Card game playing card
OwnerBela Inksterinventor
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Abstract
A playing card having a substrate entirely of a first predetermined colour overlaid with a removable surface coating entirely of a second predetermined colour contrasting with said first predetermined colour, said removable surface being sufficiently friable so as to be able to be scratched off by a player in a pattern predetermined by said player to reveal said substrate in said pattern. The scratched playing card uses the high contrasting colors (typically primary and secondary colors) to produce letters or image(s). These cards are interchangeably used in a strategic and non gambling card game often utilising the Stroop effect.
Claims18
A playing card having a substrate with a first surface substantially entirely of a first predetermined color overlaid with a removable surface coating having a second surface substantially entirely of a second predetermined color contrasting with said first predetermined color and completely obscuring the first predetermined color, said removable surface being sufficiently friable so as to be able to be scratched off by a player in a pattern predetermined by said player to reveal said first predetermined color of said substrate in said pattern, wherein:
- the substrate has a playing side;
- a first predetermined color is printed on the playing side of the substrate;
- a varnish or plastic coating is applied over the first predetermined color;
- a silicone release coat is applied over the varnish or plastic coating;
- a removable friable surface coating is applied over the silicone release coat that completely obscures the first predetermined color, wherein the removable friable surface coating has a second predetermined color different from the first predetermined color;
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- a clear polyester film or lithographic varnish is applied over the removable friable surface coating.
A playing card to be used in a deck of playing cards used in a card game where players take turns to call out information where the card game utilizes the Stroop effect, said playing card having a substrate with a first surface substantially entirely of a first predetermined color overlaid with a removable surface coating having a second surface substantially entirely of a second predetermined color contrasting with said first predetermined color and completely obscuring the first predetermined color, said removable surface being sufficiently friable so as to be able to be scratched off by a player in a pattern predetermined by said player to reveal said first predetermined color of said substrate in said pattern, wherein:
- the substrate has a playing side;
- a first predetermined color is printed on the playing side of the substrate;
- a varnish or plastic coating is applied over the first predetermined color;
- a silicone release coat is applied over the varnish or plastic coating;
- a removable friable surface coating is applied over the silicone release coat that completely obscures the first predetermined color, wherein the removable friable surface coating has a second predetermined color different from the first predetermined color;
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- a clear polyester film or lithographic varnish is applied over the removable friable surface coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.