Great white shark cards

Abstract

The claim is for a trading card game toy that consists of a plurality of cards for creating new trading card games in which each said card is personalized. In order to personalize each said card, the format of the front side of each said card is blank or mostly blank with variations of templates with guidelines for drawing, writing, in or around, thereof, including coloring, painting, stamping, stickers, and all other forms considered to be art techniques. A matte finish on the front of the card will make the surface amenable to the direct application of art. The back side or opposite side of each card will contain the same printed logo such that the backs will all look the same. A protective plastic or a type of lamination will cover the back of said cards to add support to the card and increase the longevity of its use. Additional embodiments of the invention shown and described may be made without departing from the true spirit of the invention. The claims are therefore intended to cover any such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Description

CROSSED-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] U.S. Pat. No. 6,601,851, Sakamoto et al. [0002] U.S. Pat. No. 2,663,418, Grunwald [0003] U.S. Pat. No. 4,244,582, Raees et al. [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 4,817,528, Baker [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 6,045,131, Adams et al. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OF DEVELOPMENT [0006] Not Applicable REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISK APPENDIX [0007] Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0008] This invention relates to trading card game toys. More specifically, this invention relates to the making of personalized trading cards for inventing one's own trading card games. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART [0009] Most trading game cards are made from paper with numbers, emblems, photographs, or illustrations printed on them by the card maker, for example, Pokemon cards, U.S. Pat. No. 6,601,851, Sakamoto et al. With these types of trading cards and other card games, the producer establishes the let...

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Benefits of technology

[0019] A further feature of exemplary embodiments is to provide a plastic lamination backing to the matte finish card stock, print, or watercolor paper giving the cards support, and thus adding to the durability of the cards.

Problems solved by technology

These products leave no specific or convenient place to write or draw ones own ideas, thus leaving little or no room for ones own personal creativity, either with respect to the characters in the game or the rules of the game.

This type of surface does not easily receive pencil, pen, or crayon marks.

These inventions do not address the problem of creating a set of completely new cards where each card is uniquely individualized for use in a new, personalized trading card game with one's own rules and one's own characters, emblems, numbers, and / or text.

Nor do these inventions address the problem of making each individual card a personalized trading card, by providing a surface for drawing, coloring or painting directly on to the surface of said cards.

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