US5037108A
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Method of playing cards game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-08-15
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Granted: 1991-08-06
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Expires: 2010-08-15
Abstract
Abstract A game which may be, but does not have to be, played on a diamond shaped board with contiguous sections in a continuous band around its periphery, a playing piece, and playing cards. Sections on the board affect the strategy of when to take or pass playing cards. Individual play involves drawing a card to determine the section of the board that the playing piece will land on. Once on a section, the player must draw cards and take or pass them according to the section on the board. Players attempt to build-up and retire stacks of cards to score points. The player with the highest score wins.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles Banasky
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:01
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00006; A63F1/00; A63F1/04; A63F9/00; A63F9/001; A63F2009/0012; A63F2009/0013; A63F2009/0015; A63F3/00697
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of playing a game, said game comprising: a playing board including continuous sections around its periphery and those sections have indicia which may require a player to keep or pass cards that the player has drawn; a board position marker; and a plurality of play cards including several suits, wherein each numbered suit includes two number 1 cards, three number 2 cards, five number 3 cards, three number 4 cards, and two number 5 cards, one suit of which is used to retire stacks of cards which have been stacked up according to options offered by the indicia of the game board, said method comprising: forming said cards into stacks in which the total on the face cards adds up to a predetermined number; scoring multiple points when the numbered cards in the stack are all of one suit; and scoring bonus points when another player is prevented from scoring or when a player retires all three of that player's stacks.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of playing a game, said game comprising: a playing board including continuous sections around its periphery and those sections have indicia which may require a player to keep or pass cards that the player has drawn; a board position marker; and a plurality of play cards including several suits, wherein each numbered suit includes two number 1 cards, three number 2 cards, five number 3 cards, three number 4 cards, and two number 5 cards, one suit of which is used to retire stacks of cards which have been stacked up according to options offered by the indicia of the game board, said method comprising: forming said cards into stacks in which the total on the face cards adds up to a predetermined number; scoring multiple points when the numbered cards in the stack are all of one suit; and scoring bonus points when another player is prevented from scoring or when a player retires all three of that player's stacks.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The game method of claim 1, wherein the indicia on the sections of the playing board may require a player either to draw and keep that card, to draw and pass that card, to draw and keep or pass that card on his discretion, or to draw two cards one at a time and to keep one and pass one.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The game method as claim 1, wherein the deck of play cards includes several suits which have the numbers 1-5 printed on them, and another suit that is used to retire stacks of cards which have been added up to a specific number.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
139 words
A method of playing a game, said game comprising: a deck of playing cards including one or more suits which have the numbers 1-5 printed on them, wherein each numbered suit includes two number 1 cards, three number 2 cards, five number 3 cards, three number 4 cards and two number 5 cards, and another suit that is used to retire stacks of cards which have been added up to a specific number, said method comprising: forming said cards into stacks in which the total on the face cards adds up to said specific number; scoring multiple points when the deck has more than one numbered suit and cards in the stack are all of one suit; and scoring bonus points when another player is preventing from scoring or when a player retires all three of that player's stacks.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
139 words
A method of playing a game, said game comprising: a deck of playing cards including one or more suits which have the numbers 1-5 printed on them, wherein each numbered suit includes two number 1 cards, three number 2 cards, five number 3 cards, three number 4 cards and two number 5 cards, and another suit that is used to retire stacks of cards which have been added up to a specific number, said method comprising: forming said cards into stacks in which the total on the face cards adds up to said specific number; scoring multiple points when the deck has more than one numbered suit and cards in the stack are all of one suit; and scoring bonus points when another player is preventing from scoring or when a player retires all three of that player's stacks.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The game method of claim 1, 4 or 2, wherein players can discuss with each other the strategy of whether to keep or pass cards and the strategy of to whom the cards will be passed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The game method of claim 4 or 3, wherein there are three suits of 15 cards each which are numbered 1-5.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1994-08-05 | 1995-02-04 | 1995-08-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1998-08-05 | 1999-02-04 | 1999-08-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2002-08-05 | 2003-02-04 | 2003-08-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |