Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Trucksess

Joseph R. Trucksess 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: 6435507
    Abstract: A method of playing a Table-Slots® card game is provided. The method includes providing a Table-Slots® table layout which provides slot machine play for a table game. The dealer deals cards from a shuffled deck into player card-receiving boxes and into a dealer card-receiving box. Each player may examine a portion of the player hand and may elect to use the dealer hand in combination with the player hand or the unexamined portion of the player hand in combination with the examined portion of the player hand. After the players make their election, all cards are revealed and winning combinations similar to those found on a slot machine are paid off by the dealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph R. Trucksess
  • Patent number: 6089569
    Abstract: A card game and method of play are provided. The method includes providing a deck of cards having at least five different symbols thereon and a gaming table with a plurality of player positions, the gaming table including at least three card receiving boxes which are positioned to receive cards dealt from the deck, and each player position including ante receiving areas. The deck of cards is shuffled by the dealer, and an ante is placed in at least one ante receiving area by each player at each of the plurality of the player positions. The dealer deals a card from the shuffled deck into each of the at least three card receiving boxes, and then turns over each of the cards dealt into the first three of the at least three card receiving boxes. A determination is made if a winning combination is present in the first three card receiving boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Joseph R. Trucksess