U.S. patent application number 15/226861 was filed with the patent office on 2018-02-08 for playing card cups.
This patent application is currently assigned to Sierra Industrial Group, LLC. The applicant listed for this patent is Sierra Industrial Group, LLC. Invention is credited to Mike Hart.
Application Number | 20180037368 15/226861 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 61072127 |
Filed Date | 2018-02-08 |
United States Patent
Application |
20180037368 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hart; Mike |
February 8, 2018 |
Playing Card Cups
Abstract
An apparatus includes a set of playing card cups, wherein at
least one of the playing card cups comprises an image of a specific
playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify the cup's
user.
Inventors: |
Hart; Mike; (Davis,
CA) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Sierra Industrial Group, LLC |
Davis |
CA |
US |
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Assignee: |
Sierra Industrial Group,
LLC
Davis
CA
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Family ID: |
61072127 |
Appl. No.: |
15/226861 |
Filed: |
August 2, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 19/2227 20130101;
A63F 2001/001 20130101; A63F 1/00 20130101; A63F 2250/22 20130101;
B65D 1/265 20130101; A63F 2001/005 20130101; A63F 1/02 20130101;
B65D 25/205 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B65D 25/20 20060101
B65D025/20; A63F 1/02 20060101 A63F001/02; B65D 1/26 20060101
B65D001/26; A63F 1/00 20060101 A63F001/00 |
Claims
1. An apparatus, comprising: a set of playing card cups, wherein
each playing card cup comprises exactly one image of a specific
playing card selected from one of a standard deck of 52 playing
cards, a first joker playing card cup, and a second joker playing
card cup, wherein the second joker is different from the first
joker, so as to elegantly and easily identify the cup's user,
wherein at least one playing card image is usable in a playing card
game.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, the apparatus configured to elegantly
and easily identify the cup's user without need for a writing
implement.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus does not
comprise a writing implement.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to
elegantly and easily identify a user of a cup for a group of up to
54 persons.
5. (canceled)
6. (canceled)
7. (canceled)
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first joker card comprises
a big joker.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second joker card
comprises a small joker, and wherein the big joker has larger
dimensions than the small joker.
10. (canceled)
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a first, image side of the
cup comprises the image of the specific playing card, and a second,
opposite side of the cup does not comprise the image of the
specific playing card.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the image side of the cup is
on an opposite side of the cup from the opposite side of the
cup.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the image side of the cup
and the opposite side of the cup are approximately 180 degrees
apart.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the cup is configured so
that an opposing player's card may be concealed from other players
by facing the opposite side of the cup toward the other
players.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is configured
for use in playing card games in which the identities of one
player's playing cards needs to be concealed from an opposing
player.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the card game comprises one
or more of poker and bridge.
17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the opposite side comprises
no image.
18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the opposite side is
blank.
19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the opposite side comprises
an advertisement.
20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one image comprises
one or more of a photograph of a playing card and a drawing of a
playing card.
Description
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] The present application claims the priority benefit of U.S.
provisional patent application No. 62/202,977 filed Aug. 10, 2015
and entitled "Playing Card Cups," the disclosure of which is
incorporated herein by reference.
SUMMARY
[0002] Embodiments of the invention relate in general to an
apparatus that comprises a set of playing card cups, wherein at
least one of the playing card cups comprises an image of a specific
playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify the cup's
user.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0003] FIGS. 1A-1D depict two views each of two different playing
card cups.
[0004] FIG. 2 depicts a view of a playing card cup comprising a
first, image side, the image side comprising an image of a specific
playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify the cup's
user, the playing card cup further comprising a second, opposite
side that does not comprise an image of a playing card.
[0005] FIGS. 3A-3D depict two views each of two different playing
card cups, wherein the playing card cup comprises an image of a
specific playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify
the cup's user.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0006] While the present invention is susceptible of embodiment in
many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will
herein be described in detail one or more specific embodiments,
with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be
considered as exemplary of the principles of the invention and not
intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments shown
and described. In the following description and in the several
figures of the drawings, like reference numerals are used to
describe the same, similar or corresponding parts in the several
views of the drawings.
[0007] Embodiments of the invention relate in general to a set of
playing card cups, wherein at least one of the playing card cups
comprises an image of a specific playing card configured to
elegantly and easily identify the cup's user. For example, each
playing card cup comprises an image of a unique playing card. For
example, each playing card cup comprises an image of a unique
playing card selected from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
[0008] For example, one of the playing card cups may comprise an
image of the four of spades. The person using the four of spades
cup needs only to remember the card corresponding to his or her
cup. There is no need to find a marker, to mark his or her name on
the cup, to scratch one's name in a template, and so on, as is
typically required by the prior art. This is a simple, elegant
solution, valid for groups of up to 54 persons, to elegantly and
easily identify a user of a cup. For example, the apparatus is
configured to elegantly and easily identify the user without need
for a writing implement. For example, the apparatus does not
comprise a writing implement.
[0009] Further embodiments of the invention relate to the set of
playing card cups, wherein at least one of the playing card cups
comprises an image of a specific playing card, the playing card
image being usable in a playing card game. For example, the playing
card image comprised in the playing card cup may be used similarly
to how the corresponding playing card would be used in a standard
playing card game. For example, the playing card game comprises one
or more of hearts, bridge, poker, solitaire, double solitaire, old
maid, crazy eights, go fish, rummy, and another card game.
[0010] Typically, although not necessarily, one side of the cup
comprises the image of the specific playing card, with another side
of the cup not comprising the image of the specific playing card.
For example, an image side of the cup is on an opposite side of the
cup from an opposite side of the cup. For example, the image side
of the cup and the opposite side of the cup are approximately 180
degrees apart.
[0011] Accordingly, the identity of an opposing player's card may
be concealed from other players by facing the opposite side of the
cup toward the other players.
[0012] FIGS. 1A-1D depict two views each of two different playing
card cups, wherein the playing card cup comprises an image of a
specific playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify
the cup's user. FIG. 1A depicts a perspective view of a playing
card cup 110 comprising an image 120 of an ace of spades. FIG. 1B
depicts a front view of the playing card cup 110 comprising the
image 120 of an ace of spades. FIG. 1C depicts a perspective view
of a playing card cup 130 comprising an image 140 of a four of
clubs. FIG. 1D depicts a front view of the playing card cup 130
comprising the image 140 of a four of clubs.
[0013] FIG. 2 depicts a view of a playing card cup 210 comprising a
first, image side 220, the image side 220 comprising an image 230
of a specific playing card configured to elegantly and easily
identify the cup's user, the playing card cup 210 further
comprising a second, opposite side 240 that does not comprise an
image of a playing card. The depicted cup comprises an image side
210 that comprises an image 220 of the ace of spades.
[0014] For example, the opposite side comprises no image. For
example, the opposite side is blank. For example, the opposite side
comprises an advertisement. For example, the opposite side is
located approximately 180 degrees from the side comprising the
image of the specific playing card.
[0015] In this example, one side of the cup comprises the image of
the specific playing card, with another side of the cup not
comprising the image of the specific playing card.
[0016] According to embodiments of the invention, a set of playing
card cups is provided, at least one of which comprises an image of
a specific playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify
the cup's user, wherein the playing card cup comprises an image of
a specific playing card usable in a playing card game. For example,
each of the playing card cups comprises an image of a specific
playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify the cup's
user, wherein each cup comprises an image of a specific playing
card usable in a playing card game. For example, each of the
playing card cups comprises an image of a different playing
card.
[0017] For example, at least one of the 52 standard playing card
playing card cups comprises an image of a standard-deck playing
card. Preferably, each of the 52 card playing card cups comprises
an image of a standard-deck playing card that does not appear on
any of the other playing card cups. Preferably, therefore, the 52
standard playing card playing card cups comprise an image of each
playing card in a standard 52-card playing deck, with each playing
card image comprised in a different playing card cup.
[0018] For example, the set of playing card cups comprises a set of
54 playing card cups. For example, the set of 54 playing card cups
comprises 52 standard playing card playing card cups, a first joker
playing card cup, and a second joker playing card cup, wherein the
second joker is different from the first joker.
[0019] For example, the first joker comprises a big joker. For
example, the second joker comprises a small joker. For example, the
big joker has larger dimensions than the small joker.
[0020] FIGS. 3A-3D depict two views each of two different playing
card cups, wherein the playing card cup comprises an image of a
specific playing card configured to elegantly and easily identify
the cup's user. FIG. 3A depicts a perspective view of a playing
card cup 310 comprising an image 320 of a big joker. FIG. 3B
depicts a front view of the playing card cup 310 comprising the
image 320 of a big joker. FIG. 3C depicts a perspective view of a
playing card cup 330 comprising an image 340 of a small joker. FIG.
3D depicts a front view of the playing card cup 330 comprising the
image 340 of a small joker.
[0021] For example, at least one image comprises a photograph of a
playing card. For example, at least one image comprises a drawing
of a playing card. For example, at least one image comprises an
image of a playing card other than a photograph and other than a
drawing. For example, some of the playing card cups comprise
drawings of a playing card, and other playing card cups comprise
photographs of a playing card. For example, each image comprises a
photograph of a playing card. For example, each image comprises a
drawing of a playing card.
[0022] For example, one side of at least one playing card cup is
left blank. For example, one side of at least one playing card cup
is left blank, for use in playing card games such as poker and
bridge in which the identities of one player's playing cards needs
to be concealed from the opposing player.
[0023] For example, it will be understood by those skilled in the
art that the number of variations of the cup designs, colors,
location of the playing card images, and the like are virtually
limitless. It is intended, therefore, that the subject matter in
the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and
shall not be interpreted in a limiting sense.
[0024] While the above representative embodiments have been
described with certain components in exemplary configurations, it
will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that other
representative embodiments can be implemented using different
configurations and/or different components. For example, it will be
understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the order of
certain steps and certain components can be altered without
substantially impairing the functioning of the invention.
[0025] The representative embodiments and disclosed subject matter,
which have been described in detail herein, have been presented by
way of example and illustration and not by way of limitation. It
will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes
may be made in the form and details of the described embodiments
resulting in equivalent embodiments that remain within the scope of
the invention. It is intended, therefore, that the subject matter
in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and
shall not be interpreted in a limiting sense.
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