US5690336A
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Educational card game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-11-26
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Granted: 1997-11-25
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Expires: 2016-11-26
Abstract
Abstract An educational game relates to the identification of minor political and geographical areas within a major political and geographical area. The game includes a map representing minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area, a master deck containing minor political boundary cards, boundary border cards, fresh water cards within the major political and geographical area, air border cards, and quiz cards, a sub-division deck containing cards presenting facts relating to minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area, a capitol deck containing capitol cards for each minor political area, and a quiz point deck, with each quiz card presenting a questions that relate to the minor political and geographical areas. The game presents various stages of difficulty and applies to states within a country or to countries within a continent.
Inventors
- 👤 Matilda Joanne Oliver
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:20
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0434
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
An educational game relating to the identification of minor political and geographical areas within a major political and geographical area, including: a master deck containing a plurality of minor boundary cards representing minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area, each boundary card having indicia representing a minor political and geographical area and having indicia representing information on political and geographical areas outside and adjacent to the boundary of the minor political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of minor and political geographical areas having a capitol, a plurality of boundary border cards representing political and geographical areas outside the major political geographical areas which engage the border of the major political and geographical area, each boundary border card having indicia representing a political and geographical area and having indicia representing minor political and geographical areas adjacent to the boundary of the political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of air border cards, and a plurality quiz cards; and a capitol deck containing capitol cards, each capitol card consisting of the name of a minor political and geographical area within the major political and geographical area and the name of the capitol of the minor political and geographical area represented thereon; and a quiz point deck, with each quiz card having indicia in the form of a question that relates to a minor boundary political and geographical area of the major political and geographical area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
An educational game relating to the identification of minor political and geographical areas within a major political and geographical area, including: a master deck containing a plurality of minor boundary cards representing minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area, each boundary card having indicia representing a minor political and geographical area and having indicia representing information on political and geographical areas outside and adjacent to the boundary of the minor political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of minor and political geographical areas having a capitol, a plurality of boundary border cards representing political and geographical areas outside the major political geographical areas which engage the border of the major political and geographical area, each boundary border card having indicia representing a political and geographical area and having indicia representing minor political and geographical areas adjacent to the boundary of the political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of air border cards, and a plurality quiz cards; and a capitol deck containing capitol cards, each capitol card consisting of the name of a minor political and geographical area within the major political and geographical area and the name of the capitol of the minor political and geographical area represented thereon; and a quiz point deck, with each quiz card having indicia in the form of a question that relates to a minor boundary political and geographical area of the major political and geographical area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 1 wherein the game includes a map representing the minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 1 wherein the game includes a sub-division deck containing cards, with each card presenting facts related to a predetermined minor political and geographical area within the major political and geographical area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 1 wherein said master deck includes fresh water cards for bodies of water located within-the major political and geographical area.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 1 further including challenger decks.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 5 wherein said challenger decks are comprised of a challenger win deck and a challenger lose deck.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 1 wherein said major political and geographical area is the United States.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 7 wherein said minor boundary cards of said master deck each represent a state within the United States.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 8 wherein said sub-division deck containing cards representing each original colony that initially formed the United States.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 8 wherein said minor state boundary cards of said master deck includes capitol, adjacent states, and adjacent boundary information printed thereon.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 8 wherein said state boundary cards of said master deck includes abbreviations for the capitol, adjacent states, and adjacent boundary information printed thereon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 8 wherein said state boundary cards of said master deck includes the number of adjacent states and adjacent boundaries relating to the particular state boundary card.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
208 words
An educational game relating to the identification of minor political and geographical areas within a major political and geographical area, including: a master deck containing minor boundary cards representing minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area, each minor boundary card having indicia representing a minor political and geographical area and having indicia representing information on political and geographical areas outside and adjacent to the boundary of the minor political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of minor and political geographical areas having a capitol, a plurality of boundary border cards representing political and geographical areas outside the major political geographical areas which engage the border of the major political and geographical area, each boundary border card having indicia representing a political and geographical area and having indicia representing minor political and geographical areas adjacent to the boundary of the political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of air border cards, and quiz cards each air border card containing indicia thereon to designate the same; and a plurality of a quiz point deck, with each quiz card having indicia in the form of a question that relates to a minor boundary political and geographical area of the major political and geographical area.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
208 words
An educational game relating to the identification of minor political and geographical areas within a major political and geographical area, including: a master deck containing minor boundary cards representing minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area, each minor boundary card having indicia representing a minor political and geographical area and having indicia representing information on political and geographical areas outside and adjacent to the boundary of the minor political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of minor and political geographical areas having a capitol, a plurality of boundary border cards representing political and geographical areas outside the major political geographical areas which engage the border of the major political and geographical area, each boundary border card having indicia representing a political and geographical area and having indicia representing minor political and geographical areas adjacent to the boundary of the political and geographical area represented thereon, a plurality of air border cards, and quiz cards each air border card containing indicia thereon to designate the same; and a plurality of a quiz point deck, with each quiz card having indicia in the form of a question that relates to a minor boundary political and geographical area of the major political and geographical area.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein the game includes a map representing the minor political and geographical areas within the major political and geographical area.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein the game includes a sub-division deck containing cards, with each card presenting facts related to a predetermined minor political and geographical area within the major political and geographical area.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 15 wherein said sub-division deck represents the countries located on the Equator.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein the game includes a capitol deck containing capitol cards, with each card containing the capitol of one of the minor boundary cards within the major and geographical area.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein said master deck includes fresh water cards for bodies of water located within the major political and geographical area.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
12 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 further including challenger decks.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein said challenger decks are comprised of a challenger win deck and a challenger lose deck.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein said major political and geographical is a continent, selected from the group comprising, North America, South America, Africa Europe and Asia.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
27 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 21 wherein said country boundary cards of said master deck includes capitol, adjacent states, and adjacent boundary information printed thereon.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 21 wherein said country boundary cards of said master deck includes abbreviations for capitol, adjacent boundary information printed thereon.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
33 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 21 wherein said country boundary cards of said master deck includes the number of adjacent states and adjacent boundaries relating to the particular state boundary card.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
24 words
The educational game in accordance with claim 13 wherein said minor boundary cards of said master deck represent a country within the selected continent.
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