Patents by Inventor James M. Barra

James M. Barra 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: 5060941
    Abstract: A competitive electronic game toy for one or more players, dependent upon personal reaction time and hand-eye coordination. Players manually trigger the sequencing of lights along one or two paths having successive segments bearing award indicia of a selected game or sport, and also manually halt the sequencing at will. The segments are marked with award indicia of a selected game or sport, and may be point scores or instructions to add or delete turns or for simulated playing of a game or sport, such as baseball. The players, striving to be awarded a high score or good play, try to stop the light sequencing at a path sgement with favorable indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Inventor: James M. Barra
  • Patent number: 4913432
    Abstract: A competitive game toy for one or more players, dependent on personal reaction time and hand-eye coordination. Players manually trigger the driving of movable indicator arms along a path having successive intervals marked with award indicia of any desired game or sport, and also manually halt the indicator therealong. In a variant players manually trigger successive actuation of electrical indicator lights along such a path having intervals lighted thereby in accordance with movement of an electrical contactor therealong. The intervals are marked with award indicia of any desired game or sport, and may be point scores or instructions to add or delete turns or for simulated playing of a game or sport, such as baseball. The players striving to be awarded a high score or good play, try to stop at or light up path intervals bearing favorable indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Inventor: James M. Barra
  • Patent number: 4789155
    Abstract: A competitive game toy for one or more players, dependent on personal reaction time and hand-eye coordination. Players manually trigger the driving of a movable indicator along a path having successive intervals marked with award indicia of any desired game or sport, and also manually halt the indicator therealong. The indicia may be point scores or instructions to add or delete turns or for simulated playing of a game or sport, such as baseball. The players, striving to be awarded a high score or good play, try to stop the indicator along path intervals with favorable indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Inventor: James M. Barra