An improved pack of playing cards for the game of canasta

摘要

700,270. Card games. COBIANCHI, V. Jan. 28, 1952 [Feb. 10. 1951; Feb. 27, 1951], No. 2257/52. Class 132(2) Each of two or three packs of cards for playing "Canasta" comprises fifty-four cards, two of which are jokers 2 which may be the same colour or differ in colour and fifty-two of which are divided in thirteen series of progressively increasing value e.g. one to thirteen or two to "ace", each series comprising four cards the symbols on which are identical in shape and two of which have symbols of one colour and two of another colour. Indications of value may appear in two or all corners of each card. The cards may bear double reversed symbols (Fig. 5) for ease of viewing.