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US 6,120,026 AGranted
Game with privacy material
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsLeland R. Whitney, Myron K. Jordan, Thomas J. Scanlan, Gregory D. Allen
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Abstract
Game with a privacy member. The game includes a play region and a directional viewing screen. The directional viewing screen covers at least a portion of the play region such that said portion of the play region is viewable therethrough at a first player position, but is not viewable therethrough at a second player position. The game with privacy member in accordance with the present invention allows for enhancement of existing games, as well as for the creation of new games or new play patterns of existing games.
Claims28
A game comprising:
- a play region;
- and
- a directional viewing screen;
- wherein said directional viewing screen covers at least a portion of said play region,
- wherein said directional viewing screen has a major surface that is viewable from a first position, and from an opposed, second position, and wherein said directional viewing screen has light control properties that:
- (a) allow the covered portion of said play region to be viewed through said major surface of said directional viewing screen from said first position;
- and
- (b) obstructs the view of the covered portion of said play region through said major surface of said directional viewing screen from said second position.
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