Home | Links | Contact Us | More About Intellectual Property | Bookmark
Search patents:
Home Exercise Devices2 Game-scoring-method

 Arm exerciser
The present invention is directed to an exercising apparatus of the type designed to exercise one's ...


 Aquatic exercise weight
The longstanding but heretofore unfulfilled need for an apparatus that overcomes the limitations of ...


 Skateboard
A major objective of the present invention is to provide a skateboard that has the feel of a ...


 Exercise and toning apparatus
I claim: 1. An apparatus for exercising the sacro-iliac joint and the muscles of the waist, hips ...


 System and method for interactively simulating and discouraging drug use
It is an object of the present invention to harness the most powerful interactive media available ...


 Breathing mask
In accordance with the present invention, a size-determining face piece liner is a flexible face ...


 Vibration sensing apparatus
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIG. 1, the sensing apparatus of the present ...


 Apparatus and method for simulating lung sounds in a patient simulator
OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION One embodiment of the current invention comprises ...


 Simulated hill-climbing exercise apparatus and method of exercising
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a lower body aerobic exercise and ...


 Apparatus and method of playing double chess game
OF THE INVENTION Referring now in detail to the drawings wherein like parts are designated by like ...


 Game scoring method

Details
Inventors: Sheridan, John;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Coven; Edward M.
Assistant Examiner: Harrison; Jessica J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Arant; Gene W.

A method of scoring card games wherein digital numbers within a predetermined set or range which is not needed in scoring the particular game is reserved for player identification. In performing the method of the invention it is preferred to utilize a special purpose computer contained in a small carrying case, which has an operating keyboard and a visually activated scoreboard in side-by-side relation to the keyboard. The carrying case preferably has a hinged lid which is spring-loaded to normally remain in open position, operating instructions written on the inner side of the lid, and a latch for holding the lid closed. In operating the apparatus, a WE or THEY key is depressed before making player assignments by number. Scores subsequently recorded and visually displayed for each team are also stored in electronic memory for each individual player. Players change teams from one game to the next, but at the end of the play a total score for each individual player is produced in association with the identifying digital number that had been assigned to him.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
In the playing of a series of two or more card games, during which the teams of partners are changed from one game to the next, a method of scoring both the separate game scores for each team and the final cumulative score for each individual player, comprising the steps of: first selecting for each individual player a digital number which lies within a predetermined low range of numbers that are below the range of numbers which will be needed for scoring, and which digital number will then identify that player for score-keeping purposes; when the first game is to commence, (a) assigning a first pair of players to a "WE" team and a second pair of players to a "THEY" team, (b) recording in conjunction with a "WE" symbol the respective digital numbers previously selected to represent said first pair of players, and (c) recording in conjunction with a "THEY" symbol the respective digital numbers previously selected to represent said second pair of players; as the first game progresses, recording a digital number corresponding to the score for each successive hand, in association with the previously recorded "WE" or "THEY" symbol, as appropriate; at the conclusion of the first game, recording digital numbers representing game total scores for the "WE" and "THEY" teams, in association with the previously recorded "WE" and "THEY" symbols, respectively; then changing the team assignments for the second game, by assigning at least one different player to at least one team; again recording the team symbols "WE" and "THEY", but in new locations, and recording in association with each team symbol the digital numbers representing the individual players now assigned to that team; as the second game progresses, recording a digital number corresponding to the score for each successive hand, in association with the previously recorded "WE" or "THEY" symbol, as appropriate; at the conclusion of the second game, recording digital numbers representing the new game scores for the "WE" and "THEY" teams, in association with the new recordings of the team symbols "WE" and "THEY", respectively; and thereafter, for each individual player, adding up all the scores for both games associated with the digital number which identifies that individual player, to thereby provide a total score for that individual player, and then recording that total score in association with the digital number which identifies that individual player



Related patents
  Aggregation of system settings into objects
In accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, a method is practiced in a computer system having a video display and a storage device. The computer system ...
  Portable unisex urinal
I claim: 1. A portable unisex urinal comprising: a. a urinal bowl having an outlet; b. adjustable means supporting said bowl and connecting it to a fixture having a ...
  Toilet structure for walker
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In compliance with the constitutional purpose of the Patent Laws "to promote the progress of science and useful arts" (Article 1, Section 8)...
  Urinal for convenience and training of juvenile males
Turning to FIG. 1, it will there be noted that we have shown a urinal 10 in accordance with this invention mounted on a vertical surface in a bedroom or nursery in such ...
  Combination portable children's toilet and toilet trainer
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Before explaining the present invention in detail, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited in its application to the ...
  Boy's urinal trainer for a toilet
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of toilet urinals now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved boy's ...
  Potty
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a potty in which the above problems can be overcome and which has a typical potty function and generates ...
  Sport training and exercise system
Accordingly, it is an advantage of the present invention that a sport training system for use by a solo athlete is provided. It is another advantage of the present ...
  Arm wrestling device
I claim: 1. An arm wrestling device comprising a base, a channel mounted to the base, wherein the channel is sized so as to receive an arm in the pivoting of the arm, ...
  Arm wrestling apparatus
The present invention disclosed and claimed herein comprises an arm wrestling apparatus which includes a base with a pivoting arm pivoted at one end thereto. A resilient ...

0.014

Archive: All patents - Links

Copyright (c)2006 Eipa-patents.org - All rights reserved