US Patent 7918456 Apparatus and method for viewing face-down playing cards

Disclosed are apparatus and method that allow a card player to identify the face of cards that are dealt face-down to the player and while the cards are maintained face-down. The dealt cards maintained face-down are slid into position onto a transparent window portion in the top planar surface of the apparatus where at least an identifying portion of face-down cards is exposed downward onto a reflecting mechanism which then reflects the image of the identifying portion of the card upward and in normal orientation for viewing by the player.