Extended skating rink and method of play thereon
OwnerLycurgus Barnhill Wardinventor
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Abstract
A roller skating rink for players to play a skating game utilizes one or more game implements. A skating track includes a peripheral edge and a center area. The roller skating rink includes a concave peripheral wall that encloses the skating track and has a lower end and an upper end that are substantially vertically aligned. The concave peripheral wall may include one or more doorways through which the players and the game implements may traverse. One or more propelling devices are each adapted to propel one of the game implements into the roller skating rink. One or more scoring receptacles are situated for receiving one or more of the game implements therein proximate the upper end of the concave peripheral wall. A method of game play is further disclosed.
Claims4
A method of playing a skating game with players utilizing one or more game implements, the method comprising the steps:
- providing a roller skating rink comprising:
- a skating track having a peripheral edge and adapted for supporting the players and the game implements thereon;
- a concave peripheral wall enclosing the skating track and having a lower end and an upper end, the lower end extending from the peripheral edge of the skating track, the lower end and the upper end being substantially vertically aligned;
- the concave peripheral wall including one or more doorways to allow the players movement between the skating track and a doorway platform;
- the concave peripheral wall including one or more scoring receptacles situated for receiving a plurality of the game implements therein proximate the upper end thereof, the skating track formed in a loop that circumscribes a center area, the center area being out of bounds during game play;
- players skating on the skating track attempting to direct one of the game implements into one of the scoring receptacles to score;
- the players achieving a predetermined score first winning the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.