Abstract This invention relates to an improved version of my previously patented card game (U.S. Pat. No. 4,234,189) wherein the deck of fifty-two cards is divided as before into four suits of thirteen cards each; however, I now display on each card of each suit a single trump-determining category or genus effective to distinguish each such suit from the other three. In addition, while I retain the alphabetical indicia common to all four suits that is used to distinguish each card in a suit from the other twelve, I now display on each card specific identifying indicia which uniquely distinguishes each card from all other cards in the deck while, at the same time, falling within the particular trump-determining category of the suit within which the card is located. The latter indicia determines the so-called trump word within the trump suit and it can comprise either a word or words or a picture or a word or group of words and matching picture.
Inventors
👤 Robert E. Chunn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-29 14:50
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F9/00; A63F9/0098; A63F1/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
In a card game of the type having a deck of fifty-two playing cards, suit-determining means displayed on each card dividing the deck thereof into four suits of thirteen cards each, said suit-determining means defining a unique category containing at least thirteen species, and card-ranking means common to all four suits for determining the rank of a card within a suit displayed on the face thereof, the improvement which comprises: unique indicia displayed by each card for distinguishing same from all other cards in the deck, said indicia comprising a specie within one of the suit-determining categories, letter designators on each card defining the card-ranking means, and a word or words made up of said letter designators displayed on said card uniquely associated with each specie, one of said words being selectable as a trump word, the order of the letters in the selected trump word cooperating with said letter designators in accordance with a predetermined scoring system to provide a measure of the trick-taking potential of a group of such cards in a hand dealt one of the players.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
In a card game of the type having a deck of fifty-two playing cards, suit-determining means displayed on each card dividing the deck thereof into four suits of thirteen cards each, said suit-determining means defining a unique category containing at least thirteen species, and card-ranking means common to all four suits for determining the rank of a card within a suit displayed on the face thereof, the improvement which comprises: unique indicia displayed by each card for distinguishing same from all other cards in the deck, said indicia comprising a specie within one of the suit-determining categories, letter designators on each card defining the card-ranking means, and a word or words made up of said letter designators displayed on said card uniquely associated with each specie, one of said words being selectable as a trump word, the order of the letters in the selected trump word cooperating with said letter designators in accordance with a predetermined scoring system to provide a measure of the trick-taking potential of a group of such cards in a hand dealt one of the players.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The improved card game as set forth in claim 1 wherein: one of said words selectable as a trump word comprises a noun identifying the displayed species.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improved card game as set forth in claim 2 wherein: another of said words is an adjective qualifying said noun.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improved card game as set forth in claim 1 wherein: each card carries a pictorial representation of a species.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The improved card game as set forth in claim 1 wherein: the letter designators means comprise pairs of letters.