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US 12,179,078 B2Granted
Paddlesmash outdoor game
AssigneeGlacier Games, LLC
InventorJoe Bingham
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Abstract
A paddle ball game includes a court defined by a base with an action surface and a net supported by poles extending upward and outward from the action surface. The game is played with opposing players that strike the ball with a paddle into the court for the other player to hit until one player misses the ball or the ball fails to rebound out of the court.
Claims17
A paddle ball game system comprising:
- a base including an action surface, wherein the base includes openings where poles are received that support a net;
- a net extending upward about a periphery of the action surface, wherein the poles extend upward and outward at an angle from the action surface such that the net expands upward and outward from the action surface;
- at least one paddle;
- and
- at least one ball provided for being hit against the action surface with the paddle.
2 more elements
A paddle ball game system comprising:
- a base including an action surface;
- poles attached to the base that extend upward and outward at an angle from the action surface;
- a net supported by the poles that expands upward and outward from the action surface about a periphery of the action surface;
- at least one paddle;
- and
- at least one ball provided for being hit against the action surface with the paddle.
3 more elements
A method of playing a paddle ball game comprising:
- serving a ball by hitting a ball with a paddle onto an action surface surround by a net;
- hitting the ball after the ball bounces from the action surface back onto the action surface to an opposing player;
- and
- alternating between opposing players hitting of the ball with the paddle until one player fails to bounce the ball off the action surface and out of the net, wherein the net extends upward and outward from a base, the base defining the action surface and hitting the ball of the action surface to an opposing player includes hitting the ball at an angle off the action surface so that the ball is not caught in the net.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.