An Improved Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1890-Accepted, 7th June, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by GEORGE POGGENBURG, of the City and State of
New York, United States of America, Merchant.]
An Improved Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improvement in games, and more particularly to a
game in which a game board of peculiar construction is made use of, such con-
struction of board being hereinafter fully described, the game itself being one which
I fancifully term a game of "give and take."
In order to fully describe my invention, I have illustrated the invention in the
accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a board constructed in accordance with my
invention, and
Figure 2 a longitudinal section view taken on the line x x Figure 1.
The board upon which the game is played is preferably constructed of thin wood,
it being obvious however, that the same may be constructed of card-board papier-
maché, sheet metal, or of any other desired material, A being the base board, having
the flange a passing entirely around its outer edge, in order to prevent the marbles
or similar articles used in the game from rolling off or falling from tho said
board A.
I prefer, as shown in the drawings, to construct one end of the board somewhat
larger, both in breadth and thickness, than the opposite end, and provide such
enlarged end with pockets, the latter being either hollowed out of the wood or
other material of which the base A is constructed, or in lieu thereof, such enlarged
end of the base A may be provided with holes, and have secured thereto pockets made
of netting, wood, fabric, or other desired material. The outer pockets are made
somewhat smaller than the central pocket B, it being the object to protect the central
or larger pocket B by the smaller surrounding ones the four smaller corner pockets b
being designated "give" pockets, and the four inner pockets 6' being designated
"take" pockets. This board, constructed as above described, may of course be made
of any size or dimensions and, if desired, made in two sections hinged, as shown, in
order that it may be folded up and conveniently carried or transported. The top of
the board A may be covered with oil-cloth or other material, but of course, if desired
may be left unprotected and polished.
The game to be played in connection with this board may be described as follows:
Each person in the party engaged in the game is supplied with a marble or other
similar article, and he in turn, standing at the narrow end of the board, that is,
the end farthest from the pocket, attempts to shoot or roll the marble into the
central or larger pocket B. If the person should roll the marble into either of the
four pockets marked "give," such person pays to the central or larger pocket B
such a forfeit as may have been determined upon prior to starting the game.
however, a person rolls the marble into either of the four pockets marked "take
such person takes from the larger or central pocket one forfeit, or more, if such
has been so prearranged. A person succeeding in getting the marble into the
central pocket B takes the entire contents of the pocket.
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I would have it understood that I do not limit my invention to any particular shape
or dimensions of the board, nor of the material of which it may be constructed nor of
the number of pockets formed therein, nor should my claim be limited to the use of
marbles, as it is obvious that the board may be constructed of such a size as to be

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capable of being used in connection with billiard-balls or with hollow spheres and,
further, it is obvious that the forfeit may be of any kind or character.
Having now particularly. described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
The game of "give and take" hereinbefore described in connection and to be
played with a board constructed with the base A, provided near one end with the
larger central forfeit-pocket B, and with the outer smaller corner pockets b, marked
or designated "give" and with the inner smaller pockets marked or designated
"take" said board to be used in connection with marbles or like articles.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.