US2162428A - Novel card game - Google Patents

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yJune 13, 1939. M GOLDMAN 2,162,428

NOVEL CARD GAME Filed Oct. 18, 1937 I Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES IPATENT-- OFFICE 4 Claims.

and more particularly to a novel card game.`

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel type of ycard game colorful in ap- I pearance and adapted to the amusement and enjoyment of both young. and old people, said game being characterized in that neither numerical nor alphabetical symbols are used. Accordingly, it is possible for the game to be played 1o by young people who have not yet acquired suillcient familiarity with reading to appreciate written symbols, or by persons of different ,nationality who do not speak a common tongue.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an amusing card game of a character such that powers of observation are stimulated.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in conzo nection with the accompanying drawing which forms part of the application.`

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a suit of cards arranged in the winning formation.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of one of the end cards.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of one of the intermediate -cards; and

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the other end card.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention the deck of cards used comprises a plurality, say, for example, six essentially suits of ten cards each, each of these suits including one of each of the end cards, substantially as illustrated in Figures 2 and 4, along with eight intermediate cards, substantially as illustrated in Figure 1. It will be noted that upon each of the cards is included a design element comprising concentrically disposed. colored areas, for ex- 40 ample, a plurality of V-shaped areas are provided on the card illustrated in -Figure 2 which, beginning from the center,y are colored as follows: green, brown, red or pink, violet or purple,

yellow or gold, blue. On the intermediate card 145 iuustratediin Figure 3, it w111 be noted that me hemicircular areas on the left portion of the card beginning at the center, are colored substantially as follows: red or pink, blue, brown, violet or purple, red or pink, green, and yellow or gold. The hemicircular'areas disposed at the right portion of the card, beginning at the centergare colored as follows: violet or purple, red or pink, yellow or gold, green, red or pink, blue and brown. Referring now to the Figure 4, it

.ing these cards in improper sequence. .begnoted that in the absence of the direction- This invention relates to amusement devicesl will be noted that the hemicircular areas disposed on the left'portion of said card beginning at the center are colored as follows: yellow or gold, red or pink, blue, red or pink, green brown and violet or purple. A plurality of direction ,5 indicating arrows, to be hereinafter described, are also provided on the faces of the cards substantially as shown. It will be noted that the hemicircular colored areas disposed adjacent` the edges of `the cards are arranged in a manner :10 whereby, when the lcards are placed adjacent each other with the arrows pointing in the same direction, the hemicircular areas will be in alignment thereby producing a different design consisting of a plurality of designs comprisingcircles ,l5 of different colors when the proper cards are placed together. It will be further noted that in each suit, the arrangement of colors in the hemicircular areas will agree on only two cards, that` is to say, when the arrows are pointing in the proper direction and the cards are positioned adjacent each other, it will be found that only one card will agree with the card arrangement on another card, for example, the card 5 in Figure 1 is provided with a particular arrangement of colors in the right portion of said card which will only correspond to the arrangement of hemicircular colored yareas in the left portion of card 6, 'but this particular arrangement of colored areas will not b e found on any other card. Like- '30 wise, the arrangement of hemicircular colored areas on the right portion of card 6 will be matched only by the hemicircular colored areas in the left portion of card 1. It 'will be noted that each of the cards is provided with indicating arrows or signals intended to convey to the mind of the player that the cards should be arranged so that the arrows point in one direction only when the cards are properly aligned. It is among the purposes of the direction-indicating o indicia to prevent a person holding two cards of the same colored design, as for instance, two cards 1, taken from different suits, from arrang- It will indicating indicia it would be possible for the player' to position these cards adjacent each other in improper sequence and complete a design without formation of a complete suit, whereas with direction-indicating indicia this is precluded. Therefore, it will be observed that no two cards of a suit can be in alignment unless placed in the position indicated in Fig. 1 by reference to characters 5, 6 and 7 and the remaining cards not specifically referred to. 55

Further, it will be noted that in the card illustratedinFigure2,thearrowsappe artobegin from a common origin and on the card illustrated in Figure 4 the arrows appear to converge toward the pot-o-gold or similar symbol representing a real or imaginary goal.

In playing the gameit is preferred to use in conjunction with the cards hereinbetore. described, a number of tokens or chips preferably resembling gold pieces. Experience indicates that approximately three hundred of these chips are sufficient for use with a deck of cards containing six essentially complete suits. At the beginning of the game the total number oi' chips or gold pieces are divided into aliquot portions and disltributed to the players and thereafter l0 cards'v are dealt to each player from a shuilled deck. Each player than lays all his cards on the table, face up, in view of the other players and attempts in as far as possible to arrange the cards adjacent each other in a manner whereby the arrows all point in one general direction and the hemicircular colored areas correspond in color. In the event that the individual players do not have the correct cards for proper sequence of color continuity in order to complete their respective suits, they purchase additional cards from the balanceof the deck remaining after the, first deal. For instance, each additional card can bepurchased byI one token or piece of gold. In the event that six players are playing, which case necessitates all the cards to be dealt out to the players -leaving no remainder for subsequent sale, experience indicates that each player should be forced to discard those cards which he does not believe t into the suit which he is making or attempting to make. In the preferred manner of playing the game, the individual players continue this process until one player has completed his suit, whereupon said player becomes entitled to the accumulation of tokens or gold pieces which have been gathered thru the `sale of cards from the pack. In the event that a plurality of players simultaneously complete their suits, the collection of tokens is divided aliquotly. Whenever a player completes his suit, the cards of all players are gathered together, shuilled and again distributed to the players in substantially the manner hereinbefore described although the tokens or gold pieces are not again gathered together and equally sub-divided. In this manner, the game proceeds until one person has accumulated at least a preponderant part of the tokens at which time he is acclaimed the winner. In the event that a player wishes to withdraw from the game, the cards in his possession are introduced into the pack and shuiiied and the tokens which he has won are placed in the pile accumulated thru the sale of /cards to the respective players.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the' art that a deck can comprise substantially any number of essentially suits of cards or indeed the number of cards comprising a suit canbe increased in number if preferred without substan tial departure from the spirit of the present invention. It will also be apparent to those skilled amuse in the art that, although certain arrangements ot colored areas have been described in conjunction with the illustrated embodiment of the present invention.` this combination oi' colors is purely for purposes of illustration and is non-limitative. It is preferred, however. that the colors of adjoining areas be substantially complementary and harmonious with each other thereby permit ting the continuity of proper color sequence and the elimination of an unpleasant effect.

iined tothe exact showing of the drawing nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therein as do not affect the spirit oi' the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as ex- A pressed in .the appended claims.

Whatisclaimedasnewis:

1.Inapackoi'cardshavingatleastonesuit made up o! a number of said cards and said suit provided with dinerent symbols constituting a complete design apportioned over the c'ards o1' said suit, a pair of said cards of said suit bisecting one of said symbols to apportion an identically appearing section thereof on each of said pair of cards for cooperation in denoting the'edge to edge relation of the pair of cards when form.- ing the complete design.

2. In a pack of cards having at least one suit made up of a plurality of cards each provided with a different complete section of a design forming a part of the design for said suit when said cards are arranged in a predetermined order and with an appreciable portion of the section of said design on one card beingof an identical replica of a like portion of that design on the adjacent card when said cards are arranged in said predetermined order.

3. In a pack of cards having at least one suit made up of a plurality of cards' each provided with a dierent complete section of a design fashioned with colored paths terminating adjacent the side edges thereof and forming a part of the design for said suit when said cards are arranged in predetermined order and with an appreciable portion of the section of said design on one card being substantially a duplicate of' alike portion oi that design on the adjacent card when said cards are arranged in said predetermined order.

4. In a pack of design forming cards, at least one suit adapted to be arranged in a predetermined order to provide a plurality of individually complete designs, said individually complete designs comprising complementary sectional designs on the cards, each complementary sectional -design comprising a plurality of patterns, and each complementary sectional design being adapted to match one complementary sectional design on one only of the other cards to provide one of said individually complete designs when the cards are arranged in said predetermined order with a plurality of patterns of one sectional design lending continuity to the plurality of patterns of its complementary sectional design.

MOSES GOLDMAN.

. l0 It is to be understood that this improvement is capable of extended application and is not con

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