AN IMPROVED DOMINO BEARER
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Simon Charles Mayer, of Paris, in the Empire
of France, and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED DOMINO BEARER."
Sealed the 21st January 1854, and dated the 21st July 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Simon Charles Mayer
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 21st July 1853.
1, SIMON CHARLES MAYER, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and
of 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED DOMINO BEARER" to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists of a case of wood, metal, pasteboard, or any
other suitable material, which is divided at its upper part into a certain
number of compartments or cases of the size of the dominos. These
little cases are open at their upper part and in the front, so that the
dominos may be placed in them, and be seen when they are placed
there. This little apparatus may be furnished with a holder, or may
rest upon a stand or pedestal, according as it may be wished to be either
held in the hand or placed on the table; a marker may also be attached
to it, a cigar holder, &c. Each player may be furnished with a domino
bearer, which he holds or places before him, and in the cases of which
the dominos are placed; consequently, he is no longer obliged to hold,

page_text: them in his hand, which is inconvenient, or to place them before him
in a position which exposes them to be turned over at the least move-
ment of the table.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Simon Charles Mayer in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 21st January 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1,
SIMON CHARLES MAYER, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of
No. 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Simon Charles Mayer, Her special licence
that I, the said Simon Charles Mayer, my executors, administrators,
.and assigns, or such others as I, the said Simon Charles Mayer, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED DOMINO BEARER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that T, the said Simon Charles Mayer, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent"
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Simon Charles Mayer, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:
My Invention consists of a box of wood, metal, pasteboard, or any
other convenient material, which is divided at its upper extremity into

page_text: a certain number of compartments or cases of the size of a playing
domino. These cases are open at the top and in front of the box
which they form, so that the dominoes may be inserted into them, and
so that they may be seen when placed there. The box itself may have
a handle by which the player can hold it, or it may stand in a slanting
position on a pedestal or stand which is fixed to it, or into which it may
be stuck whenever required. Each of the players is provided with a
domino holder, as described, into which he puts the dominoes as he
takes them up, and thus he is no longer obliged to keep them in his
hand, which is very troublesome, or to put them on the table, where
they may be upset by the slightest shaking.
On the accompanying plate Fig. 1, represents a front view of a
domino holder to be held by a handle A. B, are the compartments
or cases for the dominoes. C, is a bar to hold the dominoes. D, is the
tang or stem of the handle, which may be inserted, when required, into
the loose pedestal represented in Fig. 2. Fig. 8, is a perspective
view of a domino holder on a fixed pedestal. A, is a ring, & B, a
socket to put a cigar by at the back of the domino holder. C, is a
gutter-like cavity in front of the holder to put a burning cigar in. D, is
a little drawer to contain the matches, &c. I also reserve to myself
the variety in which similar contrivances are added for holding a pipe,
either in front, on the side, or at the back of the domino holder. I also
wish it to be understood that the construction of the domino holder
may be varied in different ways without departing from the principle of
my Invention which I claim below.
I claim the arrangement above set forth, or any other similar arrange-
ment by which the dominoes used at playing are held in a box during
the game.
In witness whereof, I, the said Simon Charles Mayer, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of January,
in the year of our Lord (1854) One thousand eight hundred
and four
SIMON CH. MAYER. (L.S.)