Patents by Inventor William Ray Knetsch

William Ray Knetsch 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: 6669200
    Abstract: A disc toss game which includes a target box or receiver with a false bottom interposed between the top and bottom edges, with the elevation of the false bottom being positionably adjustable relative to the plane of the top edges of the target box. A standpipe or tube is mounted within the target box coaxially with the center of the square target box. The target box has an outer perimeter defined by chamfered edges, with the plane of the top edge of the open standpipe or tube being positionably adjustable within the target box from an upper position which is coplanar with the edges of the target box, into one or more lower positions in which the top edge of the standpipe is recessed from the plane of the top edges of the target box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventors: William Ray Knetsch, Dennis Kent Gustafson, Thomas James Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20010035613
    Abstract: A disc toss game which includes a target box of frusto-conical configuration with a false bottom interposed between the top and bottom edges. An upstanding conical tube is disposed within the target box and is mounted coaxially within the false bottom and coaxially with the target box. The target box has an outer perimeter defined by chamfered edges. The top end of the conical tube is coplanar with the edges of the target box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: William Ray Knetsch, Dennis Kent Gustafson, Thomas James Gustafson