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Partnering game and method of playing sameRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles Therefor, With Representations Of Persons Or Objects And Names Associated TherewithPartnering game and method of playing same description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080018052, Partnering game and method of playing same. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/940,389, filed Sep. 13, 2004, which is a divisional application of prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/881,653, entitled "Partnering Game and Method of Playing Same", filed on Jun. 14, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,789,802. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to games and more particularly pertains to an improved partnering game and method of playing same for enabling male and female players to anonymously select a player of their liking and determining whether or not the selected player likes them in such manner that only a mutually self-selected male-female couple knows of the selection. The present invention provides for improvements upon the inventor's partnering game disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,760. [0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0005] The use of games is known in the prior art. The inventor knows of only his U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,700, which discloses a partnering game in which players anonymously select a player of their liking and a mutual selection is confirmed or denied anonymously. To play the game as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,700, each of a plurality of male game players is given a single game token from a first set of game tokens having a distinct indicia thereon and each of a plurality of female game players is given a single game token having a distinct indicia thereon and each of a plurality of female game players is given a single game token having a distinct indicia thereon from a set of game tokens. [0006] Each of the male game players and each of the female game players are also given a numbered card key. Each male game player and each female game player then deposit their game token into a numbered token box corresponding to the numbered card key held by a game player of the opposite sex of their liking. Each male game player and each female game player then retrieves the game tokens from their numbered token boxes by means of their numbered card key. Each male game player and each female game player then place each game token retrieved from the numbered token boxes into the token pocket having an indicia corresponding to the indicia on each retrieved game token and the indicia of the game token originally given to each male game player and each female game player. Any token pocket having two game tokens therein indicates a potential partnership. [0007] In an improved version of the partnering game in accordance with the present invention, a first set of cards bearing indicia from a first set of indicia, a second set of cards bearing indicia from a second set of indicia, and a third set of cards bearing indicia from a third set of indicia are employed as hereinafter described to achieve the objects of selecting a game player of the opposite sex of a game player's liking and confirming or denying a mutual selection or the existence of an admirer. [0008] In another preferred embodiment of the invention a fourth set of cards bearing indicia from a fourth set of indicia, and a fifth set of cards bearing indicia from a fifth set of indicia are employed to achieve the objects of the partnering game. In these respects, the partnering game and method of playing same according to the present invention substantially departs from the partnering game of the prior art and in so doing fulfills the purposes of the present invention as defined by the following objectives, disclosure, and claims. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the inventor's patented invention mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new partnering game and method of playing same which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art games, either alone or in any combination thereof. [0010] It is another object of the present invention to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same, which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed. [0011] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same, which is of a durable and reliable construction. [0012] An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same which is susceptible to a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is thus susceptible to low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such partnering game and method of playing same economically available to the buying public. [0013] Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same for enabling male and female players to anonymously select a player of their liking and determining whether or not the selected player likes them in such manner that only a mutually self-selected male-female couple knows of the selection. [0014] Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same for enabling male and female players to determine the existence and number of admirers he or she has. [0015] Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new partnering game and method of playing same for enabling male and female players to determine the overall attractiveness he or she has as seen by the opposite sex. [0016] In summary, the various aspects of the game, which will be described in greater detail below, are as follows: [0017] In one embodiment, the partnering game of the present invention comprises: a first set of playing cards having first indicia disposed upon a front side, the first indicia being from a first set of indicia; a second set of playing cards having second indicia disposed upon a front side, the second indicia being from a second set of indicia; a third set of playing cards having third indicia disposed upon a front side, the third indicia being from a third set of indicia; and wherein each of the cards from the first set of playing cards, the second set of playing cards, and the third set of playing cards further comprises a back side having a design disposed thereon. [0018] The game further may comprise a fourth set of playing cards having a first indicia and a fourth indicia disposed upon a front side, the fourth indicia being from a fourth set of indicia; a fifth set of playing cards having a second indicia and a fourth indicia disposed upon a front side. [0019] In an alternative embodiment, the partnering game provides the front side of each of the playing cards of the first and fourth sets of playing cards further comprise a top portion and a bottom portion, the first indicia being disposed in the top portion, and wherein the bottom portion further comprises a highlighting portion. [0020] The partnering game may have the front side of each of the playing cards of the second and fifth sets of playing cards further comprise a top portion and a bottom portion, the second indicia being disposed in the bottom portion, and wherein the top portion further comprises a highlighting portion. [0021] In another embodiment, the present invention is a method of playing a partnering game comprising the steps of: Continue reading about Partnering game and method of playing same... Full patent description for Partnering game and method of playing same Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Partnering game and method of playing same 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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