Patents by Inventor Orville J. Potter, III

Orville J. Potter, III 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: 4009881
    Abstract: A game apparatus including a frame and horizontal sheet of flexible material having a plurality of vertically displaceable localized areas and goals at opposite ends. A plurality of crankshafts are rotatably mounted beneath the sheet and interconnected thereto. Each crankshaft actuates a plurality of spaced-apart connecting rods fastened to the underside of the flexible sheet at the center of the displaceable localized areas. The rotation of a crankshaft thus displaces each localized area above or below the mean level surface of the sheet. The crankshafts corresponding to one team project beyond one side edge of the frame and the crankshafts corresponding to the opposing team project beyond the opposite side edge of the frame, thereby allowing opponents on opposite sides of the sheet to vertically displace the localized areas under their control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Inventor: Orville J. Potter, III