Patents by Inventor David J. Seme

David J. Seme 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: 8216094
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a playing surface which should be substantially rectangular in nature and oriented at the height of a standardized table, the playing surface having an adjustable transverse angular divider or barrier bisecting the playing area and side deflector walls extending upwardly from the lateral sides of the playing surface, the game being played by propelling a perforated hollow ball from one side of the playing surface to the other by means of paddles, the playing surface, transverse barrier, and side walls all being part of the playing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: David J. Seme
  • Publication number: 20110172037
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a playing surface which should be substantially rectangular in nature and oriented at the height of a standardized table, the playing surface having an adjustable transverse angular divider or barrier bisecting the playing area and side deflector walls extending upwardly from the lateral sides of the playing surface, the game being played by propelling a perforated hollow ball from one side of the playing surface to the other by means of paddles, the playing surface, transverse barrier, and side walls all being part of the playing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: David J. Seme
  • Patent number: 6840515
    Abstract: A free standing table game of skill utilizing a spherical ball and a plurality of pins, the free standing table game having a support frame supporting a playing surface oblong in shape having a centrally disposed planar portion, a first end having an upstanding arcuate portion spanning the length of the first end terminating at its upper edge in a planar scoring surface, the second end having upstanding arcuate corners at 45 degree angles with the second end and the longitudinal edges, the longitudinal edges and the second end of the playing surface having a gutter periphery for retention of the spherical ball upon leaving the playing surface, the playing surface preferably covered with a felt-like material and having a plurality of different indicia positionable thereon for the positioning of a plurality of markers in a desired formation from a section of formations dependent upon said indicia, the markers to be engaged and displaced by the spherical playing ball launched from the first end of the table game
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: David J. Seme
  • Publication number: 20040173961
    Abstract: A free standing table game of skill utilizing a spherical ball and a plurality of pins, the free standing table game having a support frame supporting a playing surface oblong in shape having a centrally disposed planar portion, a first end having an upstanding arcuate portion spanning the length of the first end terminating at its upper edge in a planar scoring surface, the second end having upstanding arcuate corners at 45 degree angles with the second end and the longitudinal edges, the longitudinal edges and the second end of the playing surface having a gutter periphery for retention of the spherical ball upon leaving the playing surface, the playing surface preferably covered with a felt-like material and having a plurality of different indicia positionable thereon for the positioning of a plurality of markers in a desired formation from a section offormations dependent upon said indicia, the markers to be engaged and displaced by the spherical playing ball launched from the first end of the table game
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: David J. Seme