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US 11,400,354 B2Granted
Portable outdoor game
AssigneeNewport Innovations L.L.C.
InventorsCraig Lee Allen, Denice Allen
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Abstract
A portable outdoor game that may include a ramp, a target, and one or more projectiles. The ramp may include an elongated runner and an elevation structure. The elevation structure may be positioned at one end of the runner and lift that end of the runner from a playing surface, creating an angled incline in the runner relative to the playing surface. Projectiles may roll or slide across the runner in the direction of the elevation structure. The projectiles may become airborne after traveling over the elevation structure and land within or near the target.
Claims20
A portable outdoor game comprising:
- a ramp including:
- an elevation structure having one or more legs and a cross member, wherein one end of the one or more legs is configured to rest on an underlying playing surface and an opposite end of the one or more legs is attached to the cross member,
- a flexible runner having a first end and a second end, the first end having one or more grommets through which one or more stakes may be inserted securing the runner to the underlying playing surface and the second end being secured to the cross member, and
- one or more anchor lines attached to the elevation structure at one end and configured to be secured to the underlying playing surface at the other end, wherein the elevation structure is configured to be held in an upright position on the one or more legs by the runner on one side and the one or more anchor lines on an opposite side,
- wherein the ramp is configured to allow one or more projectiles to travel across the runner from the first end of the runner to the second end of the runner and become airborne after traveling off of the second end of the runner;
- a target configured to rest on the playing surface, wherein the target defines an enclosed area and lacks any connection to the ramp;
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- one or more projectiles that are configured to travel across the runner from the first end of the runner to the second end of the runner and become airborne after traveling off of the second end of the runner toward the area defined by the target.
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A ramp configured to be used in a portable outdoor game, the ramp comprising:
- an elevation structure including a first leg, a second leg, and a cross member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the cross member is attached to the first leg and the second end of the cross member is attached to the second leg;
- an elongated runner having a first end and a second end, the first end of the elongated runner having one or more grommets through which one or more stakes may be inserted securing the runner to an underlying playing surface and the second end of the elongated runner being secured to the cross member;
- a cushion member positioned below the runner near the second end of the runner, wherein a first portion of the cushion member is positioned between the runner and the cross member and a second portion of the cushion member extends below a portion but not the entire length of the runner and away from the cross member;
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- one or more anchor lines attached to the elevation structure at one end and configured to be secured to the underlying playing surface at the other end, wherein the elevation structure is configured to be held in an upright position on the first and second legs by the runner on one side and the one or more anchor lines on an opposite side,
- wherein the ramp is configured to allow one or more projectiles to travel across the runner from the first end of the runner to the second end of the runner and become airborne after traveling off of the second end of the runner.
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A portable outdoor game comprising:
- a ramp including:
- an elevation structure including a first leg, a second leg, and a cross member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the cross member is attached to the first leg and the second end of the cross member is attached to the second leg, wherein the first and second legs are attached to the cross member in a manner that allows the first and second legs to be reoriented relative to the cross member,
- an elongated runner having a first end and a second end, the first end of the elongated runner having one or more grommets through which one or more stakes may be inserted securing the runner to an underlying playing surface and the second end of the elongated runner being secured to the cross member, and
- one or more anchor lines attached to the elevation structure at one end and configured to be secured to the underlying playing surface at the other end, wherein the elevation structure is configured to be held in an upright position on the first and second legs by the runner on one side and the one or more anchor lines on an opposite side,
- wherein the ramp is configured to allow one or more projectiles to travel across the runner from the first end of the runner to the second end of the runner and become airborne after traveling off of the second end of the runner;
- a target configured to rest directly on the playing surface, wherein the target defines an enclosed area and lacks any connection to the ramp;
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- one or more projectiles that are configured to travel across the runner from the first end of the runner to the second end of the runner and become airborne after traveling off of the second end of the runner toward the area defined by the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.