Patents by Inventor Leo Willette

Leo Willette 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: 4310160
    Abstract: A device for shuffling a large number of cards, particularly playing cards in which the games played require the use of several decks that must be shuffled a number of times during continuous game play, the device comprising a housing having oppositely positioned feeding shelfs from which the cards are fed individually and alternately into a chute which is provided at its terminating end with a floating card rack. Within the housing there is provided a motor arranged to drive a plurality of timing gears, whereby a plurality of feeding rollers together with a plurality of conveyor rollers located within the card chute are driven so as to discharge the cards in a shuffled manner within the card-carriage tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1982
    Inventors: Leo Willette, Betty Willette
  • Patent number: D269628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Inventors: Leo Willette, Betty Willette
  • Patent number: D275738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Inventor: Leo Willette