Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – Hand holders
Patent
1988-11-14
1990-05-22
Oechsle, Anton O.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
Hand holders
A63F 110
Patent
active
049271466
ABSTRACT:
A playing card holder comprises a substantially pentagonal backing plate having fixed thereto a locator block and a transparent view plate. The locator block has first and second stepped edges converging upwardly from the bottom edge of the backing plate. Each of the stepped edges includes a plurality of steps each having a horizontal locator surface. The view plate is parallel to and spaced apart from the backing plate to define a card-holding slot therebetween. The view plate has inclined top and bottom edges parallel to the top edges of the pentagonal backing plate. A plurality of deformable filaments, preferably carpet pile, are afixed to the backing plate and extend across the card-holding slot onto abutment with the view plate. The filaments deflect when a playing card is inserted in the card-holding slot and hold the inserted card against the view plate. A base is provided supporting the card holder in an upright position. The base preferably includes a groove in which the bottom edge of the card holder is inserted. A transfer unit having a rectangular backing plate and view plate also is disclosed. Persons having only one usable hand place as-dealt playing cards in the transfer unit and then rearrange the cards in a desired order in the playing card holder. The locator block of the card holder arranges the cards in a fan-shaped pattern.
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