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  Card and selection device gamesRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles ThereforThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070108703. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/732,896 entitled "Card and Spinner Games," filed Nov. 1, 2005. The complete disclosure of that application is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE [0002] The present disclosure is directed to games where play may be facilitated by one or more cards and/or one or more selection devices. [0003] Examples of card and/or selection device games are found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,461,633; 1,520,316; 1,556,678; 2,008,829; 2,044,266; 2,077,124; 2,095,367; 2,102,535; 2,370,229; 2,546,441; 3,232,622; 3,235,260; 3,685,831; 3,762,714; 3,841,637; 4,014,547; 4,029,321; 4,040,191; 4,123,058; 4,302,012; 4,309,035; 4,466,515; 4,667,959; 5,318,299; 6,540,229; 6,609,715; 6,659,462; 6,902,163; D268,771; and D288,698; and U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2001/0052672 and 2005/0167918. The complete disclosures of those patents and patent applications are herein incorporated by reference for all purposes. SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE [0004] Some embodiments provide a method of playing a game. The game may include a plurality of cards and a selection device, the selection device configured to be activated by a user to select a supplemental action from a plurality of supplemental actions. The method may include viewing a first card having a first indicium in a discard pile; activating the selection device to select a supplemental action from the plurality of supplemental actions, the plurality of supplemental actions including a supplemental action that allows discarding at least one card having a second indicium; performing the supplemental action selected by the selection device; selecting a second card having a third indicium that corresponds with the first indicium of the first card; and discarding the second card in the discard pile. [0005] Some embodiments provide a method of playing a game. The game may include a plurality of cards and a spinner assembly configured to select a supplemental action from a plurality of supplemental actions, the spinner assembly including a pointer and a base having a plurality of sections, at least some of the sections including indicia representative of at least one supplemental action. The method may include viewing a first card having a first indicium; spinning at least one of the pointer and the base relative to the other of the base and the pointer to select a supplemental action, the plurality of supplemental actions including a supplemental action that requires at least a first player to exchange at least one card, other than the first card, for another card of at least a second player; determining the at least one supplemental action based on the position of the pointer after the at least one of the pointer and the base stops spinning; performing the at least one supplemental action; selecting a second card having a second indicium that corresponds with the first indicium of the viewed first card; and discarding the second card. [0006] Some embodiments provide a method of playing a game. The game may include a plurality of cards and a spinner assembly configured to select a supplemental action from a plurality of supplemental actions, the spinner assembly including a pointer, at least one holder configured to support a discard pile of one or more cards of the plurality, and a base having a plurality of sections, at least some of the sections includes at least one supplemental action. The method may include viewing a first card having a first indicium from the discard pile; spinning the base relative to the pointer to select a supplemental action, the plurality of supplemental actions including a supplemental action that requires at least a first player to show at least one card, other than the first card, to at least a second player; viewing at least one supplemental action on a section that the pointer is directed to after the base stops spinning; performing the at least one supplemental action; selecting a second card having a second indicium that corresponds with the first indicium of the viewed first card; and placing the second card on the discard pile adjacent the first card. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0007] FIG. 1 shows some embodiments of a card and selection device game. [0008] FIG. 2 shows playing cards for the card and selection device game of FIG. 1. [0009] FIG. 3 shows a top view of the card and selection device game of FIG. 1. [0010] FIG. 4 shows a flowchart showing some embodiments of a method of playing the card and selection device game of FIG. 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE [0011] Referring to FIG. 1, some embodiments of a game 10 are shown, which may include a card support structure 12, a plurality of playing cards 14, and a selection device 16. Card support structure 12 may include any suitable structure configured to hold and/or support one or more stacks or piles of cards. Additionally, the card support structure may include any suitable structure configured to allow the players to see at least a top or a first card of the stack. For example, the card support structure may include a support stand 18 and one or more holders 20, as shown in FIG. 1. [0012] The support stand may include any suitable structure configured to support one or more stacks of cards 14. For example, the support stand may include a circular or cylindrical support, as shown in FIG. 1. Although a circular support is shown, the support stand may include any suitable shape and/or structure configured to support one or more stacks or piles of cards. [0013] Holders 20 may include any suitable structure configured to hold and/or retain one or more stacks or piles of cards 14. For example, the holders may include one or more perimeter walls 22 and one or more dividing walls 24, as shown in FIG. 1. The perimeter walls may be arranged to form any suitable number of holders. For example, perimeter walls 22 in FIG. 1 forms two holders, which may accommodate two stacks or piles of cards (such as a draw pile W and a discard pile D). [0014] Perimeter walls 22 may have one or more side portions 26 and one or more corner portions 28. The side and/or corner portions may conform to the stack(s) or pile(s) of cards. Additionally, the side and/or corner portions may be any suitable height(s). For example, side portions 26 may have a first height and corner portions 28 may have a second height. The second height may be sized to contain any suitable number of cards, such as a complete deck of cards. The first height may be any suitable height, such as a height less than the second height. [0015] Although perimeter walls 22 are shown to have the first height that is relatively lower than the second height, the first height may be equal to or higher than the second height. For example, the first height may be sized to contain a complete deck, and the second height may be lower than the first height. Additionally, although perimeter walls 22 are shown to have side portions 26 and corner portions 28, the perimeter walls may have only side portions, only corner portions, or any suitable combination. [0016] Moreover, although perimeter walls 22 are shown to have four side portions 26 and four corner portions 28, the perimeter walls may have any suitable number of side and/or corner portions. Furthermore, although perimeter walls 22 are shown to be sized to accommodate two stacks or piles of cards 14, the perimeter walls may be sized to accommodate any suitable number of stacks or piles of cards. [0017] Dividing walls 24 may divide one card pile from another within the perimeter walls. The dividing walls may be any suitable form, shape, and/or height. For example, the dividing walls may be in the form of the shaft of an arrow 30 used for selection device 16, as further discussed below. Although the dividing walls are shown to be in the form of an arrow, the dividing walls may be any suitable form, shape, and/or height. [0018] Playing cards 14 may be any suitable size and/or shape configured to allow players of the game to grasp the playing card and position that card within a card holder. Additionally, the playing cards may be any suitable number, such as 112 cards. Moreover, playing cards may have gripping features (not shown) to improve contact with a player's fingers. Those gripping features may include grooves, ridges, undulations, and/or rough portions, among others, or any suitable combination to promote handling. [0019] At least some of the playing cards may include one or more card indicia 32. Those indicia may include any suitable type of indicia configured to correspond to and/or match indicia on other playing cards and/or to signify particular supplemental actions that one or more players may and/or must take. The indicia may be in any suitable form, such as numeric, text, alphanumeric, symbolic, color, and/or any suitable combination, configured to correspond to indicia on other playing cards. For example, the card indicia may include numeric indicia 34, symbolic indicia 36, and color indicia 38, as shown in FIG. 2. Continue reading... Full patent description for Card and selection device games Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Card and selection device games patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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