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GB2181960A
GB2181960A GB08624123A GB8624123A GB2181960A GB 2181960 A GB2181960 A GB 2181960A GB 08624123 A GB08624123 A GB 08624123A GB 8624123 A GB8624123 A GB 8624123A GB 2181960 A GB2181960 A GB 2181960A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/0625—Devices for filling-in or checking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/001—Games or toys connected to, or combined with, other objects; Objects with a second use as a toy or game
    • A63F2009/0018—Games or toys connected to, or combined with, other objects; Objects with a second use as a toy or game with means for holding a pen or pencil
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/0613—Puzzles or games based on the use of optical filters or elements, e.g. coloured filters, polaroid filters, transparent sheets with opaque parts
    • A63F2009/0615—Puzzles or games based on the use of optical filters or elements, e.g. coloured filters, polaroid filters, transparent sheets with opaque parts transparent
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/0641—Patience; Other games for self-amusement using a marker or means for drawing, e.g. pen, pencil, chalk
    • A63F2009/0643—Patience; Other games for self-amusement using a marker or means for drawing, e.g. pen, pencil, chalk erasable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
    • A63F2250/48—Miscellaneous game characteristics with special provisions for gripping by hand
    • A63F2250/485—Miscellaneous game characteristics with special provisions for gripping by hand using a handle

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A numbers game checking apparatus (10) comprising a sheet of material (12) being at least partly transparent and having arranged upon it an array of numbers intended to, in use, be capable of location upon a coupon and adjacent a corresponding array of numbers used in a numbers game such that a user may check the coincidence of a set of predicted numbers, marked upon the coupon, with a set of numbers fortuitously determined in the numbers game and marked on the sheet of material (12). A handle portion (16) may be present, and can be so shaped as to receive a pen. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Numbers Game Checking Apparatus The present invention relates to a numbers game checking apparatus.
In general, checking apparatus for numbers games comprise an array of numbers on a sheet of material wherein individual ones of the numbers are removable from the sheet of material as described and claimed in Australian Patent Applications Nos.
17459/83 and 7461481. Then, in use, a winning set of numbers is removed from the array and the material placed over an array of the game to check a set of numbers predicted by the player to determine the correspondence of the winning members to the predicted numbers.
The disadvantage of such apparatus is that the sheet of material may only be used once since the winning numbers rarely, if ever, are repeated.
Further, if a number is erroneously removed from the array the sheet must be discarded and a new sheet used if its full benefit is to be realised.
The present invention provides a numbers game checking apparatus which is re-usable.
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a numbers game checking apparatus comprising a sheet of material being at least partly transparent and having arranged upon it an array of numbers intended to, in use, be capable of location upon a coupon and adjacent a corresponding array of numbers used in a numbers game such that a user may check the coincidence of a set of predicted numbers, marked upon the coupon, with a set of numbers fortuitously determined in the numbers game and marked on the sheet of material.
Preferably, the checking apparatus also comprises a handle means fixed to the sheet of material.
The checking apparatus of the present invention is particularly envisaged for use in an Australian numbers game referred to as "Lotto", although it is to be understood that it is of general applicability.
The features of "Lotto" are described in Australian Patent Application No. 17459/83, excepting that "Lotto" as at 1986, has been offered to a selection of six numbers from an array of 45 numbers.
The present invention will now be described by way of example with particular reference to "Lotto" and the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure lisa side view of a checking apparatus in accordance with the present invention; Figure 2 is a plan view of the checking apparatus of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is an upper perspective view of the checking apparatus of Figure 1.
In the drawings there is shown a checking apparatus 10 comprising a sheet of material 12 which is at least partly transparent. As shown in Figure 2 the checking apparatus 10 also comprises an array of numbers 14. The array of numbers 14 may be an array of 45 consecutive numbers in ordered relation as shown in Figure 2. It is to be understood that the array of numbers 14 could be of other than 45 numbers, such as, for example, 36 or 40 or48 numbers.
The array of numbers 14 are arranged upon the transparent sheet 12 in a corresponding plurality of boxes 15 in a manner correspondent with a coupon comprising one or more identical arrangements of arrays of numbers in boxes (not shown). Each number of the array of numbers 14 on the sheet 12 is situated so as to be capable of overlapping correspondence with its like number in the array of numbers on the coupon.
The sheet 12 is intended to be transparent at least in the region of the array of numbers 14, so that a user thereof may look through the sheet 12 at the array of numbers on the coupon.
Preferably, the checking apparatus also comprises a handle means 16 fixed to or integral with the sheet 12. The handle means 16 is intended to be gripped by a user of the apparatus 10 in order to position it over each, in turn of the arrays of numbers on the coupon (referred to as a "Lotto" coupon).
Preferably, the handle means 16 is disposed upwardly of the sheet 12.
In use, the checking apparatus 10 of the present invention is disposed with the handle means 16 uppermost. Numbers of the array of members 14, which represent winning numbers for the purposes of a particular game of "Lotto" are marked with, for example a water based ink pen.
The checking apparatus 10 is then positioned upon a "Lotto" coupon such that adjacent numbers of the coupon and the array of numbers 14 of the checking apparatus 10 match. Then the user can, by looking at the array of numbers on the coupon through the transparent portion of the sheet 12 and the array of numbers 14, determine the coincidence of his predicted numbers with the winning numbers fortuitously obtained in the "Lotto" game. After the numbers have been checked and the coincidence determined the boxes 15 marked in ink on the transparent sheet may be cleaned to leave the numbers only in the boxes 15. The checking apparatus loins then ready for use to checkfurther issues of fortuitously obtained "Lotto" numbers.
It is envisaged that the handle means 16 could comprise a recess, such as a recess 18 as shown in Figure 1, arranged to receive the ink pen used in conjunction with the checking apparatus 10.
It is also envisaged that a lid of the ink pen could be formed in and/or with the handle means 16 thereby integrating the ink pen and the checking apparatus 10. Modifications and variations such as would be apparent to a skilled addressee are deemed within the scope of the present invention.
1.A A numbers game checking apparatus characterised in that it comprises a sheet of material being at least partly transparent and having arranged upon it an array of numbers to, in use, be capable of location upon a coupon and adjacent a corresponding array of numbers used in a numbers game such that a user may check the coincidence of a set of predicted numbers, marked upon the coupon, with a set of numbers fortuitously determined in the numbers game and marked on the sheet of material.
**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.

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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. SPECIFICATION Numbers Game Checking Apparatus The present invention relates to a numbers game checking apparatus. In general, checking apparatus for numbers games comprise an array of numbers on a sheet of material wherein individual ones of the numbers are removable from the sheet of material as described and claimed in Australian Patent Applications Nos. 17459/83 and 7461481. Then, in use, a winning set of numbers is removed from the array and the material placed over an array of the game to check a set of numbers predicted by the player to determine the correspondence of the winning members to the predicted numbers. The disadvantage of such apparatus is that the sheet of material may only be used once since the winning numbers rarely, if ever, are repeated. Further, if a number is erroneously removed from the array the sheet must be discarded and a new sheet used if its full benefit is to be realised. The present invention provides a numbers game checking apparatus which is re-usable. In accordance with the present invention there is provided a numbers game checking apparatus comprising a sheet of material being at least partly transparent and having arranged upon it an array of numbers intended to, in use, be capable of location upon a coupon and adjacent a corresponding array of numbers used in a numbers game such that a user may check the coincidence of a set of predicted numbers, marked upon the coupon, with a set of numbers fortuitously determined in the numbers game and marked on the sheet of material. Preferably, the checking apparatus also comprises a handle means fixed to the sheet of material. The checking apparatus of the present invention is particularly envisaged for use in an Australian numbers game referred to as "Lotto", although it is to be understood that it is of general applicability. The features of "Lotto" are described in Australian Patent Application No. 17459/83, excepting that "Lotto" as at 1986, has been offered to a selection of six numbers from an array of 45 numbers. The present invention will now be described by way of example with particular reference to "Lotto" and the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure lisa side view of a checking apparatus in accordance with the present invention; Figure 2 is a plan view of the checking apparatus of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is an upper perspective view of the checking apparatus of Figure 1. In the drawings there is shown a checking apparatus 10 comprising a sheet of material 12 which is at least partly transparent. As shown in Figure 2 the checking apparatus 10 also comprises an array of numbers 14. The array of numbers 14 may be an array of 45 consecutive numbers in ordered relation as shown in Figure 2. It is to be understood that the array of numbers 14 could be of other than 45 numbers, such as, for example, 36 or 40 or48 numbers. The array of numbers 14 are arranged upon the transparent sheet 12 in a corresponding plurality of boxes 15 in a manner correspondent with a coupon comprising one or more identical arrangements of arrays of numbers in boxes (not shown). Each number of the array of numbers 14 on the sheet 12 is situated so as to be capable of overlapping correspondence with its like number in the array of numbers on the coupon. The sheet 12 is intended to be transparent at least in the region of the array of numbers 14, so that a user thereof may look through the sheet 12 at the array of numbers on the coupon. Preferably, the checking apparatus also comprises a handle means 16 fixed to or integral with the sheet 12. The handle means 16 is intended to be gripped by a user of the apparatus 10 in order to position it over each, in turn of the arrays of numbers on the coupon (referred to as a "Lotto" coupon). Preferably, the handle means 16 is disposed upwardly of the sheet 12. In use, the checking apparatus 10 of the present invention is disposed with the handle means 16 uppermost. Numbers of the array of members 14, which represent winning numbers for the purposes of a particular game of "Lotto" are marked with, for example a water based ink pen. The checking apparatus 10 is then positioned upon a "Lotto" coupon such that adjacent numbers of the coupon and the array of numbers 14 of the checking apparatus 10 match. Then the user can, by looking at the array of numbers on the coupon through the transparent portion of the sheet 12 and the array of numbers 14, determine the coincidence of his predicted numbers with the winning numbers fortuitously obtained in the "Lotto" game. After the numbers have been checked and the coincidence determined the boxes 15 marked in ink on the transparent sheet may be cleaned to leave the numbers only in the boxes 15. The checking apparatus loins then ready for use to checkfurther issues of fortuitously obtained "Lotto" numbers. It is envisaged that the handle means 16 could comprise a recess, such as a recess 18 as shown in Figure 1, arranged to receive the ink pen used in conjunction with the checking apparatus 10. It is also envisaged that a lid of the ink pen could be formed in and/or with the handle means 16 thereby integrating the ink pen and the checking apparatus 10. Modifications and variations such as would be apparent to a skilled addressee are deemed within the scope of the present invention. CLAIMS
1.A A numbers game checking apparatus characterised in that it comprises a sheet of material being at least partly transparent and having arranged upon it an array of numbers to, in use, be capable of location upon a coupon and adjacent a corresponding array of numbers used in a numbers game such that a user may check the coincidence of a set of predicted numbers, marked upon the coupon, with a set of numbers fortuitously determined in the numbers game and marked on the sheet of material.
2. A numbers game checking apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that it comprises a handle means disposed from the sheet of material and arranged to be gripped by the user in positioning the array of numbers on the sheet oF material adjacent the corresponding array of numbers on the coupon.
3. A numbers game checking apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the handle means comprises a recess arranged to receive a marker pen for use in marking the numbers fortuitously determined onto the sheet of material.
4. A numbers game checking apparatus according to Claim 3, characterised in that the handle means comprises a lid for the marker pen.
5. A numbers game checking apparatus according to Claim 4, characterised in that the lid for the marker pen is formed into the recess of the handle means.
6. A numbers game checking apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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GB1572769A (en) * 1978-01-25 1980-08-06 Painter D Indicator device
US4268986A (en) * 1978-05-15 1981-05-26 Grafoplast S.A.S. Identification device
EP0018030A1 (en) * 1979-04-04 1980-10-29 José Henri Poppe Control means for checking up the forms of games of chance
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