A New or Improved Game.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
A New or Improved Game.
I, AMY FLORENCE CLARKE wife of Francis Edward Clarke of 32 Cliff Road,
Hyde Park, Leeds, in the County of York Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows
The object of my invention is to provide a new or improved game.
And my said game is played with two sets of counters of different sizes, each
counter of one set, being perforated or having a hole in the centre thereby forming
such into a ring, the other set of counters are larger and plain, and a board made of
metal, wood, or other suitable substance or material with pins or rods inserted
therein vertically, and at the foot of each pin or rod a number is marked on the
board.
In lieu of the board as aforesaid each pin or rod may be made so as to stand
separately on a base of its own, and having a number marked thereon.
When so
arranged the pins or rods can then be placed in the required positions.
The object of the larger and plain counters being to press the edge of the smaller
and perforated counters or rings and cause them to jump and thread themselves on
the pins or rods.
Dated thie 17th day of Wahmawy 1901
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lanc, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game.
I, AMY FLORENCE CLARKE, wife of Francis Edward Clarke, of 32 Cliff Road,
Hyde Park, Leeds, in the County of York, Solicitor, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a new or improved game.
My said game is played with two sets of counters of different sizes, each counter
of one set, being perforated or having a hole in the centre thereby forming such
into a ring, the other set of counters are larger and plain; and a board or base
made of metal, wood, or other suitable substance or material with pins or rods
inserted therein vertically, and at the foot of each pin or rod a number is marked on
the board or base.
In lieu of the board or base as aforesaid each pin or rod may be made so as to
stand separately on a base of its own, and have a number marked thereon. When
so arranged the pins or rods can then be placed in the required positions, which
may be varied.
The object of the larger and plain counters being to press the edge of the smaller
and perforated counters or rings, and cause them to jump or spring and thread
themselves on the pins or rods.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a perspective view shewing my.invention...
Fig. 2. is a perspective view shewing modification of my invention.
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to jump or spring and thread itself upon one of the pins or pegs C, upon the base
or board D.
Fig. 2.
In this modification the hand of the player is also in the act of pressing upon the
perforated counter or ring A, with the larger counter B, so as to cause the
perforated counter or ring A to jump or spring and thread itself upon one of
the pins or pegs C, which are each provided with a separate base D, and can be
arranged in any desired positions.
The larger counters and perforated counters or rings, are both made preferably
of bone, but may be made of any other suitable substance or material.
The game can be played by any number of persons, but 4 is the best.
The board must be placed in the centre of a table covered with an ordinary
cloth.
Each player places his perforated counters or rings (which must be of one colour)
at an equal distance from the board and with a counter of the same colour as his
rings or perforated counters presses the edges of the said rings or perforated
counters and causes them to jump, the object being to make the rings or perforated
counters thread themselves on the vertical pins or rods inserted in the board or
separate bases as the case may be.
If the separate pins or pegs be used instead of the board they may be arranged
in any form the players think fit, and they, on commencing the game, place their
rings an equal distance from the pins or pegs.
The player who first threads all his rings wins, or if the players choose, the one
who obtains the highest number ascertained by adding together the figures at the
foot of all the pins upon which his rings are threaded wins. If, in the former
case 2 or more players thread the same number of rings then the one who first
threads another ring wins. If in the latter casc two or more players obtain
the same number, the one who obtains the highest number on threading another
ring wins.
Players play in turn, but if one succeeds in threading a ring he may play again
until he fails.
If a ring falls on to the board, it can be either flipped off with, the counter,
or placed two inches from the board in the direction in which it fell on to it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
(1.) The combination of the counters B, perforated counters or rings A, and pins
or pegs C, as and for the purposes such as shown and described.
(2.) The employment of counters B, for pressing upon the perforated counters or
rings A so as to cause them to jump and thread themselves upon pins or pegs C, in
the manner and for the purposes such as shown and described.
(3.) Pressing upon the outer edges of the perforated counters or rings B so as to
'cause them to jump and thread' themselves upon pegs or pins C, secured in a board
or base, or otherwise supported, in the manner and for the purposes such as shown
and described.
(4.) The new or improved game such as shown and d'escribed.
Dated this 16th day of October 1891.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,, Boar Lane, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant.