US1941181A - Card table attachment - Google Patents

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Dc. 26, 1933. K. M. McGlNTY CARD TABLE ATTACHMENT Original Filed April 50, 1931 elongated metal strip 5 i atented Dec. 26, 1933 ea n- {gran gist. Ber.

- P?! TM it i s g p 1,941,181 GARD TABLE ATTACHMENT Katherine hi. MoGinty, Eirmingham, Ala.

Application April 30, 1931, Serial No. 534,036 Renewed June 3, 1933 This invention relates to game accessories,-and pertains particularly to a device designed for use upon a card table.

The primary object 01 the present invention is to provide a novel device for use upon card tables, where the same are used on trains, boats, terraces, porches or any place where there might be interferrence by .the wind, for holding'in place those cards which must be laid upon the table as, for example, the cards played, the cards oi a dummy hand, etc.

Another object of a card holding device adapted'to be detachably engaged with the top of a card table, which is of simple design and which may be readily detached to be moved about from one side of the table to the other.

The invention will be'best, understood. from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of. this specificatiorr'with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. In the drawing: Figure 1 is a View in top plan of a card table showing the device embodying the' present invention applied thereto. V

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line L the numeral 1 indicates a card table to which the present invention is shown applied.

The invention consists of a set of members, one of which might be termed the dummy hand and played card holder, and is indicated by the numeral 2. Other elements of thedevice are indicated by the numeral 3 and are designed to hold other groups of cards on the table such, for example, as the cards removed as tricks taken, while still another element of the set, which is indicated by the numeral 4, is designed to hold an additional pack of cards on the table.

The dummy hand holder 2 comprises an which is of a length to to form a resilient finger 6 the invention is to provide free end of which extends changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient extend the-full width of the card table top. Each or this metal strip is turned back upon itself whichengages the under suriace. of the table top, the resilient fingers at the ends or" the strip 5 engaging the under surface of the table at opposite edges, as shown.

Formed integral with the strip 5 along one longitudinal edge are four relatively long re-' silient strips 7 which are divided into two pairs, as illustrated, and disposed between these strips 2 is a central longer resilient strip 8, the to the center of the Each of the strips 7 is designed to hold one suit of a dummy hand beneath table. the cards of its free end thereof, while the central strip 8 is de iled to hold beneath its free'end the cards i played onto the table. The elements 3 are in the form of relatively short resilient strips, each of which has one end turned back to form a spring finger 9 which engages about one edge of the table top,

as shown in Figure 3. These resilient strips or arms 3 are designed to hold in place on the table the cards or tricks taken by the players. ,80

The element 4 is designed to hold an extra. deck of cards and comprises, as shown in Figure 4, a relatively long body 10 which has the centralportio'n ofiset or raised, as indicated at 11, so. that a deck of cards may be conveniently placed in this raised portion and secured to the table by the turned back finger portion 12 which forms M an integral part of the elongated body 10, as

shown, and which is designed to 'receive and resiliently hold an edge of the table body. From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that by the use of a set or" the character herein described a game of cards may be played out of doors even where a strong breeze is blowing, and no difficulty will be experienced by the players in keeping the cards in place uponthe table.

' Having thus described the invention, whatis claimed is: i

1. in attachment for card tables,'-comprising w an elongated flat strip or material designed to extend transversely of the surface of a card table, means at the ends of said strip of material for engaging opposite edges of the table to removably hold the strip inposition there- .1 0

across, and a plurality. of resilient arms carried by said strip and extending from one side therean elongated flat strip of material designed to extend transversely of the surface of the table, resilient fingers formed integral with the ends of said strip and disposed in spaced parallel relation thereto to frictionally engage over opposite edges of a table, a plurality of flat resilient arms formed integral with said strip and all extending from one side edge thereof, and an arm of greater length than the first mentioned arms carried by and extending from the strip from the same side thereof as the first mentioned arms, each of said arms being designed to hold a card in position on the table surface.

KATHERINE M. MCGINTY.

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