A New or Improved Game.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game.
I, THOMAS BRIGHTON, of Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, in County of Lancashire,
House Decorator, 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 a new or improved game and has for its object to
cause a ball connected by an elastic to a bat or board to pass through a ring
suspended in a hole in the bat and to return back again through the said ring.
For this purpose I provide a wooden or other bat or board formed with a handle
and having a circular hole in its face within which is centrally suspended a brass
ring. To the front of the bat above the said hole is connected one end of an
elastic cord whose other end is threaded through an india-rubber ball to which
it is connected.
The player holds the bat by the handle in an upright position with his left
hand at arms length and takes the ball in his right hand between the thumb and
two first fingers. He then draws back the ball stretching the elastic and after
aiming at the ring lets go the ball and as it passes through the ring he lowers
the bat slightly so that if the ball is properly aimed it will return back through the
ring and two points may be scored.
If the ball touches the ring but passes through no point shall be scored in this
case however the ball may be returned by swinging it up carefully and raising the
bat by the right hand with its top slightly inclined towards the players head and
then moving it slightly forward towards the ball as the latter descends when the
ball will then pass back through the ring if the said action be carefully and
steadily accomplished in which case two or other fixed number of points may be
scored.
And in order to clearly understand my invention reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the bat with
ball attached and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. a is the bat
which may be formed of wood suitably stained and varnished and is provided with
the handle band circular opening d. Within this opening is carried the brass
ring c which may be suspended therein by means of the split rings e passing
through the eyelets f fixed to the vertical face of the bat a. g is the elastic cord
threaded through a hole in the upper part of the bat and secured by a knot at the
back. The other end of the said cord is threaded through the india-rubber ball h
and is secured thereto by means of a leather washer i.
As before stated the object of the game is to shoot the ball through the ring c
and cause it to return back again through the said ring by the same action and
by slightly lowering the bat or by swinging the ball upwards after it has passed
through raising the bat and moving the latter towards the ball as it decends.
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) A new or improved game comprising a bat or board formed with a handle

page_text: and a circular opening in which is suspended a ring through which a ball
connected by an elastic cord to the bat is shot or projected and causing the ball
to return backwards again through the said ring substantially as described.
(2) In a new or improved game the combination of a bat or board a formed
with a handle b and a circular opening da ring c suspended in the opening c by
split rings e passing through eyelets f and an elastic cord g connected to a
ball by means of a washer i substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
1000
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.