A New or Improved Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
We, VICTOR MAILLARD, and FRANÇOIS HAUS, both of 15 Boulevard St. Denis,
Paris, in the Republic of France, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object a novel game, in which bullets or projectiles of wax
are fired from a spring pistol by one of the players, against the face of the other
player, which is protected by an open mask so made that the wax projectiles adhere
to it. This mask is made as follows:-
Across a circular wire, or other, frame covered with leather, are soldered a number
of wires or bars, crossing each other and serving as supports to a number of concontric
oval rings or bands of sheet metal, one edge of which is directed outward and cut
into a series of projecting points, the whole forming a flat open mask in front
of the face of the wearer.
This mask is provided with an edge of wire gauze projecting backward and fitting
against the top and sides of the wearer's face, and is held in proper position by two
curved plates or strips, one resting against the forehead, and the other (carried by a
jointed arm projecting backward) resting against the front of the neck. An elastic
band or cord passing round the back of the head holds the mask in position.
The pistol is an ordinary spring pistol, which discharges wax balls of sufficient
diameter not to be able to pass between the oval bands, against the points upon the
front of which they adhere.
Dated this 20th day of March 1806
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
We, VICTOR MAILLARD, and FRANÇOIS HAUS, both of 15, Boulevard St. Denis,
Paris, in the Republic of France, Manufacturers, 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, and accompanying
drawing, that is to say :-
Our invention has for its object a novel game, in which bullets or projectiles of
wax are fired from a spring pistol by one of the players, against the face of the
other player, which is protected by an open mask or target; provided with projecting
points so that the wax projectiles adhere to it.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our invention,
Figure 1 being a front view of the mask; Figure 2 a perspective view of the same;

page_text: Figure 3 a view in detail of part of the pointed bands ;
Figure 4 an ordinary spring pistol for discharging wax projectiles; and
Figure 5 a view on a smaller scale showing the mask in position upon the wearer.
Across a circular wire, or other, frame a covered with leather, are soldered a number
of wires or bars b, crossing each other and serving as supports to a number of oval
rings or bands c of sheet metal, one edge of which is directed outward and cut into
a series of projecting points (as illustrated in Figure 3), the whole forming a flat
open mask worn in front of the face of the wearer.
The mask is provided with an edge of wire gauze d projecting backward
and fitting against the top and sides of the wearer's face, and is held in proper
position by an elastic bande attached to the sides of the front of the mask, and a
second elastic band which is fixed at one end to the top of the wire gauze edge d,
and at the other end to the middle of the first band e. The front of the mask is
kept at the proper distance from the face of the wearer by a curved stay 9,
covered
with a suitable soft material, which presses against his forehead. A somewhat
similar stay may be used, resting upon the front of the neck.
The pistol is an ordinary spring pistol, which discharges wax balls of sufficient
diameter not to be able to pass between the oval bands c, against the points upon
the front of which they adhere.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. A new or improved game, in which wax projectiles are discharged by a spring
pistol against an open mask worn by the players, which the projectiles adhere to
but cannot pass through, so that the accuracy of aim' can be determined, substantially
. as described.
2. In the new or improved game described, an open target or mask, formed of
curved strips having points on their front edge, and held in front of the wearer's
face by elastic bands e and f and a curved stay 9, used in combination with wax
projectiles discharged from an ordinary spring pistol, substantially as described and
illustrated.
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EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.