US1608098A

US1608098A - Game device

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Publication number: US1608098A
Application number: US99265A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lyman D Hall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-04-02
Filing date: 1926-04-02
Publication date: 1926-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 1943-11-23

Description

Nov. 23 1926.

GAME DEVI CE Filed April 2, 19a@v L man JJM?, yc

ARNEY l fr for pleasure and the exercise of judgment,

Patented Nov. Z3, 1926.

entren STATES LYMAN D. HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME DEVICE.

Application filed April 2, i926. Serial No. 99,265.

This invention relates to amusement de-l vices, and more particularly to gaines and game devices.

Much effort hasfbeen made heretofore'to produce amusing games which would be 1nteresting and yet instructive Yand adapted to train the mind for quick thinking and sound judgment.

But, with few exceptions, these games have merely followed the beaten-path and are merely modifications or variations of -card games or chess, or they are entirely devoid of mental effort on the part of the player and depend upon the count of dice or a pointer on a dial. At any rate, there are comparatively few games which fuifill the desideratum.

Tl is, however, has been done by the pres- .ent invention by the provision of a game, which, while depending somewhat on chance, for the most part is dependent upon the skill of the player or players.

Preferably, the subject or 'theme of the game is related to some situations or trans;

actions of real life into which the players n will become injected with something` like the excitement and enthusiasm displayedin such situations or transactions in. real life- Hence, in its more specificaspect, the present invention provides a game device in which the situations and transactions of the stock-market are depicted and reproduced, the players representing 'traders or brokers, or both. t y

rThe game device of this invention, therefore, preferably (in representation of a stock-ticker) exhibits in succession` a prepared number of transaction-indications (supposedly reported transactions) of a predetermined yand indicated list of stocks previously arranged, so that there are a series of different transaction-indications of each stock, tl; se of each stock interspersed with those of other stocks and their sequence or values being initially unknown to at least the players representing traders. l-lence, as the` derice. exhibits the transaction-indications seriatim, the players may buy or sell in one or more of the stocks listed, according to their judgment based upon previously exhibited transactionfindications or merely on snap they desire. Y A

So that there lmay be more opportunity judgment, as

the list of stocks indicated preferably contains related stocks of other kinds or of other companies in the same business, and their transactions, which may or may not be used as clues or tips by the players as they see fit, The present invention even contemplates interspersing news items between transaction-indications by which players may obtain, or think they may obtain, clues as to what to expect in the trans-1 action indications to be later exhibited.

Preferably, therstocks are each indicated about the same number of times, so that each player will have the same number -of chances or opportunity to make decisions based on previous transaction-indications.

The score is kept of the number of points gained or lost by eachV player, and the one with'the greatest number of points being declared the winner.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side sectional view of the game device of this invention, showing the holder with a strip of definite length in place on the spools of the holder. Y

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but shownig a holder in the form of a drum on which the strip is wound.

Fig.' 8 is a top plan view of the holder, showing a partofthe strip exposed through the sight-opening thereof.

Y Fig. slshows Vfragments of a strip provided with transaction-indications; V

Fig. 5 shows a form of strip which'is narrower than that shown in Fig- 4L, and has only one transaction-indication thereacross.

The game device of this invention comprises a strip 10 of fabric or other materialV which may be of definite length, or it may haverits ends fastened together and thus be continuous; and a holder lor container ll for the strip in which all of the strip, eX- cept a limited portion thereof, is hid from view.v Y

The container or holder ll may be ofA any suitable shape and structure, and it may containl a. drum 9 suiiciently large to have the strip l0 wrapped about it as illustrated in Fig. 2, or it may comprise a pair of spools 'l2 and 13 mounted in a suitable casing ll'and upon which spools thestrip lO is wound as shownn'Fig.` 1'. Each of lef:

gua

the

spools

12 and 13 may have gears 15 meshing with a connecting gear 16 journaled in the trame 14e, and having a lingerpiece 17 by means ot which it may be operated to rotate the spools, so that theI strip 10 is paid-oli oneVY spool While it is being Wound on the other spool.

The strip 10 is hid in the holder 11 and preferably passes over a table 18 and beneath a cover'19 having a sight-opening 2O through which a limited portion ot the strip may be viewed at all times While the strip is on the

spools

12 and 13.

Tihile a suitable 'lorrn o'j holder has been described, it should be distinctly understood that any other specific suitable holder ina)7 be used, Without departingl from the spirit of this invention.

As stated above', the gaine ot the present invention in its more speeiiic aspect, provides r'or exhibiting in succession a series of transaction-'-.ilications in imitation ot stockmarlret quotations. lence, the strip 10, as shoivn in the accompanying drawings, is provided ivith 'transection-indications 21 each comprising' indicia 22 which, in the torni shown, is the common abb-reviation'ot the name ot a'stock; and indicia 23 to denote the price at which the stock is quoted, the quotati-ons being entirely imaginary or arbitrary, or having some approximate relation to what the stock is quoted at on the stock-market at Vthe time the strip 10 is prepared.

rlhe indicia 22 and the indicia 23 of the transaction-indieations 21 are preferably provided in designated spaces on the strip 10 delineated by transverse lines The strip may be relatively narroiv, as shoivn in Fie. 5, in Which'case there is only one trans action-indication 21 extending across the width ot the strip, or, it be made Wider so as to contain a plurality ot transactionindications 21 across the strip, as shown in Fig. 4. ln theV latter case, the spaces for the transaction#indications are further delineated'by longitudinal lines 25.

is aid to understanding the operation ot the device as illustrated, the symbols or ablneviations of the names of the stocks shown and the stocks which they indicate are given below:

D ll-Delavfare and Hudson 1-.

A X-Atlantic Coast Line l. It.

A afl-American Can Co. @l-Standard Oil Co. of N. J.

ell. S. Steel.

L Cf-rliinerican Locomotive.

*ri Y., H. H. R.

- X-Southern Pacific E. R.

l`llat-ional Biscuit Co.,

. i C D-Standard @il of California.

emanano eine Y ent inver. 1

D E lll-Dodge Brothers.

(l M-General Motors.

U'B-U S. Tobacco.

G-Consolidated Gas.

C N-lleiv York Central.

A D N-Air Reduction.

"R U-U. S. Rubber.

While a small number of dillerent stocks are listed above and are shovvn inthe fragments or' the strip 10 illustrated byivay ot example, it is considered preferable, at the.

present time for practical purposes, to utilize a relatively large number' ot diilerent stocks-say 50-so that the possibility oi :i person memorizing, intentionally or otherivise, the quotations of different stocks is reduced to a minimum. @t course, the present invention is not limited to the use ot' any particular numberof diilerent stocks` but the above is merely explanatory or' what is considere-d preferable at the present time.

It is also preferablev that each stock be cover l by substantially the same number oit stock transaction-indications 21, so that all the players buying.;` or selling in different stocks in the `game, Will have substantially the same number ot opportunities to play. However, it is not essential that this be so;

instead, on diierent strips 10 the number` ot repetitions of the stock indications 21 may be different, as they, ot' course, ma T be for the different stoclrs on the same/strip.

t Will be noticed onY the strip illustrated in the drawings that the transaction-indications 21 ot the same stock are scattered and lare so interspersed ivith otherV stocl indications that a player Will not know in advance ivlien the neXt indication 21 of a particular stock Would appearbeiore the liiti sight-opening in the device. lt will also be W5 seen that preterabiy there is, in the Vicinity ot a particuar transaction-indication, one ot another stoel; closely related to it. rlhese other t 'isaciion-indieations serve as clues to plaiY in other related stoclrs.

in v t further produce amusement and incrse interest in the gaine, the preslon also provides upon the stri p 10 certain indicia 25, such as nerfs items, which may or may not be taken as clues by the players, :u'cordingil to their discretirni or judgment.

rEhe drinn 9 in the case of the torn. hoivn in 2 or the

spools

12 and 13 ln case of the form shown in removed from the traine of in l il ler and may be re laced by other drums or spoo or the s ps i0 themselves may be removed from the drinn or spools, and otherstrips or drums or spools containing a difierenset of transaction-indications 21 may be subst-V tuted therefor by the players. Hence, inter est in the gaine Will not because repetitions orf the saine thing. lilien a sui'it cently large supply ot'strips 10er "drums o: spools is on hand, the one to be used may.`

be picked out at-k random by the players and used in the holder. y

Referring now to the manner or mode of playing the game, the strip 10 is placed in the holder 11 and one of the players turns the knob or lfinger-piece 17 until the irst transaction-indication 21 or the first line thereof appears beneath the sight-opening 20. Then the play begins-each player having' the right to pick out and designate his plays in one` or more stocks, according to previous arrangementswivhich selection is made ot record by the score-keeper representing the broker. Preferably, the players have this option all through the game, and may at any time designate a stock which he shall play, and by selling 'what he has bought, or buying to cover his short sales, discontinue playi Vg in any stock or stocks. after making a selection ot a stock, he designates at what quotation he shall buy or Whether or not he shall buy at marketthe latter meaning that he shall be supposed to have bought the stock of his selection at the price indicated by the indicia 23V of the transaction-indication 21 bearing the stock indicia 22, which heselects when it first appears beneath the sight-opening 20. Then, after having been supposed to have' bought stock at a certain price made record of by the score-keeper, he may at any time and at any repeated number of times during the game give certain instructions to the scorekeeper, representing` the broker, to buy or sell the stock or any number oi shares thereof which he desires, either While a stock indication 21 relating' thereto shows through the sight-opening 20 or While it is hid. As the strip 10 is moved past the sight-opening, the score-keeper executes the orders ot the players and keeps a record of the score as to the num-ber of points lost or vvon by each player as a result ot' the playing.

As a concrete example, let it be supposed that a player designates his intention to Steel, the symbol of which is X. This is at the top of the strip 10 as shown in Fig. 4L and is Vquoted at 123% The player having instructed the score-keeper to vpurchase 3 shares of X stock at market, the score-keeper, when the transaction-indications 21 designated X 123% appears beloW thesight-'opening 20, records the purchase against the player. Now, supposing the player orders the scorekeeper to sell at market. Then, when the strip has been turned until the fifth line oit transaction-indications 21 appears, the transaction-indication shown is X 1241/4 At thisj place, the score-keeper, following the instructions of the player, makes an entry onthepscore-V card that the player has sold his 3 shares o" stock at 124%, Vthe player. gaining one play transaction-indications 21 for ll. S.'

point for each share of stock. There being 3 shares of stock, the player has gained 3 points and this is marked to his credit on the score. The player then may `wait and purchase the same stock at a new price which later would be visible through the sight-opening 20, and he may do this any number ot times with any number ot stocks. n

As. another concrete example, showing the use ot the clue indications 25', let it be supposed that the player purchased stock of 'the' N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. when the transaction-indications 21 marked V appeared beneath the sight-opening. After the strip has been turned for two lines of indications 21, the legend Rumor consolidation C. N. & V appears below the sightopening. This is interpreted to mean that it has been rumored that the New Central and the N. Y., N.YH. & H. R. R. Would consolidate. Such a consolidation might have a vast influence on the stocks and this might cause the player to purchase more stock or to sell his stock as he interpreted the reaction to the rumor. If he has ordered the score-keeper to sell the stock at market, the next vmovement of the strip Will disclose that his stock has gone up 1% point-s and he will have gained just that much, or a multiple et it according to the number of Vshares of stock he was playing in. This rise may give him encouragement and he may purchase more stock at 39, But, then when the strip 10 is moved still further, another clue indication 25 appears. This indicates that the rumor Was false. Hence, the player must decide Whether he is going' to sell his stock at a certain price or what heintends to do, or he may standpat. It he decides to then sell at market, the next indication in that stock is V 38, and hence, he Will have lost 1 point on each share of stock Which he has purchased at 3.9.

Preferably, in addition to the supplemental clues, other clues are given which may aid the player in making his decision. Forr instance, immediately before the indication 25, which stated that the rumor was Jfalse, is a transaction-indication giving the quotation of the New `York Central (C N) and 'from `this he may determine the reaction supposed to have taken place due to the rumor.

It should beunderstood that the strip 10 may be moved line-by-line' a stated time intervals, or, if desired, the turning of the strip may be held-np by 'any player desiring to first make a decision, according to previ- Vous or determined arrangements,

u It'should also beunder'stood that any number olplayerscan participate in the game and 'that each may playin as many steek as he 'deSlfeSQ i York Il lli The game may also be played by the scorelrceper (representing the broker) taking an active part by him receiving credit on his score for a prearranged percentage of the buying and selling of all of the players, and the score of his percentages being taken into consideration with the score of the players in determining who is the winner, for, as above stated, the player gaining the most points or losing` the least points when the end of the strip is reached, is declared the winner of the game.

If it should be arranged so that the scorelreeper so participates in the game, then it is preferable that he restrain from dealing in the stock himself in the plays.

Gf course, a player may sell-short7 if such arrangements are made previously to the beginning of the game, but in such case he must buy to cover the shorts before the game is concluded or at the last quotation of the stock.

it should be noted that the term stocln as used in the present specification and appended claims, refers not only to capital stock of corporations, but also to other things and commodities such as cattle, grain, cotton and coifee; also that instead of stock transaction-indications, the strip l() might be provided with the money-marlrettransactionindications. TEer instance, the transactionindications might reac LPounds sterling 4.86,

francs 3.5 or any other designation desired.

@f course., if desired, 4the transaction-indications 21 may be arranged to run longitudinally on the strip l0 instead of transversely thereof as shown.

YVariations and modilications may be made within the score of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having now described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, is

1. A gamecomprising a strip of fabric having irepared thereon in predetermined succes, 'on a plurality of transaction-indications in imitation of stoclr quotations of each of a plurality of stocks or imitations of stocks; said transaction-indications each comprising indicia identifying the stoclr and indicia representing, for the purposes of the game, a market price of the stock identilied; said transactiori-indications of each stock being interspersed with transactionindications of the other stocks g certain of said stocks or imitations of stocks having a speculative relation to other of said stocks wherebyva player may speculatively consider such transactiori-indications as are related to those in which he is playing.

2. el game comprising a strip of fabric having prepared thereon in predetermined succession a plurality of transaction-indications in imitation of stock quotations 0f each of a plurality of stocks or imitations of stocks; said transaction-indications each comprising indicia identifying the stock and indicia representing, for the purposes of the game, a market price of the stock identified; said transaction-indications of each stock being interspersed with transactionindications of the other stocks; certain of said stocks or imitations of stoclrs having a speculative relation to other of said `stocks whereby a player may speculatively consider such transaction-indieations as are related to those in which he is playing; and cover means for the strip for exposing to view at one time only a predetermined portion of the strip.

3. A game comprising a strip of fabric having prepared thereon in predetermined succession a plurality of transaction-indications in imitation bf stock quotations ofV each of aplurality of stocks or imitations of stocks; said transaction-indicat-ions each comprising indicia identifying the stock and indicia representing, forthe purposes of the game, a market price of the stoel; identilied; said transaction-indications of each stock being interspersed with transactionindications of the other stock; certain of said stocks or imitations of stocks having ay speculative relation to other of said stocks whereby a player may speculatively consider such transaction-indications as are re-` lated to those in which he is playing; and indicia on said strip representing news items having a speculative relation with certain other stoclrs covered by said stock transaction-indioations. y

t. A game comprising a strip of fabric having` prepared thereon inV predetermined succession a plurality of transaction-indications in imitation of stock quotations of each of a plurality of stocirs or imitations of stocks; said transaction-indications each comprising indicia identifying the stock and indicia representing, for the purposes of the game, a market price of the stock identilied; said transaction-indications of each stock being interspersed with transactionindication" of the other stock; certain of said stocks or imitations of stocks having a speculative relation to other of said stocks whereby a player may speculatively consider such transaction-indications as are related to those in which he is playing; indicia on said strip representing newi tems having a speculative relation with certain other stoclrs covered by. said stock transaction-indications; and cover s forthe strip for exposingv to view one ie only predetermined portion of the st p.

Signed at New York, in the county of hlew York, and State .of New York, this 30th dav of March, i926. Y

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