Patents by Inventor Gary A. Ramos

Gary A. Ramos 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: 6550771
    Abstract: A method of playing an object selection game (20), includes providing a set of objects containing a plurality of different individual objects, wherein each individual object has an order value in accordance with an ordering rule. A subset of the set of objects is dealt to a player in accordance with a dealing rule. A portion of the subset of objects is revealed to the player in accordance with a revealing rule. The player then selects any previously unselected object from the subset of objects in accordance with a selecting rule. After each selection, a terminating rule is used to test whether play shall stop, or whether additional objects are selected. The terminating rule stops play if objects are not selected in proper sequential order in accordance with the ordering rule. After play is stopped, a score is computed in accordance with a scoring rule. In preferred embodiments, the set of objects are playing cards, and a wager is placed on the outcome of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventors: John D. Weaver, Janice L. Weaver, Gary A. Ramos
  • Patent number: 4266740
    Abstract: A device for winding up elongated flexible belts comprising a reel of generally square cross-section rotatably mounted on a frame member and extending laterally from one side thereof. A crank extends from the other side and a pair of guide rollers are aligned with the reel parallel to the axis thereof and spaced closely enough to prevent twisting of the belt and to re-orient lengths of the belt which were previously twisted. The frame member is secured onto a mounting bracket so that the crank can be operated from either the right or left hand side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Gerald T. Colwell
    Inventors: Gary A. Ramos, Michael E. Dell'Ara