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Method, apparatus and article employing multiple machine-readable indicia on playing cards

  • US 20030176209A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2003
  • Published: 09/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for identifying playing cards in a stack of playing cards, the device comprising:

  • a first card support surface to supportingly engage at least a portion of a long edge of each of a number of playing cards in the stack of playing cards, a second card support surface extending at an angle to the first card supporting surface to supportingly engage at least a portion of a short edge of each of the number of playing cards in the stack of playing cards, and a third card support surface for engagingly supporting a surface of an outermost one of the playing cards in the stack of playing cards, the third card support surface forming a first obtuse angle with the first card support surface and a second obtuse angle with respect to the second card support surface, the first, the second and the third card support surfaces forming a receptacle sized and dimensioned for receiving at least a portion of the stack of playing cards; and

    a reading mechanism positioned to read a first indicia extending along a long edge of the playing cards and a second indicia extending along a short edge of the playing cards.

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