Patents by Inventor C. Wallace Coppock

C. Wallace Coppock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4540175
    Abstract: A game of chance wherein there are several rows of spaces, say three, arranged in columns and containing symbols placed at random. All of the spaces are masked to render the symbols invisible. A symbol for the various columns is called out periodically and a player attempts to guess that space in which the symbol called out is located. A successful attempt is called a match. There is an array of further spaces, one for each row and, as the last column is uncovered there is called out a desired relative performance of matches, e.g. "most" or "least," and the player seeks to select that row in which the desired relative performance occurs, based on symbols already uncovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Inventor: C. Wallace Coppock
  • Patent number: 4540174
    Abstract: A game of chance designed to be played in conjunction with a team sport being broadcast wherein the performance of a particular player or position is matched against actual performance, for example, if particular players picked by chance to make the first and last scores in a period, actually do so, a match is made. Other criteria are limitations on opponent's scoring, the position scoring the most points and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Inventor: C. Wallace Coppock
  • Patent number: 4429877
    Abstract: A game of chance to be played in conjunction with a game of baseball comprising a card with rows of spaces, each row representing an inning of a baseball game. All spaces are masked so that marks printed therein are not visible. The mask on a first space in a row is removed to reveal a "1", a "2" or a "3" indicating one of the three batters on one team certain to appear at bat in the inning represented. Each of a group of other spaces has a mark representing a way in which a batter may reach base safely. Only one of these spaces is unmasked to see if the batter in the baseball game indicated by the final space can match the performance indicated by the selected one of the group of second spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Inventor: C. Wallace Coppock