Patents by Inventor James J. Spooner

James J. Spooner 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).

  • Cards used as both coupons and playing cards and their method of manufacture and use
    Patent number: 5466010
    Abstract: A plurality of cards, usable as both coupons and playing cards. Each card has a playing card indicia and a coupon message printed on one of its faces. The set of cards is a compilation of coupons in which each coupon is redeemable for valuable goods or services. The coupon playing cards may have a round, casino chip design. The design of the card aids in the promotion of the set of cards and the discounts offered in the cards to a number of consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Inventor: James J. Spooner
  • Casino dice game method
    Patent number: 5364101
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for playing a CASINO dice game with a set of six identical dice in which each die has a different symbol on each face. The symbol may be one of the letters of the same six lettered word CASINO or one of six different colors. A scoring system assigns a predetermined point value to individual symbols or combined symbols. A player must reach a threshold level of 1000 points and surrender his turn before rolling nothing of value for that player's points to count, failing which he loses his turn and all points accumulated during that turn. The players then continue to play until one player ends the game by reaching 10,000 points. That player may choose to surrender his turn and establish his final score as the winning high score or continue his turn to establish an even higher score, at the risk of losing his turn, his points for that turn, and the established winning score if he rolls nothing of value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventors: James J. Spooner, Kelley A. Spooner
  • Method and apparatus for protectively stabilizing and securing an intravenous device
    Patent number: 5344406
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protectively stabilizing and securing a intravenous device to a patient's body member. The method and apparatus comprise the use of a tubular sleeve made of stretchable fabric having two open ends. The intravenous device is attached to a patient's particular body member. The sleeve is stretched to encircle and elastically retain to the body member, and the sleeve has a plurality of spacings for ventilating the body member. The intravenous device is thereby secured between the sleeve fabric and the body member. The stretchable fabric is an elastic, soft, resilient material through which the body member is easily insertable while allowing the body member to easily and fully move therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Inventor: James J. Spooner