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US 2006/0125184 A1Published application
Game system and method of playing
OwnerTodd Bensoninventor
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Abstract
A game of skill uses an upright frame with transverse target bars and a plurality of projectiles adapted to be thrown by opposing players towards the target bars. The projectiles have weighted members connected by a flexible securing member. A score is registered when the securing member fo the projectile becomes entangled on one of the target bars.
Claims17
A game system for a plurality of players, the game system comprising:
- a game goal adapted for being positioned on a support surface and for extending upright therefrom, said game goal comprising a plurality of target bars;
- a plurality of projectile members adapted to be thrown by the players and engage one of said plurality of target bars, whereby a score is registered when one or more projectile members becomes suspended on one of said plurality of target bars.
An apparatus for playing a game between opposing teams of equal numbers of players, comprising:
- at least one game goal, each game goal comprising a pair of upright members and a plurality of transverse target bars spaced between the upright members and vertically spaced between each other;
- a plurality of hand-tossed projectiles adapted to be thrown by members of the opposing teams for engagement with the target bars, whereby an increasing score is registered for the team players as the projectile members become caught on the target bars.
In a method of playing a game between teams having equal numbers of players, wherein play includes:
- providing a game goal adapted for being positioned on a support surface and for extending upright therefrom, said game goal comprising a plurality of target bars;
- providing a plurality of projectile members adapted to be thrown by the players, each of said projectile members comprising a pair of weighted portions secured by a flexible securing member;
- requiring each team player to throw one projectile member at a time toward the game goal;
- registering a score when one or more of the projectile members become suspended on the target bars;
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- winning of the game by one of the teams after a pre-determined number of the projectile members becomes suspended on the target bars.
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A portable game system, comprising:
- a frame having components of two upright members supported by a pair of base members on a support surface, two or more vertically spaced target bars extending transversely between the upright members;
- one or more hand-held projectiles adapted to be tossed towards the target bars, each projectile comprising a pair of weighted members secured by a flexible securing members;
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- whereby a score is registered when the flexible member becomes entangled on one of said target bars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.