Multi-layered gaming device

• US 5,785,315 A
• Filed: 04/22/1997
• Issued: 07/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Boris N. Eiteneer, Nikolai N. Eiteneer
• Original Assignee: Boris N. Eiteneer, Nikolai N. Eiteneer
• Inventors: Eiteneer, Nikolai N., Eiteneer, Boris N.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US08/837,839
• Time in Patent Office: 462 Days
• Field of Search: 273/139, 273/287, 434/348, 434/346, 283/101, 283/105, 283/903, 283/901
• US Class Current: 273/139
• 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: Y10S 283/901 Concealed data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

The present invention provides for a multi-layered gaming device that can be used for a variety of different purposes including, but not limited to, winning prizes, education and advertising. The gaming device comprises a base panel having multiple overlapping strips removably attached to the base panel. In response to a series of questions, a user selectively removes one or more of the overlapping strips until a final image or answer is revealed.

Claims

1. A multi-layered gaming device comprising:

a) a base having a top side;

b) an intermediate planar layer having a top and a bottom side and a first tab secured to the intermediate layer; and

c) at least one top planar layer having a top side and a bottom side and a second tab secured to the top planar layer,

wherein the bottom side of the intermediate layer is removably coupled to the top side of the base and the bottom side of the top planar layer is removably coupled to the top side of the intermediate layer, said first tab and said second tab are simultaneously exposed, wherein a user can selectively pull either the first tab or the second tab, such that when a user pulls the second tab, the top planar layer is removed from the intermediate layer, thereby exposing the top side of the underlying intermediate layer or alternatively, when the user pulls the first tab, the adjoining layer is removed, thereby exposing the underlying base.

2. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 1 wherein the intermediate layer is removably coupled to the base layer by a first plurality of adhesive dots along a perimeter of the intermediate layer and the one or more top layers is removably coupled to the intermediate layer by a second plurality of adhesive dots along a perimeter of the one or more top layers, and further wherein the first plurality of dots comprises a greater number of dots than the second plurality of dots.

3. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 1 wherein material is printed on the top side of the intermediate layer and the top side of the one or more top layers to encourage the user to remove the top layer and the intermediate layer.

4. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 3 wherein the material comprises graphics.

5. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 3 wherein the material comprises text.

6. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 1 wherein the intermediate layer comprises a plurality of adjacent planar strips each having a top and bottom side and a first tab secured thereto, wherein the bottom sides of the plurality of strips is removably coupled to the top of the base layer.

7. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 1 wherein at least one of the one or more top layers comprises a plurality of adjacent strips each having a top and bottom side and a second tab secured thereto, wherein the bottom sides of the plurality of strips is removably coupled to the top of the intermediate layer.

8. The multi-layered gaming device of claim 1 wherein the base is a product package.

9. A multi-layered gaming device comprising:

a) a base having a top side;

b) an intermediate planar layer removably coupled to the top side of the base, the intermediate layer comprising a plurality of adjacent intermediate strips each having a first tab connected thereto for facilitating removal of the corresponding intermediate strip, wherein each intermediate strip has a top and a bottom side and further wherein a portion of a complete image is printed on the top side of each of the intermediate strips; and

c) at least one top planar layer removably coupled to the top side of the intermediate layer, the top layer comprising a plurality of adjacent top strips which correspond to the underlying intermediate strips, each top strip having a second tab connected thereto for facilitating removal of the corresponding top strip, each top strip having a top side and a bottom side, the top side of each of the top strips having a portion of a complete image printed thereupon, said first tabs and said second tabs are simultaneously exposed,

wherein a user can selectively pull combinations of either the first tabs or the second tabs thereby removing particular combinations of top or intermediate strips to create various combinations of a composite image.