US2359253A

US2359253A - Baseball score card

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Publication number: US2359253A
Application number: US440036A
Authority: US
Inventors: Silano Peter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-04-22
Filing date: 1942-04-22
Publication date: 1944-09-26
Anticipated expiration: 1961-09-26

Description

Sept. 26, 1944. I $|LANQ 2,359,253

BASEBALL SCORE CARD Filed April 22, 1942 2 SheetsSheet l STRIKES VISITI TEAM HOME TEAM EL M K 93 3. 5 Qfii'fiii 3 VISITORS HOM E T INVENTOR. PETER S/LANO BY I ATTORNEY P 1944. P. SIILANO 2,359,253

BASEBALL SCORE CARD Filed April 22, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .(D @4512). Z o 134, 174 14a l) @lgib',

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ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 26, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BASEBALL SCORE CARD Peter Silano, New York, N. Y.

Application April 22, 1942, Serial No. 440,086

1 Claim.

This invention relates to baseball score card. It is particularly directed to a score card which may be used by a spectator at a baseball game or by a person listening to a report of the game on the radio.

An object of this invention is to provide a score card of the character described, having means to indicate the strikes, outs, balls and the bases occupied by runners,

Another object of this invention is to provid a card of the character described, having blanks in which to fill in the usual report of both teams, including the names oi the players, the runs, hits and errors committed by each man.

A further object of this invention is to provide a neat, durable and compact score card of the character described, which shall be easy to manipulate, attractive in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture, and yet practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a score card, embodyin the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig.- 1;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the movable indicator for indicating what bases are occupied by runners;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the movable indicator to indicate the number of outs;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the movable indicator which indicates the number of balls; and Fig. '7 is a top plan view of the movable indicator which shows the number of strikes.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, II] designates a score board embodying the invention. The same comprises a rectangular sheet I I of cardboard or the like material. At the top central portion of the card there is a slit I2 in the shape of an H lying on its side designated by numeral I2.

On both sides of the sheet II and on opposite sides of the slit I2 are H-shaped slits l3 and I4.

The slit I2 forms a pair of horizontal, aligned tongues I2a extending inwardly toward each other. The slit I3 forms a pair of vertically aligned tongues I3a, extending inwardly toward each other, and slit I4 forms a pair of vertically aligned tongues I ia extending inwardly toward each other.

At the central portion of the bottom of the card is an H shaped slit I5 forming a pair of vertically aligned tongues I5a, extending inwardly toward each other. On the central portion of the card, between the upper slits I3 and I4, and the bottom slit I5, is imprinted a score blank I6 which may be of the usual kind, indicating the names of the players in their batting order and the errors, hits and runs for each player. At the bottom of the card, below the slit I5, is a scorer I'I indicating the number of runs for the various innings.

Above the slit I2 is marked the word Outs. Above the slit I3 is marked the word Balls." Above the slit I4 is marked the word trikes," as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The sheet H may furthermore be marked or imprinted with diamonds I2b, I3b and Nb above the slits I2, I3 and I4. Said sheet II may further be marked with a diamond I5b above the slit I5.-

On one side of the diamond I51) are the words Runners on, with an arrow pointing towards the diamond. On the opposite side of the diamond I5b', are the words Man on base, followed by a black diamond, and below these words, are the words Bases empty, followed by the outline of a diamond.

Within the diamond I5b, and below the slit I5, is imprinted or marked the outline of a diamond, designated by numeral 20. The sheet II is furthermore formed with a horizontal slit 2|, disposed above the slit I2 and above the word Outs.

Sheet II is furthermore formed with a vertical slit 23 adjacent the left edge of the card and in horizontal alignment with the slit I3. Said sheet II is furthermore formed with a vertical slit 24 horizontally aligned with the slit M, and Mia cent the right edge of the card or sheet II,

The card or sheet II is furthermore formed with a slit 25d, horizontally aligned with the slit l5, and disposed adjacent the right hand edge of the card or sheet I I.

Slidably mounted on the card is a movable score indicator 25, to indicate the number of cuts. The score indicator 25 comprises an elongated flat sheet of cardboard having a handle 26 at one end which may be in the form of a repreers.

sentation of a baseball. Extending from the handle 25 is a portion 21 of uniform width of somewhat less width than the length of slit 2|. Extending from portion 21 is a tongue 28 narrower than portion 21, and having a width somewhat less than the width of the slit I2.

It will be noted that the tongue 28 is first passed downwardly through the slit 2|, and then through the slit 12, so that the tongues 12a are beneath portion 28. Thus portion 28 passes through the slit l2, whereas, portion 21 passes through the slit 2|. The tongue 28 thus contacts the underside of the sheet H. On tongue 28 are marked four squares 29, containing the numbers zero, 1, 2, 3, in succession. By grasping the handle 26, member 25 may be moved up or down to bring the right number to view above the tongues l2a. By properly manipulating member 25, there may be indicated the number of outs charged against the team at bat.

Slidably mounted on sheet II is an indicator 30 for balls, similar to member 25, and passing from the top side of the sheet to the underside through the slit 23, and having a portion passing through the slits l3, so that the tongues [3a are beneath member 30. Thus member 30 has a handle portion or slit 3|, a wide shank portion 32 and a narrow shank portion 33. The wide shank portion 32 passes through the slit 23, whereas, the narrow shank portion 33 passes through the slit I3. The shank portion 33 is marked with numbers zero, 1, 2, 3 and 4, to indicate the number of balls against the player at bat.

There is also slidably mounted on the card, another indicator 40, substantially similar to member 25, and having a handle 4| at one end, a wide shank portion 42, and a narrow shank portion 43. The wide shank portion 42 passes through slit 24, and the narrow shank portion 43 passes through the slit [4. The narrow shank ortion is marked with the numbers zero, 1, 2 and to indicate the number of strikes against the player at bat.

There is furthermore slidably mounted on the lower end of the card or sheet I I, an indicator 50 to indicate what bases are occupied by the play- Member 50 is likewise made of a sheet of cardboard, and has a head or handle portion a Wide shank 52, and a narrow shank 53. The narrow shank 53 is marked with 8 boxes indicated by

numerals

54, 55, 55, 51, 58, 59, 6D and BI. Each of the boxes is marked with three diamonds, the same being either black diamonds or outlines of diamonds. The black diamonds indicate an occupied base and the outlines of the diamonds indicate empty bases. The three diamonds are arranged in a triangle, there being two spaced diamonds at the bottom of the triangle and one diamond at the apex. The three diamonds in each square indicate first, second and third bases. The positions of the black diamonds and outlines of diamonds are differently arranged in the 8 sections to indicate, in box 54 that third base is occupied; in box 55 that seeand base is occupied; in box 56 that first base is occupied; in box 51 that all three bases are occupied; in box 58 that first and second bases are occupied; in box 59 that first and third bases are occupied; in box 65 that second and third bases are occupied; and in box 6| that all three bases are empty or unoccupied.

Member 50 passes through the slit 25a from fthe upper surface of the card to the undersurface thereof, and shank 53 passes through the slit l5, so that the tongues I5a are disposed therebeneath. By properly manipulating member 50, one of the sections 54 to SI inclusive, may be brought to view above the tongues l5a, to indicate one of the possible conditions with respect to the occupation of first, second and third bases.

It will be noted that the heads or handles of the indicators extend beyond the edges of the card, so that said indicators may be easily moved or reciprocated.

It will be noted that each of the sections 54 to 6! covers substantially the same area as the tongues l5a. Furthermore each of the squares or rectangles of

members

25, 30 and 40 cover substantially the same area as the tongues Ha, I31: and 14a.

It will be noted that the diamond 20 of the sheet ll indicates home plate and forms the bottom apex of a diamond, at the other corners of which are the diamonds, in the sections 54 to 6|.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A baseball score card comprising a rectangular cardboard sheet having its central portion imprinted with scoring blanks for the individual players of a Home and a Visiting team, the upper central portion of the sheet having a pair of horizontal slits and an intermediate vertical slit forming a pair of hinged downwardly swinging wings and an aperture in the card above said wings, an elongated indicia-carrying member, having a wide and narrow shank portion, passing downwardly above said wings against the bottom of the card beneath said aperture to exhibit the indicia through the latter, said member having an operating handle in the representation of a baseball, one upper side portion of said sheet having a pair of vertical slits and an intermediate horizontal slit forming a second pair of downwardly swinging wings and a second aperture in the card above said wings, a second indicia-carrying member, having a wide and narrow shank portion, passing transversely above said last mentioned wings against the bottom of the card beneath said second aperture to exhibit the indicia of the second member therethrough, said second member having an operating handle in the representation of a baseball, a second pper side portion having a set of slits, Wings, aperture, indicia-carrying member and operating handle for the latter all similar to that of said upper side portion, and a lower portion of said sheet having a pair of vertical slits and an intermediate horizontal slit forming wings and an aperture similar to that of one of said upper side portions of the sheet, and a lower long transversely extending indicia-carrying member passing above said last