Patents by Inventor Roland W. Anderson

Roland W. Anderson 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: 5071128
    Abstract: A simulated football game having a magnetic disc rollable out of a chute onto a scrimmage field on which defense players having a piece of iron embedded therein are movably situated, a huddle being releasably retained to retain the disc in the chute. The disc is used for determining running play yardage, the disc being rollable into a defense player. A calculator wheel is rotated in only one direction by dual gears regardless of the direction of rotation of the gears and simultaneously moves a marker over a marker field to indicate the position of a football relative to the marker field. The wheel is used to ascertain yardage resulting from passing, and other type plays. A marble carrier is rotated a fraction of a complete revolution each time a plunger is depressed for indicating a play and releasing the huddle to allow a disc to roll out of the chute. The carrier in being rotated, at times, discharges a marble to roll onto the scrimmage field for indicating whether there is a penalty or a fumble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Inventors: Roland W. Anderson, William R. Anderson