Projectile ramp-launching game and method of play
AssigneePizzy Product, LLC
InventorAndrew J. Pizzullo
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Abstract
A first game apparatus for inside or outdoor use comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway at the back of the ramp, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway from the rear end, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus. In one embodiment, the target is mounted on a U-shaped frame with ends forming a dogleg out of the plane of the frame for positioning the target at an incline or vertically. In most embodiments the target includes at least one aperture for receipt of a projectile such as bean bag.
Claims15
A first game apparatus comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway in back of the ramp, said target mounted on a frame having ends received in a rearwardly angled receiver straddling the runway;
- said ramp having a curvature of about 45 degrees to the runway such that a projectile propelled along the runway, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving forward of the front end of the first game apparatus towards a target of a second game apparatus.
A first game apparatus comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway in back of the ramp, said ramp having a curvature of about 45 degrees to the runway such that a projectile propelled along the runway, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving forward of the front end of the first game apparatus towards a target of a second game apparatus, said runway and ramp of the game apparatus having a bottom surface, a top surface, sidewalls and an S-shape in a side elevation with a flat middle section and a first inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the front end and a second inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the rear end, said first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs received in opposing cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses in the middle section of the bottom surface, each of first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs held in a preselected inclined position by sloped shoulders formed at an open end of each of said cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses.
A first game apparatus comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway in back of the ramp, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus, said runway and ramp of each game apparatus having a bottom surface, a top surface and sidewalls and an S-shape in a side elevation with a flat middle section and a first inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the front end and a second inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the rear end, said first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs received in opposing cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses in the middle section of the bottom surface, each of the first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs held in a preselected inclined position by sloped shoulders formed at an open end of each of said cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses, said target of each game apparatus mounted on a U-shaped frame having ends received in a rearwardly angled receiver positioned on the sidewalls and straddling the runway, said U-shaped frame having a dogleg in the ends and out of the plane of U-shaped frame.
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