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US 12,691,368 B2Granted
Tabletop shooting game
OwnerDave Labontéinventor
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Abstract
A tabletop shooting game, comprising: a projectile, a target and a shooter, the shooter including a stand defining a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto, an impactor and a biasing element for biasing the impactor towards the resting surface. The shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to a loading position away from the resting surface with the projectile resting on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor.
Claims17
A tabletop shooting game, comprising:
- a projectile;
- a shooter including a stand, an impactor and a biasing element, wherein;
- the stand defines a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto;
- the impactor defines an impact surface for contacting the projectile when the projectile is on the resting surface, the impactor being rotatably mounted to the stand so as to be movable between a hitting position wherein the impactor is operative for hitting the projectile with the latter operatively supported by the resting surface and a loading position wherein the impactor is retracted away from the resting surface;
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- the biasing element extends between the stand and the impactor so that the impactor is biased towards the hitting position when moved to the loading position;
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- a target;
- a board on which the shooter and target are positionable;
- wherein the shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to the loading position with the projectile on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor so that the impact surface projects the projectile due to the impactor hitting the projectile;
- further wherein the board defines a shooter positioning area over which the shooter is selectively movable;
- further wherein the resting surface is a first resting surface and the loading position is a first loading position, the stand defining a second resting surface, the first and second resting surfaces being laterally opposed to each other and operable for selectively receiving the projectile thereonto, and wherein the impactor is movable to a second loading position wherein the impactor is retracted away from the second resting surface.
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A tabletop shooting game, comprising:
- a projectile;
- a shooter including a stand, an impactor and a biasing element, wherein;
- the stand defines a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto;
- the impactor defines an impact surface for contacting the projectile when the projectile is on the resting surface, the impactor being rotatably mounted to the stand so as to be movable between a hitting position wherein the impactor is operative for hitting the projectile with the latter operatively supported by the resting surface and a loading position wherein the impactor is retracted away from the resting surface;
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- the biasing element extends between the stand and the impactor so that the impactor is biased towards the hitting position when moved to the loading position;
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- a target;
- a board on which the shooter and target are positionable;
- wherein the shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to the loading position with the projectile on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor so that the impact surface projects the projectile due to the impactor hitting the projectile;
- further wherein the board defines a shooter positioning area over which the shooter is selectively movable;
- further wherein the stand includes a first portion positionable on the shooter positioning area and a second portion mounted to the first portion, the impactor being rotatably mounted to the second portion, the second portion being mounted to the first portion so as to be pivotable thereabout to vary a pitch of the second portion relative to the first portion, the shooter further including a pitch indicator extending between the first and second portions, the pitch indicator including indicia indicative of the pitch.
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A tabletop shooting game, comprising:
- a projectile;
- a shooter including a stand, an impactor and a biasing element, wherein;
- the stand defines a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto;
- the impactor defines an impact surface for contacting the projectile when the projectile is on the resting surface, the impactor being rotatably mounted to the stand so as to be movable between a hitting position wherein the impactor is operative for hitting the projectile with the latter operatively supported by the resting surface and a loading position wherein the impactor is retracted away from the resting surface;
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- the biasing element extends between the stand and the impactor so that the impactor is biased towards the hitting position when moved to the loading position;
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- a target;
- a board on which the shooter and target are positionable;
- wherein the shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to the loading position with the projectile on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor so that the impact surface projects the projectile due to the impactor hitting the projectile;
- further wherein the board defines a shooter positioning area over which the shooter is selectively movable;
- further wherein the target defines at least two target apertures configured and sized to allow the projectile to selectively enter each of the target apertures, the target further comprising a screen configured for selectively obstructing a first subset of the at least two target apertures while leaving unobstructed a second subset of the at least two target apertures.
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