Game for foretelling particulars of a person

• US 4,779,871 A
• Filed: 10/15/1986
• Issued: 10/25/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Claudia M. Rasmussen
• Original Assignee: Claudia M. Rasmussen
• Inventors: Rasmussen, Claudia M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Oechsle, Anton O.
• Application Number:
  US06/918,987
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 273/1 R, 273/161, 434/267, 434/273
• US Class Current: 273/161
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/00 Games not otherwise provided for aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00 ; miscellaneous sporting games A63B67/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/181 Fortune-telling games

Abstract

A game and method for foretelling particulars such as characteristics and future circumstances of a person, wherein a plurality of indicators are placed by participants, with their vision temporarily impaired, on a display device having a representation of a person therein. The predicted particulars which the selected person will have are those represented by or written upon the indicator positioned closest to a designated location on the display device. In one preferred embodiment, the game and method are used to predict the gender and date of birth of a baby. In that embodiment, the gender of the baby is predicted as the gender represented by the indicator which has been placed closest to a designated location on the display device with a representation of a baby thereon, and the birth date of the baby is predicted as the birth date that was previously written on that same indicator.

Claims

1. A game for foretelling what the gender of a baby will be by the placement of a plurality of different types of gender indicators on a game poster by a plurality of game participants, said game comprising:

a game poster having a representation of a baby thereon; and

a plurality of first gender indicators attachable to said game poster at a plurality of different locations, each of said first gender indicators representing the female sex; and

a plurality of second gender indicators attachable to said game poster at a plurality of different locations, each of said second gender indicators representing the male sex, the placement of said first and said second gender indicators on said game poster determining what the predicted gender of a baby will be, based upon the distances of said gender indicators from a designated location on said game poster.

2. A game as defined in claim 1, wherein said first and second gender indicators are the gender symbols for the female and male genders, respectively.

3. A game as defined in claim 1, wherein said game poster includes a location for recording information about a baby.

4. A game as defined in claim 1, additionally comprising means for attaching said gender indicators to said game poster.

5. A game as defined in claim 1, wherein the gender indicator which is placed nearest to the designated location on said game poster determines what the predicted gender of the baby will be.

6. A game as defined in claim 5, wherein the designated location on said game poster lies between the legs of the baby.

7. A game as defined in claim 1, wherein the gender indicators include means for indicating a predicted date of the baby'"'"'s birth.

8. A game as defined in claim 7, wherein the gender indicator which is placed nearest to the designated location on said game poster determines what the predicted gender and date of birth for the baby will be.

9. A method of foretelling what the gender of a baby will be by the placement of a plurality of gender indicators on a display means by a plurality of participants, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning a display device having a representation of a baby thereon;

(b) selecting a gender indicator from a plurality of gender indicators, said gender indicators including a first type representing the female gender and a second type representing the male gender;

(c) placing the selected gender indicator on said display device while the vision of the person placing the gender indicator is impaired;

(d) repeating said steps (b) and (c) for a plurality of participants;

(e) foretelling what the gender of the baby will be by determining which type of gender indicator has been placed closest to a designated location on said display device, the predicted gender of the baby being the same as the gender represented by the type of gender indicator which was placed closest to the designated location on said display device; and

(f) predicting what the birth date of a baby will be by having each participant write a birth date on one of said gender indicators, the predicted birth date being the same as the date that was written on the gender indicator which is placed closest to the designated location on said display device.

10. A method of foretelling what the gender of a baby will be by the placement of a plurality of gender indicators on a display means by a plurality of participants, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning a display device having a representation of a baby thereon;

(b) selecting a gender indicator from a plurality of gender indicators, said gender indicators including a first type representing the female gender and a second type representing the male gender, said gender indicators being the gender symbols for the male and female genders;

(c) placing the selected gender indicator on said display device while the vision of the person placing the gender indicator is impaired;

(d) repeating said steps (b) and (c) for a plurality of participants;

(e) foretelling what the gender of the baby will be by determining which type of gender indicator has been placed closest to a designated location on said display device, the predicted gender of the baby being the same as the gender represented by the type of gender indicator which was placed closest to the designated location on said display device; and

(f) writing the name of a participant on the gender symbol selected by the participant.

11. A game for foretelling particulars of a subject by the placement of a plurality of indicators on a display device by a plurality of game participants, said game comprising:

a device for displaying an illustration of a baby thereon;

a plurality of indicators for placement on said display device in various locations, each of said indicators representing predicted particulars of the subject, the placement of said indicators on said device acting to foretell particulars of the subject, based upon the distances of said indicators from a designated location on said display device; and

means on said display device for providing a sense of distance to aid in the determination of which of said indicators was placed closest to a designated location on said display device.

12. A game as defined in claim 11, wherein said display device includes a location for recording information about a baby.

13. A game as defined in claim 12, additionally comprising means for attaching said indicators to said display device.

14. A method of foretelling what the gender of a baby will be by the placement of a plurality of gender indicators on a display means by a plurality of participants, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning a display device having a representation of a baby thereon;

(b) selecting a gender indicator from a plurality of gender indicators, each of said gender indicators representing either the male or the female gender;

(c) placing the selected gender indicator on said display device while the vision of the person placing the gender indicator is impaired;

(d) repeating said steps (b) and (c) for a plurality of participants;

(e) foretelling what the gender of the baby will be by determining which gender indicator has been placed closest to a designated location on said display device, the predicted gender of the baby being the same as the gender represented by the gender indicator which was placed closest to the designated location on said display device; and

(f) predicting what the birth date of the baby will be by having each participant write a birth date on one of said gender indicators, the predicted birth date being the same as the date that was written on the gender indicator which is placed closest to the designated location on said display device