Improvements in Games.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Games.
I, WILLIAM HENRY, Journalist, of "Dilkoosha" Perry Street, Gravesend, Kent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
My invention relates to that class of games known as spelling, or word making
games, and is carried out by the use of apparatus consisting of a tray or board
of any suitable size and material, at the bottom of which are a certain number of
depressions or holes, each being marked with a letter, or combination of letters,
of the alphabet, and some balls which are intended to be rolled into certain of
said holes by the skill of the players in tilting the said tray or board.. The object
of the players is to roll the balls into such of these lettered holes, the letters of
which when combined together, will form words. The game may be played in
a variety of ways, for instance, the first player may place a ball on the tray and
roll it into the depression marked "A," the next player might then place the
ball upon the tray and endeavour to roll it into the "S," thus forming the
wordas," the following player might roll the ball into another hole marked "K,"
thus forming the second player's word as into ask," which would then
result in the third player scoring one point for the word; if, however, the third
player failed to get his ball in a hole, the letter of which when added to the
previous ones would spell another word, then the second player would
count one for his word as," and the balls would be taken off
the tray and another word commenced. I do not confine myself to this par-
ticular method of playing, as it is obvious that several ways of playing can be
adopted where my apparatus is used. I sometimes divide the aforesaid tray or
board into two compartments, one of which contains holes with vowels only, and
the other consonants only, but I do not confine myself to this particular form of
board. I sometimes also provide combinations of letters to some or all of the
holes, and such combinations may be common to many words as parts thereof.
Dated this 18th day of August 1899.
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WILLIAM HENRY.
I, WILLIAM HENRY, Journalist, of "Dilkoosha" Perry Street, Gravesend, Kent,
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:-
My invention relates to that class of games known as spelling, or word making

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games, and is carried out by the use of apparatus consisting of a tray or board
of any suitable size and material, at the bottom of which are a certain number of
depressions or holes, each being marked with a letter, or combination of letters,
of the alphabet, and some balls which are intended to be rolled into certain of
said holes by the skill of the players in tilting the said tray or board. The object
of the players is to roll the balls into such of these lettered holes, the letters of
which when combined together, will form words. The game may be played in
a variety of ways, for instance, the first player may place a ball on the tray and
roll it into the depression marked A," the next player might then place the
ball upon the tray and endeavour to roll it into the "S" thus forming the
word as," the following player might roll the ball into another hole marked "K,"
thus forming the second player's word as into ask," which would then
result in the third player scoring one point for the word: if, however, the third
player failed to get his ball in a hole, the letter of which when added to the
previous ones would spell another word, then the second player would
for his word
the
as," and
balls would be taken off
the tray and another word commenced. I do not confine myself to this par-
ticular method of playing, as it is obvious that several ways of playing can be
adopted where my apparatus is used. I sometimes divide the aforesaid tray or
board into two compartments, one of which contains holes with vowels only, and
the other consonants only, but I do not confine myself to this particular form of
board. I sometimes also provide combinations of letters to some or all of the
holes, and such combinations may be common to many words as parts thereof.
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one
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
(1) Improved apparatus for playing a game, consisting of one or more trays,
with depressions, or holes, in the floor thereof, such depressions being marked with
one, or more, letters of the alphabet, and balls, which are intended to be rolled
into said depressions in any desired sequence by the skill of the players in tilting
said tray.
(2) In a game the use of a tray or board with depressions each marked with
letters, or parts of words, and balls which are intended to be rolled into desired
depressions by the players and thus constructing words.
Dated this 13th day of March 1900
WILLIAM HENRY.