Patents by Inventor W. Stephen Toan

W. Stephen Toan 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: 5248148
    Abstract: An educational word rhyming game includes a gameboard having a plurality of consecutive spaces defining a movement path, one of the spaces being a start space and one of the spaces a finish space. There are a number of gamepieces which are positionable on each of the plurality of spaces for movement along the movement path. A number of rhyming cards are likewise provided, each of the rhyming cards having at least one word on the face thereof. There can be provided a spinner having numbers on its face and a pointer, so that when a player spins the pointer will indicate how many rhymes a player must form corresponding to the number indicated on the spinner. Thus, when a player forms a number of rhymes at least equal to the number indicated by the pointer on the spinner, the player gets to move that number of spaces, thereby advancing toward the finish space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Inventor: W. Stephen Toan