Bingo card with array modification means

Claim 2

In a bingo playing card of the type wherein the card has thereon a positional array of vertical columns and horizontal rows of numerical indicia constituting numerical sequences that are normally displayed to view, the improvement comprising in combination therewith of indicia carrying means for selectively obscuring a portion only of the indicia constituting one of said displayed indicia sequences while exposing to unobscured view the indicia constituting the remaining portion of such one of said displayed sequences while displaying to view other numerical indicia in lieu positionally of that obscured by such means, whereby an alternative and different numerical sequence from said one sequence is exposed to view, said means including a selector member slidably mounted on the card for reciprocating movement between limiting first and second positions and operative in said respective positions selectively to display said one sequence and to display said alternative sequence while obscuring said portion of the indicia, said selector member carrying for movement therewith said other numerical indicia, with said selector member being movable relative to the indicia on the card.

Claim 3

The combination of claim 1, wherein said selector member additionally includes means operatively associated with the indicia of another of said normally displayed sequences and is operative in its first and second positions selectively to display respectively said another of said display sequences and to display indicia carried by the member to constitute another alternative sequence.

Claim 4

The combination of claim 1, including a second indicia carrying selector member movable between first and second positions, and means connected with said second selector member for changing the indicia displayed upon movement of the second member from its first to its second position.

Claim 5

The combination of claim 3, wherein said second selector member overlies the first mentioned selector member.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 1, wherein said card includes with respect to the indicia constituting said one sequence a series of windows therein through which numerical indicia is displayed, with said windows being spaced from each other by opaque portions, said other numerical indicia carried by the selector member being in registry with and obscured by said opaque portions and being in registry with and displayed through the windows respectively when said selector member is in its first and second positions.

Claim 7

The combination of claim 5, wherein said selector member has a window therein that is in registry with a window in the card and an opaque portion of the card respectively when the selector member is in said one and in said other of the two recited positions of the latter.

Claim 8

The combination of claim 6, wherein said window in the selector member is comprised of the latter having an opening therethrough.

Claim 9

The combination of claim 6, wherein said window in the selector member is comprised of the latter including a transparent portion.

Claim 10

A bingo card of the type for displaying an array of numerical indicia that includes a top wall that is provided with an array of windows for enabling the visual observance of numerical indicia that may be disposed below the top wall and in registry with the windows, each of the latter being spaced from each other by opaque portions of the top wall, in combination with numerical indicia bearing selector means slidably mounted below said top wall for movement between two positions wherein a plurality of numerical indicia thereon is selectively disposed in concealment by opaque portions of the top wall and in visually exposed locaTions in registry with a plurality of windows, whereby differing numerical arrays can be displayed on movement of the selector means between its positions, said bingo card including a bottom wall that is fixed in position relative to the top wall, and numerical indicia on said bottom wall in registry with the windows, said selector means including both opaque and transparent portions that respectively overlie at least some of said indicia on the bottom wall when the selector means is moved between its positions, and said indicia bearing selector means bearing its indicia on said opaque portions thereof.

Claim 11

A bingo card of the type for displaying an array of numerical indicia that includes a top wall that is provided with an array of windows for enabling the visual observance of numerical indicia that may be disposed below the top wall and in registry with the windows, each of the latter being spaced from each other by opaque portions of the top wall, in combination with numerical indicia bearing selector means slidably mounted below said top wall for movement between two positions wherein a plurality of numerical indicia thereon is selectively disposed in concealment by opaque portions of the top wall and in visually exposed locaTions in registry with a plurality of windows, whereby differing numerical arrays can be displayed on movement of the selector means between its positions, said bingo card including a bottom wall that is fixed in position relative to the top wall, and numerical indicia on said bottom wall in registry with the windows, said selector means including both opaque and transparent portions that respectively overlie at least some of said indicia on the bottom wall when the selector means is moved between its positions, and said indicia bearing selector means bearing its indicia on said opaque portions thereof.

Claim 12

The combination of claim 9, wherein the transparent portions of the selector means comprise the latter having openings therethrough.

Claim 13

The combination of claim 9, wherein the transparent portions of the selector means comprise the latter including transparent solid material.

Claim 14

The combination of claim 9, wherein the windows in the top wall are defined by said top wall having openings therethrough.

Claim 15

The combination of claim 9, including a second indicia bearing selector means substantially identical in structure to the first mentioned indicia bearing selector means, said second selector means underlying the first mentioned selector means and being interposed between the latter and the bottom wall, said first mentioned and the second selector means and the indicia on the bottom wall being so constructed and arranged that three mutually distinct numerical indicia arrays are presented upon (a) the first mentioned and the second selector means both being in one position, (b) only one of them being in its other position, and (c) only the other of them being in its other position.

Claim 16

The combination of claim 13, wherein three mutually distinct colors are present in association with the three mutually distinct numerical arrays, with the indicia on the first mentioned selector means, on the bottom wall and on the second selector means incorporating respectively said three mutually distinct colors.