US644209A - Game. - Google Patents

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(Application led Oct. 2, 1899.)

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SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters :Patent NO. 644,209, dated February 27, 1900. Application filed October 2,1899. Serial No.' 732,294. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD T. B. MUR- PHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Haven, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain Improvement in Games, of Which the following is a specification.

My invention is for a new and amusing game which I prefer to call Can you capture the Filipinos, and it consists of a suitable box having a spring-balanced table or surface With depressions formed therein for the reception of balls, and holes also formed therein for the reception of images of soldiers.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail,referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a game-box made in accordance with my improvement; Fig. 2, a section thereof, showing the means of balancing the table and showing the sol' diers in position; and Fig. 3,an enlarged view of one of the soldier images.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents a rectangular box,which may be made of pasteboard or other suitable material and having its top open, as indicated at B. A table C is supported'by the spring D, so as to be normally balanced when the box is held in horizontal position, and the spring should be of such a tension as to cause the table to easily tip in any direction should a slight inequality of Weight be placed upon any portion of its surface other than the exact center. The table has a series of depressions E formed in its upper surface for the reception and retention of the balls F, here shown as five in number, one being placed at the center. The table also has formed therein the holes G for the insertion of the pegs II, one of Which projects downward from the base I of each of the images J, sothat when these images are to be placed into position the pegs are placed Within the holes, which Will prevent the images from falling from the table.

The object of the game is to place the ive balls in position While holdin-g the game-box in one hand, and then one by one place the images upon the table Without causing the balls to roll from the depressions, and, as is obvious, this will require nearly an equal amount of skill and patience for accomplishment, thus training the eye and steadying the nerve, and thereby benefiting the manipulator.

My improved game Will aiford endless amusement for both young and old and will serve as an educational device.

The cost of manufacture of such a game is comparatively small and may be made exceedingly attractive by being properly colored, figured, or printed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. A. game consisting of a rectangular box having an open top, a spring secured to the bottom of the box, a table supported in a horizontal position on the upper end of the spring, said table having depressions for the reception of balls and apertures by which figures are held against accidental displacement, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, agame consisting of a rectangular box having an open top, a spring secured `Nithin the box, a table mounted upon the spring, a series of balls adapted Ato be placed in depressions formed upon the table, and a series of images also adapted to be secured upon the table, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

4 EDWARD T. B.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. FAY, GEORGE E. CARTIER.

MURPHY.

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