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  Letter acting gameUSPTO Application #: 20070278744Title: Letter acting game Abstract: A method for playing a letter acting game with at least three players. The game may include the following steps; selecting two players to be the letter forming players; selecting a category of a challenge phrase or trivia question by spinning a spinner; selecting a card from at least one card deck and reading the challenge phrase or trivia question from selected category; forming the shape of each letter in the challenge phrase or trivia answer by the letter forming players for observance by the other players, wherein each letter is shaped by combining the body positions of the two letter forming players; guessing the challenge phrase or trivia answer by the other players by sequentially assembling the formed letters; allocating points for successfully guessing the challenge phrase or trivia answer and in bonus play the answers to the challenge phrases. (end of abstract)
Agent: Mark A Koch - Hamilton, ON, US Inventors: BRAD GRIS, Marilyn Gris USPTO Applicaton #: 20070278744 - Class: 273299 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070278744. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001]This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application 60/803,907 filed Jun. 5, 2006 under the title LETTER ACTING GAME, filed by Brad Gris. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002]The present invention relates to games, and more particularly relates to a letter acting game in which players form the shape of each letter by combining the body positions of two letter forming players. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0003]FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the spinner base. [0004]FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the front face of a pre 1990 card. [0005]FIG. 3 is the back face of the pre 1990 card shown in FIG. 2. [0006]FIG. 4 is the top plan view of the front face of a post 1990 card. [0007]FIG. 5 is the back face of the post 1990 card shown in FIG. 4. [0008]FIG. 6 is a top plan view of a word sheet. [0009]FIG. 7 is a top plan view of a score card. [0010]FIG. 8 is a flow chart of the basic game steps. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0011]One embodiment is a method for playing a letter acting game having at least three players, wherein the game includes the following components, namely a spinner having a spinner base 102 having depicted thereon six categories 104. The game further includes at least one set of cards and often two sets of cards. The first set of cards being a pre 1990 card set, and the second set of cards being a post 1990 card set. FIG. 2 for example shows a card 107 being a pre 1990 card 108 having a front face 110 and a back face 112 shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 for example also shows a card 107 being a post 1990 card 114 having a front face 116 and a back face 118 as shown in FIG. 5. The game also includes a word sheet 120 having a number of rows printed thereon 122 and having one column being a category column 124 for recordation of the category 104 derived from the spinner base 102. Word sheet 120 also includes a challenge phrase column 126, wherein the players begin to write down the challenge phrase that is being acted out by the letter forming players. The game also includes a score card 130 having a name column 132 and ten score columns 134. The score card 130 is further divided into a girls section 140 and a guys section 142. The cards display phrases on the front side 110 which are either a challenge phrase 109 or a trivia question 111. On the back side the card display corresponding answers to the phrases shown on the front side. These answers are used to win bonus points. The card shown in FIG. 2 displays five phrases, four of which are challenge phrases 109 and one trivia question 111. Other combinations are possible. [0012]Referring now to FIG. 8, the steps of play are as follows. [0013]Selecting a partner 200. [0014]Spinning the spinner which randomly selects a category 202. [0015]Take a card out of a box either a pre 1990 or a post 1990 card 204. [0016]Read the phrase silently which is corresponding to the category selected by the spinner 206. [0017]If the category and phrase is a trivia question 111 (as indicated by the spinner), then the letter forming players must spell out the answer to the trivia question by shaping letters one at a time by combining the body positions of the two letter forming partners to spell out the answer to the trivia question 111-208. If the category is not trivia question 111 the letter forming players spell out the challenge phrase by shaping letters by combining the body positions of the two letter forming partners. The answer to the trivia question may be a word, multiple words, a sentence or simply a series of letters. [0018]Telling the other players the number of words 210. [0019]If the category and phrase is a challenge phrase 109 (all other categories on spinner except trivia question) then the letter forming players must spell out the challenge phrase 109 by shaping letters one at a time by combining the body positions of the two letter forming partners to spell out the challenge phrase 109-212. The challenge phrase may be a word, multiple words, a sentence or simply a series of letters. [0020]The first observing player to shout out "got it" will write down the letter on their word sheet 120, at which time the letter forming players will continue the game play by acting out the next letter in the same challenge phrase 109 or trivia answer 111. Once one of the observing players thinks that he/she knows the entire challenge phrase or trivia answer 111, he/she can yell out the challenge phrase 109 or trivia answer 111 until one of the observing players correctly guesses the challenge phrase. The bonus play occurs when the observing players can yell out their answers to the challenge phrase. This occurs until one of the observing players guesses the correct answer --214, 216. [0021]Points are allocated on the score card --218. Continue reading... Full patent description for Letter acting game Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Letter acting game 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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