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US 4,427,198 AGranted
Bingo game with special marker
OwnerKenneth LaRueinventor
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Abstract
A marker for use in playing bingo formed of a transparent plastic having translucent sides and a thickness of about one quarter of an inch such that when the user views the marker at an oblique angle with respect to the bingo card, a number on which the marker is disposed has an image offset with respect to the other uncovered numbers.
Claims4
In combination:
- a Bingo card having an array of numbers arranged in five rows, each row having five numbers;
- at least three relatively thin bingo markers removably disposed on at least three selected numbers on the card for covering such numbers, said first bingo markers having a first thickness;
- a fourth Bingo marker formed of a transparent material and having a second thickness substantially greater than said fourth thickness, and disposed on the Bingo card on a fifth number which when combined with said selected numbers forms a winning Bingo combination, said fourth marker presenting an image offset from the position of the fourth number on the card when placed upon such number and the user is viewing the fourth number at an oblique angle with respect to the Bingo card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.