Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Van Buren

Timothy J. Van Buren 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: 7413192
    Abstract: A board game based on the popular child's outdoor game of hide and seek wherein players, as hiders, maneuver with respect to a primary hiding place and seek to reach the home base of a seeker. The board game includes a playing board configured in a circular path around a series of hiding places. Based on starting location, the players in response to random number generated moves and card instructions move through a proscribed path leading to the “safe” home base. Concurrently, the seeker moves to capture the hiders by landing on their occupied spaces. Certain of the spaces on the path require the drawing of a card which allows beneficial or detrimental moves for either the hider or the seeker, adding complexity to the mission of reaching the home base. The game continues in accordance with game rules until a hider reaches home base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Inventor: Timothy J. Van Buren