Foldable board game with card shuffler

• US 4,421,312 A
• Filed: 04/23/1982
• Issued: 12/20/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: George Spector, Pedro R. Delgado
• Original Assignee: George Spector, Pedro R. Delgado
• Inventors: Spector, George, Delgado, Pedro R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Scott
• Application Number:
  US06/371,319
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 273/149 R, 273/236, 273/285, 273/287, 273/266, 273/268
• US Class Current: 273/236
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/12 Card shufflers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00895 Accessories for board games A63F3/00697 takes precedence; game accessories of general use A63F11/00

Abstract

A board game for being played competitively between up to four players, and including a gameboard divided into nine areas, a set of chips for each player to place upon the gameboard areas, and a deck of cards carrying instructions for placements and removals of the chips. The game board being foldable to enclose a card shuffling device.

Claims

1. A new Banka game, comprising in combination, a gameboard, a deck of playing cards having playing instructions printed thereupon, and a plurality of chips, said playing instructions informing where said chips are placed upon or removed from said gameboard or to and from other players of said game, said gameboard including a fold line across a center thereof, a playing area imprinted on one side of said gameboard and being divided into spaces, said gameboard additionally comprising a boxlike case and cover which are pivotally joined along said fold line to form a box when closed together so to form an enclosure therebetween for shuffling said cards therewithin, said boxlike case having a series of riffles inside said enclosure, and behind which said cards settle in a re-aligned arrangement when said box is closed, and means for selective said cards only becoming settled behind said riffles.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means comprises a tubular bridge briding at least one said riffle, a shaft affixed to opposite sides of said tube protruding outwardly of said enclosure of or manual adjustment of said bridge to be close or far above said riffle.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 2, wherein said gameboard playing area has four corner zones of identical shape and symetrical location, a central zone contacting each said corner zone, and an intermediate zone between each said corner zone.