Improvements in Puzzle Bricks for Instructing Children.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Puzzle Bricks for Instructing Children.
I, EDWARD HENRY CARLYON, No. 44, Osborne Road, Sparkbrook, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in puzzle
bricks for instructing children and has for its object to provide a cheap means for
making the bricks in an instructive manner whereby children may be taught the
arrangement of colours geometrically. My invention consists essentially in cut-
ting from thick cardboard or thin wood in various colours a number of rectilineal,
quadrilateral, segmental or other geometrical figures arranged and combined in a
manner so as to produce a novel and artistic effect when arranged in respective
positions. I provide a number of printed cards or sheets of paper with various
designs imprinted thereon or copies to enable the children to arrange the bricks
in order.
I prefer to make the designs circular in form but may vary the shape as circum-
stances may require. I provide cardboard or other suitable boxes into which the
bricks are packed ready for use.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Puzzle Bricks for Instructing Children.
I, EDWARD HENRY CARLYON, of No. 44, Osborne Road, Sparkbrook, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Designer, 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:
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This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in puzzle
bricks for instructing children and has for its object to provide a cheap means for
making the bricks in an instructive manner whereby children may be taught the
arrangement of colours geometrically. My invention consists essentially in cut-
ting from thick cardboard or thin wood or any other material in various colours
a number of rectilineal, quadrilateral, segmental or other geometrical figures
arranged and combined in a manner so as to produce a novel and artistic effect
when arranged in respective position. I provide a number of printed cards or
sheets of paper with various designs imprinted thereon or copies to enable the
children to arrange the bricks in order.

page_text: I prefer to make the designs circular in form but may vary the shape as circum-
stances may require. I provide cardboard or other suitable boxes into which the
bricks are packed ready for use. In order to enable my invention to be clearly
understood I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings the
same letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
Fig. 1 represents a plan of the bricks placed in the box, the lid removed.
Fig. 2 shows a section through the entire box.
Fig. 3 & 4 are plans of the bricks arranged to show the variation of the
colours.
The bricks marked A are coloured in blue, and on the opposite side red. Those
marked a are coloured in red and on the opposite side blue.
Those marked D are white, the opposite side being yellow, the yellow is repre-
sented by d white being on the opposite side. So that by inventing a set of or
separate bricks different designs may be produced. The box E, made in card-
board, wood, vulcanite, paper maché or the like, holds two sets of bricks K, L,
one set resting on the other.
The bricks are capable of rearrangement into an unlimited number of com-
binations of designs. Preferably I use two sets of bricks as shown in Fig. 2,
but may increase the number according to requirements. They can be cut into
rectangular, triangular, parallelogram or polygon forms.
My invention will be most useful in schools teaching the relative strength of
colour in combination and harmony, educating the mind to the appreciation of
symmetry and geometrical drawing. As an instructive and interesting toy it
is most effective being capable of almost infinite variety. It will also be of use
in the production of new patterns for floor cloth or mosaic, without having to
paint them before seeing the effect.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The combination of puzzle bricks for instructing children in the arrangement
of colours substantially as herein described.
(2) The improvements in puzzle bricks variable coloured so as to blend together
and produce different and artistic effects substantially as described and for the
purpose set forth.
(3) In the combination of puzzle bricks cut to different geometrical figures
which can be placed in a suitable box substantially as described and illustrated,
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of August 1899
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.