Global Patent Index - EP 1159044 A1

EP 1159044 A1 20011205 - PLAYING CARDS

Title (en)

PLAYING CARDS

Title (de)

SPIELKARTEN

Title (fr)

CARTES A JOUER

Publication

EP 1159044 A1 20011205 (EN)

Application

EP 00905178 A 20000222

Priority

  • GB 0000620 W 20000222
  • GB 9904031 A 19990222

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2347088A] A pack of cards has differing designs on the backs of the cards, as well as differing designs on the front faces of the cards; the designs can be coordinated to enable a different set of cards to be formed according to the markings on the rear faces of the cards. The cards may have conventional ace to king markings on their obverse faces, and a series of short lines of text on their reverse faces such that when a three or four card trick of a conventional game, eg bridge, is formed, a sentence or poem may be formed by the rear faces. With pictorial images on the backs of the cards, comic strips, commercial adverts, or other patterns or sequences can be made. Extra points for a trick may be awarded if the cards also make a set with the rear faces, or for the number of sets made with the rear faces, according to the rules of the game. The rear face of the cards may have only a portion which differs from the rest, eg identical outer portions and different central areas. The poems may be clerihews or haiku.

IPC 1-7

A63F 1/02

IPC 8 full level

A63F 1/02 (2006.01); A63F 1/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A63F 1/02 (2013.01); A63F 2001/0491 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0050134 A1 20000831; AT E250447 T1 20031015; AU 2680700 A 20000914; AU 754354 B2 20021114; DE 60005492 D1 20031030; DE 60005492 T2 20040624; EP 1159044 A1 20011205; EP 1159044 B1 20030924; ES 2208276 T3 20040616; GB 2347088 A 20000830; GB 9904031 D0 19990414; JP 2002537080 A 20021105

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 0000620 W 20000222; AT 00905178 T 20000222; AU 2680700 A 20000222; DE 60005492 T 20000222; EP 00905178 A 20000222; ES 00905178 T 20000222; GB 9904031 A 19990222; JP 2000600740 A 20000222