Attachment to Lawn Tennis Rackets.
Year: 1885

page_text: Attachment to Lawn Tennis Rackets.
I, ROBERT KERRY MESSENT of 5 Sandford Road, Moseley, Birmingham, in the
County of Worcester, Brass Founder do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR MARKING OR REGISTERing the
SCORE IN REFERENCE TO GAMES, AND ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO
LAWN-TENNIS RACKETS to be as follows:-
"
The object of this invention is the construction of appliances to be attached to
lawn tennis rackets whereby facility for marking the score during the game is
afforded, the appliance being also adapted for other games.
The invention consists in fixing to the wedge or handle of the racket a metal
base plate, to which is attached one or more thin metal discs, each being capable of
revolving within a distinct corresponding recess or depression in the base plate.
Each disc is connected to the base plate by a metal eyelet which is passed through
the base plate and its centre, and the edge of which when turned over confines the
disc to the base plate, but will permit it to revolve, the appliance being attached to
the racket by a screw which passes through each eyelet into the handle. The base
plate is marked with an index to each disc, and the discs have each appropriate
letters or figures stamped up in relief or otherwise marked thereon. Or the base
plate may be marked with letters or figures and a stud or indent to be operated on
by the finger nail may be attached to or formed in each disc. In either case the
appliance projects so little beyond the surface of the wedge or handle as to offer no
impediment to the free use of the racket. It will be seen from the foregoing that
all that is necessary is upon each stroke or movement to be recorded, that the
player should apply his finger to one or more of the discs and bring the proper
letter or figure opposite the index, or the index opposite the letter or figure.
A modification consists in attaching a hand or hands in lieu of a disc or discs,
and either of them may be fitted to the wedge or handle, with or without the use
of a base plate.

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Attachment to Lawn Tennis Rackets.
I, ROBERT KERRY MESSENT of 5 Sandford Road, Moseley, Birmingham in the
county of Worcester, Brass Founder do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR MARKING OR REGISTERING THE SCORE IN
REFERENCE TO GAMES, AND ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO LAWN
TENNIS RACKETS " and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
The object of this invention is the construction of appliances to be attached
to lawn tennis rackets whereby facility for marking the score during the game is
afforded, the appliance being also adapted for other games.
In order that the invention may be easily understood drawings are attached
hereto, Fig. 1 being a front elevation, or plan of one form of the appliance, Fig. 2 a
section through A, B, Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale, and Fig. 3 a front elevation
or plan of another form of the appliance. In each of the figures similar letters
refer to the same parts.
The invention consists in fixing to the wedge or handle of the racket a metal
base plate C C to which is attached one or more thin metal discs D each being
capable of revolving within a distinct corresponding recess or depression E in the
base plate. Each disc is connected to the base plate by a metal eyelet F which is
passed through the centre of the disc, and the base plate.-The edge G of the
eyelet when turned over, as seen in Fig. 2 confines the disc to the base plate, but
will permit it to revolve, the appliance being attached to the racket by the
screws HH, which pass through each eyelet into the wedge or handle. The base
plate is marked with suitable words, and an index I to each disc, and the discs
have each appropriate letters or figures stamped up in relief or otherwise marked
thereon. Or the base plate may be marked with letters or figures and a stud or
indent to be operated on by the finger nail may be attached to or formed in each
disc. In either case the appliance projects so little beyond the surface of the wedge
or handle as to offer no impediment to the free use of the racket. It will be seen
from the foregoing that all that is necessary is upon each stroke, or movement to
be recorded, that the player should apply his finger to one or more of the discs and

page_text: bring the proper letter or figure opposite the index, or the index opposite the letter
or figure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
The construction of lawn tennis, or other game markers, scorers, or registering
appliances as herein described and shown on the drawings.