Improvements in and connected with Chess, Draught, and other such like Boards.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1895-Accepted. 23rd Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Chess, Draught, and other
such like Boards.
I, CHARLES WHELPTON, of 253 Convamore Road, Great. Grimsby, in the
County of Lincoln, Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in chess, draught, and other such like
boards and in the "pieces" or "men" employed in playing those games, the chief
object of the invention being to provide means whereby the said games may be
conveniently played by persons travelling iu railway trains or other carriages, or
may be played by persons at great distances apart, the boards and " pieces
men" being transmitted by post or otherwise as required. A further object of
this invention is that the board may be conveniently carried in the pocket without
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disturbing or disarranging the positions of the said "pieces
According to my invention I form the board of paper, card, celluloid, or other
I also form the
suitable thin material having the usual divisions marked thereon.
pieces" or
<< men of similar thin material, each of such "pieces" having printed
or otherwise marked at one end thereof the distinguishing device (king, queen.
knight, pawn, etcetera) the other end thereof being provided with a suitably shaped
projection or tongue adapted to be inserted in slits or pockets formed in the board
as the various moves are made by the players. It will be understood that when a
piece" or "man is in place, the projection or tongue will not be visible and the
part bearing the distinguishing device be alone visible on or over the square of the
board.
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men
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The board may be mounted in any suitable or convenient way preferably with
flaps which may be folded over on to the face thereof and thus serve to retain the
pieces" or "in position when the board is not in use.
The boards may be
ornamented as desired and may be designed to form presentation birthday or
Christmas cards. One set of "pieces" or men may
be adapted either for the
game of chess, or draughts; one side of each " piece or "man" bearing a black
or white chess device, and the other side a black or white draught device for
example.
Dated this 92nd don of Anil 1801
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C. WHELPTON,
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.
CUDIT LEIE
Improvements in and connected with Chess, Draught, and other
such like Boards.
I, CHARLES WHELPTON, of 253 Convamore Road, Great Grimsby, in the
County of Lincolu, Printer, 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:
This invention relates to improvements in chess, draught, and other such like

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boards and in the "pieces" or "men" employed in playing those games, the chief
object of the invention being to provide means whereby the said games may be
conveniently played by persons travelling in railway trains or other carriages, or
may be played by persons at great distances apart the boards and "pieces
being transmitted by post or otherwise as required. A further object of
this invention is that the board may be conveniently carried in the pocket without
disturbing or disarranging the positions of the said "pieces or men.
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And in order that the said invention may be fully understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with the aid of the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front view of a chess or draught board constructed in accordance
with the invention, Figure 2 a section of same taken on the line X X of Figures 1
and 5,
for the game of
Figure 3 a separate view of one of the "pieces" or
chess,
Figure 4 a separate view of one of the "
draughts, and
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pieces" or
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men for the game of
Figure 5 a view of the back of the board showing how it may be adapted to
receive the "pieces or "men "when not in use, and be provided with flaps or
covers for the protection of the "pieces or "men."
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I form the board A of paper, card, celluloid, or other suitable thin or sheet
material having the usual black and white divisions marked thereon. I also form
the "pieces" or
66 men Billustrated separately in Figures 3 and 4 of similar thin
material, each of such pieces having printed or otherwise marked at one end
thereof the distinguishing device (king, queen, kuight, pawn, etcetera) the other end
thereof being provided with a suitably shaped projection or tongue B' adapted to
be inserted in slits A', formed in connection with the squares of the board, as the
various moves are made by the players. It will be understood that when a
"piece" or
"is in place on a square, as shown in Figure 1, the projection or
tongue B will not be visible but will be behind the next lower square as shown in
dotted lines and the part bearing the distinguishing device will alone be visible on
or over the square of the board on which it is placed for the time being. In the
example illustrated in Figures 12 and 5 the board A is provided with a backing C,
and the tongues B₁ of the "pieces" or
pass through the narrow slits cut
through the front board A into the space or pocket between the front A and
backing C.
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The board may be mounted in any suitable or convenient way and be provided
if preferred with a flap or flaps such as A² in Figure 2 for example which may be
folded over on to the face of the board and thus serve to retain the "pieces or
men in position when the board is not in use, or provision may be made at
the back of the board as shown at C₁ Figure 5 for the reception of the "pieces
or ❝ men
not in use, and these may be covered with flaps D, D' as shown. The
boards may be ornamented as desired and may be designed to form birthday
presentation, or Christmas cards. One set of " pieces" or men may be adapted
for the game of chess as shown in Figure 3 or for the game of draughts as shown
in Figure 4, or one set of "pieces" or may be made to serve both purposes,
one side of each "piece" or "man" bearing a black or white chess device, and the
other side a black or white draught device.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First. A chess, draught or other such like board made of paper, card, celluloid
or other suitable thin or sheet material and provided with a slit at each square
adapted to receive the projections or tongues of the "pieces" or "men," substantially
as described.
Second. "Pieces" or "men" made of paper, card, celluloid, or other suitable
thin or sheet material having distinguishing devices printed or otherwise indicated

page_text: thereon, and provided with a projection or tongue adapted to take into the slits of
chess, draught, or other such like boards of the kind forming the subject of the
first claiming clause hereof, substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1895.
C. WHELPTON.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.
C. WHELPTON.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.