US2190031A - Game - Google Patents

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Feb. 13,1940. A. M. LASS'EN 2,190,031

Filed May 19; 1957 Patented Feb. 13, 1940 v 7 GAME p Alma Ml Lassen, New York, N. Y. 7 Application May19, 193 7, Serial No. 143,610 13 Claims. (01. 273-4 1 The object of thiszinvention is to provide a novel and highly entertaining game of the fortune-telling type.

In the attached drawing:

Figure l is a, view in perspective of'the game pieces assembled in preparation for play;

, Fig. 2is a view in perspective illustrating the manner in which individual game pieces drawn at random from the assembly shown in Fig. 1

are joined together in the course of play, and

Fig, 3 is a view. in perspective showing the game pieces so joined arranged in a typical fan formation. I

With reference to the drawing, the game in its physical embodiment comprises a set of pieces I of indeterminate number, these pieces taking the form in the present instance of fiat elongated strips made of wood or .of other suitable material. Each of the game pieces has at one end an aperture 2, and is provided at the other end with a symbolic marking designated by the reference numeral 3, which in playing the game is interpretable either individually or in conjunction with the symbols of other pieces in terms of augury. In thepresent instance, these markings appear on one face onlyofthe strips, and each strip also carries on the same face a number, as illustrated, the numbers on the various pieces of the set running in the present instance in sequence. In conjunction with ,the game pieces I, a pin 4 is provided, preferably having a head 5 at one end, and this pin 4 isadapted to pass through the apertures 2, I

In playing the game, the game pieces I are assembled, as shown in Fig; 1,. in a suitable receptacle 5 with their apertured ends projecting and with the other ends, which carry the symbols 3, hidden in the'interior of the receptacle.

- into different radial planes in fan formation, in

or booklet in which the different symbolsare listed byname and number, together with a possible or preferred interpretation of theindi vidual symbols or groups of symbols in terms of augury. The engagement ring appearing on the game piece numbered 3, for example, may be interpreted as a proposal of marriage, engage ment 'in an enterprise, or'a promise. The heart appearing on the game piece numbered l2 may be interpreted as indicating an affair of the heart,.or heart interest in an individual, or'in an enterprise. The other symbols appearing on the game pieces shown in Fig. 3 may for example be interpreted, respectively, as follows:

Kn ot,l lo. 25 Binding. A contract;

Qui1lNo. 40. Writing. Signing of papers.

Cart--No; 28. By someone elses efforts-assistance rendered. i Bell--No. 9. Surprise. Opportunity knocking.

Or telephone message. Broom-No. 30. To move, or change.

cleaning out. w Scales-No. 11. Something to be weighed in the balance. Temptation. Or justice.

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Cornucopia-No. 26. Fruition of labored eiforts.

Harvest. Crane-No. 19. Stranger. Visitor. Moon-No. 24. Night. Shadows. Boat- No. 8. Ship. Travel by water.

The legend sheet or booklet will also contain suitable interpretation for the various other symbols which may appear upon the individual game vided, it being possible, however, to modify these interpretations or to employ entirelyoriginal interpretations of the different symbols if desired.

pieces, so that a basis for interpretation is pro,-

The man and the woman appearing on game,

pieces numbered l and 2, respectively, may indicate the individual whose fortune is being told,

if of appropriate sex,or if not, may indicate a; man or woman, as the case may be, in whom the said individual may be interested. The individual symbols may also have special connotations if they appear in the fan assembly in immediate proximity to other specified symbols. If, for example, the, game pieces 3 and I9 appear in the fan in contiguous relation, the proximity l. of the crane on the one marker to the ring on bly on the pin 4 into the fan formatiomit may be required that the individual whose fortune is being told select that one of the exposed symbols in which he is most interested. By then counting seven pieces to the right, (returning to the left-hand end of the fan when the counting of this number goes beyond the last piece to the right), and from this point continuing the count of seven, always using the seventh piece as the new number i, it is possible to select from the fourteen game pieces, and before again returning to the one originally selected and from which the count started, seven pieces of special significance. may then be combined to produce a reading based upon the interpretations appearing on the legend sheet, or upon original interpretations made at the time of the reading.

It will be apparent that the physical form of the game may vary considerably. The exact form or shape of the individual game pieces may varywithcut departure from the invention, it being only necessary in accordance with the invention to provide a means whereby a plurality ofsaid pieces may be assembled in the typical fan formation, and to provide means also whereby each of said markers differs in a visible respect from others of the markers. The markers may be of the same or differing colors as desired. It is apparent also that the means fer-joining the game pieces in the fan formation may vary considerably; although as a matter of. simplicity and low cost of manufacture, the apertured pieces in conjunction with the pin 4' are desirable.

I claim:

1. A fortune-telling game comprising a set of The symbols of these seven pieces- 2. A, fortune-telling game comprising a set of A free-elongated game pieces from which set may be withdrawn at random a sub-divisional number of said pieces, each of said pieces having an aperture, a pin adapted for insertion through the apertures of the pieces of said sub-divisional number to detachably unite said pieces by providing therefor a common axis from which said pieces may'exte'nd'radially and in fan formation, said pieces difiering in a visible respect from each other and each constituting a symbol having a specified augural meaning.

3. A fortune-telling game comprising a set of free game pieces from which set may be withdrawn at random a sub-divisional number of said pieces, each of said game pieces being in the form of a flat elongated strip and having at one end an aperture and the otherend a symbolic mark having a specified augural meaning, and a pin'adapted for. insertion through the apertures of the pieces of said sub-divisional number to detachably unite said pieces by providing therefor a common axis about which said pieces may extend radially and in fan formation.

ALMA M. LASSEN.

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