A Kindergarten Shorthand Board.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Kindergarten Shorthand Board.
JAMES JOHN MAVER 137 Corbyn Street Finsbury Park London, England,
Teacher of Pitman's Shorthand, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
An improved method of teaching shorthand.
A wooden frame (or frame made of any other material from which anything 18
made, fabricated or constructed. To this frame are to be fixed pieces of wood or
any other material & these pieces of wood &c. are to be models of the letters used in.
Pitman's phonographic alphabet
The models are to be fixed in such a way that they can be moved to any angle
or position, & thus by simply moving the model it may be made. to represent auy
letter which it is possible to represent with that model, by simply altering the slope
of the model
A long piece of wood or any other material is fixed to the top of the frame, & in
this piece of wood there are holes bored at intervals A piece of wood or other
material is worked up & down these holes. To the bottom of this piece of wood 18
attached a ball & this ball represents the vowels. These are worked up & down at
either side of the models so that words can be formed beginning or ending with a
vowel.
Dated thun 7th day of May 180,
JAMES JOHN MAVER.
JAMES JOHN MAVER M.P.S., F.N P.S., C.T. 88 Holmesdale Road, Croydon,
Surrey, England, (late of 137 Corbyn Street London, N. Shoithand Teacher, 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
Blatement :-
In order that ny invention may be readily understood I have annexed a sheet
of illustrative drawing which represents a board with shorthand characters pivotted
thereon.
A board or piece of any other flat materia! A on which models B of the letters used
in Pitman's or any other system of shorthand are fixed in a way that they may be
twisted round in any way & at any angle to represent any letter or combination of
lotters used in the system that may be represented by turning one or other models B
round in various ways. These models may be painted white to imitate chalk or
may be painted light & dark colors to indicate light & heavy sounds. The board
may be painted black or any other color desired. For the vowels & diphthongs,
holes C may be drilled in the board by the side of each model B & in the vowel
place' & the vowel, which is on a peg, may be pegged in the hole; or the vowels may
be painted on the board, or part of the vowels may be painted & part have holes
drilled for them.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1st. A mechanical shorthand board A consisting of a board of any suitable
material, provided with shorthand characters B pivotted thereon in any convenient
manner and capable of being turned at any angle to represent letters or words of
phonography; substantially as described & for the purposes set forth in & by the
accompanying Specification & drawing.
2nd. Separate characters of shorthand stamped, cut or formed in any convenient
manner shape and size and of any suitable material capable of being combined or
-otherwise & for the purpose of forming letters or words in shorthand.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1896.
JAMES JOHN MAVER.