Protective housing for discarded playing cards
OwnerAlan Peroninventor
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Abstract
A protective housing for playing cards is provided for use with table games requiring restricted access to the discarded playing cards during the continued play of the game. An outer cover is provided, with a lower opening configured to enable the outer cover to be slidably received by a playing card discard holder, which is typically anchored to the gaming table. A card receiving slot is formed in an upper portion of the cover, enabling continued access to the playing card holder by the dealer to deposit discards during the play of the game. Access to the discarded playing cards received by the discard holder is restricted pending removal of the outer cover by the dealer.
Claims11
A protective housing for discarded playing cards comprising:
- an outer protective cover having a card-receiving slot defined therein, said outer protective cover further defining a top portion and a bottom, playing card-receiving portion, said bottom portion providing substantially unimpaired access to interior portions of said outer protective cover.
A playing card protector comprising:
- an outer protective cover, said outer protective cover includes an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having a card receiving slot formed therein, wherein a plurality of apertures are formed in said lower portion of said outer protective cover;
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- an inner playing card holder nested within and removably receiving said outer protective cover, said inner playing card holder comprises a pair of receiving walls, each of said pair of walls slidably receiving corresponding portion of said outer protective cover, wherein said pair of receiving walls lie adjacent one another, forming a receiving corner holder, and further comprising a receiving floor attached to and extending from said pair of receiving walls, and wherein said receiving floor is attached to a playing surface.
A cover for a discard playing card holder comprising:
- an open end container having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having a card receiving slot formed therein and said lower portion and said open end defining a receiving opening having dimensions corresponding to a set of lateral dimensions of said discard playing card holder, whereby
- the discard playing card holder is received within the open end container in a manner permitting the continued reception of playing cards through the card receiving slot formed in the upper portion of said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.