Magnifying marker for a game board

• US 5,031,918 A
• Filed: 04/24/1990
• Issued: 07/16/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Fred Silber Company
• Original Assignee: Fred Silber Company
• Inventors: Brill, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US07/513,619
• Time in Patent Office: 448 Days
• Field of Search: 273/269, 273/288, 273/DIG. 14, 273/DIG. 16, 350/410, 350/409, 350/412, 350/432, 350/436, 350/114-116, D16/139-136, D21/53
• US Class Current: 273/288
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0634 Magnifying glasses
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0018 with means for preventing ghost images anti-reflection coatings G02B1/11
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/14 Transparent

Abstract

A marker for use in playing lotto games such as bingo is made from a transparent rigid material having a flat bottom surface and a convex upper surface. The marker is sized to cover the indicia on the bingo card and to magnify the indicia thereunder. The marker has a convexly curved downwardly facing shoulder extending between the upper surface and bottom surface. The upper surface, shoulder and bottom surface form a continuous curvilinear surface which provides a magnified view free from double images.

Claims

1. A bingo game assembly characterized by:

a bingo game board having a plurality of individual visible indicia set forth in a matrix pattern thereon;

a plurality of transparent markers sized to cover said plurality of individual indicia;

said plurality of markers having a substantially flat bottom surface constructed to be above said plurality of individual indicia and a convex upper surface to magnify said plurality of individual indicia;

said plurality of markers having a periphery spaced above said game board and a downwardly facing shoulder extending between said periphery and said flat bottom surface;

said downwardly facing shoulder being convexly curved from said substantially flat bottom surface to said periphery; and

said shoulder, periphery, and convex upper surface forming a continuous curvilinear surface.

2. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 1 further characterized by:

said plurality of markers being made from a transparent material and having a plurality of colorations.

3. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 2 further characterized by:

said transparent material being substantially rigid.

4. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 1 further characterized by:

said plurality of markers being substantially rigid.

5. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 4 being characterized by:

said plurality of markers having a plurality of colorations.

6. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 5 further characterized by:

said plurality of markers being made from solid glass.

7. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 1 further characterized by:

said substantially flat bottom surface being sized to cover said individual indicia.

8. A bingo game assembly characterized by:

a bingo game board having a plurality of visible indicia set forth in a matrix pattern thereon;

a plurality of markers being made at least in part from a transparent material;

said transparent material constructed such that it is a magnifying lens;

said plurality of markers each having a base section such that the magnifying lens is horizontally positioned over the game board to magnify said plurality of visible indicia.

each base section having a bottom surface constructed to rest on said bingo game board;

each magnifying lens having a convex upper surface;

said plurality of markers each having a periphery spaced above said game board and downwardly facing shoulder extending between said periphery and said bottom surface; and

said periphery, said shoulder, and said convex upper surface forming a continuous curvilinear surface.

9. A marker for a bingo game card, said marker characterized by:

said marker being made from a transparent material;

said marker having a substantially flat bottom surface adapted to sit on said bingo game card;

said marker sized to cover a number of said bingo game card;

said marker having a convex upper surface to magnify said number of said card under said flat bottom surface;

said marker having a periphery spaced above said game card and a downwardly facing shoulder extending between said periphery and said flat bottom surface;

said downwardly facing shoulder being convexly curved from said substantially flat bottom surface to said periphery; and

said shoulder, periphery, and convex upper surface forming a continuous curvilinear surface.

10. A marker as defined in claim 9 further characterized by:

said transparent material being tinted.

11. A marker as defined in claim 10 further characterized by:

said transparent material being substantially rigid.

12. A marker as defined in claim 11 further characterized by:

said transparent material being glass.

13. A marker as defined in claim 9 further characterized by:

said substantially flat bottom surface being sized to cover a number of said bingo game card.

14. A bingo game assembly characterized by:

a bingo game board having a plurality of individual indicia set forth in a matrix pattern thereon;

a plurality of transparent markers being sized to cover said plurality of individual indicia;

said plurality of markers having a bottom surface constructed to rest on said bingo game board and sit over said plurality of individual indicia;

a magnifying means in said markers for magnifying said plurality of individual indicia;

said plurality of markers having a periphery spaced above said game board and a downwardly facing shoulder extending between said periphery and said bottom surface;

said magnifying means for magnifying includes each marker having a convex upper surface; and

said periphery, said shoulder, and said convex upper surface forming a continuous curvilinear surface.

15. A bingo game assembly comprising a bingo game board having a plurality of individual visible indicia appearing in a matrix thereon;

a plurality of transparent markers sized to cover individual indicia on the game board characterized in that each marker comprises a lens marker having a plano-convex configuration with the outer periphery to the convex upper surface connected to the outer periphery of the flat bottom surface by a rounded peripheral shoulder forming a continuous curvilinear surface with said upper convex surface.

16. A bingo game assembly as defined in claim 15 further characterized by:

said markers being tinted in one of a plurality of colors.