A A New Parlour Game.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A
A New Parlour Game.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS 4 Commercial Road Gloucester Merchant's Clerk do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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A game called Flippons, consisting of 1, 2 or more pieces of notched wood, card-
board or any other suitable material, these notched pieces to be joined together in
an elongated position by means of grooved pieces or clips of tin, wood or any other
suitable material, or they may be hinged or fastened together by means of metal or
linen or any other suitable material. To the ends of the pieces so joined, two
blocks or squares of wood or any other suitable material, grooved or otherwise,
shall be fitted in, for the purpose of keeping them upright in position when placed
on a flat surface. This for the purposes of the game is called a bridge & the
notches in the bridge are called arches.
The other articles of the game, consist of small balls, coloured or otherwise, made
of glass stone, wood or any other suitable material, also small discs, coloured or
otherwise, made of bone, wood, or any other suitable material, these latter to be
used for the purpose of flipping, which is performed by pressing the tops of the
balls sharply & by this means to propel them through the arches of the bridge.
The whole apparatus together with a copy of the rules of the game, to be packed
in a box.
The game is played by two sides being chosen & the bridge placed down the
centre of the table to form a division of territory to the players of the respective
sides. The players according to their partners taking seats on opposite sides of the
bridge. Each player places his balls in a straight line about two inches from the
edge of the table next to which he is sitting, then the players (one on each side
alternately) propel the balls by pressing the tops of the same sharply with the bone
discs, the object being to get the balls through the arches of the bridge on to your
opponents ground, the side which succeeds first in accomplishing this, wins the
game. A code of rules regulates the whole proceedings.
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Parlour Game.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS 4 Commercial Road Gloucester, Merchant's Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
A game called Flippons consisting of 1, 2, or more pieces of notched wood, card-
board or any other suitable material these notched pieces to be joined together in
an elongated position by means of grooved pieces or clips of tin, wood, or any other
suitable material, or they may be hinged or fastened together by means of metal or
linen or any other suitable material. To the ends of the pieces so joined, two
squares or blocks of wood or any other suitable material grooved or otherwise shall
be fitted in, for the purpose of keeping them (the joined pieces) upright in position
when placed on a flat surface. This for the purposes of the game is called a bridge
& the notches in the bridge are called arches.

page_text: The other articles of the game consist of small balls, coloured or otherwise, made
of glass, stone, wood or any other suitable material, also small discs, coloured or
otherwise, made of bone, wood or any other suitable material, these latter to be
used for the purpose of ". flipping" which is performed by pressing the tops of the
balls sharply & by this means to propel them through the arches of the bridge, the
whole apparatus together with a copy of the rules of the game to be packed in
a box.
:
The game is played by two sides being chosen & the bridge placed down the
centre of a table to form a division of territory to the players of the respective
sides, the players according to their partners taking seats on opposite sides of the
bridge. Each player places his balls in a straight line about 2 inches from the edge
of the table next to which he is sitting, then the players (one on each side
alternately) propel the balls by pressing the tops of the same sharply with the discs,
the object being to get the balls through the arches of the bridge on to your
opponents ground, the side which succeeds first in accomplishing this wins the game.
A code of rules regulates the whole proceedings.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
That the combined articles herein-before described are used in the manner
herein-before shewn for the purposes of a parlour game.
Dated this 25th day of August 1893.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS.