Practice board for contract bridge games

Claim 1

A practice board for contract bridge, comprising a sheet having indicia marked thereon and arranged in accordance with a predetermined contract bridge game, said indicia including four sets of first indicia positioned adjacent the sides of said sheet and showing the cards of each player''s hand, second indicia adjacent said first indicia and showing cards to be played by each player on respective tricks, said first and second indicia being arranged in rows, trick by trick, representing thirteen tricks, two sets of third indicia, each of said two sets of said third indicia showing the number of tricks won on the preceding tricks by each partnership until the end of a deal, four sets of fourth indicia, each of said four sets of fourth indicia showing bids of each player at respective rounds of bidding in a row, a set of fifth indicia showing the order of the tricks, and a sixth indicia showing the dealer; a cover member overlying said sheet and being provided with apertures formed therein corresponding to said indicia on said sheet and through which said indicia on each single trick can be seen, said apertures comprising first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth apertures corresponding to said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth sets of indicia of said sheet, said first, second, third and fifth apertures being of a width sufficient to show the indicia of a single trick, said fourth and sixth apertures being arranged to show said fourth and sixth indicia when the remaining apertures show the indicia on the first trick; and means permitting said sheet to be slidingly moved relative to said cover member at the end of each trick.