DE29501163U1 - Deck of cards - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a card game with several playing cards and with a card holder as well as a card holder for holding playing cards lying down.

Playing cards can be used to play various card games in which it is necessary to add new cards from a deck to the game or to discard cards during the game. Such games include the well-known Romme, Canasta or Black Jack. In order to have playing cards ready for inclusion in the game, decks of cards are prepared and placed on a flat playing surface. Cards that are to be discarded are also piled up on such a surface or arranged next to one another. With such card games, the problem often arises that playing cards cannot be found straight away because they are placed in a confusing manner, which disrupts and delays the game.

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The invention is based on the object of providing an aid in a card game that allows a clear storage and thus easy retrieval of playing cards that have been stored or kept ready.

This object is achieved according to the invention with the features of claim 1.

The card game according to the invention has, in addition to a set of playing cards required for the card game, a card holder for holding playing cards lying down. In this card holder, upwardly projecting side stops are arranged on a base plate, which delimit at least two compartments that are open to the outside and to the top. The playing cards can be placed in these compartments. In order to prevent the playing cards from the individual compartments from getting mixed up, a central stop is provided that delimits the compartments from one another.

The card holder serves as a sorting aid in the card game and also provides a presentation of the playing cards. The raised position of the playing cards compared to the playing surface makes them stand out visually and easier to find. In addition, the card holder acts like a frame for the individual playing cards, which enlarges the surface of the playing card and sets it apart from the surrounding playing surface. The card holder also forms a reference point on the flat playing surface, which allows the flat playing surface to be divided into areas. For example, the compartments of the card holder or its sides can be used as starting points for imaginary boundary lines.

can be used to structure flat, uniform playing surfaces. By optically highlighting individual playing cards, by helping to sort the playing cards and by acting as a reference point and structuring aid, the card holder makes it easier to lay down playing cards and find such laid down playing cards within the deck of cards.

To make it even easier to pick up discarded playing cards, various reference planes can be formed on the card holder. These reference planes are determined by the thickness of the base plate, the height of the side stops and the height of the central stop. If the playing card on top of a stack of cards is higher than the side stops, it can be picked up from the sides of the side stops. If the central stop is lower than the side stops, playing cards that are higher than the central stop but lower than the side stops can be picked up from the side of the central stop, with the side stops continuing to perform their guiding function. If the height of the central stop is greater than the thickness of one playing card and less than the thickness of two playing cards, only the last card remains when lifting from the side of the central stop. This last playing card can be removed from its respective compartment through the side opening on the base plate.

The reference edges formed by the side stops and the central stop also make it possible to

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to determine the current number of playing cards contained in each deck of cards on the card holder.

If the base plate is polygonal and a compartment is arranged on each of its side surfaces, playing cards placed in the respective compartments can be used to name the flat mirror surface areas adjacent to the edge of the base plate in this area of the polygon.

Preferably, the length of the compartments is greater than their width. This ensures that playing cards are aligned lengthwise and secured against twisting.

Further advantageous embodiments and developments of the invention emerge from the subclaims and from the drawing in conjunction with the description, which shows a preferred embodiment. Here:

Fig. 1 a card holder and a playing card to be placed on the card holder.

The card holder 10 shown in Fig. 1 has a square base plate 12, at the corners of which four cube-shaped side stops 14 of equal height are arranged. The side stops 14 have a square base and, in pairs, define a compartment 16 between them that is open at the top and outwards for accommodating one or more playing cards 18. The compartments 16 are arranged on the base plate 12 at a distance of 90° and are limited at their inner end by a central stop 20. The

The central stop is a cuboid with a rectangular base, where the edge length of the central stop 20 corresponds to the width of the compartments 16.

The card holder 10 is made in one piece from a plastic, with the side stops 14 being placed on the base plate 12 in such a way that they form flat side surfaces 22 together with the base plate 12. The compartments 16 are open at their respective outer ends so that the support surface 24 of each card compartment provided by the base plate 12 forms a straight pull-off edge 26 with the relevant side surface 22.

The card holder 10 shown in Fig. 1 has a base plate 12 with an edge length of 14.7 cm x 14.7 cm and a thickness of 0.9 cm. The central stop 20 has an edge length of 3.7 cm x 3.7 cm and a height of 0.9 cm. The side stops 14 have an edge length of 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm and a thickness of 1.5 cm. The playing cards that interact with the card holder are 5.3 cm long, 3.5 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick.

Claims (11)

EXPECTATIONS 1. Card game with several playing cards (18) and with a card holder (10) for holding playing cards (18) lying down, wherein the card holder (10) has a base plate (12) on which upwardly projecting side stops (14) are arranged, which delimit at least two compartments (16) open to the outside and to the top, and wherein the card holder (10) has a central stop (20) which delimits the compartments (16) from one another. 2. Card game according to claim 1, characterized in that the length of the compartments (16) is greater than their width. 3. Card game according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the central stop (20) is lower than the side stops (14). 4. Card game according to claim 3, characterized in that the height of the central stop (20) is greater than the thickness of a playing card (18) and smaller than the thickness of two playing cards (18). 5. Card game according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the height of the side stops (14) exceeds the height of the central stop (20) by the thickness of a playing card (18). 6. Card game according to one of claims 1-5, characterized in that at least four, preferably 7 - six compartments (16) are provided, each arranged at the same angular distance from each other. 7. Card game according to claim 6, characterized in that the base plate (12) is polygonal and a compartment (16) is arranged in each of its side surfaces (22). 8. Card game according to claim 7, characterized in that the thickness of the base plate (12) is greater than the thickness of a playing card (18) and smaller than the thickness of two playing cards (18). 9. Card game according to one of claims 1-8, characterized in that the base plate (12), the side stops (14) and the central stop (20) are made in one piece from plastic. 10. Card holder for holding playing cards (18) lying down, with a base plate (12) on which upwardly projecting side stops (14) are arranged, which delimit at least two compartments (16) open to the outside and to the top, and with a central stop (20) which delimits the compartments (16) from one another. 11. Card holder according to claim 10, characterized in that the base plate (12), the side stops (14) and the central stop (20) correspond in their dimensions to the features of claims 2-9.