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US 5,310,061 AGranted
Word-puzzle game cartridge
OwnerMaurice S. Kanbarinventor
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A cartridge in a book format for accommodating two decks of word-puzzle playing cards. The cartridge includes a top plate and a like base plate simulating the front and rear covers of a book whose inner surfaces, when the book is closed, are then in parallel relation. The top and base plate are interhinged by a slat that simulates the spine of the book. Formed on the inner surface of the base plate are two side-by-side compartments, the two decks of cards being received in these compartments. Formed on the inner surface of the top plate is a rectangular flange within which the two compartments nest when the book is closed, the flange then simulating the pages normally sandwiched between the covers of the book. Printed on the face of each card is a puzzle represented by two words, each having the same number of letters. In order for a player to win a point in the game, he must within a given time transform the first word into the second by changing a single letter in the first word or by rearranging its letters to make another word, until by a series of such transformations he creates the second word.
A cartridge in a book format accommodating at least one deck of word-puzzle cards having predetermined dimensions, said cartridge comprising:
A cartridge as set forth in claim 11 accommodating two decks of cards and provided with a pair of compartments in side-by-side relation, each compartment having rectangular dimensions corresponding to those of a card and a height corresponding to the height of the deck accommodated therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.