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US 2007/0184922 A1Published application
Field-sport game
OwnerWilliam Tathaminventor
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Abstract
A field-sport game modifies various aspects of rugby so as to be more appealing to the American audience. The playing field is substantially reduced in size, altering the strategy and play of the game. Moreover, walls may be provided in place of sidelines so as to eliminate out of bound rules. Alternatively, walls may be provided at opposite ends of the field which define in-goal areas to be touched by a ball in order to score.
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A field-sport game, comprising:
- a field having a first in-goal area defined in part by a first end line and an opposing second in-goal area defined in part by a second end line, and first and second parallel walls extending between the first and second goal areas such that there are no out of bounds between the first and second end lines;
- a ball;
- a first goal in association with the first in-goal area, and a second goal in association with the second in-goal area, the first and second goals each including parallel vertical bars having a cross bar extending therebetween;
- a first team of players having as an objective to move the ball in their possession into and touching the field within the first in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal to score points generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football;
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- a second team of players having as an objective to prevent the first team of players having possession of the ball from moving the ball into and touching the field within the first goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal and score, and to obtain possession of the ball from the first team of players so as to move the ball into and touch the field within the second goal area and/or drop-kick the ball through the second goal generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football.
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A field-sport game, comprising:
- a field having a first in-goal area defined by a first wall and an opposing second in-goal area defined by a wall generally parallel to the first wall, and a first end line defining an out of bounds extending between generally opposite ends of the first and second walls and a second end line defining an out of bounds extending generally between opposite ends of the first and second walls;
- a ball;
- a first goal in association with the first in-goal area, and a second goal in association with the second in-goal area, the goals each including parallel vertical bars having a cross bar extending therebetween;
- a first team of players having as an objective to move the ball in their possession into contact with the first wall defining the first in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal to score points generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football;
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- a second team of players having as an objective to prevent the first team of players having possession of the ball from moving the ball into contact with the first wall defining the first in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal and score, and to obtain possession of the ball from the first team of players so as to move the ball into contact with the second wall defining the second in-goal area and/or drop-kick the ball through the second goal generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football.
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A method of playing a game, comprising the steps of:
- providing a field of play having a first in-goal area defined in part by a first end line and an opposing second in-goal area defined in part by a second end line, a first goal in association with the first in-goal area, and a second goal in association with the second in-goal area, the goals each including parallel vertical bars having a cross bar extending therebetween, and first and second parallel walls extending between the first and second in-goal areas such that there are no out of bounds between the first and second end lines;
- providing a first team and a second team of players;
- the first team taking possession of the ball and advancing the ball within the field of play towards the first in-goal area to score by running with the ball and lateraling or passing the ball backwards to teammates so as to touch the ball onto the field within the first in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal generally in accordance with the laws of rugby;
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- the second team preventing the first team from scoring by tackling a player of the first team in possession of the ball and/or attempting to obtain possession of the ball from the first team so as to advance the ball towards the second in-goal area to score generally in accordance with the laws of rugby.
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A method of playing a game, comprising the steps of:
- providing a field having a first wall defining a first in-goal area and an opposing and generally parallel second wall defining a second in-goal area, a first goal adjacent to the first wall, and a second goal adjacent to the second wall, the goals each including parallel vertical bars having a cross bar extending therebetween, and a first line defining an out of bounds extending between generally opposite ends of the first and second walls and a second line defining an out of bounds extending generally between opposite ends of the first and second walls;
- providing a first team and a second team of players;
- the first team taking possession of the ball and advancing the ball within the field of play towards the first in-goal area to score by running with the ball and lateraling or passing the ball backwards to teammates so as to touch the ball onto the first wall defining the first goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal generally in accordance with the laws of rugby;
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- the second team preventing the first team from scoring by tackling a player of the first team in possession of the ball and/or attempting to obtain possession of the ball from the first team so as to advance the ball towards the second wall defining the second in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the second goal to score generally in accordance with the laws of rugby.
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A field-sport game, comprising:
- a field having a first in-goal area defined in part by a first end line, and an opposing second in-goal are defined in part by a second end line, the first and second end lines being spaced apart sixty yards, and first and second sidelines spaced apart forty yards and extending between the first and second end lines;
- a ball;
- a first goal in association with the first in-goal area, and a second goal in association with the second in-goal area, the first and second goals each including parallel vertical bars having a cross bar extending therebetween;
- a first team of players having as an objective to move the ball in their possession into and touching the field within the first in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal to score points generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football;
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- a second team of players having as an objective to prevent the first team of players having possession of the ball from moving the ball into and touching the field within the first goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal and score, and to obtain possession of the ball from the first team of players so as to move the ball into and touch the field within the second goal area and/or drop-kick the ball through the second goal generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football.
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A field-sport game, comprising:
- a field having a first in-goal area defined in part by a first end line, and an opposing second in-goal are defined in part by a second end line, the first and second end lines being spaced apart forty yards, and first and second sidelines spaced apart sixty yards and extending between the first and second end lines;
- a ball;
- a first goal in association with the first in-goal area, and a second goal in association with the second in-goal area, the first and second goals each including parallel vertical bars having a cross bar extending therebetween;
- a first team of players having as an objective to move the ball in their possession into and touching the field within the first in-goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal to score points generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football;
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- a second team of players having as an objective to prevent the first team of players having possession of the ball from moving the ball into and touching the field within the first goal area and/or drop-kicking the ball through the first goal and score, and to obtain possession of the ball from the first team of players so as to move the ball into and touch the field within the second goal area and/or drop-kick the ball through the second goal generally in accordance with the laws of rugby football.
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