Improvements in Games of Skill, and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July; 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 11th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Games of Skill, and Apparatus therefor.
We, GEORGE GRICE & COMPANY LIMITED, of Walpole Street Nail Works,
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Tack Manufacturers, and GEORGE GRICE,
of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an imitation game of quoits. The pins or pegs
are mounted on two bars or strips of metal preferably sheet tin, arranged to cross
each other at right angles and pivotted in the centre, so as to close into smaller
compass, scissors fashion. The pins or pegs or hobs are made hollow and are
secured on the crosbars by a thin elastic band, which is attached to a button or
stud at the top, and a flat wire pin or another button at the bottom. The elastic
band passing through the hole in the pegs, so as to hold the pegs in position, but so
that they may be readily folded down, and the whole arrangement closed up very
compact into a small cardboard box. When the lid is taken off the box, the pegs
will spring up into position and be ready for use.
Five pegs or hobs may be arranged in this fashion, one at each corner and
one in the centre of the bars.
Rings of indiarubber or other material may be thrown on the pegs or hobs by
the respective players, who may nominate any particular hob, in which case it will
count a certain number to be agreed upon, or each hob may be marked with a
certain number or otherwise as desired.
This method of mounting the pin or peg may be used in a modification of the
game known as "Tyddledy Winks" or similar games.
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The cup for the reception of the counters carries a central pedestal or pin with a
hollow bore, and upon the same is mounted another cup, or receiver for the
counters. In case a counter is projected into the upper cup it will count double
or more than those projected into the lower cup. An elastic band is attached
to a button or stud pushed into a hole in the upper cup and holds the two cups
firmly together by being passed through the hollow bore of the pin or. pedestal
and finally secured to a small pin at the bottom of the lower cup.
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Improvements in Games of Skill, and Apparatus therefor.
We, GEORGE GRICE and COMPANY LIMITED, of Walpole Street Nail Works,
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Tack Manufacturers, and GEORGE GRICE,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: of the same place, Manager, 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:-
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This invention has reference to an imitation game of quoits, and consists in
pivotting together in the centre two cross-bars, so that they are capable of closing
after the manner of a pair of scissors, and in mounting upon these cross-bars, four
or five pegs or pins in a peculiar and novel manner, preferably one at each
extremity of the cross-bars, and one in the centre. These pins or pegs are so
mounted by means of an elastic band or spring medium as to be capable of being
folded or bent against the face of the pivotted bars, after the latter have been
closed, whereby the whole is adapted to be conveniently and compactly stowed
away in a pasteboard or other suitable box.
It will therefore be evident from the foregoing description, that our invention
consists in pivotting the said cross-bars so as to be closed together, and at the
same time in so mounting the pegs that they shall be folded or closed one over the
other for packing purposes.
Our invention will be better understood by reference to the annexed drawings,
in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our improved imitation game of quoits,
and Fig. 2 is a detached view of one of the cross-bars, and a vertical section of one
of the pegs D.
Referring to Fig. 1, AA are the cross-bars, pivotted in the centre so as to
be closed up like a pair of scissors. B, C, D, E and F are pegs, which are so
mounted as to be capable of being folded. This will be readily understood by
reference to sectional view Fig. 2, wherein D is a section of the peg, and A a
detached portion of the cross-bar. The peg D is held in position by the tension
of the elastic band or spring medium G, which is preferably endless in form.
It is first hitched into a slip knot through the eye H of the button J, and then
slipped over the hook K, which is either fixed to the cross-bar A or formed with
a head at the bottom of larger dimensions than the hole in the cross-bar, through
which the hook Ķ is passed.
Each competitor in the game is provided with rings of indiarubber or metal or
other material M, and at a stipulated distance or distances endeavours to score a
given number of points by throwing the said rings of rubber or other material M
upon the pegs, B, C, D, E and F, as in the well known game of quoits.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
In an imitation game of quoits, the improved means or method of pivotting
the cross-bars AA, so as to be capable of closing after the manner of a pair of
scissors; and in mounting upon the same, the pegs B, C, D, E and F, whereby the
same may be folded upon the cross-bars AA for packing purposes, substantially
as described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 15th day of April 1898.
RICHMOND & Co.,
12, Standish Street, Burnley, Agents for the Applicants.