Game device

• US 5,037,099 A
• Filed: 03/08/1990
• Issued: 08/06/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronald P. Burtch
• Original Assignee: Ronald P. Burtch
• Inventors: Burtch, Ronald P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coven, Edward M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chin, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US07/489,190
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 273/138 R, 273/139, 273/148 R, 273/148 A, 283/48.1, 283/49, 283/50, 283/65, 283/100, 283/105, 283/903
• US Class Current: 273/139
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00328 underneath the playing surface and viewable through holes or windows
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0665 having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer for educational purposes G09B
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/069 having a message becoming legible by tearing-off non-adhesive parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

A game device for simulating the card game of draw poker comprising a base having five windows formed therein and including, at, for example, five discrete locations on one surface thereof, card representations used in playing of the game. Each of the card locations is masked by a removable covering, such as scratch-off metallized film, so that the car representation at that location is revealed only when the covering is removed. A slide member, carrying plural rows of five cards forming different poker hands, is disposed in a pocket formed in the base and is slidable with respect to the base so that the various poker hands can selectively be brought into registration with the windows in the base. A selected number of the card representations on the base, when revealed, can be used to form different combinations (hands) with the card representations on the slide member.

Claims

1. A game device comprising a base having at least one window formed therein and including, at of least one location on one surface thereof, game information used in playing of the game, said at least one location being masked by a removable covering so that the game information at that location is revealed only when the covering is removed;

and a slide member, carrying different game information at a plurality of locations thereon, related to the game information on said one surface of said base, disposed behind said surface of said base and slidable with respect to said base so that said further game information can selectively be brought into registry with said at least one window in said base to form different combinations with game information at said at least one location.

2. A game device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base comprises a plurality of said windows.

3. A game device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base includes game information at a plurality of locations thereon.

4. A game device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a cover which, when closed, covers said one surface of said base.

5. A game device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cover comprises an extension of said base and said device further comprises adhesive means for releasably securing said cover to said base.

6. A game device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base comprises a first wall member, a surface of which constitutes said one surface, and a second, separate wall member which, with said first wall member, defines a pocket therebetween in which said slide member is received.

7. A game device as claimed in claim 6 wherein said first and second walls are joined together at least at the bottoms thereof and each wall includes a tear line adjacent to the bottom thereof disposed so that tearing along the tear line provides separation of the joined bottoms of the walls to thereby permit access to said slide member.

8. A game device as claimed in claim 7 wherein the tear line in at least one of said walls includes an inwardly projecting portion which forms an indentation in the lower edge of that wall for facilitating gripping of said slide member.

9. A game device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said game representations comprise representations of playing cards.

10. A game device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base includes five of said windows therein, said game representations comprise representations of playing cards and said slide member comprises at least two spaced rows of five playing card representations thereon.

11. A game device comprising a base member having a plurality of windows formed therein and including, at a plurality of discrete locations on one face thereof, game information used in the playing of the game, each of said locations being masked by a removable covering so that the information at the locations is revealed only when the covering is removed;

and a slide member carrying, of at least two different locations thereon, further game information related to the game information on the face of said base and disposed behind said face of said base and slidable with respect to said base so that said further game information can be selectively brought into registry with said windows in said base.

12. A game device as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a cover which, when closed, covers said one surface of said base.

13. A game device as claimed in claim 11 wherein said base comprises a first wall member, a surface of which constitutes said one surface, and a second, separate wall member which, with said front wall member, defines a pocket therebetween in which said slide member is received.

14. A game device as claimed in claim 11 wherein said first and second walls are joined together at the bottoms thereof and each wall includes a tear line adjacent to the bottom thereof disposed so that tearing along the tear line provides separation of the joined bottoms of the walls to thereby permit access to said slide member.

15. A game device as claimed in claim 11 wherein said base includes five of said windows therein, said game representations comprise representations of playing cards, and said slide member comprises at least two spaced rows of five playing card representations thereon.

16. A card game simulating device comprising a base including representations of a plurality of cards on one face thereof and a removable masking means for individually masking each of the card representations so that the card representations are not revealed until the corresponding masking means is removed, said base further including a plurality of apertures formed in said face;

slide member carrying further representations of a plurality of cards thereon; and

means for supporting said slide member relative to said base such that the further card representations on said slide member can be selectively moved into registration with said apertures for viewing therethrough.

17. A card game as claimed in claim 16 wherein said slide member includes at least two rows of card representations thereon.

18. A game device as claimed in claim 16 wherein said base comprises a first wall member, a surface of which constitutes said one surface, and a second, separate wall member which, with said front wall member, defines a pocket therebetween in which said slide member is received.

19. A draw poker game simulating device, said device comprising a base including representations of a plurality of cards on one face thereof and a plurality of apertures formed in said face;

a slide member carrying at least two sets of card representations of five, different cards thereon corresponding to two different poker hands; and

means for supporting said slide member relative to said base such that the two sets of card representations on said slide member can be selectively moved into registration with said apertures for viewing therethrough so that the different poker hands represented thereby are selectively exposed;

said base member further including a removable masking means for individually masking each of the card representations so that the card representations are not revealed until the corresponding masking means is removed whereby selective removal of selected ones of the masking means reveals card representations on said face of said base member which can be combined with the poker hands exposed through said apertures to form different poker hands.

20. A game device as claimed in claim 19 wherein said base comprises a first wall member, a surface of which constitutes said one surface and a second, separate wall member which, with said front wall member, defines a pocket therebetween in which said slide member is received.