    Abstract: Described is a board that is operable as a children's book or puzzle with parts that move, slide or turn on one lateral plane to physically change an illustration or part of the item and, as they slide or turn, activate a noise related to the illustration. The board includes a generally planar top illustrative layer. A bottom base layer is attached with the top illustrative layer. The bottom base layer includes a light sensor and sound generation components for generating a sound based upon actuation of the light sensor. A moving component is movably connected with the bottom base layer. Finally, the light sensor is connected with the bottom base layer and positioned such that moving the moving component from a first position to a second position exposes the light sensor to cause the sound generation components to generate a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: William Derraugh
  • Patent number: 10799786
    Abstract: A game (2) comprising: a game board (11) comprising a series of ridges, each of the ridges (10) comprising a first face (32) and a second face (33), wherein the second face (33) of each ridge (10) faces toward a first player at one side (30b) of the game board (11) and the first face (32) of each ridge (10) faces toward a second player sitting opposite the first player at an opposite side (30a) of the game board (11); a playing piece (13) comprising a base (44) which corresponds to the faces (32, 33) of the ridges (10); and a die (12) comprising four or more faces (42), each face (42) indicating a numeric value (43), wherein at least one of the numeric values (43) is indicated on at least two of the faces (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Leigh David Riley
  • Patent number: 10792556
    Abstract: A baseball game board includes: a main body unit simulating a baseball stadium and including an upper surface plate; a pitching unit configured to pitch a ball to allow the ball to move while floating in air; a batting unit configured to hit the ball; and a selection unit configured to gradationally select a ball height of the ball at a time of passing through the batting unit. In accordance with a selection result of the selection unit, a trajectory of the ball shot from the pitching unit is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomu Furuta, Tsutomu Okada
  • Patent number: 10758834
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention includes a play set having multiple configurations. The play set include a plurality of track segments that are configured to be selectively connected to each other in a variety of configuration. The track segments include a plurality of main track segments, a plurality of intersection pieces and a plurality of curved track segments. Each track segment includes at least one magnetic element embedded within a thickness of the track segment. Each track segment can be directly connectable to other track segments through the magnetic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Shmuel Klein
  • Patent number: 10744399
    Abstract: A three-dimensional chess set includes a three-dimensional chess gameboard having a multi-tiered playing surface, and a three-dimensional tray for storing chess playing pieces within the three-dimensional chess gameboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Jose Sifuentes, III