A New or Improved Puzzle and Game.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 21st Aug.. 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
A New or Improved Puzzle and Game.
I, ERNEST WILLIAM BROCK, of 142, Victoria Street, Bristol, Decorative Artist,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved puzzle or game, and consists in
providing a suitable surface on which are certain depressions and elevations bearing
a resemblance to animal figures, human faces, or other fanciful designs, and
placing the same in a case or enclosed frame with a specified number of balls of
various colours, the balls of each colour having to be shaken or manipulated into
the special holes provided for them.
My invention and the means for putting the same into operation, will be
illustrated by describing the puzzle as made with a representation of any well
known human face, on which elevations may be made to indicate the nose and
eyebrows, and semi-globular holes made in the metal, paper, or other surface
which forms the ground work of the puzzle, in some such order and proportion
as the following, say, two holes to form sockets for the eyes, two others for the
nostrils, and five or seven in a row for the teeth; to correspond with these holes,
two blue balls, two red, one black, and four or six white balls placed in the case
on the face, the blue balla to be rolled into the eye sockets, the red into the
nostrils, the black ball into the centre socket of the teeth, and the white ones
equally placed on each side.
The puzzle consists in turning and manipulating the case until the respectively
coloured balls are placed in their respective holes; when sufficient dexterity has
been acquired, a game may be played by two or more players, each starting
to manipulate a frame at the same time, the one who succeeds in accomplishing
the task first, winning the
game.
With animal figures and other devices, any arbitrary arrangement of holes,
colours, and balls may be employed, and the variations of the arrangement may
be extended considerably according to the skill of the players.
Dated to
ay of November 10.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
Applicant's Agent, 2, John Street, Bristol.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to a new or improved puzzle or game, and consists in
providing an enclosed surface on which certain depressions or elevations are
made, and, having a resemblance, fanciful or otherwise, to animal figures, the
human face, or other design suitable for the purpose, and placing the same in
a frame or box with a glass lid; a specified number of balls of various colours
being put in the frame, the balls of each colour having to be shaken or otherwise
manipulated into the special holes provided for their reception.
My invention and the method of putting the same into operation, will be illus-
trated by describing a puzzle as made with a grotesque representation of a human
face, where slight elevations may be made to form the nose and eyebrows, and
semi globular recesses. or holes are made in the metal, paper, or other surface
which forms the ground work, in a manner something like the following;-say
two holes to form sockets for the eyes, two others for the nostrils, and five or
seven in a row to hold balls which will represent teeth, when in position. Corre-
sponding with these socket holes, two blue balls, two red, one black, and four or
six white balls are placed in the case with the figured surface and covered with a
glass lid, the blue blue balls are then to be rolled into the eye sockets, the red into
the nostrils, and the black ball into the centre of the teeth, with the others equally
ranged on either side.
The puzzle consists in so turning or otherwise manipulating the case, that the
variously coloured balls are placed in their respective holes, and when sufficient
dexterity has been acquired, a game may be played by two or more persons, each
starting to manipulate a case at the same time, the one who accomplishes the
task first, winning the game.
With figures of animals and the like, any arbitrary arrangement of holes, balls,
and colours, suitable for the purpose may be adopted, and the variations in the
manufacture of the puzzles may be considerably extended, according to the skill of
the players and the fancy of the designer.
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 manufacture of boxes or case with glass lids, containing grotesque or other
figures with projections and sockets formed thereon and placing in the cases balls
of various colours to correspond with the sockets, the whole forming puzzles,
which consist in the manipulation of the case until the balls have been placed in
their respective sockets, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1899.
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