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Lottery card and method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-03-22
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Granted: 1997-11-25
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Expires: 2016-03-22
Abstract
Abstract A lottery card comprising a given number of fields, arranged in a successive order. Each field is divided into a given number of frames. At least one of the frames of every field contains a mark. All marks are related to each other according to a successive order, and are concealed by being coated with a removable coating.
Inventors
- 👤 Shmuel Fromer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 23:48
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D15/00; A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/06; A63F3/065; A63F3/0665; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A lottery card comprising: a succession of marks in a given order, printed on the card; a first plurality of fields, arranged in a successive order, each field being divided into a respective individual plurality of frames; at least one and fewer than the entire individual plurality of the frames of the first field being imprinted with the first mark of the succession of marks; at least one and fewer than the entire individual plurality of the frames of the second field being imprinted with the second mark of the succession of marks; and so forth through each of the first plurality of the fields; all of the frames of all of the fields being effectively concealed by opaque coating material which can be irreversibly removed from individual frames by a user to reveal the marks imprinted under the coating at the individual frames; an amount of a lottery prize associated with each of the marks, wherein the amount of the lottery prize increases progressively relative to the number of the marks revealed in the succession in the given order.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A lottery card comprising: a succession of marks in a given order, printed on the card; a first plurality of fields, arranged in a successive order, each field being divided into a respective individual plurality of frames; at least one and fewer than the entire individual plurality of the frames of the first field being imprinted with the first mark of the succession of marks; at least one and fewer than the entire individual plurality of the frames of the second field being imprinted with the second mark of the succession of marks; and so forth through each of the first plurality of the fields; all of the frames of all of the fields being effectively concealed by opaque coating material which can be irreversibly removed from individual frames by a user to reveal the marks imprinted under the coating at the individual frames; an amount of a lottery prize associated with each of the marks, wherein the amount of the lottery prize increases progressively relative to the number of the marks revealed in the succession in the given order.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The lottery card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the marks are digits and the order is in a numeric rising scale order.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The lottery card as claimed in claim 2, wherein the digits are of a predetermined group, and every field contains all the digits of the group dispersed among the frames of the field.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The lottery card as claimed in claim 1 wherein the marks of the succession are letters.
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