Toy and promotional element
OwnerItzhak Bar Yonainventor
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Abstract
Collectible playing pieces and methods of playing games with such collectible pieces are provided. The playing piece is generally discus-shaped and includes a top convex shell and a bottom convex shell. The top shell may be connected or attached to the bottom shell using any of a variety of attachment mechanisms. The top shell, the bottom shell, or both shells of the playing piece may be decorated with a graphic design, image, logo, symbol, print pattern, etc., so as to render the playing piece distinct among a plurality of other such playing pieces comprising, for example, a set or group of playing pieces. The playing piece can be manually flipped into the air during a game so as to land on a playing surface in one or more orientations.
Claims28
A collectible playing piece for a game, the playing piece being generally discus-shaped and comprising a top convex shell and a bottom convex shell, each of the shells including an outer face, an inner face, and an attachment face, wherein the top and bottom shells are attached at their attachment faces so as to form a circumferential edge of the playing piece, and wherein the playing piece is adapted to stably land on the top shell or the bottom shell when flipped onto a surface by having force applied directionally downward on the edge.
A method of playing a game including rules for playing the game, a playing surface, and a plurality of discus-shaped playing pieces, each playing piece having a top convex shell and a bottom convex shell which, when attached, form a circumferential edge of the playing piece, the method comprising:
- placing, on the playing surface, a first playing piece and a second playing piece, each playing piece being placed with its top shell facing upwards;
- arranging the first playing piece partially underneath the second playing piece such that a portion of the edge of the first playing piece remains unobstructed by the second playing piece;
- applying a downward force on the portion of the edge of the first playing piece that remains unobstructed to cause each of the first playing piece and the second playing piece to flip upwards into the air and land on the playing surface in one of two orientations:
- with the top shell facing upwards or with the top shell facing downwards;
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- determining an outcome based on the orientation in which each of the playing pieces landed on the playing surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.