A New Toy or Game.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Toy or Game.
I, JOHN LORD HINDE Toy Manufacturer 14 City Road London do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows
I take a small box of wood millboard or other material on the bottom & inside of
which I fix a number of small wire loops in an upright position, forming a net-
work of loops. I then provide a ball that will pass through the said loops. A set
of rules for the conduct of the game are supplied and the game to be played with
the Toy is to pass the ball through the loops according to the rules. Preferably I
place my wire loops in a similar order that the hoops are placed in the ground in the
well known lawn game of "Croquet."
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Toy or Game.
I, JOHN LORD HINDE, of 1 City Road, Finsbury, E.C. in the County of London,
"Brush Manufacturer," 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 consists of a box made of cardboard, or of any other suitable
inaterial, and glazed at the top, in the form of a miniature "Croquet" ground, with
the usual loops, double loop or cage, and the two sticks termed the goals, and one
ball in the interior for the purpose of providing a toy game.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1, represents the plan of the top of the box E with a glass top 1, and the
border F, and describing the ground plan G of the interior or Croquet ground.
The dotted lines J shows the direction that the ball C is required to travel from the
goal A, to B, and is indicated by arrows.
Figure 2, is a transverse section on line a, b, of figure 1.
I take a small box E of wood, nillboard, or any other material, and on the
bottom G and inside of which I fix a number of small wire loops D and H, in an
upright position forming a network of loops. I then provide a ball C, that passes
by tilting or inclining the box from the goal A, through the said loops D and H to
the goal B in the exact direction of the dotted line J. A set of rules for the
conduct of the game may be supplied as to the numbers to be recorded by a
successful player. The game to be played with the aforesaid toy, is to pass the ball
through the loops according to the dotted line J.
Preferably 1 place my wire loops in a similar order that the loops or hoops are
placed in the ground-in the well known lawn game of Croquet."
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 :-
First The combination of a box with a bottom G, laid out in the form of the
well known lawn game of "Croquet," with the ball C in the interior, and with a

page_text: glass top I, and the mode of conducting the ball from one goal to another, indicated
by dotted lines J, by tilting or inclining the box to roll the ball, substantially as
herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
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Secondly I claim to make the box of any size, shape, and of any suitable material,
and the position of the loops may be varied to obtain other suitable plans, substantially
as herein described.
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JOHN L. HINDE.