Patents by Inventor Cheung King Chow

Cheung King Chow 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).

  • Game playing apparatus
    Patent number: 6431548
    Abstract: A compact game playing apparatus that is easy to carry and use when traveling. The apparatus contains an elongate sheet coupled to two spindles. A plurality of game playing surfaces are printed on the elongate sheet, and rotation of the spindles operate to align a selected one of these game playing surfaces with a window in the apparatus housing. A magnet attracting metal surface is positioned below the exposed game playing surface so that game pieces, which include magnets, may be placed on the game playing surface without being inadvertently displaced. The housing further contains an integral die throwing apparatus, and an integral drawer for holding game pieces when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Fundex Games, Ltd.
    Inventors: Carl E. Voigt, IV, Cheung King Chow
  • Game playing apparatus
    Patent number: 5918880
    Abstract: A compact game playing apparatus that is easy to carry and use when traveling. The apparatus contains an elongate sheet coupled to two spindles. A plurality of game playing surfaces are printed on the elongate sheet, and rotation of the spindles operate to align a selected one of these game playing surfaces with a window in the apparatus housing. A magnet attracting metal surface is positioned below the exposed game playing surface so that game pieces, which include magnets, may be placed on the game playing surface without being inadvertently displaced. The housing further contains an integral die throwing apparatus, and an integral drawer for holding game pieces when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Fundex Games, Ltd.
    Inventors: Carl E. Voigt, IV, Cheung King Chow