Game board assembly
OwnerRonald C Hawkinsinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A game board assembly is configured to do play an adjacent ball game. The game board assembly has a game board further comprising thirty-six cavities arranged in a six-by-six grid. A plurality of posts is arranged above, beneath, to the left and to the right of each cavity. A plurality of rubber bands is wrapped around each row of the plurality of posts. Netting posts are arranged on outer edges of the game board. A net is arranged on the netting posts. bouncing a ball onto the game board results in the ball being directed in to one of the thirty-six cavities.
Claims20
A game board assembly, configured for playing an adjacent ball game, the game board assembly comprising:
- a game board consisting of thirty-six cavities arranged in a six by six grid of cavities;
- a plurality of posts, one post of the plurality of posts arranged above, beneath, to the left, and to the right of each cavity, for a total of four posts surrounding each cavity and a total of eighty-four posts arranged over the six by six grid of cavities;
- wherein an alignment of six cavities defines a row of cavities, with a total of six rows of cavities spread over the six by six grid of cavities;
- the game board further comprising thirteen rubber bands, where five of the thirteen rubber bands are separately wrapped around six aligned posts that are arranged between two rows of cavities and where eight of the thirteen rubber bands are separately wrapped around three aligned posts that are not arranged between any rows of cavities, such that the five rubber bands define five fences across and within the six by six grid of cavities while the eight rubber bands define eight fences at least partially across and without the six by six grid of cavities;
- netting posts uprightly arranged on the perimeter of the game board;
- a net arranged on the netting posts such that the six by six grid of cavities is located within the net;
- and,
- wherein tossing a ball so that the ball bounces over the net onto the game board and within the six by six grid results in either the ball being directed into one of the thirty-six cavities by at least one of the thirteen rubber bands or the ball being on an outside of all of the thirty six cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.