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US3448983A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Spinner game including a standard deck of cards

Assignee: RUSSELL A FOOTE SR
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Filing: 1965-02-26
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Granted: 1969-06-10
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Expires: 1985-02-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Russell A Foote Sr

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 02:28
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/06; A63F11/00; A63F11/0011; A63F2011/0016

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
IN COMBINATION: A DECK OF FIFTY-TO STANDARD PLAYING CARDS AND A GAME BOARD; SAID GAME BOARD COMPRISING A CIRCULAR ARRAY OF FIFTY-SIX SECTORS, FIFTY-TWO OF WHICH RESPECTIVELY BEAR INDICIA IDENTICAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL INDICIA OF SAID CARDS, AND THE REMAINING FOUR SECTORS EACH HAVING THEREON A SUIT SYMBOL FACSIMILE RESPECTIVELY OF A HEART, A CLUB, A DIAMOND AND A SPADE, ACTING AS SCORING INDICIA; SAID GAME BOARD HAVING A CENTRALLY MOUNTED SPINNER WHEREBY ANY ONE OF SAID FIFTY-SIX SECTORS CAN BE INDICATED THEREBY; FOUR ADDITIONAL SUIT SYMBOL FACSIMILES EACH DISPOSED ON SAID GAME BOARD APPROXIMATELY NINETY DEGREES APART TO RESPECTIVELY INDICATE THE PLAYING POSITIONS OF THE PLAYERS AND ASSOCIATING EACH PLAYING POSITION WITH THE CORRESPONDING SECTORED SUIT SYMBOL FACSIMILE; WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF PLAYERS, EACH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID SECTORED SUIT SYMBOLS, ARE DEALT THIRTEEN CARDS FACE DOWN AND WHEREIN THE SCORING OF A WIN OR LOSS IS DETERMINED BY A PLAYER''S SPINNING OF SAID SPINNER ON THE GAME BOARD WITH SAID PLAYER''S WIN OR LOSS DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE BETWEEN THE PLAYER''S TURNED UP CARD OF HIS DECK OF THIRTEEN CARDS AND THE GAMEBOARD CARD INDICIA INDICATED BY SAID SPINNER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 194 words
IN COMBINATION: A DECK OF FIFTY-TO STANDARD PLAYING CARDS AND A GAME BOARD; SAID GAME BOARD COMPRISING A CIRCULAR ARRAY OF FIFTY-SIX SECTORS, FIFTY-TWO OF WHICH RESPECTIVELY BEAR INDICIA IDENTICAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL INDICIA OF SAID CARDS, AND THE REMAINING FOUR SECTORS EACH HAVING THEREON A SUIT SYMBOL FACSIMILE RESPECTIVELY OF A HEART, A CLUB, A DIAMOND AND A SPADE, ACTING AS SCORING INDICIA; SAID GAME BOARD HAVING A CENTRALLY MOUNTED SPINNER WHEREBY ANY ONE OF SAID FIFTY-SIX SECTORS CAN BE INDICATED THEREBY; FOUR ADDITIONAL SUIT SYMBOL FACSIMILES EACH DISPOSED ON SAID GAME BOARD APPROXIMATELY NINETY DEGREES APART TO RESPECTIVELY INDICATE THE PLAYING POSITIONS OF THE PLAYERS AND ASSOCIATING EACH PLAYING POSITION WITH THE CORRESPONDING SECTORED SUIT SYMBOL FACSIMILE; WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF PLAYERS, EACH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID SECTORED SUIT SYMBOLS, ARE DEALT THIRTEEN CARDS FACE DOWN AND WHEREIN THE SCORING OF A WIN OR LOSS IS DETERMINED BY A PLAYER''S SPINNING OF SAID SPINNER ON THE GAME BOARD WITH SAID PLAYER''S WIN OR LOSS DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE BETWEEN THE PLAYER''S TURNED UP CARD OF HIS DECK OF THIRTEEN CARDS AND THE GAMEBOARD CARD INDICIA INDICATED BY SAID SPINNER.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1972-06-09 1972-12-09 1973-06-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1976-06-09 1976-12-09 1977-06-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1980-06-09 1980-12-09 1981-06-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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