US Patent Issued to Chick Magnets NY on June 23 for "Card holding and playing system" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,575, issued on June 23, was assigned to Chick Magnets NY LLC (Scarsdale, N.Y.).

"Card holding and playing system" was invented by Leslie Wank (Scarsdale, N.Y.), Laura Koch (Scarsdale, N.Y.) and Mary Beth Kean (Goldens Bridge, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects are directed to a portable and compact card holding and playing system comprising a card caddy with a detachable rotating mechanism, a flexible retaining device with at least one weighted element, a plurality of retaining discs, and a game plate using a number of flexible retaining mechanisms. The game plate is single and/or trifold with the trifold plate compr...