Patents Assigned to Upstarts
  • Card game for the simulation of a sports game
    Patent number: 6227544
    Abstract: Apparatus for playing a game, particularly a simulated sports game, comprises a set of opaque cards, each card having two opposite faces carrying markings used in playing the game. Each face of each card is subdivided into discrete regions with the number and arrangement of the regions being the same on all faces of all cards. The cards are divided into two sets, one for each opposing team. One face of each card carries, inter alia, a representation of a ball, and the opposite face carries, inter alia, a representation of a defending player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Upstarts
    Inventors: Thomas White, Giannetto Mariani, Simon Knock, Michael Chilcott