US4169601A
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Sound bingo
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-03-07
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Granted: 1979-10-02
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Expires: 1997-03-07
Abstract
Abstract A new type of Bingo game in which each player's card shows pictures of all kinds of sound producing devices or objects and which are covered by the player with a disc or chip in response to a sound played on a phonograph record, and which sound is characteristic of a particular item pictured on the card; the game including cards, discs, and phonograph records.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard D. Frischmann
- 👤 George Spector
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 10:41
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A sound bingo game comprising in combination a set of cards, each imprinted with horizontal and vertical rows of spaces, each space having illustrations of objects that produce a specific sound, a quantity of discs or chips for selectively covering said spaces, and a set of phonograph records each having a collection of sounds recorded thereupon in sequence, said cards each having differentially arranged certain of said illustrations which each said record has a differently arranged certain of said sounds, wherein said game includes a means for checking a players play for correctness, wherein said means comprises a phonograph having a row of spaces thereupon receiving a calibrated scale, identified with names of sounds, and a needle operated by a mechanism of said phonograph traveling across said row of spaces and calibrated scale.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A sound bingo game comprising in combination a set of cards, each imprinted with horizontal and vertical rows of spaces, each space having illustrations of objects that produce a specific sound, a quantity of discs or chips for selectively covering said spaces, and a set of phonograph records each having a collection of sounds recorded thereupon in sequence, said cards each having differentially arranged certain of said illustrations which each said record has a differently arranged certain of said sounds, wherein said game includes a means for checking a players play for correctness, wherein said means comprises a phonograph having a row of spaces thereupon receiving a calibrated scale, identified with names of sounds, and a needle operated by a mechanism of said phonograph traveling across said row of spaces and calibrated scale.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A game as in claim 1, wherein said means comprises a scale with indicia mounted on said phonograph coordinated with said phonograph to indicate the sound played corresponding to a specific portion of the record.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-10-01 | 1983-04-02 | 1983-10-02 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-10-01 | 1987-04-02 | 1987-10-02 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-10-01 | 1991-04-02 | 1991-10-02 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |