Abstract:
A playing card game and method has a box, playing cards and a set of rules and a die. The playing cards include financial cards which teach the value of money in business, timing cards which teach the value of time in business, and activity cards which teach the value of actions in business. Also included are a set of rules and a die.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    The present application is a continuation-in-part application of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/267,677 filed Nov. 4, 2005, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0003]    The present invention relates to a Lemonade Stand playing card game and method and more particularly pertains to sharpening card game skills while educating and entertaining players of card games of chance. 
         [0004]    2. Description of the Prior Art 
         [0005]    The use of card games is known in the prior art. More specifically, card games previously devised and utilized for the purpose of sharpening the skills of card game players and/or entertaining players of cards are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
         [0006]    While known devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a Lemonade Stand playing card game that allows sharpening card game skills while educating and entertaining players of card games of chance. 
         [0007]    In this respect, the Lemonade Stand playing card game according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of sharpening card game skills while educating and entertaining players of card games of chance. 
         [0008]    Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game which can be used for sharpening card game skills while educating and entertaining players of card games of chance. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0009]    In view of the disadvantages inherent in the known types of card games now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved Lemonade Stand playing card game and method. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages. 
         [0010]    To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises Lemonade Stand playing card game comprising a box for the components, the components including playing cards and a set of rules and a die. Specific playing cards are included. Specific rules are included. 
         [0011]    There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims attached. 
         [0012]    In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting. 
         [0013]    As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 
         [0014]    It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game which has all of the advantages of the prior art card games and none of the disadvantages. 
         [0015]    It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed. 
         [0016]    It is further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game which is of reliable constructions. 
         [0017]    An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such Lemonade Stand playing card game economically available to the buying public. 
         [0018]    Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a Lemonade Stand playing card game and method for sharpening card game skills while educating and entertaining players of card games of chance. 
         [0019]    Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game and method comprising a box; playing cards and a set of rules and a die, the playing cards including financial cards which constitute the majority of the playing cards and which teach the value of money in business, timing cards which constitute the minority of the playing cards and which teach the value of time in business, and activity cards which constitute less than ten percent of the playing cards and which teach the value of actions in business; a set of rules; and a die. 
         [0020]    These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part or this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0021]    The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
           [0022]    The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
           [0023]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a box containing a Lemonade Stand playing card game constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention. 
           [0024]      FIG. 2  is a perspective showing of a deck of cards for use in playing the Lemonade Stand playing card game of the present invention. 
           [0025]      FIG. 3  is a perspective showing of a die for use in playing the Lemonade Stand playing card game of the present invention. 
           [0026]      FIG. 4  is a perspective showing of a set of rules for use in playing the Lemonade Stand playing card game of the present invention. 
           [0027]      FIG. 5  is a front elevational view of the back side of each of the cards shown in  FIG. 3 . 
           [0028]      FIG. 6  is a front elevational view of the front side of one of the timing cards shown in  FIGS. 2 and 5 . 
           [0029]      FIG. 7  is a front elevational view of the front side of one of the activity cards shown in  FIGS. 2 and 5 . 
           [0030]      FIG. 8  is a front elevational view of the front side of one of the financial cards shown in  FIGS. 2 and 5 . 
       
    
    
       [0031]    The same reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the various Figures. 
       DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
       [0032]    With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIG. 1  thereof, the preferred embodiment of the new and improved Lemonade Stand playing card game and method embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
         [0033]    The present invention, the Lemonade Stand playing card game  10  is comprised of a plurality of components. Such components in their broadest context include a box  14 , cards  18 , rules  22  and a die  26 . Such components are individually configured and correlated with respect to each other so as to attain the desired objective. 
         [0034]    The back  30  of each card will have a common appearance, as illustrated for example in  FIG. 5 , preferably reading and “LEMONADE STAND” showing the name and a small drink stand and homemade sign. 
         [0035]    The front of the various cards will include writing which reads, as illustrated for example in  FIG. 5  the “LEMONADE STAND” card  30 , in  FIG. 6  the “SUSPEND SALES, NO LEMONS” card  34 , in  FIG. 7  the “CRATE OF LEMONS, RESUME SALES” card  38  and in  FIG. 8  the “$100” card  42 . 
         [0036]    The front of the various playing cards reads as follows with financial cards, which constitute about 52 percent of the deck, including: 
         [0037]    Lemonade Stand
       and       
 
         [0039]    $100
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         [0041]    $50
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         [0043]    $25
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         [0045]    $5
       and       
 
         [0047]    Protection Fifty Dollars
       and
 
with the timing cards, which constitute about 42 percent of the deck, including:
       
 
         [0049]    All Stands Closed
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         [0051]    Suspend Sales No Ice
       and       
 
         [0053]    Resume Sales Bag of Ice
       and       
 
         [0055]    Suspend Sales No Cups
       and       
 
         [0057]    Resume Sales Stack of Cups
       and       
 
         [0059]    Suspend Sales No Sugar
       and       
 
         [0061]    Resume Sales Pound of Sugar
       and       
 
         [0063]    Suspend Sales No Lemons
       and       
 
         [0065]    Resume Sales Crate of Lemons
       and       
 
         [0067]    Pay for Supplies
       and
 
with the activity cards, which constitute about 6 percent of the deck, including:
       
 
         [0069]    That&#39;s My Money, You Sold My Lemonade
       and       
 
         [0071]    Bus Full of Customers and Supplies
       and       
 
         [0073]    Banker. 
         [0074]    The present invention, the Card Game, Lemonade Stand Edition, from a simple overview, involves getting a “Lemonade Stand” card. Then, start earning “Money” by placing “Money” cards down on the table next to your “Lemonade Stand” card. If another player places a “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand” card, you can not earn “Money” until you get the right “Resume Sales” card. The first person to earn $1,000 is the winner of the game. 
         [0075]    A simplified game derived from the complete game described above is to remove all of the cards from the deck except “Lemonade Stand”, “Money”, “Protection”, “That&#39;s My Money” and “Banker” cards. This should be done for new or younger players to learn the basic pattern of the game and then add the other cards you want to have in the game when you are ready for them to be added. 
         [0076]    The complete game rules require from 2 to 8 players and 106 cards. Shuffle and deal, face down, six cards to each player. The dealer cuts the remainder of the pack and places one half of the deck in the middle of the table and reserves the second half until needed. The person to the dealers left draws first. You must get a “Lemonade Stand” card. Table your “Lemonade Stand” card by placing the card face up in front of you on to the table. If you do not have a “Lemonade Stand” card, tell the other players you will trade a “Five Dollars” card for a “Lemonade Stand” card. If you have an extra “Lemonade Stand” card, offer it as a trade for “Five Dollars” as once all players have one of the twelve “Lemonade Stand” cards in the deck, the extra “Lemonade Stand” cards are worthless. Until you get a “Lemonade Stand” card, discard “Resume Sales” or “Suspend Sales” cards. Deals are done at any time as long as the deal involves the player whose turn it has become, the player holding seven cards. All deals are hand to hand and can include tabled cards. All players must have six cards in their hand at the end of each turn. Each time you draw, you must table cards, discard, or play any of the cards explained herein. Once discarded, a card can not be picked up from the discard pile. 
         [0077]    Each card of the deck is explained below with the number of such cards indicated in parentheses: 
         [0078]    Lemonade Stand (12)—A “Lemonade Stand” card tabled in front of you is necessary to table “Money” cards, Protect “Money” cards with a “Protection” card or play “All Stands Closed” cards, “That&#39;s My Money” cards or the “Bus Full of Customers and Supplies” card. 
         [0079]    Money Cards: $100 (1) $50 (6) $25 (12) $5 (20)—“Money” cards can be placed next to your “Lemonade Stand” card face up so as to be counted for you at the end of a hand. You can not place a “Money” card next to your “Lemonade Stand” card if you have a “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand” card. The highest “Money” card in your hand at the end of a hand counts against the “Money” accumulated on the table. 
         [0080]    Protection Fifty Dollars (4)—The “Protection” card protects any amount you have on the table up to Fifty Dollars but once placed, can not be moved or added to in any way. A “Protection” card can not be played when you have a “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand” card. 
         [0081]    All Stands Closed (8)—An “All Stands Closed” card can be discarded without effect but when played, by placing card on top of draw deck, it stops the hand and can be played by anyone without a “Suspend Sales” card on their “Lemonade Stand” card. “All Stands Closed” cards are permitted to play only during the last half of the draw deck. 
         [0082]    Suspend and Resume Sales Cards “Suspend Sales” and “Resume Sales” cards are split into four categories and each “Suspend Sales” card placed on your “Lemonade Stand” card needs a specific “Resume Sales” card to resume playing “Money” cards, “Protection” cards, “That&#39;s My Money” cards, or “All Stands Closed” cards. The right “Resume Sales” card needs to be drawn or bargained for or you can play a “Pay for Supplies” card if you have an unprotected “Money” card. Playing the “Bus Full of Customers and Supplies” card also removes a “Suspend Sales” card and then you discard the “Suspend Sales” card. You need to ask for the right card from the other players and bargain for it if you do not have any card to remove the “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand” card. You can still place a “Suspend Sales” card on anyone even if you have a “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand” card. 
         [0083]    Specific Suspend and Resume Sales Cards as set forth above include: 
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                 Suspend Sales No Ice (3) 
                 Resume Sales Bag of Ice (5) 
               
               
                 Suspend Sales No Cups (3) 
                 Resume Sales Stack of Cups (5) 
               
               
                 Suspend Sales No Sugar (3) 
                 Resume Sales Pound of Sugar (5) 
               
               
                 Suspend Sales No Lemons (3) 
                 Resume Sales Crate of Lemons (5) 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0084]    Pay for Supplies (5)—You must have an unprotected “Money” card on the table to discard to use this card. Play with any unprotected “Money” card to remove any “Suspend Sales” card from your “Lemonade Stand” card. 
         [0085]    That&#39;s My Money You sold my lemonade (4)—Play this card and you can choose any one unprotected “Money” card on the table from any player. This card can not be played with a “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand” card. 
         [0086]    Bus Full of Customers and Supplies (1)—Play this card and any “Suspend Sales” is lifted immediately and you collect the highest unprotected “Money” card from each player. 
         [0087]    The Banker (1)—The person holding this card until the end of the hand gets a cut of 10% from each player&#39;s net score at the end of hand, including protected “Money”, added to their score or can risk a 50/50 chance of losing any cut by using the dice option. Roll a 1, 2 or 3, get 10%, 20% or 30% but roll a 4, 5 or 6 on the first roll, get 0%. Rolling a 1, 2 or 3 also grants you a re-roll option and multiple re-rolls are allowed. A re-roll of a 2 is for a 2, 3 or 4 and gets you 20%, 30% or 40%. If, on a re-roll of a 2, you roll a 1, 5 or 6, you lose any cut. Roll a 4 on a re-roll of a 2, no re-roll is allowed, take 40%. A re-roll of a 3 is for a 3, 4 or 5 but you lose any cut if you roll a 1, 2 or 6. Roll a 5 on a re-roll of a 3 and you take 50% of all net totals for that hand. 
         [0088]    At the end of a hand, each player takes a turn counting out loud, to the person keeping score, their total score by subtracting the highest “Money” card in their hand from their total “Money” down. The score keeper deducts 10% from every player and adds that amount to the player holding the “Banker” card, if not changed by the dice option. The scoring if the dice option is used is to reduce each score by the percent won. The best way to calculate this is to start with an amount of 10%. Move the decimal to the left one digit. For example: 150=15. Double the amount of 10% for 20%. Triple it for 30%. Double the amount of 20% for 40%. Cut in half the total score of each player for calculating 50%. Add these amounts to the score of the person holding the “Banker” card. The first to earn “One Thousand Dollars” wins the game. 
         [0089]    In an alternate embodiment of the invention, add Picky Customers Cards and Bankruptcy Card. These eight cards for an expanded game and use these rules in addition to the rules of the simple game. All “Picky Customers” and “Bankruptcy” cards in your hand count against your total money earned at the end of a hand. 
         [0090]    Picky Customers—$25 Everyone in the car is complaining (7) You must skip a turn when you play this card. Place card “face up” in front of you near the discard pile. This is to remind you to skip a turn. On your next turn, do not draw from the deck but place the card on the discard pile. You can play a “Picky Customers” card if you do not have any “Money”, or even a “Lemonade Stand” card. You must discard the lowest unprotected “Money” card you have tabled when you play a “Picky Customers” card. A “Picky Customers” card can be played when you have a “Suspend Sales” card on your “Lemonade Stand”. Anytime one of these cards is played, each player passes a card, face down, from their hand to the player on their left. Each card passed should stay face down on the table until all cards can be picked up simultaneously. 
         [0091]    Bankruptcy—$100 Everyone on the bus is furious (1) You must skip two turns if you play this card. Place card “face up” in front of you near the discard pile. On your next turn, do not draw from the deck, flip the card over and wait until you skip two turns before you place the card on the discard pile. You lose everything unprotected that you have tabled if you must play the “Bankruptcy” card. All cards, to include your “Lemonade Stand” card, with or without a “Suspend Sales” card, and “Money” cards, except if protected, are all to be discarded if you play the “Bankruptcy” card. Anytime one of these cards is played, each player passes a card, face down, from their hand to the player on their left. Each card passed should stay face down on the table until all cards can be picked up simultaneously. 
         [0092]    One recommendation is that you wait until someone else plays a “Picky Customers” card so as to pass the “Bankruptcy” card to another player or wait to draw a “Picky Customers” card and play it so as to pass the “Bankruptcy” card to another player. 
         [0093]    Use the following “Expanded Rules For Scoring” when using “Picky Customers” and “Bankruptcy” cards. 
         [0094]    At the end of a hand, each player takes a turn counting out loud, to the person keeping score, their total score by subtracting all “Picky Customers” and “Bankruptcy” cards and the highest “Money” card in their hand from their total “Money” down. The score keeper deducts 10% from every player and adds that amount to the player holding the “Banker” card, if not changed by the dice option. The scoring if the dice option is used is to reduce each score by the percent won. The best way to calculate this is to start with an amount of 10%. Move the decimal to the left one digit. For example: 150=15. Double the amount of 10% for 20%. Triple it for 30%. Double the amount of 20% for 40%. Cut in half the total score of each player for calculating 50%. Add these amounts to the score of the person holding the “Banker” card. The first to earn “One Thousand Dollars” wins the game. 
         [0095]    As to the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
         [0096]    With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
         [0097]    Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.