Year: 1889

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 22nd day of August 1889, Amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1889-Accepted, 30th Mar., 1889
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We, JAMES FREDERICK OPENSHAW of 6 Northumberland Square, Brewer and
WILLIAM ARTHUR WILKINSON 50 King Street Ale and Porter Merchant both in
North Shields in the county of Northumberland 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 improvements in or relating to the game of hop-scotch.
As is sufficiently well known "Hop-scotch" is principally a childs' game in which
a piece of glass stone hardwood or metal hereinafter referred to as a scotchio" is
driven by the foot of the player from one compartment to another of a figure traced
or scotched upon the ground.
Hitherto the players have for the most part used as scotchies any small articles
which happened to be in any way adapted to the purposes of the game. Thus not
only has there been a want of uniformity in the scotchies which has of course
greatly affected the results of the game as between player and player but there has
also frequently arisen a point of uncertainty during the game as to the ownership of
the particular scotchies due to their similarity to one another and these objections
have naturally been a great source of annoyance among the players.
But by our invention we abolish these objections by manufacturing scotchies of
symmetrical design and construction and by providing in combination with each scotchie
and preferably on the upper side thereof a distinctive name or mark and though either
a name or mark will answer our purpose-we-prefer to manufacture the scotchie with
for example the Christian name of its future owner cast impressed or otherwise attached
thereto.
In order to carry out our invention to the best effect we manufacture the scotchie
of glass pot or metal in carefully prepared moulds with as aforesaid preferably a
christian distinctive name either in relief or countersunk thereon. Thus according as
a scotchie is required by a boy or girl we manufacture scotchies with a great variety
of names applicable to both sexes so that the purchaser may be enabled to purchase
at once a scotchie neatly finished and of symmetrical design and construction with
his or her name thereon.

page_text: We do not confine ourselves to any particular form of scotchie; they may be
circular square or polygonal and of any suitable section or material and for the
purposes of illustrating an example Figs. 1 and 2 annexed hereto show respectively
a plan and section of a scotchie constructed according to our invention Fig. 2 being a
section on line a b in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1). In the game known as hop-scotch the combination with the scotchie of a
distinctive name or mark attached thereto substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein before set forth.
(2). In the game known as hop-scotch the manufacture of scotchies substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
2, St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Patent Agent for Applicants.