Word card game
Patent 5014996 Issued on May 14, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 6, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
October 6, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References D212239 848042 Game apparatus Word game having single and multiple letter tiles Card game board apparatus Rapid pace word game Method of playing a letter selecting and arranging game Patent #: 4690409 InventorApplicationNo. 409105 filed on 10/06/1989US Classes:273/299, Word, sentence, or equation forming273/150Hand holdersExaminersPrimary: Coven, Edward M.Assistant: Passaniti, Sebastiano Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA63F 001/04AbstractA game utilizing a deck of playing cards. The playing cards each have letter designations in the upper left hand corner in each of two different invertible positions of the card with the letter designation differing from each other. In the lower right hand corner of each of the two invertible positions of the card, there is provided an "information center" giving the letter designation of the card should the card be inverted. Thus, as the cards are held in a hand, one adjacent to the other, both the letter designating the card in its upright position as well as the letter available to the card, should the card be inverted, are both visible to the player. Cards are selected and a word must be formed with the cards being able to be positioned in either of their two inverted positions. After the word is formed, the word is then used as an acronym in the formation of a sentence, with the sentence preferably being associated with the word itself. | |
