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Prearranged bridge hand dealing arrangement

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-09-08
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Granted: 1966-02-22
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Expires: 1984-09-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Shook Ellen Louise

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 14:43
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
DUPLICATE BRIDGE MEANS WITH A SERIES OF PRESELECTED HANDS PERMITTING THE PLAY OF STANDARD TOURNAMENT BRIDGE, THE REVIEW OF PLAYED HAND AND INSTRUCTED CARD-BY-CARD PLAY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A DECK OF PLAYING CARDS BEARING CONVENTIONAL SUIT AND RANK INDICATIONS ON THE FRONT FACE THEREOF, A SERIES OF INDICIA ARRANGED IN LATERAL ROWS AND LONGITUDINAL COLUMNS VISIBLE FROM THE BACK OF EACH OF SAID CARDS, SAID INDICIA BEING ARRANGED IN FOUR COLUMNS EACH HEADED BY A DESIGNATION OF VULNERABLE STATUS IN THE SEQUENCE (NEITHER), (N-S), (E-W), (BOTH) FOR AIDING IN DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF THE DEAL AND IN SCORING, SAID SERIES OF INDICIA FOR EACH CARD HAVING AN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE DESIGNATING THE DIFFERENT HANDS BY ORDERLY FOLLOWING POSITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMNS AND BACK IF NECESSARY AND DOWNWARDLY ROW BY ROW, THE FIRST INDICIA OF SAID NUMERICAL SEQUENCE IN EACH SUCCEEDING ROW BEING
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
DUPLICATE BRIDGE MEANS WITH A SERIES OF PRESELECTED HANDS PERMITTING THE PLAY OF STANDARD TOURNAMENT BRIDGE, THE REVIEW OF PLAYED HAND AND INSTRUCTED CARD-BY-CARD PLAY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A DECK OF PLAYING CARDS BEARING CONVENTIONAL SUIT AND RANK INDICATIONS ON THE FRONT FACE THEREOF, A SERIES OF INDICIA ARRANGED IN LATERAL ROWS AND LONGITUDINAL COLUMNS VISIBLE FROM THE BACK OF EACH OF SAID CARDS, SAID INDICIA BEING ARRANGED IN FOUR COLUMNS EACH HEADED BY A DESIGNATION OF VULNERABLE STATUS IN THE SEQUENCE (NEITHER), (N-S), (E-W), (BOTH) FOR AIDING IN DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF THE DEAL AND IN SCORING, SAID SERIES OF INDICIA FOR EACH CARD HAVING AN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE DESIGNATING THE DIFFERENT HANDS BY ORDERLY FOLLOWING POSITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMNS AND BACK IF NECESSARY AND DOWNWARDLY ROW BY ROW, THE FIRST INDICIA OF SAID NUMERICAL SEQUENCE IN EACH SUCCEEDING ROW BEING

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