Packing box of playing cards

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9724594-B2
Application number	US-201313958407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2013
Priority date	Aug 5, 2012
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A packing box for packaging of playing cards has, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces including front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces. The packing box includes cut lines in two locations at a predetermined interval in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped, and a central band in a portion defined by the cut lines provided in the two locations. The right and left side faces of the packing box can be removed along the cut lines such that side edges of the playing cards within the packing box are exposed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package housing a set of playing cards, the package having, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces including front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, the package comprising:
at least one cut line in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the package shape of the rectangular parallelepiped, wherein tearing of the package along the at least one cut line permits the removal of one of the left or right side faces of the package from a remaining portion of the package and the exposure of side edges of the playing cards within the package;
and
a marking showing a first place in an order of steps for removing one of the left or right side faces of the package so that the remaining portion of the package includes a code that indicates a unique identification (ID) for the set of playing cards.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the top face has a marking indicating it to be a top surface, or a marking indicating orientation of the playing cards to a front or a rear of the package.

3. The package according to claim 1 , further comprising markings showing an order of steps for removing the package from the playing cards.

4. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the code comprises at least one of a bar code or RFID that indicates a different ID for each set of playing cards.

5. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cut line comprises two cut lines.

6. The package according to claim 5 , wherein tearing of the package along one of the two cut lines permits removal of the left side face of the package and tearing of the package along the other of the two cut lines permits removal of the right side face of the package.

Assignees

• Angel Playing Cards Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shigeta Yasushi

Classifications

• A63F1/14

  Card dealers · CPC title

• A63F1/12

  Card shufflers · CPC title

• B65D75/54

  Cards, coupons or other inserts or accessories · CPC title

• B65D75/5805

  for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness · CPC title

• A63F2009/2489

  by radio transmitters, e.g. using RFID · CPC title