US1009018A - Game-board. - Google Patents

Description

B. G. BRAINE.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1911.

1,009,018. n Patented Nov. 14, 1911'.

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GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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, .Toall whomA it may concern; i

UNITED STATES li1/urina oFFICE- iuncaorr e. BRAINn or NEW Yoax, N. Y.'f

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' Bpeciilcation of Letters Patent.

i Patented Nov. 14,19'111.

Application led August 15, 1911. Serial No. 844,244.v

Be it known that I, BANcnor'r G. BRAINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garne- Boards, fully described and represented in the following .specification and thev accompanying drawings, forming apart of the Same v This invention relates to a playing card game board.

The invention has been made especially with the idea of providing a game board` which may be conveniently used in the solv.

Pocket chess boards have been made heretofore. similar in some respects to 'the game board of this invention, but such chess boards are not adaptedfor the purpose of the board of the present invention. The game board of the. present invention is adapted for use in playing or working out various playing card gamesfand problems, and the invention includes features of construction and arrangement of the boardl itself and relates also to the cards or indicators used in connection with the board tov represent the various .cards of a deck of playing cards. y

A full understanding of the invention can best be given' by a detailed description of' preferred constructions embodying the various features of the invention, and such a description will nowl be given in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a face or plan view of a game board m'ade in accordance with the invention, opened out for playing, Fig. 2 ifs asection taken' on line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on line 3' of Fig.

1 enlarged above the size that the'board will` be usually made. Fig. 4 is a face or plan view of aboard of modified construction;-

Fig. is a broken section on line 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a much enlarged detail sectional i view taken on line 6-of Fig. 4. 7 is a front or face view and Fig. 8 a back-view of a card or indicator vsuch as is preferably employed with the board shown 1n Figs. 1 to 3. Fig. 9 is a facetview of one form of card or indicating device for use with the 11.4-

board shown in Figs. 4 to 6. Fig. 10 shows in face and Fig. 11 insectional View another form of card for use with the `board shown ii Figs. 4 to 6.v Fig. 12 shows-one of the p a shown in Figs. 4 to 6.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, the board 10 Ais formed of a sheet or sheets 1of leather or other suitable material secured to a' suitindicators to be used on the board able support or back. Preferablyand as f shown, the board* is formed of twoflat parts -or sections arranged to fold together along a central hinge line, the backor body port1on belng formed of two sheets or boards 11, l1 of 'suitable stifmateriaLIsuch as stili.

paper board, leather, or other suitable mate- 1 rial, secured together at their adjacent edges by the covering material Aor otherwise so as to form a hinge -as indicated at 12, and each section of the back carrying a sheet 13 of leather or other suitable material which sheets 13 form the face of the board. The board will be opened out as shown inFigs. l and 2 for use and may be folded" with the face of the board inside whennot in use or for carrying about. The face of the board-is formed with four groups of lcard-holding slots 15for receiving .the cards ofthe four hands usually involved, in playing card problems. slots are arranged preferably as shown, that is. with two opposite `groups for receiving cards representing partners hands arranged one at the right -hand side ofthe board and one at the left hand side of the boa-rd, and with the other two groups lfor receiving the Icards representing the hands of the op- -ponent vpartners arranged one near `the top and one near the bottom of theboard. The slots of each group are arranged in fourrows or series, one for each suit, and each row will have a suitable number of slots, preferably four or more. In arranging the lThese groups `-of card-holding' Y cards of each hand, in the corresponding group of slots, the cards of each suit will be placed in the slots of the row intended to receive that suit. With sixteen slots in each group, that is four slots in0 each ofthe -four rows, t-here will always be an excess number of slots vfor each hand so that if a hand number shown is found to meet all require- The four hands are commonly referred to as diamonds and the bottom row .for spades, as 50 the slots being formed adjacent tothe lower lthe board maybe of any suitable form and w marking desired.' The bo-ard shown is inof substantially the shape shown, that is, ofI

towhich the card belongs, and also with a should hold more than. fourvcards of anyone suit the excess cards of that suit may be placed in one of the rows of slots intended for one of the other suits. A greater number, of slots may be provided, but the ments and avoids unnecessary enlargement Y of the board. In addition to the card-holdmg slots l5, the cardI ositions f or eac'h' group may be marked o ,or otherwise 1nd1 cated on the board in any suitable manner, and I prefer to mark the card positions by lines forming. groups of squares, as shown,

line of each square-so that when a card inserted in a slot its 'exposed portlon will 11e over the space within the proper square.

As hand, Bs hand, Ys hand and Zs hand respectively, and the groups of card positions and holding slots may beso marked as shown. For each card position there is also provided as shown in these figures an additional card slot 16 extending at right angles, to the slot 15, so that when a card is inserted in any slot 16 its exposed portion will be over the same card position as when the card is inserted in the corresponding` slot 15. When the card positions are marked by groups of squares, as shown, the verticall slot for each square will lie adjacent to one of the side lines. `It will usually be most con* venient to have the vertical slots arranged adjacent to the left hand side lines of the squares so that the cards when placed in these slots may be inserted from the right, but for left handed users the vert-ical slots may be arranged adjacent to the right hand side lines of the squares, so that the cards may be inserted from` the left. Adjacent to each horizontal, or suit, row 'of each group of card positions Vand slots there may be printed or otherwise applied to the face of the board the suit mark or symbol to indicate theI suit to which the row is assigned.v The top row of slots and positions will preferably be used for cards of the heart suit, the,next row for clubs, the next for indicated by the symbols as they appear on the drawings.

The cards or indicators to be used with tended, however, for the use of cards or indicators' 17 of pasteboard or other suitable thin sheet material, such as celluloid, and

general oblongl shape with o-ne end wedgeshaped to enter the holding slots. The por-l tion of the card which remains exposed when the wedge shaped end is inserted in any one of the slots is marked on the face side with the mark or symbol of the suit the particular card of the suit.

number or letter or other mark indicating- The backs of the cards are preferably marked with lines extending lengthwise of the card, or otherwise marked so th'ai; when the card is inserted face inward in any one of' the holding slots the marking on the back will indicate at a glance whether the card has been inserted in.a horizontal slot or'in a vertical slot.

In using the game board for working out a lbridge or other playing card, problem, for example, the cards 'or indicators of each hand will be placed in horizontal slots of the groupcorresponding to that hand, the cards of each suit being arranged in the proper horizontal row of the group. When a card is played it is removed from its slot and reversed and put back in the same slot or in the corresponding side or vertical slot. The placing of the cards when reversed in either tlie bottom horizontal or side vertical slots serves to indicate whether a trick was taken by A and B or by Y and Z, the placing of the reversed cards back in the horizontal slotsindicating that the trickl was taken by Y and Z, and the placing of the reversed cards in the side slots that the trick was taken by A and B. The tricks may be thus tallied by all four hands. or by the cards of only one of the four hands. For tallying wi th the cards of only one of the four hands, it will be sufficient to have only one of the groups of card positions provided with the vertical or side slots. Another way of tallying the -tricks when all four ofthe groups of-card positions are provided with the side falling out in ordinary handling of the game board, even when the board is turned so that the exposed portions of the cards shall extend downward from the slots in which they are inserted. To this end, in the form of board shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the holding slots 15 and 16 are cut slantingly through the leather or other material-of which the face of the board is formed, such leather or other materialV being of suiicient thickness and body to securely hold a card which is inserted through the slot and beneath the face sheet. The face sheet or sheets 13 are pasted or otherwise secured to the back boards 1l about the portions marked for card positions and adjacent to the slots as indicated at the points a in order to hold the face sheet closely to the back, so that when a card is inserted in any one of the slots it will be frictionally held not only by the opposed faces ofthe slot but also between the face sheet and the back as shown in enlarged detail Fig. 3, and so also that the card will beu bentat t-he inner edge ofthe slot. The card will thus be held with suiicient security to prevent its falling out of the slot under ordinary handling of the board, and

-the exposed portion of the card will lie over the part of the face of the board marked as the card position and will stand out fromcthe face of the board at an angle so as to be readily grasped for removal from the slot.

T he length of the slots will best be such as of each board section as to provide suiiicient space for the reception of the wedge shaped ends of the groups when they are placed in the inner line of said slots.

Pockets 20 formed by a band or bands set in slots in the face sheet of the board, or otherwise formed, are shown for holding the cards not in use; and the board is also preferably provided with a pocket or holding band 21 for holding slipsor cuttings show ing problems to be worked out, and With a memorandum sheet 22.

Figs. 4, Sand 6 show a construction diiering in some respects from `the boards shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and embodying additional features of the invention. The board as shown in these figures has the four groups of card positions each with four series of card-holding slots 15 as before, but to avoid removing, turning and replacing the cards to show which cards have been played, play ing slots may be cut straight through the indicators are provided for covering or partially covering the cards which are to be considered as having been played. Such play indicators are preferably made in the form of small cards 35 having wedge-shaped lower ends for insertion in slots provided for them in the board in such position with relation to th'e caigd positions that a play indicator inserted in a slot corresponding to a card position having a card in place will lie over and cover or partially cover the card, and the play indicator cards are of such a character either by being made of transparent material or by being so shaped as not to completely cover the cards over which they are placed, as to leave the characters on'the face of the card or a sufficient part thereof visible` Slots 36 for holding these play indicators are provided adjacent to and below the cardholding slots 15. As

'cate the successive tricks.

shown, the slot-.S36 are centered relatively to the slots 15 andthe play indicators have their yupper or exposed portions cut away from one side so that when. placed in the slots over the cards they will cover the right hand portion of the'cards, leaving the suit symbol and the` card value symbol of the cards sufficiently exposed to permit the card to be readily identified. To provide for tallying the tricks, side slots 37 are also pro-4 vided, one for each card holding position, so

that the play indicators may beplaced in y either the bottom slots 36 or the sideslots 37 to shoverwhich partners took the trick, and, if desired, to indicate in the manner pointed -out in connection with Figs. 1 to 3 which individual hand took the trick. f In order that the play may be more fully indicated, the play indicators are marked in/sets of four indicators each with numbers to indi- Eight such sets of play indicators numbered from 1 to 8 will usually be sufficient for card problems, but a larger number of sets or the full number of thirteen sets may be provided if desired. The board as shown is providedwith pockets 38 for holding the play indicators when not in use, each pocket being supposed to holda set of four indicators. When the slots 36 and 37 and the indicators 35l are i provided for showing the cards played and tallying the tricks, the side card holding pockets 16 are of course not needed. The board as shown in Fig. et is also provided with individual card holding slots 39 for holding the cards when not in use, these 'slots being preferably arranged as shown in f o'ur horizontal rows extending across the board and close together, each horizontal row for holding the cards of a single suit. As shown in Figs. 4, 5 and' 6, also, the leather or-other material forming the face of the board may be and preferably will be of less thickness than in the construction shown in Figs, 1, 2 and 3, and the card-holdsheet or at a less angle than as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the cards being preferably formed or provided with means to insure their being held in the slots. The cardholding slots 15 are also made with a central enlargement 40 for the purpose of receiving the small end of the card which is to be inserted in the slot and thereby enabling the ployed together if desired. The notches 41 will be located so as to stand in the slot when -the card has been inserted to the desired position, and the width of the card at the notches and the length of the slots will be such that the card Will have to be slightly forced to bring the notched portion into the slot so that When a card has been so inserted it will be held against accidental displacement. lVhen the cards are formed With holding projections or bosses 42, as shown in Figs. l0 and 11, the projection Will be located so that when the card has been inserted in the slot and pushed into the desired position the projection will have been carried just beyond the under edge of the slot, as shown in Fig. 6, and will then serve to hold the card from falling out of the slot. lt is to be understoodthat the invention in its broader aspects is not to be limited to the precise arrangements shown of the groups of card positions and card holding slots or other card holding pockets which might be provided or to the exact constructions of the board or form of the cards as shown, but that it includes changes and modifications thereof Within the claims.

W'hat is claimed is 1. A playing card game board having its playing face marked to indicate card positions arranged in four groups each of Which groups has a plurality of card positions for each of the four card suits, and having card holding devices for holding cards in place at the various card positions.

2. A playing card game board having its playing face marked to indicate card positions arranged in four groups each of which groups has a plurality of card positions for each of the four card suits, and having a card-holding slot for each card position.

3. A playing card game board having its playing face marked to indicate card positions arranged in four groups each of which groups has a plurality of card positions for each of the four card suits, and having ak heard-holding slot for each card position,

and a slot for each card position for holding.

a play indicator.

4. A playing card game board having its playing surface provided With card holding devices arranged in four groups each of which groups has a plurality of card-holding devices for each of the four card suits.

5. A playing card game board having its playing surface provided With card-holding slots arranged in four groups, the slots of each group being arranged in four rows, one for each card suit, and each row comprising a plurality of slots.

6. A playing card game board comprising `two parts connected to fold together, and

having its playing surface provided with 55 card-holding slots arranged in four groups,

the slots of each group being arranged '1n four rows, one for each card suit, and each row containing a plurality v of slots, thel groups of slots being arranged with two opposite groups for receiving cards repre-l senting the hands of the opponent partners arranged one near the top and one near the bottom of the board, the slots forming each of these two latter groups being divided into two sub-groups, one sub-group being placed on each side of the fold lineof the board.

' 7. A card game board having its playing face provided with horizontal card-holding slots arranged in groups, and a vertical tallying slot adjacent to each of said horizontal slots of one or more of said groups.

8. A card game board having its" playing face provided With horizontal card-holding slots for the cards in play, and a slot"adja cent to each of said card-'holding slots for holding a play indicator. i f

9. A card game board having its playing face provided with horizontal card-holding slots arranged in groups, and a horizontal slot adjacent to each of said card-holding slots for holding play indicators, and a vertical tallying slot adjacent to each of said card-holding slots of one or more of said groups for holding play indicators.

10. A card game board having its playing surface provided with groups of card-holding slots for the cards to be played, and

liaving individual card-holding slots forcards not in use, said card-holding slots for cards not in use being arranged in rows, one row for the cards of each suit.

ll. A playing card game apparatus comprising a game board having card-holding slots arranged in four groups each of which groups has a series of slots for each of the four card suits, and a set of cards formed to be inserted in the holding slots and having their exposed portions marked to represent the cards of a full deck of playing cards, and means for indicating cards which have been played.

12. A card gaine apparatus comprising a game board having means for holding cards arranged in groups according to thehands to be played, and play indicators to extend over the cards which have been played and formed to leave the face of the cards indicated as played suliciently visible to permit the card to be readily identified.

13'. A playing card game apparatus comprising a game board having card-holding slots for the cards to be played, and having play indicator holding slots adjacent to and parallel with the card-holding slots and other play indicator holding slots adjacent to the card-holding slots but transverse thereto, and play indicators formed to be inserted in the play indicator slots to extend over cards inserted in the card holding slots to indicate cards Which have been played and to show the Winning cards according as they are 'inserted in either the slots which are parallel to o1' transverse to the cardholding slots.

14. A card game apparatus comprising a game board having card-holding devices for the cards to be played, and play indicators to be inserted in slots in the board to eX- tend over the cards which have been played, saidplay indicators being marked in sets with numbers to show the successive tricks.

15.- A card gameapparatus comprising a game board having card holding slots for the cards to be played, and cards formed to be inserted in said slots, and formed with means to hold them in the slots against accidental displacement.

16. Cards for use on game boards having card holding slots said cards being formed with tapered ends to be inserted in the slots of the game board and provided with notched edges to hold the cards in the slots against accidental displacement.

'In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand., in the presence of two s11bsoribing Witnesses.

' BANCROFT G. BRAINE.

Witnesses HOWARD F. EDMoNs'roNE,

ALEX. CHAPMAN.

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