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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GAME.

Application filed December 3, 1924. Serial No.753 ,53 5. I i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARA HAIBLooM and Roma HAIBLOOM, citizens of the United States, residing at Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have in vented a certain new and useful Game, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a game and the object of the invention is to provide a game which 1 will be amusing, as well as educational and will serve to inculcate in the players due regard for safety while on the streets.

It is well known that a large numberof accidents result daily in the larger cities from carelessnesson the part of pedestrians, and large sums of money are'spent yearly in an attempt to educate the public in the elements of safety first. Y K

The present invention is a game particu larly intended to be played by children to impress upon them these principles of self preservation through caution. It'is to be understood, however, that older persons will find interest and enjoyment and incidentally derive benefit through the playing of this game.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, Figure 1 is a face view of the game board on which the game" is played; and,

Figure 2 shows a spinner employed by the players in determining the number of moves to be made on the game board of Figure 1. i

Referring to the drawings, 11 designates a game board which may be of any suitable construction and made in any suitable manner. It'may be formed permanently flat or vmay be folded or otherwise constructed without departing from the spirit of this invention.

The upper face of the'board is divided by means of lines 12 and 13 drawn at right angles to one another into a plurality of relatively small squares. At the exact center of the board, the lines are omitted to provide a large space in which is contained the pictorial representation 1 1 of a home or resigence which may be so designated if deslre The lines adjacent each of the four corners of the board are also omitted to leave spaces for other pictorial representations and in thesespaces are printed, lithographed. or otherwise delineated, four pictures. The picture 15 at the upper left hand corner of the board in Figure 1' represents an office building. The picture 16 at the upper right hand corner of the board represents a high school building. The picture 17 at the lower left hand corner shows a school such as a primary orgrammar school,while the pic ture 18 at the lower right hand corner shows a market. The outlets of the respective coir-f ner spaces are designated 15*,16, 17 and 18 ,'there being two outlets for each of said spaces. The inlets of the center space 14 are designated 14: 'and there are as many such inlets as there are outlets to the several corner spaces.

'A number of checks 19, one of which is shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, are used in the playing of the game, one check being used by each playerand these checks are adapted to-be moved in directions parallel to the edges of the board, a number, of spaces determined by the operation of the spinner 20, shown in Figure 2. The spinner is shown, as provided with a rotatable pointer21 pivoted at substantially the cen-v terof' a suitable base 22 and adapted to be rapidly spun by the players in succession. Radiating-from the axis of the'pointer are a number of lines which divide the surface of the base 22'into'a plurality of segmental divisions. 8

A circle 2301. greater radius than the length of the pointer is drawn on the base 22 to divide each segment into an inner and outer part. The alternate inner segmental parts are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 while the intermediate inner parts bear pictorialrepresentations of imaginary obstacles which may confront a pedestrianjalong a street. The outer segmental parts which adjointhe pictorial representations in the inner segmental parts, bear legends explanatory of the said pictorial representations, and in l addition thereto'contain a statement of con;

responding penalties imposedin the event the pointer should come to rest over such pictorial representations. 7

The game as played by four persons is played as follows.

Each of the players places his check on one of the four corner spaces 15, 16, 17 and 18 and the first player spins the-pointer 21; It is immaterial who has the first turn. This can be agreed upon by the players, who then play in successive order. around the. board from left to right, one at a time,each in his proper turn. We will assume that the player whose check occu ies the school space 17 has the first turn 'andf that the pointer when vesse shy eheh player. has. stepped ee r e e u l h h st h t shoifinin \ure, 2;

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lit noted thatcertain penaltieslcall thanfour play, such extra players can form teamsof two or more at particular corners. A very satisfactory game results when eight players join in the game, p ey h he eeeh ee In practice, we preferably provide eight checks which maybe of any suitable design, hape e i e, e h 1e ha 'th y en mi idi heyh it te in the olo he speotru n"oi:ligl1 they are colored red,

orange, yellow," green, blue,violet, black and white.

It will be further noted that'the rules of h g ms l m t h m m n o t e hee to directions parallel to. thefedges of the board and, prohibit such diagonal movements as which results from aiorm of carelessness and is; the cause of. many injuries to Pedes iah i Having thus Iifully described inven What Weclaim as new and desire to. secure by Letters Patent is: 1

1. A "ame for 'teac'h'ng safety on the part of pedestrians and comprising a rectangular game board provided at its center with a pictorial representation of a honieior residence and also; provided at each ofits four corners with pictorial representa-.. iehe e pla es distan f om; e heme residence to and. from which places.

the dwellers in the residence are in the habit of traveling, the entire remainder of the surface of-the board being divided by lines,

drawn parallel to the, edges, of the board into a large number 01": spaces of equal size, nd vidua y ee ep ng t l h e y blocks, a plnrality' of checks or playing, piecesadapted to be inoyed fromthecorner; spaces, a direction parallel to the edges of a "board'oyer the squares in succession, andichance; means operable by the players incliyidually for indicating the moyes to be talgen or the penalties to be exacted.-

' ;2. garnefor teaching'safety 0n the part of pedestrians and comprising a rectangular: game board, the playing surface .01": which two 7 e r pend, t0 jaywalking;

divided by lines drawn parallel to the d iee he hee l t a large umber of squares individually corresponding. to city blocks, an, unlined space atthecenter, -and unlined spaces at each of the f our corners, the central unlined space containing, apioq ture vof; ahome or residence, the four corner spaces containing pictures of places,

distant from the home or residence and to and from which places the dwellers in the residence, are in the habit of traveling, a plurality of checks or playing pieces adapted to be moved from the corner space in a direction parallel to the edges of the board over the squares in succession, a spinner comprising a suitable base on which an indicator is mounted to spin, the upper surface of the base being radially divided into a plurality of spaces, some of which contain 10 awarded moves and on others of which are delineated tra'flie blocks or hazards with accompanying penalties.

In testimony whereof we have signed the foregoing specification.

CLARA HAIBLOOM. ROSE HAIBLOOM.

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