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John M. Montross, Reno, NV US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100144415 | MULTI-PLAY POKER GAMING SYSTEM WITH PREDETERMINED GAME OUTCOMES - A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary poker hand and also displays one or more other poker hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which poker game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of poker game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which poker game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110003625 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING A PREDETERMINED RESULT POKER GAME - An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device initially displays a plurality of individual sets or hands of face down playing cards. The gaming device determines, based on the obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display to the player for one or more of the individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to play as the player's active poker hand. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the selected predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards in the player selected poker hands results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome. The gaming device determines, preferably randomly, and displays one or more playing cards for each of the non-selected hands of playing cards and provides the predetermined game outcome to the player. | 01-06-2011 |
Matt Montross, Middleboro, MA US
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| 20090199430 | Multi-Chamber Cushion For Footwear - A resilient cushioning device for incorporation in an article of footwear has chambers interconnected by a corrugated passageway. The passageway fluidly connects a heel region having at least one chamber and a forefoot region having at least one chamber. The corrugation of the passageway make the passageway adjustable so that the resilient cushioning device fits a plurality of different articles of footwear. For example the passageway is adjustable so that it is expandable lengthwise so that the resilient cushioning device fits a plurality of sizes of articles and/or so that it bends sideways so that the resilient cushioning device fits a plurality of configurations of articles of footwear. | 08-13-2009 |
Matthew Montross, Middleboro, MA US
Matthew J. Montross, Quincy, MA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20090165333 | Support and Cushioning System for an Article of Footwear - A cushioning member for an article of footwear. The cushioning member is a flexible bladder having a fluidly interconnected heel chamber and forefoot chamber. The bladder is disposed above the sole and beneath the wearer's foot to provided added cushioning to the wearer. The bladder contains air at slightly above ambient pressure and can be formed by thermoforming or by welding two sheets of resilient, flexible material together. A connecting passage fluidly connects the heel chamber and the forefoot chamber. The connecting passage is narrow to control the flow of air between the two chambers. | 07-02-2009 |
Sam Montross, Ft. Lauderdale, FL US
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| 20110179578 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIFTING A MATTRESS - A mattress lift apparatus is provided for insertion between a mattress and an underlying support structure, such as a box spring. The mattress lift apparatus elevates a portion of the mattress so that bed linens may be tucked between the mattress and the underlying support structure. A continuous loop is formed by a base member, an incline member, a transition member and a handle member, wherein the continuous loop provides structural integrity to the mattress lift apparatus. An aperture is formed within the continuous loop, including along an inside portion of the handle member to enable the handle member to be gripped. In one embodiment, the handle member includes a substantially semi-circular shape. In another embodiment, at least one support rib is positioned in the aperture to mechanically couple the base member and at least one of the inclined member and the transition member. | 07-28-2011 |
S. Sam Montross, Fort Lauderdale, FL US
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| 20090194210 | Disposable luggage wrap - A disposable strip of non-elastic, tear resistant luggage wrap material is sued to extend around the outer periphery of a piece of luggage to adhesively secure to itself. Indicia representative of a group or organization may be preprinted thereon to identify luggage belonging to the group, organization or commercial carrier. A space is provided to include the user's signature or initials, to inhibit unauthorized removal and replacement of the disposable luggage wrap during transit. A pocket may be located at one end to receive user identification. A tear line may be provided for ease of removal of the luggage wrap. An R.F.I.D. tag may be secured to the bottom surface of the luggage wrap for electronic tracking. The R.F.I.D. tag preferably includes information on the user's identification, the carrier or group identification, and destination information. More than one luggage wrap may be secured end-to-end to encircle larger luggage. | 08-06-2009 |