Patent ID: 6119623
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A63B,A63F,G09F,Y10S

Abstract:
A score keeping device comprising:(A) a body, comprising:(a) a front portion comprising a plurality of slides, including at least one inside slide and two outside slides, the slides connected to form an array by bridge elements, each said slide defining a slide trough and at least one ribbed slide track having alternating teeth and gaps, wherein adjacent said ribbed slide tracks define a slide channel; and(b) a back portion comprising a plurality of slides, including two outside slides and at least two inside slides, each said slide attached to at least one adjacent said slide by a bridge portion, each inside said slide defining a slide trough and two ribbed slide tracks having alternating teeth and gaps and each said outside slide defining a single ribbed slide track, wherein adjacent said ribbed slide tracks define a slide channel; and(c) wherein each said slide trough of the back portion is adjacent to one of said slide channels of the front portion, and wherein each said slide channel of the back portion is adjacent to one of said slide troughs of the front portion;(B) at least one slide indicator carried by each said slide trough, each said slide indicator comprising:(a) a rounded base, sized for travel within the slide trough;(b) a head portion, carried by the rounded base and extending through the slide channel associated with the slide trough, having an indicator; and(c) a resiliently deformable arm, extending from the base into a passage defined by the base, the arm carrying a tip sized to fit within the gap between the teeth of the slide channel.