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US 5,491,324 AGranted
Score-keeping-with-carry score boards
OwnerFrank Vanderpoolinventor
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Abstract
The present inventions are score-keeping-with-carry score boards and are specifically suited by design for accumulating and displaying points during the play of games like cribbage, rummy or five hundred euchre but not limited to these. The present inventions are very "pocket-able" or conveniently portable score boards.
Claims6
A score-keeping-with-carry system comprising:
- At least one score board comprising:
- at least one display area for point totals comprising virtual mirror-image display areas;
- a plurality of indicators;
- means for calculating point-value changes on said score board so as to accumulate and display the point totals;
- said calculating means comprising a plurality of data sites having numerical identification and multiple point-values associated with each of said data sites, respectively;
- each of said virtual mirror-image display areas including at least three columns of said data sites;
- the numerical identification and multiple point values associated with the data sites of each of said columns having a numerical base different than a numerical base of any other of the columns of said data sites;
- means for physically recording information for displaying the point totals on said score board such that said indicators designate said data sites.
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