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US 4,807,883 AGranted
Game apparatus and dice construction therefor
OwnerHyman P. Silvermaninventor
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A game apparatus can be releasably or permanently secured to a gaming table in such a way as to pivotally support a hollow, transparent container or other gambling unit for swinging movement across the table. The container is journaled at the end of a pivotal support arm so that each player in turn can rotate or tumble the dice in the container and permit the container to coast to a stop with the dice resting on the lower interior of the container. Odd-sided dice are preferably employed in combination with a mirrored surface beneath the lower interior end of the container so that the numbers on the dice, when the container comes to rest, are reflected by the mirrored surface for ease of reading by the players. In a modified form, a braking mechanism is employed to retard tumbling or rotation of the container or other gambling unit so as to reduce the time required for the container or unit to come to a complete stop.
In a game device, the combination comprising:
In a game apparatus wherein there is provided a flat horizontal game board, the combination comprising:
A game piece comprising a block of generally spherical configuration having a plurality of sides in the form of flat surfaces of corresponding size and configuration with respect to one another and provided with intervening surfaces between adjacent of said sides one intervening surface being located diametrically opposite each flat surface, each flat surface being an external surface and having a different number of dots, the number of dots on different faces increasing in consecutive numerical order starting with one dot, and a plurality of numerals, each numeral corresponding to the number of dots on a different one of each said flat surface, each said numeral being located on the intervening surface diametrically opposite to the flat surface having the number of dots corresponding to that numeral so that when the piece is thrown or tossed and comes to rest on one of said flat surfaces with that surface lowermost, the numeral corresponding to the number of dots on that flat surface will appear on the uppermost portion of said piece.
A game piece comprising a block having an odd number of interconnected sides, each side being a flat surface and said sides arranged symmetrically on said block with intervening surfaces between adjacent sides, each said flat surface bearing a different number of dots in consecutive numerical order starting with the number 1, and a numeral corresponding to the number of dots on each flat surface being located on an intervening surface portion on said block opposite to each associated flat surface such that when the block is tossed and comes to rest on one of said flat surfaces, the numeral corresponding to that flat surface is in upwardly facing relation on the uppermost portion of said block.
In a gambling device wherein a gambling unit is of the type having a series of indicia which is operative to be rotated and to coast into a position of rest to present one or more selected indicia for viewing, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.