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US 2008/0143049 A1Published application
Playing card reading device and method
OwnerJohn W. McLaughlininventor
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Abstract
A gaming device and method with a ramp with an upper rear corner cut-out where cards are slid face down up the ramp so that the mirrors or a video camera allow the card indicia to be viewed, wherein gaming tables may be easily retrofitted for television viewing or casino monitoring.
Claims18
A playing card viewing apparatus comprising:
- (A) a platform comprising a front section, a rear section, a bottom adapted to rest on a card playing surface and an upper section supporting a ramp surface angled upwardly and rearwardly from the bottom, the ramp surface comprising a front lower edge adapted to abut the playing surface and an upper rear corner,
- wherein a section of the ramp surface comprises a visual opening of sufficient shape and size to expose a corner card identification of at least one playing card lying on the ramp surface facing downwardly, and
- (B) viewing means adapted to display a visual image of the corner card identification.
A method of viewing playing cards comprising:
- (A) providing a playing card viewing apparatus comprising:
- (i) a platform comprising a front section, a rear section, a bottom adapted to rest on a card playing surface and an upper section supporting a ramp surface angled upwardly and rearwardly from the bottom, the ramp surface comprising a front lower edge adapted to abut the playing surface and an upper rear corner,
- wherein a section of the ramp surface comprises a visual opening of sufficient shape and size to expose a corner card identification of at least one playing card lying on the ramp surface facing downwardly, and
- (ii) viewing means viewing means adapted to display a visual image of the corner card identification, and
- (B) sliding up the ramp surface at least one playing card facing downwardly and positioning corner indicia of at least one card over the cut-away section.
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A playing card viewing apparatus comprising:
- (A) a platform comprising a front section, a rear section, a bottom adapted to rest on a card playing surface and an upper section supporting a ramp surface angled upwardly and rearwardly from the bottom, the ramp surface comprising a front lower edge adapted to abut the playing surface and an upper rear corner,
- wherein a section of the ramp surface proximate the upper rear corner is cut-away of sufficient shape and size to expose a corner card identification of at least one playing card lying on the ramp surface facing downwardly, and
- (B) viewing means adapted to display a visual image of the corner card identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.