| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 273288000 | Game piece | 19 |
| 20080211185 | Bean hed - This invention is a game apparatus that has a unique bean shaped head. The game apparatus is used as a game piece | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090014957 | GAME PIECE - A game piece for transferring an object across the surface of a board game or the like. The game piece generally comprises a carrier body having an upper end, a lower end, an entry opening proximate the lower end, and a socket in communication with the entry opening. The entry opening is sized to allow the transfer object to pass therethrough so that the transfer object is thereafter retained within the socket. Additionally, the socket is adapted to receive a second game piece having a similarly configured socket and entry opening. When the entry opening of the second game piece is pushed over the transfer object, the object is transferred from the socket of the original game piece to the socket of the second game piece. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090189348 | Game apparatus and method - A design game of creative investigation and fun. The invention includes corresponding game parts and means of using via manner of play to create designs using game pieces. Game parts include a plurality of game pieces, at least one indicator, and at least one container. Plurality of game pieces includes at least one game piece having a free-form shape. Game pieces are primarily usable independent of a substantially conforming backing board and interfitting elements. Players position game pieces on a playing area to create designs. Designs are primarily inspired by themes. Players can build on their ideas quickly with relatively little time to review and “fix” their designs. Players can share their designs with each other before creating a new design. An emission can accompany a design. Indicia can be used for themes, turn, timing, number of game parts, playing area, procedure, emission, and scoring. Game parts can be customized and supplemented. Game apparatus and method offers versatile manner of play for diversified and specific ages, abilities, and approaches. Game is preferably for ages five to ninety-nine. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090256312 | Texture game - The Texture Game | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100001465 | GAME WITH MINIATURE COLLECTIBLE GAME PIECE FIGURINES USED AS RANDOM OUTCOME GENERATORS - This invention discloses collectible game pieces used as random outcome generators and designed in the form of miniature figurines that are cast onto a playing surface to land in one of multiple stable orientations for various embodiments of games of chance and strategy. Also disclosed is a novel game and method of game play utilizing the collectible game pieces. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100207326 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A GAMING CHIP, AND A GAMING CHIP COMPRISING TWO PLAQUES - A method of producing a gaming chip comprising at least two plaques forming the opposite faces thereof, the method comprising a step of connecting said two plaques placed against one another by arranging therebetween a connection material. The method comprises (i) a step of arranging in a mould two blanks of said two plaques which are placed against one another with the faces thereof facing one another, the total thickness thereof being smaller than that of the finished chip, the mould having an impression with a shape complementary to that of the chip to be produced, (ii) a step of holding the periphery of the plaque blanks within the mould, and (iii) a step of injecting connection material under pressure between facing faces of the two plaque blanks at a pressure and temperature suitable for deforming the plaque blanks against the surface of the impression of the mould. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120001390 | GAME, METHOD OF PLAY, AND STACKABLE MEMBERS SUCH AS CARDS WHICH MAY BE USED FOR A GAME - In an aspect, the invention is directed to a set of game pieces including a character game piece representing a character and a plurality of parameter impact game pieces. Each of the parameter impact game pieces includes a parameter impact indicator. When a parameter impact game piece is stacked on the character game piece the parameter impact indicator provides a graphic representation of the parameter impact carried out by the parameter impact game piece. When another parameter impact game piece is stacked on the first parameter impact game piece a graphic representation of the total parameter impact carried out by both parameter impact game pieces is provided by permitting the parameter impact indicators from both parameter impact game pieces to be visible to the players. In this way, the parameter impact level incurred by the character can be shown to increase incrementally after subsequent parameter impacts. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120025464 | Magnetic Pickup Game Device - A magnetic collecting piece game device, comprising: a plurality of metallic pieces ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120032398 | Game Piece Having A Pealable Overlay - A game piece overlay including a transparent base sheet and an opaque top sheet coextensive with the base sheet. The transparent base sheet has a top surface and a bottom surface that is non-releasably adhered to a surface of a game piece to overlay and conceal an underlying printed message by a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive applied to the bottom surface. The top sheet includes a non-peel portion non-releasably bonded to the transparent base sheet, and a peel-portion releasably adhered to the top surface of the base sheet by a transparent dry residue adhesive. The peel-portion is removable from the base sheet to reveal the underlying message. A plurality of game piece overlays can be provided on a wound roll of a carrier strip having a release surface to which the transparent base is adhered by the transparent pressure sensitive adhesive. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120256376 | PLAY EQUIPMENT - There is provided play equipment which includes a game board | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120292854 | PLASMA ILLUMINATED GAME PIECES - A board game whose game pieces contain a gas or mixture of gases. The gas inside the game pieces is electrically excited to illuminate the game piece. This illumination is achieved by inductive coupling the game piece to a high-voltage radio-frequency source located in or in the vicinity of the game board. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130234390 | Strategy Game - A game set and method for playing a strategy game on a playing surface by one or more persons including a plurality of playing pieces, each playing piece having a predetermined number of edges, wherein each edge is at least one of an exterior edge and a connecting edge; a plurality of playing cards, each playing card containing an indicia corresponding to the shape of one of the plurality of playing pieces; and a playing surface. Each player randomly selects a plurality of playing cards; exchanges each of the playing cards for a corresponding one of a plurality of playing pieces, and places each playing piece obtained by the exchange on a playing surface by (i) orienting an exterior edge according to a perimeter of the playing surface and (ii) orienting a connecting edge according to a corresponding connecting edge of an adjacent playing piece. The strategy game may be played in various configurations, including without playing cards, without playing pieces, without a game board, or with a timer. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130341867 | GAME PIECES - Game piece ( | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140084542 | Game Piece with Swappable Base - A game piece with swappable base and method of swapping bases is provided. The game piece includes a base having a selector disk rotatably engaged with a base disk, and a label positioned between the selector disk and the base disk, and a figure having a platform and a character. The base disk includes a figure retaining area, such that the platform of the figure is configured to be removably secured with the area. A second base may be provided having a second selector disk rotatably engaged with a second base disk, and a second label positioned between the second selector disk and the second base disk. The second base disk includes a figure retaining area, such that the platform of the figure is configured to be removably secured with the area of the second base. The figure may be swapped between the first base and the second base. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140232065 | Games With Component Elements Having Luminescent Surfaces Enabling Play in the Dark - A plurality of games having luminescent components are provided so that the games can be played in low-light environments. All or selected surface areas of parts are made sufficiently visible by the luminescence so that a player is able to recognize that parts and correlate movement between the parts required to play the game in low-light environments. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140265125 | Game Piece and Methods of Making and Using Same - A game piece that has a central layer and domed clear top and bottom layers is disclosed. The domed clear layers are affixed to and cover respective top and bottom faces of the central layer. The game piece also has at least one printed label that is affixed between the top layer and the central layer. The dome shape of the top and bottom layers assure that, when the game piece is resting on a gaming surface, the edge of the central layer of the piece is not in contact with the gaming surface. Methods of making and using the game piece are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 273289000 | With movably attached part | 1 |
| 20140191472 | Action Figure Game Piece and Method of Playing Action Figure Game - An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surface is also disclosed. The method comprises providing for each player a plurality of the game pieces, each game piece having an indicium indicating a point value, a mechanism for indicating a distance the game piece has moved over the surface, and a mechanism for attacking an opponent player's game pieces. The method also comprises selecting for each player a group of the game pieces having point values summing to a predetermined value and selecting a number of actions each player can take per player's turn. An action comprises either a move, comprising moving a game piece a distance up to the particular game piece's point value, or an attack, comprising actuation of the particular game piece's attacking mechanism. Players alternate taking turns, selectively making a move or an attack, until the game is determined to have ended. | 07-10-2014 |
| 273290000 | Stackable or nestable feature | 1 |
| 20130341868 | GAME PIECES AND A SET OF SUCH GAME PIECES - Game piece in the form of a polyomino or polycube or similar, consisting of a number of blocks ( | 12-26-2013 |
| 273291000 | Weighted or reversible (e.g., for different game) | 1 |
| 20130033002 | Spark Plug Chess Set Construction - Disclosed is a chess set piece construction that utilizes a spark plug body, a weighted hardware attachment as a base and a decorative hardware attachment for an upper adornment that signifies the piece type. A repurposed or recycled spark plug is utilized as the chess piece body structure, wherein the lower threading above an electrode, a socket driver hex midsection, and the elongated insulator section is retained in the finished piece, while the terminal may be removed in certain embodiments. A weighted mechanical nut or similar piece of hardware is mated to the lower threading of the plug, while an upper, decorative portion is positioned in place of the terminal or therearound. The lower nut provides a stable base for the piece, the plug body provides the midsection structure, while the upper portion signifying the type of chess piece. The elements may be painted to signify opposing chess piece sides. | 02-07-2013 |
