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Toys, Games and Recreation
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Game System
A game system with game pieces that have
combinations of capture indicia and defense indicia spaced
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Tabletop
Horseshoes Game System
A tabletop miniature horseshoes game for
use in private residences which includes a substantially
horizontal playing surface and a pair of miniature posts to
be used as the target for tossed miniature horseshoes. An
embodiment for use in commercial establishments provides a
token means to activate the game, a means to change and
display each players score, a means to keep track of and
display game time, and a means to lower the posts when the
game is over. The commercial establishment game may also
incorporate a vending machine to dispense the 1/10th scale
horseshoes to be used with the game. |
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Cradle System
Repair of Model Railroad Trains
This invention provides a portable system for
adjustably grasping and cradling a model train engine or
other car (especially Garden Scale) without damaging it and
presenting the desired portion of such engine or car for
repair or maintenance. The device used includes: a
rectangular longitudinal plywood base plate having in its
upper surface a pair of transverse upside-down T-slots with
sloppy-fit nut members captured in the T-slots; and a pair
of longitudinal plywood vertical side plates, each fitted
with vertical bolt members tightenable in the corresponding
nut members. When the piece to be worked on is placed
between the side plates, with appropriate cushioning, the
sloppy fits permit the side plates to be pushed into snug
position before tightening. The device also provides a cover
with a handle for portability between uses. |
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Toy Gun With
Blowing-Operated Noisemaker
This invention provides blowing-operated
noisemakers to toy guns of the type which are sized to be
graspable by one or two hands and which are pointable by the
user. Toy gun devices are provided in which user-blown air
may be routed from a mouthpiece to a gun-mounted noisemaker
by way of a hollow pipe or hose. Variable noises may be made
by the user by controlling the blown air, as by using a
rotary whistle. The sounds emanating from the toy gun are
emitted in the direction in which the toy gun is pointed. |
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Board Game
Apparatus
A game device consisting of a playing board
having a "driving" track around the center of the board. The
board has multiple lanes, each divided into successive
discrete areas bearing players' instructions. The game also
includes at least one listing, adapted to have numbered
tokens placed thereon, of numbered "defensive driving"
tactics. Playing pieces are provided including pieces in the
form of cars for movement around the "driving" track in
accordance with the roll of a die and game instructions. The
players "solve" a plurality of picture cards, each depicting
a unique traffic situation calling for certain of the said
listed "defensive driving" tactics; and consecutively
numbered tokens are provided for selection of the correct
tactics in the correct order; and instruction cards are
provided for use depending upon the correctness of tactics
selected by the player. |
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Board Game
Apparatus 2
A game device consisting of a rectangular
playing board incorporating twenty-seven playing areas or
squares arranged in nine rows and three columns. The board
is visibly marked for division in three equal sectors of
nine squares each. There are two sets of nine playing pieces
or tokens marked with the numerals "1", "2", and"3", so that
each of two players at opposite ends of the board
longitudinally may place pieces on the equal sector near
that player, the row nearest the player having the highest
numbered tokens, the next row having the next highest
numbered tokens, and the third row having the lowest
numbered tokens, whereby pieces are moved forward in play
either directly or diagonally or both according to the
numeral indicated on the particular token. |
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Dart Tool
A dart tool useful in tournament darts and
other games using thrown darts. This unitary dart tool
efficiently combines many useful elements and functions,
including: extracting a broken dart tip from a dart target
by providing, on a thin nub, a tapered slot for grabbing
such broken dart; adjusting a dart assembly having a flight
shaft, a barrel, and a dart tip; tightening or loosening a
threaded connection between a dart tip and a dart barrel by
providing a slot for holding the opposed flat portions of a
dart tip; tightening or loosening a threaded connection
between a flight shaft and a dart barrel by providing a
protuberance, which comprises part of the described slot,
for holding the hole in the flight shaft; loosening a flight
lock of the dart by providing a safe recessed wedge therefor;
tightening a flight lock by providing a cylindrical hole
therefor; and also permitting keychain attachment and
bottle-opening, and providing advertising areas. |
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Water Skier Warning Flag
System
This invention concerns a water skier warning
flag system of the type wherein the slackening of the tow
rope causes a warning flag at the transom of the ski boat to
be raised. A mechanical device mounted on the rear of the
transom of a ski boat includes a lever having a normally
vertical long lever arm for holding a longitudinally-mounted
(normally vertical) standard of a warning flag; and this
long lever arm also has a connection point to a ski tow
line. The other (short) lever arm is urged by a compression
spring to maintain the long lever arm vertical. When a skier
is skiing, the tension on the tow line pulls the long lever
arm down to horizontal against the pressure of the
compression spring; and when the tow line goes slack, the
spring pressure returns the long lever arm to vertical.
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Golf Putter Training
Tools
This invention provides golf putter training
tools for training a golfer's putting stroke. These golf
putter training tools assist a golfer in making the putting
stroke flat and in a straight "sweeping" line. A wheel,
attached to the putter body, is provided adjacent each end
of the putter and constructed to roll when the proper
putting motion is used. The wheels (provided either as a
putter part or as an add-on) extend slightly below the
bottom surface of the putter and may include sharp portions
along their circumference to impede other than straight
rolling.
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Dally
Practicing Systems
A dally practicing system which
simulates the conditions of roping a steer with relative
safety. The portable dallying practice system takes up slack
in a rope without applying excessive tension which could
injure the user, provides a clutch system which allows for
convenient manipulation of the tension, and provides a
safety release mechanism which automatically releases the
tension if the tension becomes excessive. |
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Heeling/Heading
Roping Practicing System
A compact lightweight portable
heeling/heading rope practicing system with a detachable head
portion that provides automated movement simulating the movement of
bovine legs using pendular motion driven by a hand cranked spring
mechanism and/or electric powered motor, and a method of promoting
the sale of such rope practicing systems in conjunction with events
in which potential purchasers already participate.
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Harness System
A harness system for aiding a mounted
rider in maintaining a substantially upright position during a
riding procedure. Additionally, it specifically provides a harness
system that aids a rider in maintaining a substantially upright
position in the saddle during the delivery of a roping procedure. |
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