Blackjack play option response indicator

• US 5,603,499 A
• Filed: 07/26/1995
• Issued: 02/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Doris Inc. (Doris Engineering SA)
• Original Assignee: Doris G. Jagosz
• Inventors: Jagosz, Gerald J.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US08/507,704
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 273/148 R, 273/142 R, 273/142 H, 273/142 HA
• US Class Current: 273/148.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/18 Score computers; Miscellaneous indicators time-testing devices G07C
• CPC Class Codes: G06C 3/00 Arrangements for table look-up, e.g. menstruation table

Abstract

A blackjack play option response indicator which presents the 350 card combinations and the appropriate play option response for each card combination, composed of two disk rotatably connected to each other. The back disk has thereon a plurality of radially arranged rows of play option response indicia, wherein "B" designates "blackjack"; "H" designates "hit"; "S" designates "stand"; "D" designates "double down"; and "SP" designates "split". There are 350 play option response indicia which correspond to the recommended play option responses uniquely corresponding to each and every one of the 350 card combinations possible in blackjack. Adjacent the perimeter of the back disk, dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia are provided thereon. The front disk is provided with 4 radially arranged rows of apertures for being selectively aligned with the aforementioned play option response indicia. Adjacent each aperture is a player'"'"'s cards value indicia corresponding to all possible hands, which is either the total value of the player'"'"'s hand, or each card in the event the cards include an ace or are a pair. The front disk further includes alignment indicia for selectively aligning a row of apertures with the dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia. In operation, the player finds the player'"'"'s cards value indicia which corresponds best to his or her hand on the front disk. The player notes the value of the dealer'"'"'s up card, and then rotates the front disk relative to the back disk so that the alignment indicia aligns with the dealers'"'"'up card value indicia on the back disk. Now, the appropriate play option response indicia will have appeared at the aperture corresponding to the player'"'"'s cards value indicia of the player'"'"'s hand. The player then makes the play option so indicated.

Claims

1. A blackjack play option response indicator, comprising:

a front disk having a front disk face, a front disk center and a front disk periphery, said front disk having a plurality of player'"'"'s cards value indicia placed in a predetermined arrangement and a predetermined sequence on said front disk face, said front disk being provided with a plurality of view ports wherein a respective view port is located adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia, said front disk having alignment indicia on said front disk face, said alignment indicia being selectively associated with said player'"'"'s cards value indicia;

a rear disk having a rear disk face, a rear disk center and a rear disk periphery, said rear disk being superposed said front disk wherein said rear disk face faces toward said front disk and said front disk face faces away from said rear disk, said rear disk having a plurality of play option response indicia arranged in a predetermined arrangement and a predetermined sequence on said rear disk face for selectively appearing in said view ports in said front disk, said rear disk having dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia arranged in a predetermined pattern on said rear disk face adjacent the rear disk periphery; and

means for rotatably interconnecting said front disk center with said rear disk center;

wherein a user who is playing a game of blackjack locates a player'"'"'s cards value indicia corresponding to cards values of a hand held by the user, rotates a selected alignment indicia associated therewith into alignment with a dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia corresponding to an up card value held by a dealer who is dealing the game of blackjack, then reads the play option response indicia through a view port adjacent the selected player'"'"'s cards value indicia to thereby ascertain what appropriate play option is to be played by the user;

wherein said front disk periphery defines a first cross-section of said front disk, wherein said back disk periphery defines a second cross-section of said back disk, wherein said second cross-section is greater than said first cross-section so that all of said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia are simultaneously visible.

2. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 1, wherein said plurality of view ports comprises a plurality of apertures formed in said front disk.

3. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 1, wherein said plurality of play option responses are selectively color coded.

4. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 1, wherein said plurality of play option responses are selectively color coded.

5. A blackjack play option response indicator, comprising:

a front disk having a front disk face, a front disk center and a front disk periphery, said front disk having a plurality of player'"'"'s cards value indicia placed in a predetermined arrangement and a predetermined sequence on said front disk face, said front disk being provided with a plurality of view ports wherein a respective view port is located adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia, said front disk having alignment indicia on said front disk face, said alignment indicia being selectively associated with said player'"'"'s cards value indicia;

a rear disk having a rear disk face, a rear disk center and a rear disk periphery, said rear disk being superposed said front disk wherein said rear disk face faces toward said front disk and said front disk face faces away from said rear disk, said rear disk having a plurality of play option response indicia arranged in a predetermined arrangement and a predetermined sequence on said rear disk face for selectively appearing in said view ports in said front disk, said rear disk having dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia arranged in a predetermined pattern on said rear disk face; and

means for rotatably interconnecting said front disk center with said rear disk center;

wherein a user who is playing a game of blackjack locates a player'"'"'s cards value indicia corresponding to cards values of a hand held by the user, rotates a selected alignment indicia associated therewith into alignment with a dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia corresponding to an up card value held by a dealer who is dealing the game of blackjack, then reads the play option response indicia through a view port adjacent the selected player'"'"'s cards value indicia to thereby ascertain what appropriate play option is to be played by the user;

wherein said plurality cards value indicia are arranged in a preselected number of player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows, each player'"'"'s cards value indicia row being oriented radially with respect to said front disk center;

wherein said plurality of view ports are arranged so that a respective view port is laterally adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia; and

wherein said plurality of play option response indicia are arranged in said preselected number of play option response indicia rows with respect to each said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, each said play option response indicia row being oriented radially with respect to said back disk center.

6. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 5, wherein said preselected number is four;

and wherein said plurality of player'"'"'s cards value indicia comprises thirty-five player'"'"'s cards value indicia.

7. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 6, wherein said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia comprise ten dealer'"'"'s up card values ranging from ace through 10, wherein said predetermined pattern comprises said ten dealer'"'"'s up card values being arranged in numerical sequence in a mutually spaced apart relationship adjacent said back disk periphery.

8. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 7, wherein said player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows comprise:

a first player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating at least one ace;

a second player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating paired card values;

a third player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating total player'"'"'s cards values ranging substantially between 13 and 20; and

a fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating total player'"'"'s cards values ranging substantially between 5 and 12;

wherein each of said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows are arranged in sequentially decreasing value from said front disk center toward said front disk periphery.

9. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 8, wherein said alignment indicia comprise a respective alignment indicia for each of said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows, wherein when the alignment indicia of a respective one of said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows is aligned with a selected one of said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, preselected play option response indicia appear in the view ports laterally adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia of the selected one of the first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row, which appearance thereby indicates to a user a predetermined play option response appropriate to each player'"'"'s cards value indicia of the selected one of the first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row.

10. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 9, wherein said play option response indicia are arranged in forty play option response indicia rows comprising ten sets of four play option response indicia rows, each said set being centered with respect to each dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, respectively;

wherein each play option row of each said set respectively corresponds to each player'"'"'s cards value indicia row; and

wherein when a selected alignment indicia is aligned with a selected dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, a predetermined play option response indicia row aligns with the view ports laterally adjacent a selected player'"'"'s cards value indicia row that corresponds to the selected alignment indicia.

11. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 10, wherein said plurality of play option response indicia comprise 350 predetermined play option response indicia.

12. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 11, further comprising dealer up card value indicia positioning indicia on said back disk face centrally with respect to each said dealer up card value indicia for providing a positional alignment indication therefor with respect to each said alignment indicia.

13. A blackjack play option response indicator, comprising:

a front disk having a front disk face, a front disk center and a front disk periphery, said front disk having a plurality of player'"'"'s cards value indicia placed in a predetermined arrangement and a predetermined sequence on said front disk face, said front disk being provided with a plurality of apertures wherein a respective aperture is located adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia, said front disk having alignment indicia on said front disk face substantially adjacent said periphery thereof, said alignment indicia being selectively associated with said player'"'"'s cards value indicia, wherein said player'"'"'s cards value indicia comprises thirty-five player'"'"'s cards value indicia arranged in four rows comprising;

a first player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating at least one ace;

a second player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating paired card values;

a third player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating total player'"'"'s cards values ranging substantially between 13 and 20; and

a fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row comprising player'"'"'s cards value indicia indicating total player'"'"'s cards values ranging substantially between 5 and 12;

wherein each of said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows are arranged in sequentially decreasing value from said front disk center toward said front disk periphery;

a rear disk having a rear disk face, a rear disk center and a rear disk periphery, said rear disk being superposed said front disk wherein said rear disk face faces toward said front disk and said front disk face faces away from said rear disk, said rear disk having a plurality of play option response indicia arranged in a predetermined arrangement and a predetermined sequence on said rear disk face for selectively appearing in said apertures in said front disk, said rear disk having dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia arranged in a predetermined pattern on said rear disk face substantially adjacent said rear disk periphery, wherein said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia comprise ten dealer'"'"'s up card values ranging from ace through 10, wherein said predetermined pattern comprises said ten dealer'"'"'s up card values being arranged in numerical sequence in a mutually spaced apart relationship adjacent said back disk periphery; and

means for rotatably interconnecting said front disk center with said rear disk center;

wherein each said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row is oriented radially with respect to said front disk center;

wherein said plurality of apertures are arranged so that a respective aperture is laterally adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia; and

wherein said plurality of play option response indicia are arranged in said preselected number of play option response indicia rows with respect to each said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, each said play option response indicia row being oriented radially with respect to said back disk center; and

wherein a user who is playing a game of blackjack locates a player'"'"'s cards value indicia corresponding to card values of a hand held by the user, rotates a selected alignment indicia associated therewith into alignment with a dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia corresponding to an up card value held by a dealer who is dealing the game of blackjack, then reads the play option response indicia through an aperture adjacent the selected player'"'"'s cards value indicia to thereby ascertain what appropriate play option is to be played by the user.

14. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 13, wherein said alignment indicia comprise a respective alignment indicia for each of said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows, wherein when the alignment indicia of a respective one of said first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia rows is aligned with a selected one of said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, preselected play option response indicia appear in the apertures laterally adjacent each player'"'"'s cards value indicia of the selected one of the first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row, which appearance thereby indicates to a user a predetermined play option response appropriate to each player'"'"'s cards value indicia of the selected one of the first, second, third and fourth player'"'"'s cards value indicia row.

15. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 14, wherein said play option response indicia are arranged in forty play option response indicia rows comprising ten sets of four play option response indicia rows, each said set being centered with respect to each dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, respectively;

wherein each play option response indicia row of each said set respectively corresponds to each player'"'"'s cards value indicia row; and

wherein when a selected alignment indicia is aligned with a selected dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia, a predetermined play option response indicia row aligns with the apertures laterally adjacent a selected player'"'"'s cards value indicia row that corresponds to the selected alignment indicia.

16. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 15, wherein said plurality of play option response indicia comprise 350 predetermined play option response indicia.

17. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 16, wherein said front disk periphery defines a first cross-section of said front disk, wherein said back disk periphery defines a second cross-section of said back disk, wherein said second cross-section is greater than said first cross-section so that said dealer'"'"'s up card value indicia is not covered by said front disk.

18. The blackjack play option response indicator of claim 16, further comprising dealer up card value indicia positioning indicia on said back disk face centrally with respect to each said dealer up card value indicia for providing a positional alignment indication therefor with respect to each said alignment indicia.