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US 4,226,420 AGranted
Bingo game for the non-braille blind
OwnerDorothy L. Cordayinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a bingo game for blind people. The numbers of the bingo card are made from a tactile material having a surface with a hooked nap. The numbers on the card are covered with discs having a looped nap. Participants in the game can include both those who know the braille system and those who do not.
Claims4
A bingo game apparatus for the blind comprising:
- (a) A players' board having spaced positions outlined by ridges and within the positions raised numbers wherein the raised numbers consist of tactile material in the form of either hooked nap or looped nap;
- (b) A marker piece having cooperating looped nap or hooked nap adapted to attach to the tactile material which forms the raised numbers whereby non-braille blind people may participate in playing bingo.
A process for the mutual enjoyment of bingo games by blind persons who know the braille system and for the non-braille blind which comprises:
- (a) Identifying raised numbers on a bingo card the numbers being located within spaced positions outlined by ridges by feeling the outline of the raised numbers wherein the numbers are made of tactile material having either hooked nap or looped nap, and.
- (b) Marking the numbers called by a caller with discs, having either looped nap or hooked nap on their surface, whereby the nap of the numbers engages and holds on to the nap of the discs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.