Title: Electronic system for playing bingo

Abstract: A system for playing bingo which includes a transmitter and at least one receiver. The transmitter includes a masterboard with associated ball-actuated switches which deliver signals in parallel format representing numbers in a bingo game. A parallel-to-series converter is provided to convert the signals into a series format. The receiver includes a series-to-parallel converter which effects a reconversion of the received signals into a parallel format and a flashboard which is coupled to outputs of the series-to-parallel converter and displays the numbers of a bingo game.

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Inventors: Cooper, Gary D. (College Park, MD, US)
Brigman, Ronald D. (Huntingtown, MD, US)

Application Number: 884234
Filing Date: 1978-03-07
Publication_date: 1980-08-19
Assignee: G.L.S. Partnership (College Park, MD)
Primary Class(es): 273/237 273/269, 340/323R, 377/5
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US Patent Ref:

2333002	Oct, 1943	Goloborodka	273/237.
2760619	Aug, 1956	Peak	273/238.
3300217	Jan, 1967	Franklin	273/238.
3416243	Dec, 1968	Greenberg	35/48.
3653026	Mar, 1972	Hurley	273/138.
3671041	Jun, 1972	Taylor	273/237.
3848230	Nov, 1974	Rehm	35/13.
4080596	Mar, 1978	Keck	273/237.

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Primary Examiner: Johnson, Richard J.
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Attorney: Blair, Brown & Kreten