Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 13th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 17th Feb., 1888
We, GUSTAV FREYTAG and WILHELM BERNIT of Bartenstein Gasse No. 9 Vienna,
Austria Printers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object the production of an improved game of dominoes in
which there are employed either in combination with or in substitution for the ordinary
spots of dominoes, colours, letters, numerals, symbols, pictures, figures, and the like,
whereby the game is rendered instructive as well as amusing.
The game consists generally of 55 slabs which are partly in single colours and partly
in double or multiple colours, but it may consist of a greater or less number of slabs or
stones, and these may either be of the usual rectangular oblong shape, as shewn at
Figs. 1 to 7x of the accompanying drawings, or they may be of triangular shape as at
Fig. 8, hexagonal as at Figs. 9 and 10, or any other polygon, and different shapes may
be combined in one game.
The faces of the slabs may be in two or more colours as shewn on the drawing, and
both the face and the back of the slabs may be coloured. The slabs may either have
simply coloured faces, without spots figures &c. as shewn at Figs. 1, 1x and 10, or the
coloured faces may have in addition the usual spots as at Figs. 2, 2*, or numerals in
place of spots, as at Figs. 3 and 3*, or a single numeral on each field as at Figs. 4 and
4*; or they may bear one or more letters as at Figs. 5, 5x or geometrical Figures as
at Figs. 6, 6x, or pictures as at Figs. 7, 7*. Furthermore, the numerals, letters,
figures, or pictures may be so arranged that one part thereof appears on the one
slab and the other part on another slab, so that the numeral &c. is only completed on
placing two slabs together, as shewn at Figs. 8 and 9. Lastly a single game of
dominoes may comprise all the above described combinations of colors and forins, with
spots numerals symbols pictures &c., so that by the great diversity of objects a very
attractive appearance is given to the dominoes when placed together.
Dated this 15th day of April 1887
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, GUSTAV FREYTAG and WILHELM BERNDT of Bartenstein Gasse No. 9 Vienna,
Austria Printers 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 :-
Our invention has for its object the production of an improved game of dominoes in
which there are employed either in combination with or in substitution for the ordinary
spots of dominoes, colours, letters, numerals, symbols, figures, pictures, and the like,
whereby the game is rendered instructive as well as amusing.
The game consists generally of 55 slabs which are partly in single colours and
partly in double or multiple colours, but it may consist of a greater or less number of
slabs or stones and these may either be of the usual rectangular oblong shape, as shewn
at Figs. 1 to 7 of the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification filed
15th April 1887, or they may be of triangular shape as at Fig. 8, hexagonal as at
Figs. 9 and 10, or any other polygon, and different shapes may be combined in
one game.
The faces of the slabs may be in two or more colours as shewn on the drawing,
and both the face and the back of the slabs may be colored. The slabs may either
have simply colored faces, without spots, figures &c., as shewn at Fig. 1, 1x and 10,
or the colored faces may have in addition the usual spots as at Figs. 2, 2x, or numerals
in place of spots, as at Figs. 3 and 3×, or a single numeral on each field as at
Figs. 4, 4; or they may bear one or more letters as at Figs. 5, 5× or geometrical
Figures as at Figs. 6, 6x or pictures as at Figs. 7, 7*.
Furthermore, the numerals, letters, figures or pictures may be so arranged that one
part thereof appears on the one slab and the other part on another slab, so that the
numeral &c. is only completed on placing two slabs together as shewn at Figs. 8 and 9.
Lastly a single gaine of dominoes may comprise all the above described combinations
of colors and forms, with spots, numerals, symbols, pictures &c., so that by the great
diversity of objects a very attractive appearance given to the dominoes when placed
together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Dominoes of which either the front face alone, or both the front and back face
are colored, substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 1, 1× 8 and 10 of
the drawings.
2. In dominoes such as are referred to in the preceding claim, indicating the colored

page_text: faces or fields either by spots as at Fig. 2, 2× or by numerals as at Figs. 3, 3, 4, 4×,
or by letters syllables or words, which may be either entirely contained in one field as
at Fig. 5 and 5* or partly on one stone and partly on another, so that a complete
letter syllable or word is only formed on placing the stones together.
3. In dominoes such as are referred to in the first claim, providing the faces with
geometrical figures as at Fig. 6 and 6*.
4. In dominoes such as are referred to in the first claim providing the faces with
pictorial representations with or without text, as at Fig. 7 and 7*.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.