Patents by Inventor Lyle M. Thompson

Lyle M. 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: 5398933
    Abstract: A game parameter indicator apparatus includes a base unit which includes a plurality of vertical walls, wherein two opposite vertical walls retain a shaft. The base unit includes a floor member connected between two opposite vertical walls, and the floor member includes a stop member positioned on the floor member such that respective ends of the display units are stopped in their rotation around the shaft when the display units are rotated to a vertical orientation in the in-effect display mode. The indicia relate to parameters in the card game pitch and include respective symbols for trump suits of hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades, and include respective symbols for a jack, a bid of two, a bid of three, and a bid of four.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventors: Lyle M. Thompson, Joan E. Thompson