Game Or Amusement Piece Operated Patents (Class 200/61.1)
  • Patent number: 10892121
    Abstract: A light-emitting keyswitch includes a board, a lifting mechanism and a cap structure. The cap structure is assembled with the lifting mechanism to be movable upward and downward relative to the board and includes a cap and a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes first and second pad layers disposed on a lateral contour surface of the cap and spaced from each other, a lower electrode layer, a dielectric layer, an electroluminescent layer, an upper electrode layer and a transparent pattern layer stacked on a top surface of the cap, and an external trace structure. The lower and upper electrode layers are connected to the first and second pad layers respectively. The external trace structure is connected to the first and second pad layers for transmitting power to the upper and lower electrode layers, so as to drive the electroluminescent layer to emit light to the transparent pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Yan You, Tsai-Jung Hu
  • Patent number: 10350488
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) Proximity Mat with Directional Locators has been provided configured and designed to establish a safety zone, the stability and the location of a person using VR and remote-control devices including video games by employing a tactilely detectable centering home/center locator in the middle and a tactilely detectable directional locator positioned away from the home/center locator. Imbedded sensors with vibration, sound and LED lighting are optionally located around the perimeter along with different textures, patterns and mat shape helping to detect, determine and establish a person's exact location on the mat when they are using the VR Proximity Mat with Directional Locators while going bare footed or wearing socks, or with a variety of shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Anthony Price, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8647203
    Abstract: A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica A. Albrecht, Madelaine Ann Hague, Aaron Muther, Allan Peters, Robert Jerome Weaver, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • Publication number: 20140008188
    Abstract: A switch unit including operating keys, an LCD that displays an image, lenses that are disposed between the LCD and the operating keys and show the image displayed by the LCD on the operating surfaces of the operating keys, a PCB having contacts that detect when an operating key has been depressed, and a rubber that is disposed between the operating keys and the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakamoto, Junya Fujita
  • Patent number: 7909674
    Abstract: A dreidel has a flasher that visually enhances the experience of play. The dreidel can include a rotatable body having four sides, the rotatable body including at least one flashing device; each of the four sides having a transparent or translucent window, each window being marked with a Hebrew letter selected from ?(Nun), ?(Gimel), ?(Hei), ?(Shin) or ?(Pei); and a handle protruding from the rotatable body, the handle being configured to turn the flashing device on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Raphael Goozner
  • Publication number: 20100213038
    Abstract: An image push-button assembly structure is a push-button set which includes a push-button device and a display screen. The push-button device is formed with a sealed space, a pre-determined position on a surface of the push-button device is provided with at least one push-button element, an interior of the sealed space is provided with the display screen which is fixed on a display circuit board, the display circuit board is electrically connected with the push-button element, and a side of the push-button device is provided with a circuit board which is fixed on the push-button device. Therefore, as the push-button device is formed integrally for an entire structure, an assembly procedure can be simplified, an entire cost can be reduced and convenience in operation can be even improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Jen-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20090312083
    Abstract: A push-button assembly for a gaming terminal implementing a wagering game is provided. The push-button assembly has a push-button actuated by a touch from a player of the wagering game. An outcome indicator indicates a randomly selected outcome in response to the push-button being actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: James M. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 7563169
    Abstract: A control lever device includes: a control lever unit including an inner frame, a control lever supported by the inner frame in a manner to be movable about a fulcrum along a first direction, and a positioning roller attached in the inner frame and allowing the control lever to be positioned at first and second displacement positions located on a straight line by allowing an end of the control lever to pass over the positioning roller; an outer frame supporting the control lever unit so that the control lever unit is movable in a second direction intersecting the first direction at right angles; and a moving path control section controlling a moving path of the control lever. The control lever unit includes a lever position detection section detecting a position of the control lever. The outer frame includes a unit position detection section detecting movement of the control lever unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiki Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 7297061
    Abstract: The game controller including at least one control such as a joystick which includes at least two modes of operation. The game controller includes an invert switch which enables a player to switch between the different modes of operation. In one embodiment, the game controller includes a control which has a normal mode and an invert mode. The normal mode enables a player to move the joystick up or forward to correspondingly move up on the game display or move the joystick down or backward to correspondingly move on the game display. Conversely, the invert mode enables a player to move the joystick up or forward to correspondingly move down on the display and also move the joystick down or backward to move up on the display. The game controller enables the player to switch between the different modes of operation on the game controller itself instead of through the video game system or software for the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Siegel
  • Patent number: 7277083
    Abstract: An ergonomically designed gaming device for a user that includes a semi-flattened hemispherical ovoid base, that is contoured into a general hand imprint shape with finger and thumb grooves and fingertip provisions to accommodate the user's index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger and thumb. A plurality of adjustment screws on the thumb side allows for tilting adjustments for the general hand imprint shape. A plurality of tactile buttons and dual rocker switches are provided in the fingertip recesses for the user to operate functions normally performed from a keyboard in a computer game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas M. Duncan
  • Publication number: 20040129542
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a push-button switch member (1), by utilizing light energy with out any loss for back-lightening on a display section, capable of realizing the back-lightening to the display section with even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness, the push-button switch member comprising a key-top portion (3) and a cover base member provided with the key top portion at a predetermined portion; thereof and adapted to be mounted to the circuit board (5), the key-top portion (3) being provided with a display section (2) displaying a switching function and an area emitter (4) integrally formed with the display section, wherein the area emitter member (4) is provided with a light emitting layer (13) disposed between a base electrode (14), and a transparent electrode (10) disposed so as to oppose to the base electrode (14) and the transparent electrode (10) arranged to be contacted to the display section (2) is formed of a transparent conductive polym
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawaguchi, Shinji Hotta, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030124952
    Abstract: A method of insert molding a preformed item into a molded product, the molded product being formed by injecting a moldable material into a mold, is disclosed. The method includes adhering the preformed item to a surface of the mold with an adhesive, wherein the surface to which the preformed item is adhered is free of any features provided for holding the preformed item in place on the mold surface. The method next includes injecting the moldable material into the mold such that the moldable material at least partially surrounds the preformed item, and curing the moldable material. Articles molded via the disclosed method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventor: Jon C. Marine
  • Patent number: 6450886
    Abstract: A foot switcher includes: a foot switch sheet having a plurality of pressure switches for detecting steps; and a mat placed under the foot switch sheet, and including a mat body having a plurality of divisions, one division being different from another division in hardness, and a specified number of divisions corresponding to the plurality of pressure switches, respectively. The hardness of one division is different from that of another division adjoining the one division. A top layer for covering the plurality of the pressure switches is formed with slip preventer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Oishi, Toru Okubo, Tomoya Yamano