US1780878A - Tally - Google Patents

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Nov. 4, 1930. c. HARRIS 1,78Q,87

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7 I r Z6 Z6 Z7 2 INVENTORE Clara Cflarm's ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES CLARA C. .HARRIS,

F sABINA, OHIO TALLY' Application filed April-13,

This invention relates to tallies, to be used during the playing of any kind of game that may be conducted in a progressive manner,

and for the purpose of guiding the progress of the entire series of games to be played at a tournament or afiair.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tally which is suitable for a tournament involving a certain number of tables around which, as in auction bridge, a definite number of players are to be positioned.

Another object of the invention is the provision of tallies which may be arranged in combined sets each of which is suitable for a p 5 tournament involving either of two different number of tables.

A further object of the invention is the provision of tallies'each of which has displayed thereupon a plurality of identifying and designating symbols, characters, names, or signs properly arranged and grouped to provide quickly and easily understood in structions suitable for guiding the progress of a participant through the entire series'of games to be played.

provide tallies of a proper number tosupply each person participating with one of the.

same, every person being guided by his tally so that he will play but one game with each of theother persons participating and will not remain at a-table for more than one suc- I cessive game, thereby permitting every person to reachevery table onceduring the play. Other objects and advantages of the inven tion will be apparent during the course of the following description: 7 In the accompanying drawing forming a numerals are employed to designate like A still further object of the invention is to part of this specification and in which like 1928. Serial No. 269,741.

tallies illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 respectively.

In the drawing, whereinfor the'purpose of illustration are shown preferred embodiments of thislnvention, the numeral15, 1n 5:

Fig. '1, is employed to designate in its entirety one tally of what will be termed a single set of tallies. This tally consists of a card which may be 'folded'if desired along the line 16 to'form the portions 15 and 15 The'portion 15 has displayed thereon a series of lines 17 which are desig-Q nated by the diiierentidentification characters 18. These lines 17 are intended to receive the scores made during the difierent games ofa tournament,there being preferably ten games played during the tournament and the games are identified one from the other by the characters 18. The portion 15 further is provided with a tally identification character 19 which is assumed by the holder of the tally to distinguish him from other participants. Suitable lines 20 may be provided on the portion 15 for re ceiving the name of the holder of the tally and any other information desired. 8 s

The remaining portion 15 of the tally has arranged thereupon, in any desired manner or order, a series or group of similarly and characteristically defined or outlined spaces 21. In this particular showing of applicants invention, the spaces are outlined by triangles. Each triangle may be divided into two parts by a line 22. In one of these parts, each spaceis provided with a char acter 23 which is similar to one of the char acters 18 employed for identifying the score receiving lines 17 The identification cha-' acter 23 appearing a. space 21 therefore discloses that this space relates to or is in some way dependent upon the score line 1'? bearing the same identification character. The same portion of a space 21 which bears, the character 23 also bears table designating in-dicia 2 1. In the remaining portion of a space 21, instructions are displayed suitable for guiding the holder of a particular card to a particular partnerfor the particular game designatedin thespace, such instruction be-V ing designated by theireference character 25.

In playing gamesysuch as auction bridge, in a progressiveinanner, it is usually customary for the hostess to provide each participant With a tally or score and guide card so that the various guests Will be properly I I scattered or distributed at the various tables j and with the various playersthroughout the entire tournament" or affair; To add to the pleasure of the game, as Well as to arrive at a fair total of score for each participant, it

is very desirable to progressively guide the various players during the tournament so that-eachperson willnot' play as a partner with any other player more than one game during the affair and sothateach person Will not reinainat a table for more than one? successive game thereby permitting every personto reach every table at least once.

'l Viththese ideas in mind, it is necessary for each participant tobe provided with a tally which; will identify the holder from;

. the remaining participants and which will uide the said holder to the proper ta'bles and partners during th e affair. For a tournaidentificationcharacters 1- to"QL'irespeQtive f 1y; The tally'displayed in Fig. 1 bears the a "by the numeral 19.. particular tally, therefore, is held by 'afplaye'r who willbe identified as number 11 during the entire V g the identification character Af He will be inent involving six tables at Which auction bridge isto beplayed, it is necessary to pro:

videtwenty-four tallies which will bear the identification character 11 and is designated tournga n'e nt. The holderof this'card 11,

p'riorfto the start of the first ame which is designated by the character at the'spaces designated'by the reference.

character 'Ql'until he finds the space bearing advised by the instructions appearing in this space that heis topla'y game (A) at table 3 I with tl ie partyholding 'tallyfnumber' 6 as his partner, The holderof tall'y'number 11 will proceedin the same manner to determi'ne the table at which he willplay each of 'the successive fgaines B, C, and D, etc. and

with whom he .will play these games as a. "partner i It is to be understood that this tally 'nu'm 5 ber 11 prepared for a six-table tournament merely illustrates one embodiment of a pli cants invention-and-it is to beiunderstood that by providing a different-number of talaliesandbydisplaying in the spaces 21 suit V able instructions, sets of tallies may be pro- .duc'ed for "tournaments involving any num-,

ber of tables. i

, i It often happens' that'a hostess inpreparfor a party will invite a proper number or" guests tomak'e'up a.tournanient involving a definite number of tables, forcinstance,

eightjtables; Such a'host'ess, therefore,'would procure a set of tallies which wouldcontain. thirty-two individual :cards. If, however; 5 some of herguestsvvere unable to attend the this folded 'position theportion j 26 'fhas i Willglance' party and she were only able to make up seven tables, her set of tallies prepared' for eight tables would be inadequate to take care other guests. For the purpose of OVOI'COIIl- .ing this disadvantage, applicant has devised what will be-term'ed a combineds'et of tallies amejnt'involvingeither of two different number oftablesg c 7 i In FigsQ to 5, inclusive, there'is illustrated' 1a;, tally; designated by the reference character 26 which happens to be-tallynum- ,which will be suitable" for'use as a tournberIlO of a combined set'suitab'le for atournament involving either eight or seventables. In Figs. 2*and 4g the ita-llyis arranged so that its portions 26%; and 26F are jointly visible.

, A portion- 26 is "folded iipon" th line so,

that it will lie against therearface "of'thei po'rti'on'26 To retain *the portion" 26 in stamped or struck therefrom a tongue28 under which the freeedge o fthefportionflti is tucked or positioned. v V p I In Figs. Sand 5 ',"the"portion 26 is folded} on the line 'sothat it overlies thefront c ftharo ti 61- i. The t n u again brought into use to retain the portion 26" in thisselected'position.' V

picted thereupon the.f saine'yinformation' as displayed 1 the p" twn 1550f thetally i shown inFig. 1 namely, the tally identifica The iron 'fa'c'e oftheportiongti has de'i- 1 tion character 19, the score receivingililies 17, t e fuse identifying charact r 1s*a ;ri1d= the information receivingflines 20; It isww believed unneces-saryfto devote any further time to description. of these features of the tally." In Fig.2 and 4, the frontifa'ceof the tally, portion 26 is displayedandthis face bears a "series 6f character'stically and 'siinicharacteri'ziiig or definingline is in the form of a circle. j'These paces Ql a'r'e identified one from the other by characters 23 "which are similar to the characters '1 8''emp1olyed" for identifying the "various score receiving'flines 17 5f As described in fconnection' the L tally 1'5 illustrated-fin Fig.1, these identifica tionl characters "QB associate the va'riou's the portion, 2 6f -;has displayed; thereonsgame, table; and partner designating instructions which appearin the series of characteristical} ly 0'1 similarly defined .orfoutlined spaces the instructions appearing in the similar game identified spaces on the portion 26 and are suitable for guiding the holder of the tally through the successive games of a tournament involving a difierent number of tables than the number of tables taken care of by the instructions appearing on the portion 26.

It so happens that the tally illustrated inbined set of tallies capable of being used in a tournament involving either of any two' different number of tab It will be noted that the spaces 21 in the tally illustrated in Fig. l-are defined or outlined by triangles and that the spaces 2i appearing on the portions of the tally shown in Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, are outlined or defined by circles. It also will be noted that the triangular spaces in Fig. 1 are staggered with respect to each other and that the circularly defined spaces in Figs. 2 and 8 are arranged in orderly columns. These variations in shape and arrangement are intended to show that I do not desire to be limited to any particular outline'or arrangement as many variations in this respect may be carried out without departing from the spirit of the invention. I also wish to note that I do not desire to be limited to any particular manner in which the instructions are displayed in the outlined or defined spaces. The arrangement shown in the figures merely is intended to illustrate what has been found to be very satisfactory. Should it be found desirable to prepare a set of tallies which would be suitable for use in a tournament involving any one of three different numbers of tables, it merely would be necessary to add one more portion such as those designated by the characters 26 and 26. It is believed that such a modification or change would fall within the spirit of the invention illustrated in Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, and no further illustration need be provided to show the concept of such a variation. Having thus described the invention, I claim: 7 1. A tally for games played progressively at a tournament involving either of two different number of tables, said tally being formed of a plurality of foldably connected sections, one of said sections having printed on one face thereof a score field, the two remaining sections each having printed on one of its faces a series of guiding instructions,-

one of the two remaining sections having its series of guiding instructions displayed on the face thereof opposite to the display face of the other remaining section so that the first mentioned remaining section may be folded against the back face or against the front face of the second mentioned remaining section to leave exposed only one of the series of guiding instructions and to conceal the other series and means for holding the first mentioned remaining section in either of its operative posi tions.

2. A tally card for games played progressively at a tournament involving one of several different number of tables, said tally comprising a multi-part card the said parts bearing printed matter representing respectively a score field and groups of instructions differing one from the other, the groups of instructions being arranged on pivotally connected parts of the tally and movable into superimposedrelation with respect to each other so that only one of said groups of instructions will be visible with the score field, and means for securing the parts in superimposed relation.

3. A tally card comprising a plurality of similarly shaped, foldably connected parts,

and means carried by one of said parts for engaging an edge of an adjacent part for hold-' ing the last mentioned part folded against either the front or rear face of the first mentioned part, the two parts held'together by said means being free to move as a unit with respect to the remaining part while the card is in use.

A tally card comprising a plurality of similarly shaped, foldably connected parts, and a hinged tab located substantially at the fold line between two of said parts for holding a third part folded against either of the faces of one of the said two parts, the parts held together by said tab being free to move as a unit with respect to the remaining part when 7 the card is in use.

CLARA C. HARRIS.

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