Playing card shuffler lid and box
Abstract
An apparatus for shuffling playing cards comprise: a box of plastic, metal, or wood, and a top lid comprise a plurality of equally spaced apart external beams and slots arranged between sidewalls of top lid, allow playing cards to be shuffled, base of lid comprises a non-skid surface, and base of said box comprise a substrate with rubber ink printing. To shuffle, drop cards end side down onto lid, so that half rest on the top surface of external said beams, and the other half drop down between beams, into the slots, The raised group of cards resting on the beams are taken hold of with one hand and removed, while the remaining cards are lifted out by the other hand and placed on top of first group of cards to complete the shuffling process, repeat. Additional lid attachments each with a variance in beams and slots width.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A playing card shuffler apparatus comprising:
a box, a top lid comprise a plurality of external beams and slots extending from sidewalls, a plurality of equally spaced apart. beams extending from sidewalls of said lid, wherein the beams each have a. leveled upper surface; configured to enable the insertion of a deck of cards; the plurality of beams equally spaced apart, are geometrically shaped comprise the lid; slots in lid arranged between pairs of said beams, such that a slot spacing is defined by a spaced apart distance between associated pairs of beams and wherein an upper defined surface of the beams are interleaved between the slots; the said slots and beams comprise the lid, arranged to enable the insertion of a deck of cards, wherein group A cards aligning on the said beams, and group B card slide downward into the slots between the beams, which comprise the lid, the cards are divided into separable plurality of card groups with a lower group B passing through the slots and group A resting on the top upper surface of the external beams on the lid, enabling the upper group to be easily separated from the lower group, and placed on top of group B to complete the shuffling process,
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured:
interchangeable lid attachments comprise a plurality of equally spaced apart slots and beams, where slots in lid are arranged between pairs of said beams, such that a slot spacing is defined by a spaced apart distance between associated pairs of beams, each said individual lid attachments comprise a variance of specific inclusive measurement of equally spaced apart beams and slots associate and unique to each individual lid, allowing each lid attachment, insertion of a plurality of a deck of card of a variance of thickness, from thin width and new playing cards to thick width and worn playing cards,
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 further configured:
interchangeable lid attachment comprise a plurality of beams and slots of variances in width arranged in a random order,
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 further configured:
the base of the said box comprise a substrate with printed rubberized type inks for the purpose of marketing, logo images, and shuffling stability
the base of said lid comprise a non skid surface.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 further configured:
a base plate configured to fit bottom side of lid attachments, wherein each said base plate securely and universally fastens to the bottom side of each said lid, base plate can be easily removed, at bottom side of base plate comprise a non-skid surface, base plate is for the purpose of shuffling on uneven surfaces.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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