IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE USED IN PLAYING THE GAME OF WAR
Year: 1884

page_text: I DAVID CHARLES BALLINGER GRIFFITH of Lansdown Place Brighton Physician
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE
USED IN PLAYING THE GAME OF WAR" to be as follows:---
This Invention has for its object to provide improved appliances to be used in
playing "the game of war."
A cloth suitable for being laid over a table is provided-its face is divided into
numerous squares-On each longer side of the cloth four of the squares supposed to
be entrance roads are numbered and 2-Two of these being on the right hand
and two on the left hand of a central cross line.
Skeleton regiments say of 3 men each for cavalry and artillery and 5 men each
for infantry are mounted upon square base plates preferably of thin wood of a size
equal to the size of one of the squares into which the surface of the cloth is
divided.
For artillery the base may be of the size of two such squares.
Two wooden
trays divided into square compartments are also provided to contain any desired
number of reserve men, the compartments being numbered to correspond with
the numbers with which the skeleton regiments are marked.-A box is provided to
contain all of the above pieces when they are not in use.
At the bottom of the box are two trays held down by their back and front sides
passing below wooden strips secured to the inside of the back and front of the box.
The lower part of one end of the box is made to turn downwards on a hinge joint
so that these trays may be slidden endwise into or out of the box, this flap when
turned upwards to close the box can be locked and held by a pin bolt-On the
upper surface of each tray are a number of parallel T shaped projections-these
serve to hold down the wooden base pieces of the skeleton regiments-The base
pieces can be slidden endwise along the tray from one of its ends two opposite
sides of the base pieces then passing below the overhanging head of two of the
parallel projections. In place of these trays being made to slide horizontally into
the bottom of the box they might be made to lift in or out.
Preferably the men are formed with metal base pieces like ordinary toy soldiers
and these are secured to the wooden base pieces-The two trays which as before

page_text: mentioned are provided for containing reserves of men are made to rest upon the
top of the strips of wood which are secured to the inside of the back and front of
the box or on the top of the trays, if the trays are made to lift out.-A stout card
on which the rules of the game are printed can be placed above the top of these
upper trays and sufficient space may be left above the card for receiving the cloth
when it has been folded up-In this way when the various parts have been placed
into the box and the lid of the box has been closed and secured-it may be freely
carried about from place to place without risk of injury to any of the several
pieces.
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page_text: I DAVID CHARLES BALLINGER GRIFFITH of Lansdown Place Brighton Physician
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE
USED IN PLAYING THE GAME OF WAR" and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
This Invention has for its object to provide improved appliances to be used in
playing the "game of war."
A cloth suitable for being laid over a table is provided-its face is divided into
numerous squares. On each longer side of the cloth four of the squares supposed
to be entrance roads are numbered 1 and 2. Two of these being on the right hand
and two on the left hand of a central cross line.
Skeleton regiments say of 3 men each for cavalry and artillery and 5 men each
for infantry are mounted upon square base plates preferably of thin wood of a size
equal to the size of one of the squares into which the surface of the cloth is
divided.
For artillery the base may be of the size of two such squares. Two wooden
trays divided into square compartments are also provided to contain any desired
number of reserve men, the compartments being numbered to correspond with the
numbers with which the skeleton regiments are marked. A box is provided to
contain all of the above pieces when they are not in use.
At the bottom of the box are two trays held down by their back and front sides
passing below wooden strips secured to the inside of the back and front of the box.
The lower part of one end of the box is made to turn downwards on a hinge joint
so that these trays may be slidden endwise into or out of the box, this flap when
turned upwards to close the box can be locked and held by a pin bolt. On the
upper surface of each tray are a number of parallel T shaped projections--these
serve to hold down the wooden base pieces of the skeleton regiments. The base
pieces can be slidden end wise along the tray from one of its ends two opposite sides
of the base pieces then passing below the overhanging head of two of the parallel
projections. In place of these trays being made to slide horizontally into the
bottom of the box they might be made to lift in or out.
Preferably the men are formed with metal base pieces like ordinary toy soldiers
and these are secured, to the wooden base pieces. The two trays which as before
mentioned are provided for containing reserves of men are made to rest upon the
top of the strips of wood which are secured to the inside of the back and front of
the box or on the top of the trays if the trays are made to lift out. A stout card
on which the rules of the game are printed can be placed above the top of these
upper trays and sufficient space may be left above the card for receiving the cloth
when it has been folded up. In this way when the various parts have been
placed into the box and the lid of the box has been closed and secured-it may be
freely carried about from place to place without risk of injury to any of the several
bieces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is The improved appliances herein before described to be used in playing
the game of war, consisting in an oblong cloth divided into numerous squares and
n two sets of skeleton regiments on base plates, each regiment marked with a
distinguishing number, and in two sets of reserve men and two trays to contain

page_text: such reserve men divided into compartments numbered to correspond with the
numbers with which the skeleton regiments are marked and also in two trays for
carrying the skeleton regiments when they are out of use, each tray having on its
upper surface a number of parallel T headed projections below which the edges of
the base plates of the skeleton regiments may be slidden and a box for carrying the
several trays and cloth substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of July 1884