Patents by Inventor Margaret A. Gernhofer

Margaret A. Gernhofer 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: 5139270
    Abstract: A new type of Bingo game for children wherein each of a plurality of player game cards is divided into a grid of not more than twenty-five equal areas arrayed in five rows and five columns in which are displayed in different grid areas on each card a combination of indicia consisting of not more than twenty predetermined different items each related to a single subject and at least five blank areas for designated and insertion by each player with his and the other players' names. The word "BINGO" is written above the grid columns, spaced to permit each of its letters to identify a different column. Each player plays with at least one game card. Squares, discs or chips are sequentially and randomly selected from a group of squares, discs or chips which collectively match all players' names without their columnar locations and all predetermined indicia with their columnar locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Inventor: Margaret A. Gernhofer