Year: 1897

page_text: I, JOSEPH PARSONS, of Seldon Villa, Wonersh, in the County of Surrey, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved game and consists of a box with the bottom
of canvas or some substance through which a magnetic influence may be exercised.
The inside bottom of the box is covered with thin paper or other suitable material
printed with the plan of a football ground. At each end stars or marks are made to
A number of small
denote the position of each player in the two conflicting teams.
figures made of tin, or other suitable material, which may for economy sake take
the form of tin tacks, are placed in the box which has a glass cover, half of the
figures or tacks being white to represent one team and the other half black to represent
the other team. There is also a small ball, preferably made of steel, placed in the box
with a corresponding mark showing its position in the centre between the two con-
flicting teams.
The game consists in placing the figures or tacks each one on its particular spot
by means of a magnet which is moved underneath the box to and fro, bringing the
tacks into position. Great skill is required as the slightest movement of the magnet
will disturb the position of the figures, and when two or three are together, it is
found difficult to separate them. The ball is carried from one side of the box to the
other, and can be used as a means of bringing the figures into position as it is made
of a material which is more susceptible to the magnetic influence.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, JOSEPH PARSONS, of Seldon Villa, Wonersh, in the County of Surrey, Engineer,
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 an improved game, the object of which is to place upon
a model field by means of a magnet, figures of tinned iron or other suitable metal,
coloured to represent two opposing football teams, the various positions or stations
of the men being indicated upon the field by printing or otherwise marking the
same with stars or the like. A ball, which may be of steel, is likewise provided
and a mark or indention upon the field indicating the centre thereof upon which
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page_text: the ball is to be placed so that when the men and ball have been successfully
manipulated by the magnet aforesaid the field with the men will represent a game
before the "kick off."
In carrying the invention into effect I construct a box or frame, the sides of which
may be of wood or other suitable material, and the bottom of thin card canvas, or
any other material affording little resistance to the influence of the magnet. The
top of the box may be of glass or other transparent material. The bottom of the
box on the inside may be painted or printed to indicate the plan of a football
ground, the goals at each end being indicated and the centre position of the ball
also marked in any suitable manner. Stars or other marks are printed or otherwise
indicated upon the bottom to show the position of the men of each team.
The men may be formed of small tinned iron or other suitable metal (susceptible
to magnetic influence) figures, or they may be provided with a base or small plate
only made of some magnetic material, or ordinary tin tacks may be employed, the same
being inverted to stand upon the head and coloured, if desired, or one half black
and the other white to indicate the two teams.
The stars may have printed against them the names of the component members
of two well known teams. A ball, which is preferably of steel, is likewise pro-
vided, and is manipulated by the magnet aforesaid. At the commencement of the
game the figures or tacks, as the case may be, will be scattered over the field, but
by moving the magnet underneath them they are separated and eventually placed
each upon a mark, indicating some position upon the field. When the men are in
position, the player may, by careful manipulation, draw the ball by means of the
magnet from one end of the field to the other between the various players.
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 improved game, with the means for playing same, substantially as herein set
forth.
Dated this 1st day of Fahmin 1000