Patents by Inventor James Ting

James Ting 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).

  • Publication number: 20080001354
    Abstract: A game machine includes a bed, a marble launching device fitted to a front end of the bed, a game plate supported on a rear section of the bed, and a bottom plate positioned under the bed; the game plate slopes up rearwards, and has several through holes thereon for allowing marbles to pass through; the marble launching device is used for launching marbles onto the game plate through a front section of the bed; the bottom plate has a marble receiving area, which projects out beyond a front end of the bed; the bottom plate has several lengthways extending trenches thereon therefore marbles will roll to the marble receiving area along the trenches when they fall through the through holes of the game plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: James Ting
  • Patent number: 7306223
    Abstract: A game machine includes a bed, a marble launching device fitted to a front end of the bed, a game plate supported on a rear section of the bed, and a bottom plate positioned under the bed; the game plate slopes up rearwards, and has several through holes thereon for allowing marbles to pass through; the marble launching device is used for launching marbles onto the game plate through a front section of the bed; the bottom plate has a marble receiving area, which projects out beyond a front end of the bed; the bottom plate has several lengthways extending trenches thereon therefore marbles will roll to the marble receiving area along the trenches when they fall through the through holes of the game plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: James Ting
  • Patent number: 7294062
    Abstract: An indoor putting game device includes a main body, a plurality of goal boards with different patterns and ball holes of different numbers optionally selected to be mounted on the main body, and a flexible ball course member wound on a shaft in the main body possible to be pulled out from a front end of the main body. The main body has the shaft for winding the ball course member while not used or releasing it out for use. The goal board can be adjusted in its inclination by optionally inserting position pins in a pair of pinholes in two sidewalls of the main body. So the device can be used in playing putting game in various modes, boosting users' interest in playing and achieving game and exercise effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventor: James Ting
  • Publication number: 20070235941
    Abstract: A game table includes a panel, several pushing rods, pushing elements, pressing rods, and wheels; the panel has several ball receiving holes thereon; the pushing rods are positioned under the panel, next to edges of the receiving holes; the pushing elements are supported on the pushing rods in an adjustable manner, and face the receiving holes; the pressing rods stick upwards through the panel, and each have an elastic element around it, and a rack secured thereon; the wheels each are connected to one of the pushing rods, and have a gear secured thereon, which engages a respective one of the racks; the elastic elements will move the pressing rods upwards to their original position immediately after the players stop pressing the pressing rods, which will cause horizontal displacement of the pushing rods for the pushing elements to prop balls out of the receiving holes when depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventor: James Ting
  • Publication number: 20070197306
    Abstract: An indoor putting game device includes a main body, a plurality of goal boards with different patterns and ball holes of different numbers optionally selected to be mounted on the main body, and a flexible ball course member wound on a shaft in the main body possible to be pulled out from a front end of the main body. The main body has the shaft for winding the ball course member while not used or releasing it out for use. The goal board can be adjusted in its inclination by optionally inserting position pins in a pair of pinholes in two sidewalls of the main body. So the device can be used in playing putting game in various modes, boosting users' interest in playing and achieving game and exercise effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventor: James Ting
  • Publication number: 20070178985
    Abstract: A carpet includes a mat body of a certain thickness and a plurality of pseudo-hole members. The mat body has its surface provided with a ballgame design such as a golf course, a billiard table, a bowling course, a cricket ground, a croquet ground, a football ground, etc. The pseudo-hole members are immovably or movably positioned on the ballgame design, and the surface of the mat body and the pseudo-hole members have height difference so that the carpet can be used as a real carpet to be treaded upon, and also used as a mini-ballgame ground or course to boost its function for a family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: James Ting