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| 7832732 | Game with interlocking game pieces A game with interlocking game pieces includes a first set of game pieces each comprising a game surface, a first side surface having a first concave portion and a first convex portion extending from the first concave portion and a second side surface having a second... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7651097 | Toy play set A toy play set contains a set of playing cards used to play at least one predetermined card game. The toy play set includes a generally elongated body having a closed configuration in which ends and a side wall generally surround a hollow interior and an open config... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7371165 | Card game program and card game machine A card game program has a routine for displaying areas of a player and an opponent, each being comprised of a plurality of hexes, a routine for displaying selective disposition of card on the hex, a routine for removing for displaying remove of a card between the he... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341254 | Method and apparatus to play card game A method and apparatus to play poker or blackjack games that include novel playing cards that do not have non-descriptive backs and novel card arrangements with multiple hands sharing a common card. When the novel cards are initially dealt, either the suit or rank o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331579 | Poker game with dealer disqualifying hand A method of playing a poker-type wagering game is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) placing a mandatory Ante bet to participate in a poker-type card game against a dealer hand; b) placing a mandatory Super Bonus bet on the occurrence of one of a predet... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316396 | Card game machine A card game machine using plural cards on front surface sides of which distinctive information for identifying itself from others is displayed and designs of back sides of which have a commonality is provide. The card game comprises a holding unit for holding the pl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290768 | Raffle game using flamable matches and match carriers as printable medium for raffle game numbers Game played using match-related medium for printing gaming instructions and indicia. At least one of interior surfaces of a matchbook or matchbox carrier is printed with gaming indicia used for comparison against gaming indicia printed at least one of match sticks o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7222852 | Method, apparatus and article employing multiple machine-readable indicia on playing cards A stacked set of playing cards are supported to expose an information bearing portion bearing a first machine-readable indicia and an information bearing portion bearing a second machine-readable indicia, such that each of the first and second machine-readable indic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198270 | Kinematically compatible parallelpipedal cells This invention generally relates to a set of parallelepipedal bodies (cells) capable of matingly compatible engagement for interconnection, so as to allow up to three degrees of freedom in the sliding movement of an individual cell or grouping of cells about a group... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156398 | Card game and deck for use therewith A game system including twenty-four cards, each respective card having respective top and bottom portions, each characterized by the following respective first and second suit-rank pairings: Ace of Spades and Nine of Hearts, King of Spades and Ten of Hearts . . . Ni... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7114719 | [Management training] game activity A multi-phase analytical game activity, is prefaced with a construction phase, in which are constructed from component elements, a plurality of [co-operatively-disposed] playing pieces (11), such as hollow, co-operatively inter-nesting cubes; with coded marki... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6971649 | Zero-sum tiling game A zero-sum tiling game. A plurality of “domino-like” game pieces include indicia viewable on the top surfaces of the game pieces that correspond to one, or the other, or both of two halves of the game pieces. The indicia forms a binary set. The indicia associate... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6684591 | Card like construction element A construction element having a card like structure and which can be used to build three dimensional structures, the construction element having upper and lower marginal edges, side marginal edges, first and second upper tabs, first and second lower tabs,... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6669199 | Playing cards comprising no axis of symmetry A playing card device includes cardboard or plastic cards having a graphic design or a color on one of their faces which is repeated on the other cards. Each card includes a head that is globally circular or polygonal in shape and extended by a comma-shap... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6523831 | Method and apparatus for playing blackjack with a three card poker wager ("21+3/4") Card games that combine the play of Blackjack ("21") with a 3-card Poker wager or side bet ("21+3/4"). Each player places a basic Blackjack wager and an optional side wager before the cards are dealt. Each player is then dealt a card with the dealer recei... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6446971 | Method and apparatus for playing a wagering game A playing card wagering game method which includes each player placing an initial wager. Cards are dealt by a dealer, one card face down to the dealer, one card face down to each player and one card face up to the dealer. Players view their card then deci... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6402151 | Twelve-sided polygon tile game and method of playing A game, referred to as Dazzle, that is played with flat, twelve-sided regular polygon tiles. The tiles are radially divisible by segments from the center point to the corners of the external sides into six sections--two sections encompassing one external ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6367799 | Playing cards and case therefor The combination of a deck of playing cards and a carrying case for them. Each of the cards in the deck of playing cards are elongated, have rounded semicircular ends connected by linear sides, suitable card names and denominations printed in the upper lef... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6135453 | Method and apparatus for playing a high/low poker game A method of playing a high/low poker game includes each seated player placing a first high hand wager in a first high hand betting location and a first low hand wager in a first low hand betting location; each seated player optionally placing one or more ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5992854 | Card game A card game in which luck and chance play little or no part in determining the outcome; skill, memory, and deception determine the winner. There are two sets or decks of cards. Each player has his own set of cards. Each set is comprised of nine cards, ide... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5492333 | Tiles with handedness for games and puzzles A set of game tiles, each game tile having a like back and a face (30). On a face (10), each game tile carries a suit indicia (32) and a rank indicia (34). The suit and rank indicia are color coded or a combination of color and letter or number codes. Opt... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5490676 | Playing cards with gripping surface Playing cards that are ergonomically designed to fit a person's hands to facilitate handling, shuffling and dealing are disclosed. The end edges of the playing cards are formed with undulating curves. The undulating curves each present an inwardly curved ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5466010 | Cards used as both coupons and playing cards and their method of manufacture and use A plurality of cards, usable as both coupons and playing cards. Each card has a playing card indicia and a coupon message printed on one of its faces. The set of cards is a compilation of coupons in which each coupon is redeemable for valuable goods or se... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5439232 | Educational card game An educational card game is described which requires a player to identify an object shown in a dictionary-like illustration on the front side of a card. The spelling of the object is alphabetically sequenced between two other words that also appear on the... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5346225 | Tile game and method of playing same A domino-like game having a plurality of hexahedronal playing pieces, or tile. Each tile has a playing face that projects an overall outline that can be classified as being one of six distinct quadrilateral shapes--viz.: a rectangular shape; three trapezo... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5314183 | Set of tiles for covering a surface A set of tiles each of which is distinct from the other tiles in the set is arranged in a particular circle tiling having various unusual properties. As a result of these properties, each one of a number of sub-sets of these tiles may be identified by a c... | 05/24/1994 |
| 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 |
| 4830376 | Puzzles comprised of elements each having a unique arrangement of matchable features A two dimensional puzzle is disclosed comprising thirty-six four sided tiles. Each of the tiles includes some means for indicating its orientation; and all but one of the tiles further comprises a part of at least one means for matching the tile to other ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4754979 | Polygons game This disclosure is a game played with colored chips, which when played on a game board or flat surface, one chip at a time, create for each consecutive of two or more players, with his specific color chips, patterns of number, letters, or geometric design... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4715605 | Two and three-dimensional number game or puzzle A game or puzzle may comprise a two-dimensional embodiment (10) defined by four square-shaped playing cards or puzzle pieces (12), or a three-dimensional embodiment (110) defined by four cubes (112). Indicia is located at each corner (16) of each playing ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4690410 | Word forming tile game A word game has a set of tiles each formed on one face with a letter and the frequency of occurrence of the letters in the set corresponds to that occurring in the American language. Rules are provided by which a word formed by a player during the progres... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4674753 | Boardless maze game A boardless maze game is disclosed. The game is played on any suitable and substantially flat surface. Apparatus comprises a deck of 28 "L" shaped playing pieces, a deck holder for holding a deck of stacked playing pieces and a plurality of identifying ma... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4673185 | Hexagon tile game A game apparatus is comprised of a plurality of six sided, hexagonal, tiles each tile having one planar side which is divided by indicia into six separate triangular shaped spaces, with each space being one of two differentiating colors in accordance with... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4550915 | Game with triangular shaped playing elements A game of forming words on a playing surface including a plurality of triangular shaped playing pieces each marked on one side with either a letter, number, symbol or combinations thereof, which letters, numbers and symbols are for arranging on a playing ... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4423876 | Game-toy anthropomorphic (human-robot-shaped) dominoes This game-toy, a domino-man, is a human-robot-shaped figure to be used either in playing dominoes by formal game rules, or in construction, stacking and knock-over play usually done with traditional domino pieces. The domino-dot number equivalents are pri... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4381865 | Geometric domino-type game Apparatus for playing a domino-type game comprising a plurality of domino-like pieces intended to be joined end-to-end or end-to-side. Each of the game pieces is structurally distinctive and different from each other game piece. Each of the game pieces ha... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4357018 | Pentagonal game equipment A game comprises a playing surface and a set of playing pieces. The playing surface is marked with interlocking closed chains of regular pentagons in side to side abuttment. In the preferred embodiment, pieces having pentagonal portions are assembled on t... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4327914 | Baseball game apparatus This game board, which is called "double-play," consists primarily of a playing surface inscribed with a "baseball diamond," score pads, scoring boxes, "dug-outs," etc. The game further includes a deck of cards that are to be shuffled and played, and a mu... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4317515 | Game package A game package or kit includes a number of game pieces having a characteristic shape. These pieces are all contained within a tubular carton whose cross-section corresponds to the shape of the game pieces. The carton includes top and bottom covers which c... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4287824 | Means for imprinting multiple permutations and combinations of cards on cups A method and apparatus is provided for printing games such as poker hands on two-piece frustoconical containers with four cards up and one down on the container sidewall and a hole card or draw card on the bottom of the container. The sidewalls are formed... | 09/08/1981 |
