Garden or Indoor Game."
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 14th Jan. 1891-Accepted. 21st Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Garden or Indoor Game."
I, WILLIAM ROBERT RUMFITT, Tobacconist, 2, Grosvenor Terrace, York, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A hollow barrel-shaped cup mounted on two wheels to receive a ball, with a
tapered hole in the side and a metal plate hanging loosely down the front and a
ball fastened to the back of it. The said cup to be fastened to a handle of wood or
metal a short distance from it, with metal or wood ties. On the top of this handle
two short tubes fixed for another handle to slide through, with a driver fixed to the
end to fit the tapered hole in the said cup. An india-rubber or spiral metal spring
is attached to top handle and cup so that when drawn back and then set at liberty,
it shall force the driver against the said metal plate and send out a loose ball into
a net placed some distance from it. The nets are hung on rings standing on loose
legs so as to fold up flat when not in use. A number is hung on the front of
each net.
Dated this Second day of December 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Garden or Indoor Game.
1, WILLIAM ROBERT RUMFITT, of 2, Grosvenor Terrace, York, Tobacconist,
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 game for recreational purposes.
And my said game consists in discharging by certain means as hereinafter
explained, a ball or balls in such a manner that they may fall or drop into nets
provided therefor.
A series of numbered nets may be employed arranged in any desired positions,
the numbers on the nets indicate the points of score each net respectively represents,
or the nets may be coloured differently to indicate the points of score, or may be
otherwise distinguished in order to indicate such points.
One net only may be used if desired, and the skill of the game consists in placing
the ball or balls directly into the net or nets by such means as herein set forth.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of apparatus or means for discharging the ball.
Fig. 2, is a sectional view of Fig. 1, showing hollow shaped cup and driver
withdrawn preparatory to discharging the ball.
Fig. 3, is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4, is an elevation of net, which is preferably made collapsible.
Fig. 5, is a plan of Fig. 4.
In carrying out the object of my invention 1 employ a hollow, barrel shaped
cup A mounted on wheels B, B, such cup being made to receive a loose ball C, and
provided with a taper hole D, hanging loosely down the front of which is a hinged
metal plate E with a ball F fastened at the back of such plate. The said cup A is
fastened to a handle G made of wood or metal by means of wood or metal ties H, H.
On the said handle G are two short tubes or carriers J fixed thereon for another

page_text: handle K to slide through, the handle K is provided with a conical or inclined
end forming a driver L to fit the hole D. An indiarubber or spiral spring M is
attached to the handle K by means of grooved blocks N around which the said
indiarubber is sprung, one of the said blocks N is fixed upon the handle K and the
other is swung from the same pivot or hinge as the metal plate E and is connected
thereto by means of the metal strip O. The handle K is also provided with a
slot P and guide R for such slot carried on the handle G. S is an indiarubber
ball which acts as a spring when the handle K is operated. T is a handle for the
better holding of the apparatus when playing the game.
To play the game the loose ball is placed in the cup A, and the driver Lis
withdrawn as shown in Fig. 3 by pulling the handle K, immediately the said
handle is released the driver L assumes its normal position to the cup A, see Fig. 1,
and the ball is discharged.
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. The improved game such as shown and described.
2. The improved game and apparatus or means for playing the same, such as
shown and described.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicant.