Game apparatus and method
OwnerRichard Whitfieldinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a novel game apparatus which permits a player to develop or maintain a skill, such as putting a golf ball, to achieve values used in one or more of a selection of pre-existing games of strategy and/or chance, such as card games, thereby allowing the skill development and maintenance to be more entertaining. The apparatus comprises a wall with a plurality of openings, each of which is associated with a value based on a pre-existing game which a player may obtain by propelling the ball into the opening.
Claims14
A game apparatus for use with a ball on a surface comprising:
- a wall having a base adapted to support the wall on the surface, a plurality of openings proximate the base adapted to permit the entry of said ball into each such opening, and a graphic element corresponding to each such opening, each said graphic element depicting a value associated with a pre-existing game.
The game apparatus of claim 8 further comprising a power source linked to the processor.
A method of playing a game, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a game apparatus for use with a ball on a surface, said game apparatus comprising a wall having a base adapted to support the wall on the surface, a plurality of openings proximate the base adapted to permit the entry of said ball into each such opening, and a graphic element corresponding to each such opening, each said graphic element depicting a value associated with a pre-existing game;
- (b) providing the ball;
- (c) providing an instrument to propel the ball;
- (d) using the instrument to propel the ball toward the game apparatus in an effort to cause the ball to pass into an opening to play the pre-existing game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.