Patents by Inventor Martha S. Swartz

Martha S. Swartz 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: 4013294
    Abstract: A point competitive board game played by a plurality of players for amusement and to create an awareness in each player of the hierarchy of human personality needs. Each player assumes the identity of a composite personality requiring a predetermined quantity of personality need symbols made up of various amounts of survival, security, belongingness, ego-status, and self actualization. A random number selector is used to move an indicia along an ascending path of the game board through survival, security, belongingness, ego-status, and self actualization levels to accrue the required quantities of each type of personality need symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Ralph Smeda, Martha S. Swartz