Improvements, in Toy Games.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb.. 1895-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by GEORGE LLOYD BROWER of Des Moines, Polk,
Iowa, U.S.A., Banker.]
Improvements, in Toy Games.
I, REGINALD WALTER BARKER, of Monument Chambers, King Williain
Street, London, E.C., Patent. Agent, 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 blocks for forming toy buildings together with floors
and roofs for the same, and its object is to provide such blocks, floors and roofs of
so convenient a structure and arrangement as to be readily packed together in a
small compass, the said blocks being shaped and adapted to be fitted together to
form buildings of various designs, and being all cut from a single piece of material,
without waste.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a building composed of my improved. blocks,
roofs and floors.
Figure 2 is a plan view showing one or more of each of the different blocks
which I employ, the said blocks being all formed from a single piece of material,
with no waste.
Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of a roof.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of said roof, and
Figs. 5 and 6 are reverse plan views of smaller roofs.
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are plan views of the different floors which I employ.
The various shaped blocks shown in Fig. 2 (suitable quantities of each block
being provided) may be utilized to form an infinite variety of different buildings,
the one shown in Fig. 1 being a good illustration of the capabilities of said blocks,
the roofs and floors being included.
In said building, the box T used for storing away the blocks is here shown
inverted as a base or foundation.
Block A forms a steeple, the triangular cut at its base formed by removal of
piece A¹ enabling it to fit upon a roof, the pieces A2, A2, cut from the sides of A
serve when placed together as an ornamentation over an entrance. The pieces B
serve for windows and other openings, and the pieces B' cut therefrom may be
effectively employed for ornamentation. The pieces C, united form an upper
window and roof bearing portion, and the pieces C¹ C₁, together with pieces F
and K form a flight of steps.
The pieces F F are formed by splitting diagonally an oblong block; and the
pieces FF by similarly splitting a square bluck. These pieces are used for roofs,
peaks, and other ornamental purposes.
The pieces D G are useful in forming upper windows or openings, either single
or united as shown, and the pieces D'G' cut therefrom serve for ornamentation.
Piece E represents a chimney, and the piece E' cut therefrom serves as a cap piece
where required. I, J, K, P and L are ordinary shaped blocks and are all cut from
a single piece of material with the other blocks previously described.
Said blocks may be adapted in various manners to build different designs of
structure, according to the fancy of the builder.
I provide floors Q, R, S, the floors Q, R, being accurate divisions of the floors S,
the area of floor Q being half that of the floor R, and the area of the floor R being

page_text: half that of the floor S. These floors may thus be packed together without any
waste of room. Similarly the roofs M, N, O, are divisions of each other. In said
roofs I have provided means whereby they may be folded for convenience in
packing, and also adapted to rest snugly upon the upper blocks of the building to
represent peaked roofs. To accomplish this purpose, I divide said roofs in their
centres and join them together with a flexible connection or hinge, said hinges
being here represented by a strip U, of flexible material, properly secured to the
underside of the two parts of each roof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A set of blocks of different shapes cut without waste from a single piece of
material, said blocks being capable of forming buildings of various designs,
substantially as set forth.
2. The blocks A, A' and A³, cut from a single piece of material, substantially as
shown.
3. The blocks B, and B', cut from a single piece of material, substantially as
shown.
4. The blocks C, and C', cut from a single square of material, substantially as
shown.
5. The blocks D, and D', cut from a single piece of material, substantially as
shown.
6. The blocks E and E¹, cut from a single piece of material, substantially as
shown.
7. The blocks H, H, cut from a single piece of material, substantially as shown.
8. The blocks G, and G', cut from a single piece of material, substantially as
shown.
9. The floor pieces Q, R, cut from the single floor piece S, substantially as
shown.
10. A roof for toy buildings, consisting of two equal sized pieces, hinged.
together, substantially as set forth.
11. A roof consisting of the pieces M, M, having the flexible strip U secured
thereto, substantially as shown.
12. The roof pieces N, N, and O, O, cut from the roof piece M, substantially as
shown.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1895.
REGINALD W. BAKKER.