Baseball bingo game

• US 4,883,636 A
• Filed: 09/29/1988
• Issued: 11/28/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Willard E. Jr. Fantle
• Original Assignee: Willard E. Jr. Fantle
• Inventors: Fantle, Willard E. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Oechsle, Anton O.
• Application Number:
  US07/250,511
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 273/269, 273/270, 273/277, 273/139
• US Class Current: 273/269
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00031 Baseball or cricket board games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/06 Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games small boxes with balls used for generating random numbers A63F7/048; lottery apparatus G07C15/00; lottery gaming stations, online lottery or bingo G07F17/329; printing processes for lottery tickets B41M3/005

Abstract

A bingo-type game uses baseball plays as the key to covering various zones on a card. The plays can be offensive or defensive plays, and various patterns can be used to determine a winner. Various markers on the game card can also be used to determine the play of that game card.

Claims

1. A game card for use in combination with a baseball game, the card including:

nine rows and nine columns which intersect to form a nine-by-nine matrix having eighty-one zones, each zone being associated with a particular inning and containing indicia which corresponds to a regulation offensive play associated with a baseball game;

the card further including means for identifying the rows according to the at-bat attempts of one team participating in the baseball game, and further means for identifying the columns according to the at-bat attempts of the other team participating in the baseball game;

means for identifying when said one team executes the regulation offensive play indicated in a particular zone during its at-bat attempt in the inning associated with that particular zone; and

means for identifying when the other team executes the regulation offensive play indicated in a particular zone during its at-bat attempt in the inning associated with that particular zone.

2. The card defined in claim 1 wherein said one team is the home team and said other team is the visiting team.

3. The card defined in claim 2 wherein said identifying means for said home team includes a lucky charm.

4. The card defined in claim 3 wherein said identifying means for said visiting team includes a hex charm.

5. The card identified in claim 4 wherein one of said zones is covered at the beginning of the baseball game.

14. The card defined in claim 1 further including a marker on at least one zone for determining further play of the card.

6. A method of playing a game comprising:

providing a multiplicity of game cards;

dividing each game card into nine rows and nine columns which intersect to define eighty-one zones;

numbering said rows consecutively from 1 to 9;

numbering said columns consecutively from 1 to 9;

identifying said rows to correspond to one team'"'"'s at-bat attempts during each inning of a baseball game;

identifying said columns to correspond to another team'"'"'s at-bat attempts during each inning of the baseball game;

placing an indicator associated with a regulation offensive play occurring in the baseball game in each zone;

for each inning, covering a zone if either team carries out the offensive play designated by the indicator in such zone; and

designating a card a winner when a predetermined pattern of zones are covered.

7. The method defined in claim 6 wherein said predetermined pattern includes consecutive zones in a common row.

8. The method defined in claim 6 wherein said predetermined pattern includes consecutive zones in a common column.

9. The method defined in claim 6 wherein said predetermined pattern includes zones on the corners of the matrix.

17. The method defined in claim 6 further including covering only that zone associated with the intersection of the row and column associated with a particular inning if either team executes the offensive play identified in that particular inning.

10. A game card for use in combination with a baseball game, the game card including:

nine rows and nine columns which intersect to form a nine-by-nine matrix having eighty-one zones, each zone being associated with a particular inning and containing indicia which corresponds to a regulation defensive play associated with a baseball game;

the card further including means for identifying the rows according to the defensive attempts of one team participating in the baseball game, and further means for identifying the columns according to the defensive attempts of the other team participating in the baseball game;

means for identifying when said one team executes the regulation defensive play indicated in a particular zone during its in-field attempt in the inning associated with that particular zone; and

means for identifying when the other team executes the regulation defensive play indicated in a particular zone during its in-field attempt in the inning associated with that particular zone.

11. A method of playing a game comprising:

providing a multiplicity of game cards;

dividing each game card into nine rows and nine columns which intersect to define eighty-one zones;

numbering said rows consecutively from 1 to 9;

numbering said columns consecutively from 1 to 9;

identifying said rows to correspond to one team'"'"'s in-field attempts during each inning of a baseball game;

15. The method defined in claim 11 further including a step of uncovering a marker on a particular zone and determining a further step according to indicia under such marker.

16. The method defined in claim 11 further including using special charms on the card to determine the play of that card.

12. identifying said columns to correspond to another team'"'"'s in-field attempts during each inning of the baseball game;

13. placing an indicator associated with a regulation defensive play occurring in the baseball game in each zone;

for each inning, covering a zone if either team carries out the defensive play designated by the indicator in such zone; and

designating a card a winner when a predetermined pattern of zones are covered.