Patents by Inventor Robert Melvin Thomas

Robert Melvin Thomas 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: 4058318
    Abstract: A backgammon game board for simultneous play of at least three players. The game board is divided by transverse and longitudinal lines to provide eight adjoining boards, each of said boards including six points. Each player has a pair of said boards and color coded playing pieces. The complete board contains forty-eight playing points, and each player moves his playing pieces through both his pair of boards and those of an opponent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventors: Robert Melvin Thomas, Robert Edward Thomas
  • Patent number: 4058319
    Abstract: Backgammon game board for the simultaneous play of four players. The game board is divided by transverse and longitudinal line to provide eight boards, each board including six points, said boards being symmetrically disposed about a central playing area. The central playing area contains selectively eight, 10 or 12 playing points through which each player must move his playing pieces from his two outer boards to his two inner boards. The eight boards contain 48 playing points which may be color coded in a manner corresponding to the color coding of the playing pieces so as to identify the flow of each player's playing pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventors: Robert Melvin Thomas, Robert Edward Thomas