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US3143348A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Card game for amusement and educational purposes

Assignee: CARSEN AND SON Ltd
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Filing: 1961-02-24
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Granted: 1964-08-04
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Expires: 1981-02-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Marx J Carsen
  • 👤 Roy A Carsen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 00:58
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 341 words
A CARD GAME COMPRISING A DECK OF CARDS OF LIKE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION EACH HAVING A FACE SIDE BEARING AT LEAST ONE ANSWER TO A PUT OR IMPLIED QUESTION FOR EXPOSURE TO VIEW UPON BEING UNCOVERED BY REMOVAL OF ALL OF THE OTHER CARDS WHICH MAY COVER THIS FACE AND A HIDDEN BACK SIDE BEARING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT IDENTIFYING INDICIA, EACH CARD BEARING MEANS TO FACILITATE UNIFORM STACKING OF THE CARDS IN THE DECK WITH THEIR ANSWER FACE SIDES ALL FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND CLASSIFYING MEANS OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURE DIFFERING DISTINCTIVELY FROM THAT OF ALL OF SAID CARDS HAVING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT DELINEATED GROUP LOCATIONS FOR SELECTIVELY RECEIVING SAID CARDS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS AT THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, EACH SUCH FACE-BORNE ANSWER CARD HAVING A RECOGNIZABLE ASSOCIATION TO ONLY ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF GROUP LOCATIONS WHICH DIRECTS TRANSFER BY A MANIPULATOR OF THE DECK TO SUCH GROUP LOCATION OF THIS CARD AS A RESULT OF THE MANIPULATOR''S EXERCISE OF JUDGMENT OF THE TRUTH OR FALSITY OF THE ANSWER, EACH GROUP LOCATION BEING IDENTIFIED BY CERTAIN INDICIUM DIFFERING DISTINCTLY FROM ALL OF THE IDENTIFYING INDICIA ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THE REMAINING GROUP LOCATIONS OF SAID CLASSIFYING MEANS WITH EACH GROUP LOCATION IDENTIFYING INDICIUM BEING IN A PREDETERMINED MATCHING RELATION APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH AND CORRESPONDING TO ONLY ONE OF THE DISTINCT IDENTIFYING INDICIA CARRIED BY THE BACK SIDES OF SAID CARDS AND WITH THAT OF EACH CARD HIDDEN FROM THE VIEW OF THE MANIPULATOR AS THE FACE SIDE OF THIS CARD IS OBSERVED BY HIM FOR SELECTIVE CLASSIFICATION IN SAID GROUP LOCATIONS, THE ATTAINMENT BY THE MANIPULATOR IN HIS JUDGING THE TRUTH OR FALSITY OF A PARTICULAR ANSWER INDICATED ON THE EXPOSED FACE SIDE OF ANY PARTICULAR CARD OF SUCH MATCHING RELATION BETWEEN THE HIDDEN INDICIUM ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS CARD AND THE INDICIUM IDENTIFYING A PARTICULAR CLASSIFYING GROUP LOCATION TO WHICH HE TRANSFERS THIS CARD IN THE EXERCISE OF SUCH JUDGMENT BEING INFORMATIVE OF THE CORRECTNESS OF THE MANIPULATOR''S CLASSIFYING ACTION, AND VICE VERSA.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 341 words
A CARD GAME COMPRISING A DECK OF CARDS OF LIKE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION EACH HAVING A FACE SIDE BEARING AT LEAST ONE ANSWER TO A PUT OR IMPLIED QUESTION FOR EXPOSURE TO VIEW UPON BEING UNCOVERED BY REMOVAL OF ALL OF THE OTHER CARDS WHICH MAY COVER THIS FACE AND A HIDDEN BACK SIDE BEARING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT IDENTIFYING INDICIA, EACH CARD BEARING MEANS TO FACILITATE UNIFORM STACKING OF THE CARDS IN THE DECK WITH THEIR ANSWER FACE SIDES ALL FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND CLASSIFYING MEANS OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURE DIFFERING DISTINCTIVELY FROM THAT OF ALL OF SAID CARDS HAVING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT DELINEATED GROUP LOCATIONS FOR SELECTIVELY RECEIVING SAID CARDS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS AT THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, EACH SUCH FACE-BORNE ANSWER CARD HAVING A RECOGNIZABLE ASSOCIATION TO ONLY ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF GROUP LOCATIONS WHICH DIRECTS TRANSFER BY A MANIPULATOR OF THE DECK TO SUCH GROUP LOCATION OF THIS CARD AS A RESULT OF THE MANIPULATOR''S EXERCISE OF JUDGMENT OF THE TRUTH OR FALSITY OF THE ANSWER, EACH GROUP LOCATION BEING IDENTIFIED BY CERTAIN INDICIUM DIFFERING DISTINCTLY FROM ALL OF THE IDENTIFYING INDICIA ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THE REMAINING GROUP LOCATIONS OF SAID CLASSIFYING MEANS WITH EACH GROUP LOCATION IDENTIFYING INDICIUM BEING IN A PREDETERMINED MATCHING RELATION APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH AND CORRESPONDING TO ONLY ONE OF THE DISTINCT IDENTIFYING INDICIA CARRIED BY THE BACK SIDES OF SAID CARDS AND WITH THAT OF EACH CARD HIDDEN FROM THE VIEW OF THE MANIPULATOR AS THE FACE SIDE OF THIS CARD IS OBSERVED BY HIM FOR SELECTIVE CLASSIFICATION IN SAID GROUP LOCATIONS, THE ATTAINMENT BY THE MANIPULATOR IN HIS JUDGING THE TRUTH OR FALSITY OF A PARTICULAR ANSWER INDICATED ON THE EXPOSED FACE SIDE OF ANY PARTICULAR CARD OF SUCH MATCHING RELATION BETWEEN THE HIDDEN INDICIUM ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS CARD AND THE INDICIUM IDENTIFYING A PARTICULAR CLASSIFYING GROUP LOCATION TO WHICH HE TRANSFERS THIS CARD IN THE EXERCISE OF SUCH JUDGMENT BEING INFORMATIVE OF THE CORRECTNESS OF THE MANIPULATOR''S CLASSIFYING ACTION, AND VICE VERSA.

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