Packing box of playing cards

Abstract

A packing box for packaging of playing cards has, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces including front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces. The packing box includes cut lines in two locations at a predetermined interval in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped, and a central band in a portion defined by the cut lines provided in the two locations. The right and left side faces of the packing box can be removed along the cut lines such that side edges of the playing cards within the packing box are exposed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A package of playing cards, the package having, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces including front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, the package comprising:
 at least one cut-off line, each of which is formed by parallel cut lines in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped package, allowing detachment of at least one of the left side face and the right side face of the package so as to partially expose the playing cards contained in the package; and   a break line, which allows a remaining portion to be torn, which is a remaining part of the package, when the package is set in a card shooter.   
     
     
         2 . The package according to  claim 1 , further comprising a mark indicating the top surface of the package of the playing card. 
     
     
         3 . The package according to  claim 1 , further comprising a mark indicating a correct orientation of the playing cards. 
     
     
         4 . The package according to  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of step marks showing each of the steps for removing the package. 
     
     
         5 . The package according to  claim 1 , the package further comprising a start marking showing a first portion, which is a part of the package that should be detached first, for inserting a cut card. 
     
     
         6 . The package according to  claim 1 , further comprising an ID code being unique to each set of the playing cards. 
     
     
         7 . The package according to  claim 6 , further comprising a bar code for indicating the ID code. 
     
     
         8 . The package according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first cut-offline which is one of the cut-off lines; and   a second cut-off line which is another of the cut-off lines, wherein:
 the first cut off line is for allowing the detachment of the left side face of the package, and 
 the second cut-off line is for allowing the detachment of the right side face of the package. 
   
     
     
         9 . The package according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the playing cards are operable to be set in a card shooter with the remaining portion, and the remaining portion is operable to be removed from the card shooter so that only the playing cards are left in the card shooter.   
     
     
         10 . The package according to  claim 1 , wherein the playing cards includes one or more decks and are in a shuffled state and sealed. 
     
     
         11 . A method of setting shuffled playing cards in a shooter, wherein:
 the shuffled playing cards comprise one or more decks of playing cards shuffled in a random order and contained in a package, the package has a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces including front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and   the package includes at least one cut-off line, each of which is formed by parallel cut lines in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped and a break line,   
       the method comprising:
 detaching at least one of the left side face or the right side face of the package along each of the cut-off line so as to partially expose the playing cards; 
 inserting a cut card into the shuffled playing cards in the package from the exposed side of the package; 
 handling the playing cards using a remaining portion, which is a remaining part of the package, to set the playing cards in the shooter; and 
 tearing the break line at the remaining portion of the package in the shooter so as to remove the remaining portion holding the playing cards so that only the playing cards are set in the card shooter. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein prior to the detaching step, orienting the package containing the playing cards so that an index surface of the each playing card, on which an index is printed, is not in an upward direction of the exposed part while the side face of the package is detached for inserting the cut card. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the package has a marking showing instructions for the detaching step.