Improvements in Appliances for the Game of Parlour Golf,
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for the Game of Parlour Golf,
I, FREDERICK ADOLPHUS BELLAMY, of 29, Streatham Hill Road, in the County
of Surrey, Dental Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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According to this invention the "club" consists of a spoon or hook atached to
a clip or ring fitting the finger of the player. When used for "lofting" the hook
faces forwards whilst for "putting" it is reversed.
The "
green "and "hole are made from a plate of metal or other material
covered with cloth or the like. The edges of the plate rest on the table, the cloth
having a free edge extending beyond the plate for closer adaptation to the table,
but the plate is dished so that it rises from its edges toward the centre where
there is a depression forming the "hole." Irregularities may be formed in the
plate to imitate a rough ground.
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The "bunkers are formed of sheets of cardboard folded along their centre
line and secured in a V shape by hooks or wedges.
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Improvements in Appliances for the Game of Parlour Golf.
I, FREDERICK ADOLPHUS BELLAMY, of Holly Lodge, Streatham High Road,
London, S.W., Dental Surgeon, 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 appliances for use in playing par-
lour golf and similar table games, and consists in providing simple, inexpensive
and readily arranged means whereby a table game of the nature of parlour golf
can be played indoors in a manner to closely imitate the orthodox game in nearly
every respect.
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In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carrried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein:

page_text: Figs. 5 and 6, are respectively, a plan and a sectional view of the " green
shewing the "hole" therein, and Fig. 7, is a plan view of the "tee."
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In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a small oval or other shaped
piece of cloth or other suitable material a, which constitutes the "tee."
The "green" is formed of a metal or other plate 6 of convex form, which plate
is covered with cloth or other suitable material, the edges of which are free and
adapted to extend beyond the edges of the plate aforesaid, as shewn at 6', for
closer adaptation to the surface of the table.
The raised centre of the plate b has a concavity or depression formed therein,
in order to constitute the "hole." If desirable, irregularities (not shown) may be
formed in the surface of the plate b,. in order to imitate an uneven ground.
The "bunkers" c are formed of substantially rectangular strips of card-board
or similar material, which are folded in the centre along: a longitudinal line c',
so that such folded strips, in cross-section, are of an inverted V-shape, this form
being retained during use by means of folding wedges and flexible stays.c³,
which maintain the said "bunkers" in their opened out position for standing
upon the table, the wedges being folded back upon themselves when the. Baid
"bunkers" have to be folded up for packing or similar purposes.
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One of the bunkers may have an opening in the centre thereof and' also
be provided with a strip of suitably colored flexible material to constitute a
"lake,' the negotiating of which by the players is adapted to accentuate the
interest of the game.
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Small balls and clubs are provided, the club consisting of a clip or split ring f
of suitable resilient material adapted to fit snugly upon the player's finger, while
from the lower periphery of the said ring a spatulated blade f¹ projects at a
slightly upward angle.
When used for lofting" the ball, the club is fitted. upon the player's finger
with the bladef inclining upwardly, and when used for "putting" the club
is fitted on the finger with the blade inclining downwardly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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The improvements in appliances for the game of parlour golf, consisting in a
"club" composed of resilient material in the form of a split ring for removable
attachment to the finger, said' ring having a spatulated blade projecting there-
from at an angle to its vertical sides; and a green" formed by a convex plate
covered with cloth having extended free edges, said plate having a central depres-
sion in its crown to constitute the "hole"; and "bunkers" formed of rectangu-
lar card-board strips folded lengthwise and secured in inverted V-shape by folding
wedges and flexible stays; and a tee" formed by a strip of cloth, all substan-
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.tially as described and as illustrated by the drawings..
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