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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5169155 | Coded playing cards and other standardized documents An apparently conventional playing card is invisibly coded so that it can only be read face down, by an electro-optic reading means. The card may be of non-laminated conventional card stock which has a substantially white surface conventionally printed wi... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5120068 | Domino with folding portions to change indicia A domino game is provided wherein some of the domino pieces have rotatable or convertible end sections that thus permit player a choice as the symbol to be displayed when the game piece is played. Symbols are displayed on both sides of each game piece, an... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5110134 | Card mark sensor and methods for blackjack A novel method and apparatus for determing whether or not a hole card is a member of a blackjack pair without direct observation of the hole card. The cards are separably marked in groups of aces and of face cards and tens. Each mark is detectable by a ca... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5037110 | Geometric card game A deck of playing cards and a card game to be played therewith comprises a plurality of transparent cards each having the same outer shape and size. Each card carries a colored area which may correspond to a primary shape, a secondary shape, a tertiary sh... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5016889 | Game tile structure A music educational game is provided and consists of a plurality of small rectangular game tiles. Each tile has a face divided into halves. Each half is either blank or marked by a music note symbol representing a value count of one to six. Each half of t... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4998902 | Toppling toy An improved toppling toy is characterized by a resetting capability that comprises a plurality of finger tip operated actuators, each of which is associated with and coupled to an associated one of the pivotally mounted tiles for joint pivotal movement th... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4968040 | Step shaped dominoes A domino type game is provided having game interlocking pieces formed with matching shapes rather than number dot patterns. In accordance with a preferred aspect of this invention, a playing piece is provided that has a stepped configuration with two gene... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4778188 | Wall constructing tile game A wall constructing tile game for a number of players utilizes a set of tiles having a shape suitable to enable them to be stably placed on a substantially flat playing support surface, to enable at least one to be stably placed on top of another tile, an... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4775154 | Promotional game A promotional game particularly adapted for use in connection with packaged food products, the game including a plurality of specially constructed game cards. Each game card consists of a transparent film laminate on which is imprinted a set of game indic... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4671515 | Card game device A card game device embodying a first set of cards and a second set of cards with there being a plurality of spaced apart indicia on at least one face of each card of the first set of cards. The indicia are of a predetermined size and are arranged on each ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4669732 | Lottery number selector A lottery number selector is provided and consists of a set of numbered cards so that a series of numbers can be selected at random for a state lottery drawing. A dispenser device can be used to hold at least one set of randomly mixed numbered cards so th... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4666163 | Card game A card game comprises a set of cards with each card being formed with a slit along its mid-line starting from one edge and extending for about one-half its width towards its opposite edge such as to permit each card to be inserted via its slit into the sl... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4461483 | Game apparatus employing cards and dice 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 ca... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4285522 | Pattern game Two sets of rectangular shaped tiles in the form of dominoes are provided. Each set of tiles are divided in half to form perfect squares. Each square of the first set are provided with separate identifiable indicia such as color or touch. One square of ea... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4257611 | Dominoes with concealable spots A domino construction, which includes rollers and gears within the main structure of the domino, which makes it possible to cause spots to disappear, when viewing the domino from the top side, without turning over the main structure of the domino. When th... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4244582 | Personalized card pack producing method Cards such as playing cards have numerals or patterns corresponding to the play, printed on their one sides, while, on the other sides of these cards, printed is a common pattern. According to the invention, attractive and amusing cards of the user's own ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4239231 | Three-dimensional domino game A set of dominoes is disclosed which can be used for a three-dimensional domino game. The indicia on the top surface of the dominoes are in the form of raised pegs, and each domino has a socket on its under surface directly below and complementary to each... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4143496 | Wall decorating device A flat rectangular holding frame member is provided on one side with adhesive tape adjacent the edge thereof, which is covered by a peel-off film which, upon removal, allows the frame to be applied to the surface of a wall for adherence thereto; and on th... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4140320 | Card game A card game in which a plurality of cards are employed each having thereon a plurality of indicia locations arranged to form rows and columns. In each set of cards, two or more sets making up a deck, one card of the set has an opaque indicia at a location... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4125263 | Domino game Domino game apparatus comprising a plurality of domino game pieces that are divided into first and second sets of game pieces, each set being equal in number. Each individual game piece has a face that is provided with first indicia to (1) divide the face... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4119322 | Bridge game for two or three Deck of playing cards for playing Bridge, with means enabling two or three players to bid competitively for an unexposed or partially-exposed dummy hand, the Aces and Kings of said deck being provided with means making their identification normally non-di... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4074906 | Game and apparatus Game apparatus is disclosed having a game card playing chance taking apparatus for randomly determining the play of the game cards. The preferred embodiment of the game apparatus further includes a set of game playing cards and chance taking apparatus. Th... | 02/21/1978 |
