Card Deck with Variable Suit Configuration and Special Cards

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional card games with a 52-card deck limit game variety due to fixed suit and card number configurations, restricting gameplay possibilities and strategies.

Innovation Solution

A deck with a variable number of suits and cards, such as an 8×8 deck, where each suit has 8 unique pip values, introducing special cards like wild, skip, and swap cards to enhance gameplay diversity and create unique mathematical odds and strategies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a conventional 52-card deck with four suits of 13 cards each is used, then the deck structure is simple and familiar to players, but the variety of games and strategic possibilities is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame varietyVSAvoiddeck structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the fundamental parameters of the card deck by using 8 suits with 8 cards each (8×8=64 cards), rather than the conventional 4×13=52 cards. This parameter change creates new mathematical odds and strategic possibilities while maintaining the basic card game structure, thereby increasing game variety without excessive complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces special cards with multiple functions: wild cards that can represent any card, skip cards that affect turn order, and swap cards that enable card exchanges between players. These multi-functional cards increase strategic depth and game variety while being integrated into a unified deck structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the number of suits and cards per suit are increased to create unique mathematical odds, then new strategies and game variations become possible, but the deck becomes more complex and harder to manufacture

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestrategic possibilitiesVSAvoiddeck production

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adopts an 8×8 deck configuration where 8 suits contain 8 cards each, creating unique mathematical odds compared to traditional decks. This standardized parameter change facilitates manufacturing by using uniform card dimensions and structures, making production feasible despite the increased variety

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The deck is segmented into distinct card types (numbered cards 1-8, wild cards, skip cards, swap cards) with clear visual differentiation through suits and pips. This segmentation allows for systematic manufacturing processes while maintaining the enhanced strategic possibilities of the 8×8 structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20220401821A1Card deck

Publication Date: 2022.12.22 MOLINARE JOHN

AI summary

A deck of cards may include a plurality of cards arranged in a number of suits. The deck of cards may include a number of cards in each suit. The number of suits may match the number of cards in each suit. The number of suits may be at least five. Each card within a given suit may include a unique pip value.