US1772703A - Indicator - Google Patents

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Aug. 12, 1930. J. K. BURLEIGH INDICATOR Filed March 10, 1928 Patented Aug. 12, 1930 JAMES K. BUBLEIGH, or HASTINGS tron: HUDSON, mwebigie Application filed March 10,1928:al.3 6 33 t In this game the players bid, in accordance with recognized rules, for the privilege of announcing a trump, or no trump as may be preferred, the highest bidder obtaining the right of declaring what the trump shall be,

"10 and the dominant bid may be doubled or redoubled, all of which it is desirable to keep in the mind of the players.

Through inattention or forgetfulness, it frequently occurs that some of the players lose track of the trump and are likely to play inadvertently from such cause.

It is further quite desirable to indicate the honor cards as they are played in each game, and avoid confusion in the minds of the 29 players.

It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to provide a device, adj unctive to the game, by which a player can visually ascertain the number bid, the trump and the honors which have been played and by whom played.

A further feature is in the provision of a neat appearing device adapted to convenient size suitable of being held in the hand, having three rows of five openings through which may appear the number bid, the selected trump and the honors, these several elements being carried by individual slides easily and instantly shiftable by one of the players, preferably the dummy.

These and other advantages are obtained by the novel construction and combination of few and simple parts as hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Fig. 1, is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention with the slides set to display their inscriptions.

Fig. 2, isasimilar view of the same but showing the slides shifted to illustrate a condition occurring in playing the game.

Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

--. slide :bearing the legend- .No tru'mpdf '2 "Fig.4, isa transverse sectional view taken 0n1ine44 I of'Fig. 1'.

Fig; 5; is a'pers'pective view of oneof the several slides used.

' Fig; 6, is 'a fragmentary perspective view of'a'portion'of the face o f'thedevice, showing.

a slight modification. p The Y "preferred form of this indicator is that of 'an oblong "rectangle, composed of a flat base plate, designated by the numeral'10, f

and made of anysuitable-material, as thin metal, *celluloid,card'-'board :or' the'like." ""The'plat'e' 1O ispr'eferably creased lengthwise'b'y formingnarrow rqov'esirto a' depth substantially equal to' the thickness of the material, the wales hus formed terminating short-0f the ends of the plate. f1; l

A second plate 12 is formed with offset, down-reaching margins '13- having binding edges 14 to' neatly receive the plate 10 themwithin and held by flanges' 1 5 integ'ralwith the outer plate 12, which is thus firmly-seated on the surface of the Wales 1 1;

A series of five rectangular openings'16j are arranged in a row at one end of the plate 12 and disposed in the space 17 between the plates lO'and 17 are slides 18 having a raised transverse, handle-like central element 19, the main'body portions of'the slides being bent at a slight angle to'each other for the purpose'of frictionally' engaging'between the plates to be retained in adjusted position.

The slides in this rowbear numerals 20, as 1, 2, 3 and 4, and also the syllable Be in one line and Don in the'line below either or both of which may be brought into registration with the opening 16.

'The word Bid appears 'over'this r'ow of openings and it is found in practice that'the four numerals and the sign Doubleor Bedouble cover the demands in all ordi'nary gamesw The word"Trum'p -appears over a central rowof five similar openings 21', below which are like-slides 22-havinghandles 23 for-shifting,zthese slides preferably bearing representations of-clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades, either, of which can be shifted into view and the remainer ycOncea-led so itoo can: a :fifth Another series of openings 24 at the foot of the bid, trump and honor cards played, reof the device, has displayed over it the word spectively.

Honors while below the openings is an- Signed in the city, county and State of other set of slides 25 having handle elements New York this 23rd day of February, 1928. 26 and bearing respectively the characters JAMES K. BURLEIGH.

A, K, Q, J, 10, representing ace, king, queen, jack and ten spot, that is the. .five liighest rds-i. 2 'x- '1 J A distinguishing line of color 27 appears on the second and third row of sliders, m'addition to the'symbo'1s,' this-line el'early 'shew- I 4 ing it the slide has been shifted from the norma l position, as shown in Fig. 1, to a raised position as in Fig. 2, the red line showingior v I 0 instance that the honorcard was held bythe Y bidder- ,and if the line does; not appear, 1th at the card was held by thedummy thus showing w et r he h nors e e l ain one h or divided. 3-, I

Ob i usly a no rump se ne the liquo =35 canonly be thee:- nces,-.and in such zeas'e the symbols on the middle row ozt sliders are used t n ca e t hon -held y he bid er and the .cl n ny,the bottom row of sliders in this ase-h ing"- lee i i 1 F gndi..tedthe th ee spedesws bid, i a the id d ub ed, tha shade are? tuners and ha -the a e la-n -i'ackheve been plane fr the-dummy 1an 12; ndthet king;qiiee iemd 1- 2- y Y r v ha eb en'p ey -f om henh d i thQ-bi a j 1 n, obvi u y and po$si leim ge 9i 09 rences may be indicated; by properly; adjusting-theslides.

the modification shown in Fig. 6, the upper plateis provided withcirc-ular, openings I I v 30 below which are slides 31 in allrespects like those previously described except that in place of a central handle clement, an upstanding tab 32 is formed on one end-of the slide.

It is believed that those who have use for a device of this character will amply understand thewu y in which it is' to be used without further elaboration, as it is self" evident to an auct on bridge player. v

with each ;opening,:and:. a single-legend car- Although the foregoing is descriptiie of the preferred embodiment of the "invention, it will be apparent that minor changes may be made in the construction, without the exv ercise of invention or conflicting with the scope of the claim heretoappended. f

Having thus described my invent-ion, what Iclai n as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A card game indicator for auction bridge 12o omp-fla ge ei-sii-igzeeiapose .of-two Spaced plates united at their marginal edges, one of said plateshaving a ise'ries of ridges; to con tac-t the 9. .1 91" pl te, th last named plate 'i v having three rowsuof five openings,'respec.- lively.- denoinina-tedibid, trump and honors, 1 an individual slide movable in t-hexspacebetween said plates into and-out of registration ried by each said s liide denoti ng the amonnt l i I 1 v

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