Improvements in Toy Puzzles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1891-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toy Puzzles.
I HERBERT LLEWELYN POCOCк of 30 Kimbolton Road Bedford Schoolmaster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to toy puzzles and its object is to construct simple and
cheap form of toy in order to carry out in an interesting and amusing manner the
well known puzzle of taking across a river three white men and three black
men with a boat which holds two at a time the difficulty or puzzle being to at
no time allow more black men than white men to remain at either side of the
river.
My invention therefore consists of a specially formed toy made of either wood
metal or other suitable material it is constructed with two parallel pieces to represent
the two banks of the river which are held a suitable distance apart by means of a
cross piece.
The said cross pieces represents the river and is made with a suitable slot or
groove wherein slides the boat or ferry.
The sides representing the banks of the river aforesaid are arranged each with
six projections or six holes and the deck or top of the boat or ferry is made with two
such projections or two holes. I employ six small dolls three representing the black
men and three representing the white men.
They have either pegs or holes formed on their lower ends in order to either fit
into the said holes or onto the projections.
Dated this 27th day of September 1890.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Barnsley and Sheffield, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toy Puzzles.
I HERBERT LLEWELYN POCOCK of 30 Kimbolton Road Bedford in the County
of the same Schoolmaster 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:-
This invention relates to toy puzzles and has for its object to construct a simple
and cheap form of toy in order to carry out in an interesting and amusing manner
the well known puzzle of taking across a river three white men and three black men
with a boat which holds two men at a time the puzzle being to at no time allow
more black men than white men to remain at either side of the river.
My invention therefore consists of a specially formed toy constructed of wood
metal tin or other suitable material it is arranged as set forth in the accompanying
drawing Fig 1 which is a perspective view thereof.
The said toy has two parallel pieces B which represent the two banks of a
river and the said pieces B are held a suitable distance apart by means of a cross
piece C.
The said cross piece C represents the river and is made with a suitable slot or
groove c¹ wherein slides the ferry or boat D.
The parallel pieces B which represent the sides of the river as aforesaid are
arranged each with six holes b and the deck or top of the boat D has two similar
holes . I employ small dolls E and E¹ the three marked E' representing the
black men and the three marked E representing the white men.

page_text: Each said man or doll is arranged with a peg e² which fits into the holes or d.
Where preferred the sides B may have pegs and the dolls E and E¹ be arranged
with holes as will be well understood.
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
1. In carrying into effect the known puzzle hereinbefore mentioned the use
of a toy constructed with two parallel parts B and slotted cross piece C in
combination with a sliding boat D and dolls E and E' substantially as described
and illustrated.
Dated this 27th day of June 1891.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
London, Sheffield, and Barnsley, Agent.