Euchre scorekeeper

• US 6,959,924 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2001
• Issued: 11/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Julie Couturier
• Original Assignee: Julie Couturier
• Inventors: Couturier, Julie
• Primary Examiner(s): Banks, Derris H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Collins, Dolores R
• Application Number:
  US10/034,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20020084585A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,404 Days
• Field of Search: 273/148.R, 273/148.A, 116/325, 235/90
• US Class Current: 273/148.00A
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 11/0051 Indicators of values, e.g. score counters

Abstract

A unique Euchre scoring device includes a tablet with aligned rows of scoring spots to keep score of each of the two steams in the card game Euchre. Further, the device includes a storage compartment, and an indication of what suit is trump. The device also allows an easy identification of which the two teams named the trump suit.

Claims

1. A scoring device for Euchre comprising:

a generally flat tablet surface comprising;

a marker surface including two sets of scorekeeping spots with there being at least ten spots for each of said two sets, and marker pegs to be inserted into said scorekeeping spots;

an indicia of the four types of card suits, with trump identification spots associated with each of said suits, and for identifying which of said teams named one of said suits as trump;

a portion of said devices is slideable to expose a storage compartment within said tablet;

said portion of said device is the portion of said device including the indicia for identifying said card suits;

each of said sets of scoring spots are aligned along each of two sides of said tablet; and

said spots for identifying trump are positioned in rows on each side of said indicia and inwardly of said first set of scoring spots, with said sets of scoring spots and spots for identifying trump being aligned on each side of said portion of said device which is removable such that each of two teams playing euchre has a set of scoring spots, and the side which includes the identification for trump will also provide said identification of which team named a suit as trump.