US715795A - Game-piece. - Google Patents

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N0. 7|5,795. Patented Dec. I6, I902.

H.-L. HASKELL. GAME PIECE.

{Application filed Dec. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WitQQSSQSI I l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY. L. HASKELL, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO- LUDINGTON NOVELTY COMPANY, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN.

GAM E-PIEC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 71 5,795, dated December 16, 1 902. Application filed December 29, 1900. Serial No. 41,484. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HASKELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Ludington, in the county of Mason and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Pieces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in game-pieces used in playing the game which I call caroms, the essential features of which appear in my Patent No. 602,179, issued April 12, 1898.

It has been found that rings made of wood or similar material, such as rubber or hard fiber, possess greater resiliency than the solid disks, and as it is desirable to preserve the flat surface for the purpose of receiving numbers, characters, or other marks which it is found desirable to employ on the said gamepieces and to give the said game-pieces a finished appearance I have devised an improved game-piece which. secures all the advantages of a ring and which hasa more finished appearance than the disk, is much lighter, and is capable of receiving the markings desired and at the same time is exceedingly cheap and easy to manufacture.

The objects of my invention appear largely from the above statements and will appear more specifically from the detailed description to follow.

I'accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in specification. v

The invention is clearly defined, and pointed out in the claim.

A structure embodying the features of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a complete game-piece. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ring or body portion of such game-piece with its disk removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse this sectional view of the structure appearing in Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views of modifications of the structure of Fig. 3. v

In the drawings similarletters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, Ais airing constituting the body portion of the game-piece, which is bored out at E. Shoulders are formed, as at O. A disk B, of celluloid, cardboard, or other suitable material, is inserted into the ring against the shoulder C. The adjacent wood is then crimped down, as at B, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) and retains the disk securely in position. This result could be accomplished, though not in such a satisfactory and expeditious manner, by cutting a slight groove 1) and crowding the disk B up until it engages the same, as appears in Fig. 4.

The disk (indicated by the reference-letter B in Fig. 5) could be retained in the boreE by making it a very tight fit, so that the edges of the same would be somewhat crimped. This is satisfactorily done where the disk is of pasteboard, as it crimps very readily for the purpose. I have thus indicated how this device may be modified.

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

In a game-piece the combination of the ring A of wood or suitable material provided with an internal shoulder; a disk B fitted against the shoulder and retained in position by crimping the wood down to overlap its edges.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. HASKELL. [L. s.] Witnesses:

D. W. TANNER, H. O. HUTTON.

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