Bingo game card holder

• US 4,630,830 A
• Filed: 09/16/1981
• Issued: 12/23/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Helen E. Gadd
• Original Assignee: Helen E. Gadd
• Inventors: Gadd, Helen E.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/302,828
• Time in Patent Office: 1,924 Days
• Field of Search: 273/240, 273/269, 273/270, 273/148 R, 273/148 A, 273/281, 129/20, 40/158 B, 40/159, 40/373, 40/374
• US Class Current: 273/240
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0643 erasable
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0625 Devices for filling-in or checking

Abstract

A bingo game card holder having a base defining a plurality of pockets for holding one each bingo game cards in laterally related disposition. A light-transmissive cover is retained releasably in overlying relationship to the pockets for releasably retaining the selected bingo game cards therein. The exposed upper surface of the cover is constructed to be readily marked by conventional erasable marking elements to identify the called numbers appearing on the cards retained in the pockets. The cover, in the illustrated embodiment, is releasably retained by retaining structure at opposite portions thereof. In the illustrated embodiment, the periphery of the cover is spaced inwardly of the periphery of the base and structure is provided for defining access to an edge portion of the cover for facilitated installation and removal. The base, in the illustrated embodiment, defines an integral handle for use in carrying the assembled card holder.

Claims

1. A bingo game card holder comprising:

means defining a base having a plurality of upwardly opening pockets adapted to receive one each a plurality of bingo game cards in laterally related disposition for viewing of the plurality of cards by a player;

light-transmissive cover means for covering the bingo game cards received in said pockets while permitting reading of the cards therethrough, said cover means defining an upper writing surface constructed to be marked by conventional erasable marking means to identify called numbers appearing on the cards in said pockets; and

means at opposite portions of said cover means for releasably retaining said cover means on said base in overlying relationship to said pockets for retaining the cards therein.

2. The bingo game card holder of claim 1 wherein said cover means comprises a sheet defining corner portions and said means for releasably retaining said cover comprises means for retaining said corner portions in association with said base.

3. The bingo game card holder of claim 1 wherein said cover is formed of resilient sheet material.

4. A bingo game card holder comprising:

means defining a base having a plurality of upwardly opening pockets adapted to receive one each a plurality of bingo game cards in laterally related disposition for viewing of the plurality of cards by a player;

light-transmissive cover means for covering the bingo game cards received in said pockets while permitting reading of the cards therethrough, said cover means defining an upper writing surface constructed to be marked by conventional erasable marking means to identify called numbers appearing on the cards in said pockets;

means at opposite portions of said cover means for releasably retaining said cover means on said base in overlying relationship to said pockets for retaining the cards therein,

said cover means comprising a sheet defining corner portions and said means for releasably retaining said cover means comprising means for retaining said corner portions is association with said base; and

shoulder means upstanding from the base intermediate said means for retaining said cover portions for engagement therewith by the edges of the sheet to prevent lateral displacement of the sheet.

5. The bingo game card holder of claim 4 wherein said shoulder means defines a gap substantially midway between the means for retaining said corner portions.

6. The bingo game card holder of claim 4 wherein said means for retaining said corner portions in association with said base comprises openings in said base slidably receiving said sheet corner portions.

7. A bingo game card holder comprising:

a base sheet defining a plurality of upwardly opening, laterally related shallow pockets each adapted to receive one each a bingo card for viewing of the card by a player, said pockets having a depth corresponding to the thickness of the cards to be received therein;

a light-transmissive cover sheet for covering the bingo game cards received in said pockets to retain the cards therein while permitting reading of the cards therethrough, said cover sheet defining an upper writing surface constructed to be marked by conventional erasable marking means to identify called numbers appearing on the cards retained in said pockets by said cover sheet;

means upstanding from the base sheet for releasably retaining said cover sheet in overlying relationship to said base sheet and cards retained in said pockets thereof, said cover sheet defining a peripheral edge spaced inwardly of the peripheral edge of the base sheet when retained thereon by said retaining means; and

means defining an access space adjacent an edge portion of the cover sheet for manipulation thereof in installing and removing the cover sheet relative to the base sheet.

8. The bingo game card holder of claim 7 wherein said base sheet defines an integral carrying handle.

9. The bingo game card holder of claim 7 wherein said base sheet defines an upstanding wall extending about the periphery of the cover sheet when the cover sheet is retained in overlying relationship to the base sheet.

10. The bingo game card holder of claim 7 wherein said sheets are formed of synthetic resin.

11. The bingo game card holder of claim 7 wherein said sheets are formed of synthetic resin and said pockets are integrally formed in said base sheet.

12. The bingo game card holder of claim 7 wherein said sheets are formed of synthetic resin and said means for releasably retaining said cover is formed integrally with said base sheet.