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US4480840A
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Multi-suit card game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-11-02
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Granted: 1984-11-06
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Expires: 2002-11-02
Abstract
Abstract A Chinese Poker deck which may be used for calculating the Chinese perpetual calendar and which may be composed into many new poker games. The Chinese Poker deck comprises 60 cards which are divided into two major kinds of cards, i.e., the celestial cards and the terrestrial cards. The celestial cards are divided into three suits (Sun, Moon, Star), and the terrestrial cards are also divided into three suits (Club, Bamboo, Pine). Each of the suits includes seven figure cards and three face cards. Further, among those Chinese Poker cards, 22 cards may be composed into two groups, i.e., one celestial stem group having ten cards, and one terrestrial branch group having twelve cards.
Inventors
- 👤 Yin-Jenn Chang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 18:12
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F9/00; A63F9/001; A63F2009/0049; A63F2009/0061
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A multi-suit card game, comprising: a total of sixty cards divided into three color groups, with twenty cards in each color group, wherein within each color group, then cards are designated as "Celestial cards" with the designations respectively "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C", and the remaining ten cards within each color group are designated as "Terrestrial cards" with the respective designations "A,2,3,4,5,6,7,R,O,C", wherein said Celestial cards represents respectively the sun, moon and stars by the respective color groups, and said Terrestrial cards represent respectively clubs, bamboo, and pine by the respective color groups.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A multi-suit card game, comprising: a total of sixty cards divided into three color groups, with twenty cards in each color group, wherein within each color group, then cards are designated as "Celestial cards" with the designations respectively "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C", and the remaining ten cards within each color group are designated as "Terrestrial cards" with the respective designations "A,2,3,4,5,6,7,R,O,C", wherein said Celestial cards represents respectively the sun, moon and stars by the respective color groups, and said Terrestrial cards represent respectively clubs, bamboo, and pine by the respective color groups.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
119 words
A multi-suit card game, comprising: a total of sixty cards divided into three color groups, with twenty cards in each color group, wherein within each color group, ten cards are designated as "Celestial cards" with the designations respectively "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C", and the remaining ten cards within each color group are designated as "Terrestrial cards" with the respective designtions "A,2,3,4,5,6,7,R,O,C", wherein said Celestial cards represent respectively the sun, moon and stars by the respective color groups, and said Terrestrial cards represent respectively clubs, bamboo, and pine by the respective color groups, wherein a sequence of "7,8,9,R,A,2,3,4,5,6" composes a group of Celestial stem cards representative of ten respective Celestial stems, namely Chia, I, Bing, Ding, Wu, Chi, Geng, Hsin, Ren, and Guei.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
119 words
A multi-suit card game, comprising: a total of sixty cards divided into three color groups, with twenty cards in each color group, wherein within each color group, ten cards are designated as "Celestial cards" with the designations respectively "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C", and the remaining ten cards within each color group are designated as "Terrestrial cards" with the respective designtions "A,2,3,4,5,6,7,R,O,C", wherein said Celestial cards represent respectively the sun, moon and stars by the respective color groups, and said Terrestrial cards represent respectively clubs, bamboo, and pine by the respective color groups, wherein a sequence of "7,8,9,R,A,2,3,4,5,6" composes a group of Celestial stem cards representative of ten respective Celestial stems, namely Chia, I, Bing, Ding, Wu, Chi, Geng, Hsin, Ren, and Guei.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
121 words
A multi-suit card game, comprising: a total of sixty cards divided into three color groups, with twenty cards in each color group, wherein within each color group, ten cards are designated as "Celestial cards" with the designations respectively "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C", and the remaining ten cards within each color group are designated as "Terrestrial cards" with the designations respectively "A,2,3,4,5,6,7,R,O,C", wherein said Celestial cards represent respectively the sun, moon and stars by the respective color groups, and said Terrestrial cards represent respectively clubs, bamboo, and pine in their respective color groups, wherein, a sequence of "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C,A,2" commposes a group of Terrestrial branch cards representative respectively of twelve Terrestrial branches, namely Tze, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, Yeou, Shuh and Hai.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
121 words
A multi-suit card game, comprising: a total of sixty cards divided into three color groups, with twenty cards in each color group, wherein within each color group, ten cards are designated as "Celestial cards" with the designations respectively "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C", and the remaining ten cards within each color group are designated as "Terrestrial cards" with the designations respectively "A,2,3,4,5,6,7,R,O,C", wherein said Celestial cards represent respectively the sun, moon and stars by the respective color groups, and said Terrestrial cards represent respectively clubs, bamboo, and pine in their respective color groups, wherein, a sequence of "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,R,O,C,A,2" commposes a group of Terrestrial branch cards representative respectively of twelve Terrestrial branches, namely Tze, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, Yeou, Shuh and Hai.
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