Patents by Inventor Lee W. Thompson

Lee W. Thompson 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: 4019742
    Abstract: A board game simulating racing events comprising a board imprinted with a design indicating at least one course for a racing event and starts and finishes of the courses, indicia along courses on the board indicating simulated units of time, the indicia also extending beyond the finishes of the courses, pieces representing racers to be moved along the courses and means for selecting by chance the number of indicia a piece is to be moved along the course, is played by directing each player to select a predetermined number of cards giving the number of indicia the player's piece is to be moved along the course and then calculating the simulated time the player's piece took to traverse the course on the basis of a predetermined time from the start to the finish of the course and a predetermined quantity of time per indicia by which the player's piece fell short of or passed the finish after the player had drawn the predetermined number of cards and moved his piece in accordance therewith, time being added to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Inventor: Lee W. Thompson