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US 2017/0333782 A1Published application
Dice with curved, but non-spherical surfaces, certain of which feature nonuniform display probabilities
OwnerJoseph Charles Fjelstadinventor
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Abstract
The current document is directed to gaming dice, including physical dice and virtual dice represented on an electronic display or viewing screen. Certain of the currently disclosed gaming dice have approximately ovoid, prolate spheroid, or ellipsoid shapes that are modified to include planar surfaces. Other of the disclosed gaming dice have angular shapes, including cubes, tetrahedrons, octahedrons, and other regular shapes that are modified to provide nonuniform probabilities of position landings.
Claims21
A die comprising:
- a die body with a non-spherical, curved surface and two or more planar landing surfaces;
- and
- a result indication associated with each planar landing surface, each result indication prominently displayed when the die rests in a stable position on the planar landing surface with which the result indication is associated.
A die comprising:
- a polyhedral die body two or more planar landing faces of a first common size and shape and two or more additional planar landing surfaces of a second, common size and shape;
- and
- a result indication associated with each planar landing surface and planar landing face, each result indication prominently displayed when the die rests in a stable position on the planar landing surface with which the result indication is associated.
A virtual die that is displayed on a display device, the virtual die comprising:
- a die body with a non-spherical, curved surface and two or more planar landing surfaces;
- and
- a result indication associated with each planar landing surface, each result indication prominently displayed when the die rests in a stable position on the planar landing surface with which the result indication is associated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.