Tucker's Tiddlywinks Bibliography

Patents

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The international patent classification for tiddlywinks would be A63b 71/04 (or 02).

Tiddlywinks Patents-United Kingdom

Note that early UK patent numbers started anew each year, and the numbers are associated with the year of first application, not with the year of registration. Filing dates are usually those of the provisional specifications.

Number	EC Classification	Filed	Registered	By	For
16,215		8 Nov 1888	19 Oct 1889	<pc> Joseph Assheton Fincher	"A New and Improved Game"
9,387		6 Jun 1889	22 Mar 1890	<c> George Scott	Golf (US also)
9,882		17 Jun 1889	35 Jan 1890	<c> Edward F. Maitland	Obstacles
5,650		15 Apr 1890	17 May 1890	<c> Mascie Taylor	Courts
13,768		2 Sep 1890	30 May 1891	<c> John F. Peasgood	Bagatelle
6327		1 Apr 1892	7 May 1892	William Cameron	Tree-shaped targets
22,663		25 Nov 1893	12 May 1894	James Henry Hannay	Golf
5,866		21 Mar 1894	15 Sep 1894	Harry O. Roberts	"Salomo"
6,943		7 Apr 1894	12 May 1894	Walter Kershaw, John B. Brierly	Spelling targets
1,724		* 24 Jan 1896	-	Nicholls (full dates not known)	Square board table
25,035		28 Oct 1897	15 Oct 1898	Charles E. Forbes	"Klondyke", mining for ore
9,882		1899			Graduated slanting target, X-shaped wink
10,760		23 May 1899	9 Sep 1899	John Alfred Rivington	Naval or land battle
326		* 5 Jan 1900	-	Evans (full dates not known)	Circular board
3,345		17 Feb 1905	30 Mar 1905	Morland Micholl Dessau	Disc with spring, hinge, etc.
513		8 Jan 1906	31 May 1906	Zdenko Krulis	Football
25,720		9 Nov 1906	9 May 1907	William Clinch Poole	Circular target
188,203		7 Nov 1921	9 Nov 1922	Ezra Badger	Billiards
230,255		28 Feb 1924	12 Mar 1925	Frank A. Stephens	Snooker pool ("potted")
22857/35		~ 1935-1936		Ernest Sewell	Tiddly Tennis
510,581 (31255/38)		28 Oct 1938	3 Aug 1939	Albert John Ratley Wadman
573,638 (2090/43)		14 Dec 1943	29 Nov 1945	Charles Frederick Tydeman	?
682,152		24 Aug 1951	5 Nov 1952	Marcus van Pelt	Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Playing Table Games
829,536	A63F5/04	27 Aug 1958	2 Mar 1960	Leendert J. A. den Drijver	Magnetic disc and roulette
1,077,712 (37882/62)		5 Nov 1962	2 Aug 1967	Robert Colin Harvey Webb	War simulation
1,249,216 (10797/69)		28 Feb 1969	13 Oct 1971	Gillian Elizabeth Knight	Frog discs
1,334,524		16 Jan 1971	-?-	<s> James M. Park	Golf (US also) (class A6 H6 F6)
1,399,019 (53793/72)	A63F3/00D	21 Nov 1972	25 Jun 1975	Philip Frederick Woodman	Flags and prisoner (class A6 H6 C1)
GB2,218,005				Rupert Stuart Harold Fallows	Tiddlywink table game

Fincher's non-Tiddlywinks Patents (UK)

Number	Filed	Registered	By	For
3,238	28 Feb 1890	9 Aug 1890	<c> Joseph Assheton Fincher	Sleeve links
14,931	19 Jun 1897	- never -	Joseph Assheton Fincher	Candlesticks

Tiddlywinks Patents-United States

Current US classification:

Class 273 AMUSEMENT DEVICES, GAMES
subclass 317 AERIAL PROJECTILE, TARGET THEREFOR, OR ACCESSORY
subclass 348 . Target
subclass 353 .. Tiddlywink game

Before 19 Feb 1980, the following unofficial subclass was used:

subclass 95E Aerial Projectile, "Tiddly-Wink"

Note that each US patent number given below was awarded upon the patent's registration. OG page is the page in the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, in which a brief summary of patent claims is printed.

Number (& link to PDF)	Current Subclass	Filed	Registered	Official Gazette Page	By	For
432,170	87.2	20 Dec 1889	15 Jul 1890	362	George Scott	Golf (UK also)
441,099	353	12 Aug 1890	18 Nov 1890	1079	Charles N. Hoyt	Concentric ring target
442,438	85R	22 Sep 1890	9 Dec 1890	1514	Edward I. Horsman Jr.	Parlor-tennis
453,480	353	23 Oct 1890	2 Jun 1891	1239	Charles N. Hoyt	Hoop target
464,098	337	5 Feb 1891	1 Dec 1891	1163	Dock D. Harr	Circular target
477,287	353	27 May 1891	21 Jun 1892	1798-9	Charles Zimmerling	Large target, cups & hoops
611,915	337	28 Oct 1897	4 Oct 1898	110	Johannes Klauder	"Ring game"
710,565	87.2	7 Jan 1902	7 Oct 1902	66	Harry T. Coldwell	Golf
711,979	87.2	11 Feb 1902	28 Oct 1902	689	Arthur F. Knight	Golf
1,016,583	353	6 Jun 1911	6 Feb 1912	121	Norman C. Shatzer	Animal square targets
1,114,608	353	20 Jan 1914	20 Oct 1914	851	John W. Hanley	Spider-web board target
1,125,076	353	6 Apr 1914	19 Jan 1915	738	Frederick E. Dorr	Discs with friction pads
1,213,562	409	13 Jul 1916	23 Jan 1917	1202-3	John A. Walls	Naval war game
1,217,908	126R	21 Feb 1914	6 Mar 1917	8	Charles B. Brewer, Harvey E. Haines	Baseball
1,276,015		10 Mar 1916	20 Aug 1918		Charles H. Belknap	Tennis
1,280,082	94	7 Dec 1916	24 Sep 1918	830	Leonard F. Pierson	Soccer
1,316,748	318	15 Feb 1919	23 Sep 1919	492	Hans Skreberg	Blocks
1,520,082	343	16 Oct 1923	23 Dec 1924	875	William R. Purnell	"Radio game"
1,523,686	85R	20 Jun 1923	20 Jan 1925	602	James G. Davies	Basketball
1,525,167	337	9 Oct 1923	3 Feb 1925	169	Clarence A. Comstock	Horseshoes
1,533,417	?	16 Aug 1921	14 Apr 1925	403	Frank J. Holland	Indoor golf
1,539,357	424	11 Jul 1923	26 May 1925	942	George H. Johnson	"Ballot-Box Game"
1,548,291	87.2	9 Oct 1922	4 Aug 1925	109	Henry Van Arsdale Jr.	Golf
1,548,507	88	16 Apr 1923	4 Aug 1925	153	Chester W. Brown	Baseball
1,564,863	409	6 Nov 1924	8 Dec 1925	472	George W. Laing	Court-type game
1,619,279	85R	17 Sep 1926	1 Mar 1927	136	Ervin G. Wagner	Basketball
1,663,404	94	28 Jan 1927	20 Mar 1928	677	Sidney G. Hands	Football
1,680,356	94	30 Dec 1927	14 Aug 1928	370	Morris E. Yaraus	Football (convex/concave)
1,693,277	94	5 Mar 1928	27 Nov 1928	953	Alfred Hustwick	"Football game"
1,712,073	85R	5 Mar 1926	7 May 1929	201	Charles Fowler	Basketball
1,864,500	87.2	13 May 1930	21 Jun 1932	819	Elizabeth & Louis Livingston	Golf
2,027,244		5 Oct 1933	7 Jan 1936		Albert S. Moorman	Ball rolling game; tiddledy winks to putt out
2,069,487	85R	9 Mar 1935	2 Feb 1937	108	Charles K. Van Riper	Tennis
2,147,502	424	11 Sep 1937	14 Feb 1939	487	Edward S. Savage	Cross-shaped piece
2,183,107	?	11 Sep 1937 & 5 Jan 1939	12 Dec 1939	410	Edward S. Savage	Succ. receptacle targets
2,235,933	353	25 Sep 1939	25 Mar 1941	884	Aarne Laine	End-post target
2,261,448	85R	22 Nov 1939	4 Nov 1941	119-20	Hans B. Petersen	Basketball
2,343,506	317	3 Apr 1942	7 Mar 1944	101	Howard M. Hay	Basketball
2,509,634	87.2	27 Nov 1948	30 May 1950	1528	Vincent A. Freeman	Golf
2,611,615	85R	27 Sep 1949	23 Sep 1952	1113	Walter J. Watson & Walter J. Watson Jr.	Basketball
3,120,958		10 Jan 1962	11 Feb 1964		Marvin I. Glass & Burton C. Meyer	Stick propelling missile into receptacle
3,429,572	?	11 Oct 1965	25 Feb 1969	1175	Robert B. Mars	"Education game"
3,612,528		28 Mar 1969	12 Oct 1971		Marvin I. Glass & Jeffrey D. Breslow	"Deformable Projectile and Target Having a Variable Opening"
3,697,072	87H	29 Jun 1971	10 Oct 1972	534	James M. Park	Golf (UK also)
3,705,724	400	20 Feb 1970	12 Dec 1972	338	Alfred C. Einstein	Target
3,881,728	353	13 May 1974	6 May 1975	191-2	Emerson K. Martyn	"Mathematical Tiddly-Wink Apparatus"
4,030,760	353	23 Dec 1975	21 Jun 1977	1151	Edwin K. Danowski	Target
4,052,064	85R	26 Jun 1974+	4 Oct 1977	181	John T. Kennoy	Basketball
4,060,245	85R	27 Jul 1976	29 Nov 1977	1510	Enrique G. Duch	Soccer (Guatemala also)
4,085,933		27 Dec 1976	25 Apr 1978		David W. Currie	"Spring-Hook Device for Scoring in a Target-Type Game"
4,167,267	353	22 Dec 1975	11 Sep 1979	339	Anibal Romero, George Spector	Hockey
4,244,584		4 Sep 1979	13 Jan 1981		George Viveiros	"Flippable Game Piece Target"
4,337,949		21 Jan 1981	6 Jul 1982		Michael J. Ferris	"Playing Piece Propelling Game Device" (cites tiddledy winks)
4,357,017		30 Jul 1980	2 Nov 1982		Herman E. Schneider & Daniel A. Stein	Auto racing game
4,423,877		20 Sep 1982	3 Jan 1984		Don W. Cook
5,328,188		11 May 1993	12 Jul 1994		Gregory R. Brotz	"Magnetic Game Board"
5,403,016		20 Oct 1993	4 Apr 1995		Kenneth M. Kudo	Chip flipping game
5,516,114		28 Feb 1995	14 May 1996		Spencer Michlin, Mark A. Celeste, Mark Domiteaux	"Jumpertops Clipper Disk Game Piece and Game"

Tiddlywinks Citations in Other Patents-United States

The patents listed in this section include those for games similar to tiddlywinks, e.g. catapult games using discs, and those that are not for games but use the term "tiddlywinks" to describe an effect or action.

Number (& link to PDF)	Current Subclass	Filed	Registered	Official Gazette Page	By	For
487,447		31 May 1892	6 Dec 1892		Edwin P. McLane	Game Board with corner catapults
2,424,016		13 Jan 1944	15 Jul 1947		Hugh B. Potts	"Game Piece Projector (catapult game using discs; mentions tiddly-winks)
3,460,188		26 Apr 1966	12 Aug 1969		Wilton E. Boyd	"Vacuum Cleaner" (reference to dirt being flipped up in a tiddlywinks action, but is not a tiddlywinks game)
4,109,914		23 Jun 1976	29 Aug 1978		Takeo Matsumoto	"Game Structure Involving a Revolving Target" (mentions tiddly winks but is a catapult-style game rather than a tiddlywinks-style game)
4,309,034		14 Jan 1980	5 Jan 1982		Takeo Matsumoto	"Competitive Game Moving Objects Through Adjacent Depressions in an Inclined Surface" (mentions tiddly winks but is not considered a tiddlywinks-style game)
4,838,452		27 Nov 1987	13 Jun 1989		Daniel A. Hamilton, James R. Spowart, and Richard Porterfield	"Shutter System for Electrical Component Supply Tape Feeders" (not a tiddlywinks game; mentions the "tiddlywink" effect where a component pops up)
5,133,750		11 Feb 1991	28 Jul 1992		Akira Momose & Adam A. Taff	"Synthetic sapphire intraocular lens" (mentions eliminating the tiddlywinks effect)
5,423,552		19 Jan 1994	13 Jun 1995		Patrick J. English	"Token Bouncing Game" (cites tiddlywinks; similar to tiddlywinks but bounces winks instead of using a shooting device)
5,842,579		16 Nov 1995	1 Dec 1998		Douglas Garcia et al.	"Electrical Circuit Component Handler" (not a tiddlywinks game; mentions that components can pop out due to the "tiddlywink" effect)
6,926,629		3 Nov 2003	9 Aug 2005		Martin L. Dehen	"Attachment for blade of hockey stick" (mentions that leading edge of stick can press on an object to flip it as in tiddly winks; not a tiddlywinks-style game)
6,032,320		31 Mar 1998	7 Mar 2000		Larry J. McComber & Jack D. Murders	Trowel (mentions that particles jump in the same way as tiddlywinks, but is not a tiddlywinks game)

Tiddlywinks Design Patents-United States

Number (& link to PDF)	Current Subclass	Filed	Issued	Official Gazette Page	By	For
D162709		31 Aug 1948	3 Apr 1951		Ruth M. Boyle	Game Board
D192148		23 Jan 1961	30 Jan 1962		David A. Brodie	Tiddlywinks-Type Game Board

Tiddlywinks Patents—Other Countries

Country	Classification	Patent No.	Filed [Applied]	Registered	By	For
Austria		90013	15 Sep 1920	15 Mar 1922 (25 Nov 1922)
Canada		453,603				(Cited in US patent 5,423,552)
Europe		EP0076132 (82305085-1)		27 Sep 1982	Hans Ulrich (Germany)	Two discs connected via plastic rod
Europe	A63F 7/00	EP0766980A1	1995-10-03	1997-04-09	Brightmore, James Graham;	"Apparatus for playing a board game"; simulates snooker and pool using tiddlywinks
France		719,323	1 Jul 1931	4 Feb 1932	F. Klauber, nee Eleanor Freund	(Filed US 21 Jul 1930)
France		1,443,604	20 Feb 1965	21 Feb 1966	Roger Charpentier	Hat-shaped discs
France		2,489,161	29 Aug 1980	5 Mar 1982	Gilbert Glassman
Guatemala		37842	[28 Jul 1975]		Enrique G. Duch	Soccer (US Patent # 4,060,245)
Japan	IPC: G09B1/36; G09B1/38	JP2003091227		28 Mar 2003	Nagahashi Akira, inventor SEIBUNSHIYA:KK, Applicant
Netherlands		?	1957	1959	Leendert Den Drijver	Magnetic discs (UK Patent # 829,536)
Switzerland		97773 (or 87773)	1 Jun 1921	12 Mar 1925	Karl Rempel
WIPO	G09B 1/06	WO 02/069303 A2	27 Feb 2002	6 Sep 2002	Lydia Kruger (country: ZA)	"An Activity Book" including tiddlywinks

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