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US4979324A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Frame for displaying outfits or ensembles

Assignee: PRESSMAN TOY Corp A CORP OF NY
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Filing: 1990-02-09
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Granted: 1990-12-25
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Expires: 2010-02-09
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Abstract

Abstract A board game on which the players simulate a shopping trip to a mall by moving their distinctive markers along a route defined by rectangles depicting stores of various types. A spinner determines the number of squares a player moves her marker during a turn. Playing cards having decorative portions of different designs are stacked in storage areas, each associated with a rectangle of a store. Each player has a frame with a plurality of cavities for receiving and depicting the decorative portions of the cards. A player wins the game by being the first to fill all of the cavities in her frame with cards having decorative portions of the same design. A replica of an outfitted mannequin is formed on the front face of the frame. Several windows of transparent material are formed in the front face of the frame within the replica of the mannequin so that the decorative portions of the cards which are inserted in the frame will be visible as portions of the outfit of the mannequin.

Inventors

  • 👤 Carol A. Rehtmeyer
  • 👤 Craig F. Yoe

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 09:41
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00006; A63F3/00895; A63F9/00; A63F9/06; A63F9/0613; A63F2009/0615; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S273/00; Y10S273/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 139 words
A frame and a plurality of cards, said frame having a front face with an image depicted on said front face, each of said cards having a decorative portion, means dividing said front face with an image depicted on said front face, each of said cards having a decorative portion, means dividing said front face of said frame into a plurality of segments with each segment containing at least a portion of said image, a window formed in a portion of said image at each segment, and a cavity formed in each segment of said frame behind said front face with each cavity formed and adapted to receive one of said cards having a decorative portion with said card positioned in said cavity so that the decorative portion of the card is visible through said window and said face.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 139 words
A frame and a plurality of cards, said frame having a front face with an image depicted on said front face, each of said cards having a decorative portion, means dividing said front face with an image depicted on said front face, each of said cards having a decorative portion, means dividing said front face of said frame into a plurality of segments with each segment containing at least a portion of said image, a window formed in a portion of said image at each segment, and a cavity formed in each segment of said frame behind said front face with each cavity formed and adapted to receive one of said cards having a decorative portion with said card positioned in said cavity so that the decorative portion of the card is visible through said window and said face.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
The frame and cards of claim 1 in which said windows are formed by transparent portions of said front face of said frame.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1993-12-24 1994-06-25 1994-12-25 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1997-12-24 1998-06-25 1998-12-25 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2001-12-24 2002-06-25 2002-12-25 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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