US 12,251,623 B2
Packing box of playing cards
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,940.
Application 18/207,940 is a continuation of application No. 17/584,759, filed on Jan. 26, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/584,759 is a continuation of application No. 16/162,891, filed on Oct. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,278,788, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Application 16/162,891 is a continuation of application No. 15/638,904, filed on Jun. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,143,911, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Application 15/638,904 is a continuation of application No. 13/958,407, filed on Aug. 2, 2013, granted, now 9,724,594, issued on Aug. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2012-182741 (JP), filed on Aug. 5, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310976 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 1/06 (2006.01); A63F 1/10 (2006.01); A63F 1/12 (2006.01); A63F 1/14 (2006.01); B65D 5/54 (2006.01); B65D 75/54 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 1/062 (2013.01) [A63F 1/10 (2013.01); A63F 1/12 (2013.01); A63F 1/14 (2013.01); B65D 5/54 (2013.01); A63F 2009/242 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2489 (2013.01); A63F 2250/58 (2013.01); B65D 75/54 (2013.01); B65D 75/58 (2013.01); B65D 75/5805 (2013.01); B65D 75/5827 (2013.01); B65D 75/5833 (2013.01); B65D 75/5838 (2013.01); B65D 75/5844 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package 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-off line, each of which is formed by parallel cut lines in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped package, allowing detachment of at least one of the left side face and the right side face of the package so as to partially expose the playing cards contained in the package; and
a break line which allows a remaining part of the package to be torn when the package is set in a card shooter.
 
11. A method of setting shuffled playing cards in a shooter, wherein:
the shuffled playing cards comprise one or more decks of playing cards shuffled in a random order and contained in a package, the package has a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces including front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and
the package includes at least one cut-off line, each of which is formed by parallel cut lines in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped and a break line,
the method comprising:
detaching at least one of the left side face or the right side face of the package along each of one or more cut-off line of the at least one cut-off line the cut off line so as to partially expose the playing cards;
inserting a cut card into the shuffled playing cards in the package from the exposed side of the package;
handling the playing cards using a remaining portion, which is a remaining part of the package, to set the playing cards in the shooter; and
tearing the break line at the remaining portion of the package in the shooter so as to remove the remaining portion holding the playing cards so that only the playing cards are set in the card shooter.