A New Game and Appliances therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Game and Appliances therefor.
We, JAMES MALINGS, of 1 Lower Wood Street Woolwich, in the County of Kent,
Lawn Tennis and Cricket Manufacturer, trading as Jefferies & Co., and WILLIAM
MUCKLE of the same place Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention to be as follows :--
"
Our invention relates to a new game to be played with bats, balls or shuttlecocks.
and nets and which game we intend to call the "Game of Lawn Pockets."
Our invention consists of two upright standards, which are placed some distance
apart. Near the upper end of each standard a movable cross bar is fitted. A
movable longitudinal bar is also fitted in connection with the upper ends of the
standards, extending from one to the other. This bar determines the distance of the
standards apart.
A net is attached to the longitudinal, bar and to the transverse bars, in such a
manner that it forms a longitudinal pocket on each side of the standards.
Ordinary lawn tennis balls, shuttlecocks, or other articles used for similar purposes
may be used in playing this new game, and two kinds of bats may be used; one form
of bat is made of wood and perforated with a few holes; the other form of bat is of a
similar shape, but having a circle of gut in the centre.
The standards and bars are jointed for convenience of packing away and transport..
In playing the game, two or more players stand on opposite sides of the apparatus..
Each player serves the ball or shuttlecock to his opponent who then strikes it with
the object of getting it into the pocket on his own side.
The apparatus may be so modified as to adapt it for either outdoor or indoor
exercise.
2000
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Game and Appliances therefor.
We JAMES MALINGS, of 1 Lower Wood Street, Woolwich, in the County of Kent,
Lawn Tennis and Cricket Manufacturer, trading as "Jefferies & Co." and WILLIAM
MUCKLE, of the same place, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to a new game to be played with bats, balls, or shuttlecocks
and nets, and which game we intend to call "The Game of Lawn Pockets."
Our invention consists of two upright standards, which are placed some distance
apart. Near the upper end of each standard a movable cross-bar is fitted. A movable
longitudinal har is also fitted in connection with the upper ends of the standards,
extending from one to the other. This bar determines the distance of the standards
apart.
A net is attached to the longitudinal bar and to the transverse bars, in such a
manner that it forms a longitudinal pocket on each side of the horizontal bar.
The standards and horizontal bar are jointed for convenience in packing away and
transport.
In playing the game, two or more players stand on opposite sides of the apparatus.
Each player serves the ball or shuttlecock to his opponent, who then strikes it with
the object of getting it into the pocket on his own side.

page_text: The apparatus may be so modified as to adapt it for either out door or indoor
exercise.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus as set up for playing. Fig. 2 is an
end view of the upper part of one of the standards. Fig. 3 is a side view of the
same, with a portion of the horizontal bar and net attached and Fig. 4 is a view of
the bats preferably employed in the game.
a a are the standards, which are preferably made in two parts, with a joint at b, for
convenience in packing the same. c. c are the movable cross bars for extending the
net. These bars pass through holes made in the standards. d is the horizontal bar,
extending from one standard to the other, and preferably made in three parts, jointed
together, and entering suitable sockets in each standard."
The net is formed in three parts united together at e. f is the middle portion of the
net, which hangs in a vertical position, suspended by loops threaded on to the horizontal
bar.
The portions g. h. of the net aro festooned as shown in cross-section in Fig. 2.
The outer edges of the portions g h are supported by stretched cords extending from
one cross bar to the other, one of such cords being shown at k in Fig. 3.
I may in some cases dispense with the guy ropes shewn in Fig. 1 of the drawings.
Ordinary lawn tennis balls, shuttlecocks, or other articles, used for similar purposes
may be used in playing this new game and two kinds of bats may be used. One of
the bats is of pear shape, with an ordinary handle and made of wood, the blade being
perforated with a few holes, as shown at in Fig. 4. The other bat m is of similar
shape and is strung with catgut.
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. A new game, in which the projectile is thrown by one player, with the aid of a
bat, towards another player; the player towards whom the projectile is thrown
endeavoring, also with the aid of a bat, to throw the projectile into a pocket net on
his own side of the apparatus, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. In an apparatus for the purpose aforesaid, the combination of the several
appliances consisting of standards a a, movable cross-bars c. c, movable horizontal
bar d, division net f, festooned nets g h, forming pockets, and tension cords, kk, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. In an apparatus for the purpose aforesaid the combination, with the nets f. g. h
of the jointed standards a a provided with movable cross bars c c, and the jointed
horizontal bar d, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
4. The general construction, combination, and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming our invention of a new game and appliances therefor
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
Total 2nd Lun 1800
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicants.