US4461483A
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Game apparatus employing cards and dice
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-09-30
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Granted: 1984-07-24
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Expires: 2002-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A game apparatus for two players is disclosed comprising (A) a card tray containing at least N compartments; (B) N dice cubes, each cube bearing six different indicia on its faces and being of a different color from the other dice cubes; (C) 6N playing cards, each card having a single indicia corresponding to one of the dice indicia thereon, with N cards exhibiting the same indicia; (D) N 2 colored cards, each card being of a single color corresponding to one of the colors of said dice cubes, with N cards being of the same color; and (E) a holder for at least N dice cubes. Preferred embodiments include a card tray having N compartments on one side and N+1 compartments on the reverse side, dice cubes having one to six spots thereon which are located in the central portion of the card and color cards having a central cutout therein through which the indicia on an indicia card located below the color card in the card tray may be ascertained. Optional scoring cards may be included in the game apparatus which may serve as an educational game where braille characters are used as the indicia.
Inventors
- 👤 Warner Kopp
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:07
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/04; A63F9/00; A63F9/04; A63F9/0413; A63F2001/0475; A63F2001/0483; A63F9/0001; A63F2009/0003; A63F2009/0004; A63F9/0495
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A game apparatus for two players comprising (A) a card tray containing at least N compartments; (B) N dice cubes, each cube bearing six different indicia on its faces and being of a different color from the other dice cubes; (C) 6N playing cards, each card having a single indicia corresponding to one of the dice indicia thereon, with N cards exhibiting the same indicia; (D) N 2 colored cards, each card being of a single color corresponding to one of the colors of said dice cubes, with N cards being of the same color; and (E) a holder for at least N dice cubes, N being a whole number of at least three.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A game apparatus for two players comprising (A) a card tray containing at least N compartments; (B) N dice cubes, each cube bearing six different indicia on its faces and being of a different color from the other dice cubes; (C) 6N playing cards, each card having a single indicia corresponding to one of the dice indicia thereon, with N cards exhibiting the same indicia; (D) N 2 colored cards, each card being of a single color corresponding to one of the colors of said dice cubes, with N cards being of the same color; and (E) a holder for at least N dice cubes, N being a whole number of at least three.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
Game apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said card tray contains N compartments on one side and N+1 compartments on the reverse side of said tray.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
Game apparatus according to claim 1 which includes, in addition, N scoring cards of a single color which is different from the colors represented in the colored cards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
Game apparatus according to claim 2 wherein N is four and the indicia on the dice cubes are one, two, three, four, five and six spots.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
Game apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said indicia are centrally located on said indicia cards and each said color card contains a centrally located cutout through which said indicia on said indicia card may be ascertained when said indicia card is located below said color card in the card tray.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
Game apparatus according to claim 5 wherein N scoring cards of a single color different from the colors represented in the color cards are included, in addition, to facilitate scoring, each said scoring card having a centrally located cutout therein of a size that the indicia on an indicia card located below said scoring card in said card tray and a portion of a color card located below said scoring card in said card tray may be viewed through said cutout.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
Game apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said dice cubes, said indicia cards and said color cards bear distinctive markings thereon which will be identifiable by a blind person or a blindfolded person.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
Game apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said distinctive markings are achieved by embossing or indenting particular marks thereon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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Game apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said indicia on said dice cubes are one, two, three, four, five and six spots which are embossed on each face of the cube and said distinctive markings on said indicia cards are achieved by perforations.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
Game apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said distinctive markings on said color cards are achieved with edge markings, said indicia cards contain said indicia in the central portion of each card and each said color card contains a centrally located cutout through which said indicia on an indicia card located below said color card in said card tray may be ascertained.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
Game apparatus according to claim 10 which further includes N scoring cards of a single color different from the colors represented in the color cards, in addition, to facilitate scoring, each said scoring card having a centrally located cutout therein through which the indicia on an indicia card located below said scoring card in said card tray and a portion of a color card located below said scoring card in said card tray may be viewed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
Game apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said distinctive markings are embossed braille characters.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
Game apparatus according to claim 1 wherein N is a whole number from three to eight.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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