Pack of playing cards

• US 4,728,108 A
• Filed: 12/24/1986
• Issued: 03/01/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NFFX Design Di Vanna Gasseri & C SAS A Ripoli
• Original Assignee: NFFX Design Di Vanna Gazzeri & CSAS
• Inventors: Neuwahl, Nicolaas
• Primary Examiner(s): Oechsle, Anton O.
• Application Number:
  US06/947,763
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 273/274, 273/292, 273/296, 273/297, 273/303, 273/304, 273/305, 273/306, 273/308
• US Class Current: 273/296
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/02 Cards; Special shapes of cards card-printing methods B41K, B41M
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/0491 having markings on the rear face or reverse side

Abstract

The invention relates to a pack of playing cards comprising a plurality of card suits each formed of cards having first like markings applied to obverse faces of the cards, at least some of said suits being different from one another by the number of the cards which comprise them, a plurality of card sets formed of cards having second mutually alike markings applied to the reverse sides of the cards, and a plurality of sub-suits of cards each formed of cards having first mutually alike markings and second mutually alike markings, each suit including a number of sub-suits which is equal to the number of said sets and at least some of the suits including sub-suits which differ from one another by the number of their cards.

Claims

1. A pack of playing cards comprising:

a plurality of cards having obverse faces, first markings on said obverse faces, reverse faces oppositely from said obverse faces, and second markings selectively applied to said reverse faces, a plurality of card suits, each comprising cards carrying like first markings, at least some of said suits being also diversified from one another by the number of the cards comprising them, a plurality of card sets, each comprising cards carrying said second mutually alike markings, said sets including an equal number of cards, and a plurality of sub-suits of cards, each comprising cards carrying both first and second mutually alike markings, each said suit including a number of said sub-suits which at least approximate the number of said sets, and at least some of said suits including sub-suits which differ from one another by the number of their cards.

2. A pack of playing cards according to claim 1, wherein there are provided three of said sets of cards, six of said suits of cards, and a number of said sub-suits for each said suit which is equal to the number of said sets.

3. A pack of playing cards according to claim 1, wherein said suits of cards mainly comprise a different number of cards each from that of the others of said suits.

4. A pack of playing cards according to claim 1, wherein at least most of said card suits comprise each of said mutually different sub-suits of cards for the number of cards which comprise them.

5. A pack of playing cards according to claim 1, wherein said first markings comprise selectively pictures of the type of those used with slot machines and advertising symbols.