US2004026862A1PendingUtilityA1

Apparatus for playing a game

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Priority: Nov 3, 2000Filed: Nov 2, 2001Published: Feb 12, 2004
Est. expiryNov 3, 2020(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Joseph Ichongiri
A63F 2001/0416A63F 1/02
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Claims

Abstract

Apparatus for playing a game including a pack of cards in which: each card has a numerical face value which is a whole number; the cards are divided into a plurality of groups that each card in any group has the same digit root as the other cards in the same group; and the cards in each group carry common identifying means signifying that the cards belong to that group.

Claims

exact text as granted — not AI-modified
1 . Apparatus for playing a game including a pack of cards in which: each card has a numerical face value which is a whole number; the cards are divided into a plurality of groups such that each card in any group has the same digit root as the other cards in the same group; and the cards in each group carry common identifying means signifying that the cards belong to that group.  
     
     
         2 . Apparatus according to  claim 1  in which the common identifying means for the cards in each group includes an indication of the common digit root of the face values of the cards in that group.  
     
     
         3 . Apparatus according to  claim 1  or  2  in which the common identifying means for the cards in each group includes a common colour applied to each of the cards in that group.  
     
     
         4 . Apparatus according to any one of  claims 1  to  3  in which the face value of each card of the pack is a prime number.  
     
     
         5 . Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims in which, in each group, the card having a face value which is the same as the common digit root of the cards in the group carries an indication which distinguishes it from the other cards in the group.  
     
     
         6 . Apparatus according to any one of  claims 1  to  4  in which, in each group, at least one selected card in the group is provided with an additional distinguishing feature which is common to the different groups and which is indicative of the position of the selected card in the group when the cards of the group are arranged in the order of their face values.  
     
     
         7 . Apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the face values of the cards are decimal numbers.  
     
     
         8 . Apparatus according to  claim 7  in which the face values of the cards of the pack exhibit a common mathematical characteristic or function.  
     
     
         9 . Apparatus according to  claim 8  in which the face values of the cards in the groups are even numbers.  
     
     
         10 . Apparatus according to  claim 8  in which the face values of the cards in the groups are odd numbers.  
     
     
         11 . Apparatus according to any one of  claims 7  to  10  in which the pack includes nine groups of cards having respective digit roots of from 1 to 9.  
     
     
         12 . Apparatus according to  claim 8  in which the face values of the cards in the groups are prime numbers.  
     
     
         13 . Apparatus according to  claim 8  in which the face values of the cards in the groups are square numbers.  
     
     
         14 . Apparatus according to any one of  claims 7  to  13  in which at least selected cards of the pack carry a series of letters of an alphabet, such that the numerical position of the nth letter of the series in the alphabet is equal to the digit root of the face value of the card plus 9(n−1).  
     
     
         15 . Apparatus according to any preceding claim including: a playing area on which a co-ordinate system is defined by an array of reference points; and first and second sets of playing pieces which are distinguishable one from the other.  
     
     
         16 . Apparatus according to  claim 15  in which the array of reference points are defined by the points of intersection of a network of intersecting lines marked on the playing surface.  
     
     
         17 . Apparatus according to  claim 16  in which the network of intersecting lines is defined by a checkerboard pattern on the playing area.  
     
     
         18 . Apparatus according to any one of  claims 15  to  17  in which the first and second sets of playing pieces have the same shape but different colours.  
     
     
         19 . Apparatus according to  claim 18  in which the playing pieces are playing chips or counters.  
     
     
         20 . Apparatus for playing a game according to any preceding claim implemented as a computer programme.

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