John E Fertig

US Patent:

20040072625, Apr 15, 2004

Filed:

Oct 15, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/271113

Inventors:

John Fertig - Wheaton IL, US
Karl Meyer - South Hadley MA, US
Bruce Foster - Ellington CT, US

International Classification:

A63B057/00

US Classification:

473/196000

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method of game play for an amusement game wherein participants attempt to project a game piece into a receptacle and may include a game piece adapted to be projected by the at least one participant, a plurality of game figures, and a game base. The game base may include a plurality of first receptacles disposed in an upper surface of the game base, and each first receptacle may be adapted to receive one of the game figures and to retain the corresponding figure alternately in an upwardly extended position and in a retracted position, and may also include a second receptacle adapted to receive the game piece. Each of the plurality of game figures may be adapted to engage the corresponding one of the plurality of first receptacles when the game figure is disposed in the upwardly extended position such that the game figure may disengage from the corresponding one of the plurality of first receptacles and move to the retracted position when the game figure is impacted by the projected game piece.

US Patent:

48970654, Jan 30, 1990

Filed:

Jan 30, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/302887

Inventors:

John K. Fertig - Mount Prospect IL
Thomas P. McQueeny - Chicago IL
Howard J. Morrison - Riverwoods IL

Assignee:

Marvin Glass & Associates - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A63H 2714
A63H 331
A63H 2900
A63B 7100

US Classification:

446 63

Abstract:

A toy vehicle and a handheld pneumatic launcher combination includes a piston and an elongated hollow cylinder with a flange adjacent one end of the cylinder providing grips for a child which simulate an airplane control yoke. While supporting lateral extensions of the flange with the fingers of each hand, the child's thumbs are free to press upon an actuator at one end of the piston forcing the piston head into the cylinder. Attached at the other end of the elongated cylinder, in pneumatic communication with the cylinder, is a launch tube that fits into a socket adjacent the bottom of a toy vehicle that is made predominantly of a lightweight plastic foam. The axis of the launch tube is preferably offset from the axis of the cylinder. In addition, the launch tube is tapered and has a closed end with perforations through the sidewalls of the tube adjacent the closed end.

US Patent:

D447761, Jan 26, 1999

Filed:

Jan 20, 1998

Appl. No.:

D/082240

Inventors:

John K. Fertig - Wheaton IL

Assignee:

Fertig-Stubenfoll Design Group, L.L.C. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

2101

US Classification:

D21648