Patents by Inventor Eddie L. Clipper

Eddie L. Clipper 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: 4512579
    Abstract: A table-top type or handheld game to be played by several players in which marbles are aimed and delivered into cups representing various values or handicaps. The apparatus is skillet shaped and its handle serves as the launching pad for the first marble to be delivered. The handle has a plurality of obstructions. A pan portion has score devices and further handicapping portions. The handle obstructions are in the form of barriers and pockets. The pan portion contains a series of scoring pockets of ascending score values. After a marble lands in one of the score pockets, a marble is then aimed and delivered from the edge of the pan towards a group of balls in the center of the pan. The balls of this group when struck are scattered toward or into various score pockets in the pan. One of the pockets is elevated and has an entrance ramp leading into it. If a ball lands in this elevated pocket, the player is awarded a special marble and with it the player receives a special score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Inventor: Eddie L. Clipper
  • Patent number: 4227328
    Abstract: The invention discloses a display device of the type which opens up like a book having a first display side and a second display side, a flexible backing means connects the first and second sides and permits the first side to fold over the second side. An upstanding wall portion runs along the outer edge portions of the second side and forms a receptacle therewith. A plurality of picture storing elements are attached to said backing means and permit rotation of the picture storing elements into and out of the receptacle or onto the first side. Fastening means are fixed to the first side for enabling attachment of display elements to the fastening means on the first side, and further fastening means are fixed to the second side for enabling attachment of display elements to the fastening means on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Inventor: Eddie L. Clipper, Jr.