Improvement in Playing Cards.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Playing Cards.
We HENRY LOUIS SALMON of 106 Government Street in the City of Victoria
in the Province of British Columbia in the Dominion of Canada Merchant & THOMAS
DRAPER of 16 North Park Street in the same City Commission 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:-
In the accompanying drawing is shown a hand of (8) eight cards containing the
following varieties.
The queen of clubs has an advertisement in a large pip in the centre, also a smaller
pip with a Q therein & a smaller one still with a Q over.
The knave of hearts has a large pip in the centre with an advertisement thereon.
The ace of spades has a large pip in the centre with an advertisement across.
The two of spades has an advertisement round the pip and a figure in the centre.
The (7) seven of hearts has a white heart with a black (7) seven inside.
The four of diamonds has a copy of an ordinary card.
The first part of our invention relates to the doing away of the ordinary 8 or 10 pips
(according to value) on the card, but placing one large pip with the value thereon in
the centre instead.
The second part relates to the further addition of an advertisement on the said pip,
also placing an ordinary sized pip with a cypher therein in the left hand corners, also
a still smaller one with letter or cypher over same, or if preferable, a copy of the
ordinary card in miniature in the right hand corner.
The third part relates to the same with the addition of a sketch of the building place
or thing which the advertisement relates to.
The fourth part relates to placing the large pip inside the court cards with advertise-
ments also thereon, also with faces of celebrities etc. instead of the ordinary sketch.
The fifth part relates to having a pip outlined in black and white within and a black
figure or letter within for the right hand corners.
These cards would vary as far as the advertisements go, as also the sketches to
suit requirements.
The colors would be as ordinary, as also the main designs of court cards, and the
corners may be round or square.
We do not claim the treatment of the right and left hand corners broadly; but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. The combination in playing cards of a large pip in the centre of the card, with
a cypher, figure, letter or word denoting the value thereof placed thereon or in
substantially as shown and specified.
2. The combination in playing cards of a large pip in the centre of the card with a
cypher, figure, letter or word denoting the value thereof placed thereon or in with or
without advertisements printed round across or thereon, together with another pip of
smaller size with figure or letter thereon placed in left hand corners, and with or
without a still smaller pip with value of same printed above, or a copy of an ordinary
card in miniature in right hand corners substantially as shown and specified.
3. As an advertising medium the combination in a playing card of a large pip in
the centre of the card with various advertisements printed round, in, on or across
same, with or without various sketches of places, buildings or things; also with or
without various pips of smaller size in opposite left hand corners, and with or without

page_text: still smaller pips with figure or letter over samme, substantially as and for the purpose
specified and shown.
4. As an advertising medium the combination in playing cards of a large pip in the
centre of the court cards, and with or without various advertisements in; on, round
or across same, and with or without portrait faces of celebrities etc., also with small
pip in left hand corner with initial letter or figure therein, and with or without
small pip with initial value in letter or figure over same, substantially as shown and
specified.
5. The combination in a playing card of a white pip outlined with black, and a
black figure therein for use in right hand corners substantially as shown and specified.
June 18th 1890.
HENRY LOUIS SALMON.
THOMAS DRAPER.