US1704017A - Playing card - Google Patents
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- T his invention relates to games and toys, tions which will cause a deck of cards to have and more particularly to a playing card of side reeessesin which the fingers of a hand the type employed when playing nun'ierous holding the cards may he received.
- One object of the invention is to provide Jarred while holding a deck when dealin a card which is substantially oi an oblong and also the edgeswill not he ll m t shape but of such marginal configuration tl .t marred when slniiliingza deck of cards:
- this card has its end edges formed 50 vide a card of such configuration that its with recesses 8 wiich are similar to the refaee may be ornamented by curved lines it Releases '4' and serve to prevent the ends of the so desired and thereby produce an attractive cards front-having their edges marredin the card. 7 same manner that the recesses? protect their The invention is illustrated in the accomside portions. These recesses not only serve 55 panying drawing, wherein to protect the card hut permit their faces to be Figure 1 is a face view of a card formed ornamented by curved lines as previously in accordance with this invention. set forth. I
- Figure 2 is a modified form of card.
- TVhat claimed is The card shownin Figure l and indicated A playing card substantially rectangular 60' in general by the numeral 1. is cut or siai'nped in shape and having opposed side edges, the i from thin. sheet material such asthiel; paper said side edgesbeing formed with straight celluloid or anyother desiredmaterial.
- 'llhe cutei'id portions of an appreciable length and card may he of any desired length and width intermediate portions curved inwardly 1 1011] but is preferably substant' ly ohlon in, the end portions to provide a card having" 63 shape and is provided with rom'ided n m wide end porthmsiand an interi'nediate por- 2, connecting its end edges 3 with or straight tion substantially reduced in width lren'i its cut with its side edges 4i.
- the end portions endsto increase flexibility of the card and of: the side edges extend straight and parallel permit a deck of such cards to be easily held to each other but their intermediate portions and shuttled.
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March 5, 1929. REED 1,704,017
PLAYING CARD Filed Sept. 1928 awucuio-z Patented Mar 1929. I i i I i I v nnisn s'ra'rss PATENT op GEORGE IB. REED, 01 CLEARFIELID, PENNSYLVANIA.
PLAYING CARD,
Application filed September 8, 1928. Serial No. 304,?392.
T his invention relates to games and toys, tions which will cause a deck of cards to have and more particularly to a playing card of side reeessesin which the fingers of a hand the type employed when playing nun'ierous holding the cards may he received. There'- i I fore the edges of the cards are not liable to he 40 5 One object of the invention is to provide Jarred while holding a deck when dealin a card which is substantially oi an oblong and also the edgeswill not he ll m t shape but of such marginal configuration tl .t marred when slniiliingza deck of cards:
a pack of cards having the configuration The card shown in Figure 2 and indicated shown may be easily held by a dealer and in general bythe numeral 6 is in most re 4 10 thoroughly shuttled and dealt without danspeets similar to the card shown in Figure 1 ger of the edge portions of the cards heeomand has its side portions formed with recesses ing marred, during; a shuttling and dealing '1" corresponding to the recesses 5. Instead of ation. having its end edges cut straight as shown in Another object of the invention is to pro- Figure 1 this card has its end edges formed 50 vide a card of such configuration that its with recesses 8 wiich are similar to the refaee may be ornamented by curved lines it cesses '4' and serve to prevent the ends of the so desired and thereby produce an attractive cards front-having their edges marredin the card. 7 same manner that the recesses? protect their The invention is illustrated in the accomside portions. These recesses not only serve 55 panying drawing, wherein to protect the card hut permit their faces to be Figure 1 is a face view of a card formed ornamented by curved lines as previously in accordance with this invention. set forth. I
Figure 2 is a modified form of card. TVhat claimed is The card shownin Figure l and indicated A playing card substantially rectangular 60' in general by the numeral 1. is cut or siai'nped in shape and having opposed side edges, the i from thin. sheet material such asthiel; paper said side edgesbeing formed with straight celluloid or anyother desiredmaterial. 'llhe cutei'id portions of an appreciable length and card may he of any desired length and width intermediate portions curved inwardly 1 1011] but is preferably substant' ly ohlon in, the end portions to provide a card having" 63 shape and is provided with rom'ided n m wide end porthmsiand an interi'nediate por- 2, connecting its end edges 3 with or straight tion substantially reduced in width lren'i its cut with its side edges 4i. The end portions endsto increase flexibility of the card and of: the side edges extend straight and parallel permit a deck of such cards to be easily held to each other but their intermediate portions and shuttled. I y
are curved inwardly as shown at 5 thereby Y' In testimony whereof I aiilx my signature. providing inwardly curved intermediate por- GEORGE B. REED. [n s.]
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Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE4320775A1 (en) * | 1993-06-23 | 1995-01-05 | Herbert Kniep | Set of playing cards |
US5490676A (en) * | 1995-08-02 | 1996-02-13 | Rake; Lance G. | Playing cards with gripping surface |
EP1013320A1 (en) * | 1998-12-22 | 2000-06-28 | Berliner Spielkarten GmbH | Card Game |
FR2861314A1 (en) * | 2003-10-28 | 2005-04-29 | Quasarine | Playing card, for game based on e.g. nutrition, consists in body and gripping part separated by narrow zone which is narrower than both body and gripping part, is triangular-shaped and has no axis of symmetry |
US20110198810A1 (en) * | 2010-02-17 | 2011-08-18 | Southwell Iii Joseph Ray | Magic card deck |
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Cited By (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE4320775A1 (en) * | 1993-06-23 | 1995-01-05 | Herbert Kniep | Set of playing cards |
US5490676A (en) * | 1995-08-02 | 1996-02-13 | Rake; Lance G. | Playing cards with gripping surface |
EP0841973A1 (en) * | 1995-08-02 | 1998-05-20 | Lance G. Rake | Playing cards with gripping surface |
EP0841973A4 (en) * | 1995-08-02 | 1998-06-03 | ||
EP1013320A1 (en) * | 1998-12-22 | 2000-06-28 | Berliner Spielkarten GmbH | Card Game |
FR2861314A1 (en) * | 2003-10-28 | 2005-04-29 | Quasarine | Playing card, for game based on e.g. nutrition, consists in body and gripping part separated by narrow zone which is narrower than both body and gripping part, is triangular-shaped and has no axis of symmetry |
US20110198810A1 (en) * | 2010-02-17 | 2011-08-18 | Southwell Iii Joseph Ray | Magic card deck |
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