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US 11,918,923 B2Granted
Dice coin
AssigneeYarro Studios, Inc.
InventorTanner Yarro
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Abstract
A coin for use in games of chance includes a first side connectable to a second side and forming a coin interior when the first side is connected to the second side. A ball held in place in the coin interior, which interior includes a plurality of ridges and valleys with sloped surfaces for biasing a ball toward a periphery, which may include pockets, of the coin when the coin is flipped or rolled. Each pocket may be next to a viewing window, allowing the ball within the pocket to be viewed from the exterior of the coin.
Claims7
A coin for use in a game, the coin comprising:
- a first side connectable to a second side and forming a coin interior when the first side is connected to the second side, with at least one ball held in place in the coin interior, each of the first side and the second side comprising:
- an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior face comprising a first sloped surface and a second sloped surface,
- the first sloped surface sloped downwardly from a center of the coin to an edge of the coin and sloped towards a first viewing window, the first sloped surface forming a first receptacle for receiving the ball at a base of the first sloped surface and a first viewing window,
- the second sloped surface sloped downwardly from the center of the coin to the edge of the coin toward a second viewing window, the second sloped surface forming a second receptacle for receiving the ball at a base of the second sloped surface and a second viewing window,
- wherein the edge of the coin comprises the first viewing window and the second viewing window, each of the first viewing window and the second viewing window allowing the ball to be visible within one of the first receptacle and the second receptacle of the coin without allowing the ball to exit the coin interior of the coin.
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