2019 Michigan Inventors Expo – Thursday, August 29th in Lansing, Michigan.
If you are at the Michigan Inventors Expo 2019 tomorrow, August 29, 2019, stop by the Ward Law Office booth to say “Hi” to one of our attorneys. We will also be giving a talk on Trademarks for Entrepreneurs and Inventors in the morning. Hope to see you there!
Date and Time
Thu, August 29, 2019
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
219 South Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48824
For more information about the Michigan Inventors Expo, click here.
2019 Michigan Inventors Expo – Thursday, August 29th in Lansing, Michigan
Meet Stephen Key, Co-Founder of IGA, Jacob Ward, a registered patent attorney, Kedma Ough, author of Target Funding, and Ken Johnson, inventor of the famous card game, Phase 10!
The Michigan Inventors Coalition is proud to announce this year’s 7th Annual Michigan Inventors Expo, co-hosted with Inventors Groups of America!
Join us on Thursday, August 29th at the Kellogg Conference Center. Are you looking to showcase your invention? Booths are limited to 50 this year, so sign up early. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity for exposure and education. Space is limited – register today!
They Invented What? (No. 110)
U.S. Pat. No. 4,411,156: Odor testing apparatus.
What is claimed is:
1. A structure for testing small animal litter, comprising a plurality of animal confinement compartments in which the animals live and consummate their daily functions and in which litter for animal waste is placed for use by the animals, a compartment for enclosing a person testing the odors of the litter in particular animal compartments, port means near the bottom of each animal compartment, separate air flow conduits connecting said port means with the odor tester compartment for drawing air from the lower portion of the animal compartment into the tester compartment, a valve means for controlling each of said conduits, a fan for creating a flow of air from said animal compartments through selected port means and conduits and into said tester compartment, and an access door through which a tester can enter the tester compartment…
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They Invented What? (No. 109)
U.S. Pat. No. 4,346,899: Board game featuring olympic sports.
What is claimed is:
1. An olympic sports game apparatus with elements of chance and tests of individual skill, for competitive play by a plurality of individuals, said game apparatus having
a playing board,
a closed primary playing course, for use by all players, at the periphery of said playing board, said primary course divided into a succession of contigious playing spaces that are inscribed with randomly unique information granting awards, imposing penalties, providing sanctuaries, and instructing game play,
a plurality of distinctively marked secondary playing courses for individual and challenged play thereon, said secondary courses arranged upon a central area of said playing board, each said secondary playing course featuring a major classification of related olympic sports, each said secondary playing course being divided into a randomly oriented succession of numbered contigious playing spaces wherein…
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They Invented What? (No. 108)
U.S. Pat. No. 6,101,747: Athletic shoe having basketball hoop.
What is claimed is:
1. An athletic shoe assembly comprising
an athletic shoe having a heel forming a back exterior surface,
a miniature basketball backboard, means for affixing said backboard to said back exterior surface,
a circular rim being affixed to the miniature basketball backboard, and
a net hanging from said rim for allowing thrown objects to pass through.
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They Invented What? (No. 107)
U.S. Pat. No. 4,387,927: Chair made from a garbage can.
What is claimed is:
1. A novel chair made from a conventional garbage can comprising:
a frustoconical metal can having a flat circular bottom, upwardly flaring frustoconical sides and an open top and having an original capacity in the order of 30 gallons, said can being modified by cutting away a portion of its upper half and leaving at least 50% of the upper half of said can to form the curved back of said chair,
a circular member mounted in a horizontal plane within said can just below the cut-away portion of the can to support the seat of said chair, and
a cushion of substantially the same diameter as said circular member positioned upon said member to serve as the seat of said chair.
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