Double Denomination Playing Card Deck

Abstract

The present invention provides a deck of double denomination playing cards, there being 1,378 cards in the deck, with each card having a front playing face divided into a first playing field and a second playing field whereby the deck has a total of 1,378 first playing fields and 1,378 second playing fields, with each playing field containing one of four non-denominational suits selected from the group comprising: Hearts; Clubs; Diamonds; and Spades, with each playing field further containing one of thirteen value designations selected from the group comprising: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; Jack; Queen, King; and Ace, whereby each playing field contains a said non-denominational suit and a said value designation. In the deck the first and a second (e.g. ‘top’ and ‘bottom’) playing field of any of the double denomination cards are separate entities in their own right. Their value and operation is restricted to interaction with other double denomination cards along the first/top and second/bottom playing field to ensure that the cards can be rotated at all times. The deck uniquely allows parallel games to be run on the respective fields of the double denomination cards and also a wide range of sub-decks to be formed that allow the same symmetric function as the full deck.

1 . A deck of double denomination playing cards, there being at least 1,378 cards in the deck with each card having a front playing face, where each front playing face is divided into a first playing field and a second playing field whereby the deck has a total of at least 1,378 first playing fields and at least 1,378 second playing fields, with each playing field containing one of four non-denominational suits, with each playing field further containing one of thirteen value designations, whereby each playing field contains a said non-denominational suit and a said value designation. 
     
     
         2 . A deck as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the one of four non-denominational suits is selected from the group comprising the suits: Hearts; Clubs; Diamonds; and Spades. 
     
     
         3 . A deck as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the one of thirteen value designations is selected from the group comprising: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; Jack; Queen, King; and Ace. 
     
     
         4 . A deck as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the deck is computer-generated and each card that is played is displayed on a display screen. 
     
     
         5 . A deck as claimed in  claim 1 , where each playing card is elongate rectangular in shape, the front playing face of the card having a top part and a bottom part, wherein the first playing field is at the top part and the second playing field is at the bottom part. 
     
     
         6 . A deck as claimed in  claim 1 , where each playing card is elongate rectangular in shape, the front playing face of the card having a left side part and a right side part, wherein the first playing field is at the left side part and the second playing field is at the right side part. 
     
     
         7 . A deck as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the first playing field is divided from the second playing field by a dividing line. 
     
     
         8 . A sub-deck formed from a deck as claimed in  claim 1  by removal of one or more cards. 
     
     
         9 . A sub-deck as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the sub-deck contains the symmetric function of the deck.