Amusement devices: games – Miscellaneous
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-02
2001-09-04
Rimell, Sam (Department: 2166)
Amusement devices: games
Miscellaneous
C434S159000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283476
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to word games and more particularly pertains to a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same for entertaining persons riding within a vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of word games is known in the prior art. More specifically, word games heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,884,815; 4,201,389; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 321,400; U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,746,342; 5,269,530; and 5,055,049.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same. The inventive device includes a scorecard. The scorecard has a plurality of rows and columns thereon. Each of the rows has number indicia thereby, and each of the columns has a heading indicia thereon. Players select letters from license plates of vehicles. A combination of the selected letters is identified. Up to two letters may be added between the selected letters of the combination to form word combinations. The word combinations are placed in the columns. The player receives a plurality of points equal to the number of letters in each of the word combinations. The points are summed and the player having the greatest amount of points wins the game.
In these respects, the word-forming game and the method of playing the same according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of entertaining persons riding within a vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of word games now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same construction wherein the same can be utilized for entertaining persons riding within a vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the word games mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art word games, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a scorecard. The scorecard has a plurality of rows and columns thereon. Each of the rows has number indicia thereby, and each of the columns has a heading indicia thereon. Players select letters from license plates of vehicles. A combination of the selected letters is identified. Up to two letters may be added between the selected letters of the combination to form word combinations. The word combinations are placed in the columns. The player receives a plurality of points equal to the number of letters in each of the word combinations. The points are summed and the player having the greatest amount of points wins the game.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the word games mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art word games, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such word-forming game and the method of playing the same economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same for entertaining persons riding within a vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same which includes a scorecard. The scorecard has a plurality of rows and columns thereon. Each of the rows has number indicia thereby, and each of the columns has a heading indicia thereon. Players select letters from license plates of vehicles. A combination of the selected letters is identified. Up to two letters may be added between the selected letters of the combination to form word combinations. The word combinations are placed in the columns. The player receives a plurality of points equal to the number of letters in each of the word combinations. The points are summed and the player having the greatest amount of points wins the game.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new word-forming game and the method of playing the same that enhances the vocabulary of the participants of the game.
These togeth
Henry Anthony G.
Henry Beverly
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