An improved Game or poy.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1899--Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
I, JAMES ROBINSON, of Brooklands, Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Manufacturer and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of game or toy in which a number of
receptacles are provided to receive a ball or other article thrown by the player.
In constructing the game I provide two or more preferably a number of
hexagonal shaped receptacles of different sizes and lined with different colours.
These are secured in positions at intervals apart by being pinned or otherwise
attached to strips of material arranged in rows.
The receptacles are made of card-board, leather-board, or other similar or
suitable material as are also the strips to which they are attached.
These are enclosed in a screen or casing of similar material made with two sides
and a back hinged so as to fold flat upon one another and held when erected by
an elastic or other cord. The bottom is also hinged or flexibly attached so as to
fold flat to enable the several parts being packed in small compass.
A loose strip to form a fender or rail in front of the receptacle is also provided.
Dated this 6th day of December 1898
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6. Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
An improved Game or poy.
I, JAMES ROBINSON, of Brooklands, Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Manufacturer and Merchant, 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:
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This invention relates to that class of game or toy in which a number of
receptacles are provided to receive a ball or other article thrown by the player.
The invention will by fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. Front elevation of the box or receptacle when closed or folded up with
part of the lid removed.

page_text: Fig. 5. Sectional plan on line - Fig. 4.
I construct a box or receptacle A with bottom B sides C and lid D and with
two side pieces or wings E capable of being folded up into the position shewn in
Figs. 1 & 2, and which when opened out form a screen or casing. These parts
are made of card-board, leather-board, or other similar material.
In conjunction with the box or receptacle A. I provide a number of tube shaped
receptacles F preferably of varying sizes. The tubes Fare of hexagonal circular
or other convenient shape open at the bottom and are of different colours internally
or otherwise marked to distinguish one from the other.
The tubes F are arranged in rows and are connected together and held firm
by strips of card-board G to which they are secured by wire stitching, pins,
rivets, eyelets or the like. The tubes F are thus connected together but are loose
or removable so that they may be placed in the position shewn in Figs. 3, 4 & 5
or in the interior of the box or case A when it is closed or folded up.
A hinged flap or piece H is fitted to one side of the box which folds over when
the receptacle is opened out to form an inclined surface for the tubes F to
rest upon.
The game is played with marbles or small balls J which from a distance are
thrown or jerked towards the tubes F', the object being to get as many as possible
of these marbles or balls into the tubes.
Those that miss the tubes roll down the inclined plane H to the front and by
lifting the tubes those that have fallen in are freed at the bottom.
The tubes may be of different sizes and be given a number or value some having
preferably higher values than the others. The player who gets the largest number
of balls into the tubes or scores the highest from the numbers or values applied
thereto wins the game.
It may be played by one two or more persons.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: :―
(1). A toy or game comprising a folding or collapsable box or receptacle with
foldings side wings and a number of tubes formed of cardboard and connected
together by strips of the same material substantially as described.
(2). A toy or game having the several parts constructed and arranged in com-
bination substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 29th day of August 1800
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.