Patents by Inventor Chester P. Ballard

Chester P. Ballard 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: 4093215
    Abstract: A game system is disclosed. A center unit includes a plurality of display devices for indicating cards respectively played by a plurality of individual players, wherein each display device provides display of a given card in response to a predetermined center display code signal. There is a plurality of player hand units. Each player hand unit is coupled to a separate center unit display device. Each player hand unit includes a plurality of display devices for indicating the identity of the cards in an individual player's hand in response to predetermined hand display code signals representing different cards, and switches for selecting a card for display in the center unit display device coupled to that player hand unit. An electronic circuit responds the selection of a card by providing a predetermined center display code signal to the center unit display device coupled to that player hand unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Inventor: Chester P. Ballard