A NEW AND IMPROVED TOY
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Jewitt, of Kentish Town, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED TOY."—
A communication from abroad by William W. Rose, of New York,
United States of America.
Sealed the 16th October 1874, and dated the 28th May 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Jewitt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th May 1874.
I, HENRY JEWITT, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW AND
IMPROVED TOY," a communication to me from abroad by William W. Rose,
of New York, United States of America," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements upon an Invention for which
Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date November 5th 1868,
No. 3355.

page_text: I employ various parts of wood or other material of such shapes, as,
when fitted together, they will form figures of men, animals, and other
subjects.
I form mortise joints and corresponding tenons at either ends or sides
of the various parts, so that they may fit into one another, by which
means the various figures may be formed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Jewitt in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
JEWITT, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Jewitt, Her special licence
that I, the said Henry Jewitt, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Jewitt, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time, and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great. Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW AND
IMPROVED TOY," a communication to me from abroad by William W.
Rose, of New York, United States of America, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Jewitt, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Jewitt, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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 Sheet of Drawings (that is to
say):
This Invention relates to improvements upon an Invention for which
Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date November 5th 1868,
No. 3355.
I employ various parts or pieces of wood, metal, or other material of
any size or shape, which, when fitted together, will form figures of men,
animals, and other subjects or patterns.
I form mortises and corresponding tenons or tongues and grooves on
one or more of the surfaces of the various parts, or at the ends or sides
thereof, so that when placed together, the tongue or tenon of the one in
the groove or mortise of the other, the various figures will be formed, and
the parts be held together. The various parts are cither left plain or
are ornamented by printing, painting, papering, or other convenient
mode of ornamentation.
In order that the Invention may be clearly understood reference is
given to the accompanying Sheet of illustrative Drawings, in which
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 represent front and side
views of various parts; and Figs. 13, 14, and 15, various combinations
of parts, which, it will be obvious, may be varied at pleasure. The
grooves, which are of any convenient size, depth, or width, are shewn in
solid black, and the tongues are lettered.a.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention I claim, the
new and improved toy, substantially as herein described and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Jewitt, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of November, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.