Disc Hoops Game and Apparatus
OwnerLawrence B. STOREY, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A game apparatus comprising a mount and a goal can be attached to basketball hoops and serve as a target. This allows a basketball court to be used for an entirely new game using said game apparatus and flying sport discs. The method of playing includes two teams of players, each attempting to score on one target while preventing the opposing team from scoring on a separate target. Players may move with, pass, and shoot the flying sport disc. Points are accumulated for goals scored when the flying sport disc is thrown through a target. The basketball court provides ready markings used for shots, throw-ins, and defining out of bounds in the present game method.
Claims18
A disc goal hoop comprises:
- a mount;
- a goal;
- a plurality of connectors;
- a left net;
- a right net;
- the mount comprises a plurality of braces and a plurality of extension rods;
- the goal comprises a top section, a bottom section, a left connecting tube, and a right connecting tube;
- the plurality of extension rods comprises a first section, a second section, and a tube cuff;
- the top section comprises a top center tube, a top left tube, a top right tube, and a plurality of T-shaped attachments;
- the bottom section comprises a bottom center tube, a bottom left tube, and a bottom right tube;
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- the plurality of extension rods being attached to the plurality of T-shaped attachments.
A method of playing a game using a disc goal hoop comprises the steps of:
- providing a basketball court, wherein the basketball court comprises basketball hoops, boundary lines, base lines, keys, and three point lines;
- providing two opposing disc goals, a plurality of players, and a sport disc;
- securing the disc goals to the basketball hoops;
- joining a friendly team and playing against an opposing team;
- determining whether the friendly team or the opposing team begins with a possession of the sport disc, wherein the friendly team or the opposing team defines one disc goal as a friendly disc goal and the other disc goal as an opposing disc goal;
- initiating the game by performing a throw-in;
- attempting to score on the friendly disc goal by moving, passing, and shooting the sport disc;
- preventing the opposing team from scoring on the opposing disc goal while avoiding body contact;
- losing the possession of the sport disc by stepping out of bounds while holding the sport disc, wherein the boundary lines, the key, and outside of the boundary lines are out of bounds;
- losing the possession of the sport disc by throwing the sport disc out of bounds when shooting or passing;
- losing the possession of the sport disc by failing to shoot or pass within a designated time limit;
- accumulating points by throwing the sport disc through the net of the friendly disc goal;
- accumulating bonus points by throwing the sport disc through the net of the friendly disc goal from the three point line;
- winning the game by accumulating a predefined amount of points;
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- losing the game by allowing the opposing team to accumulate the predefined amount of points.
A disc goal hoop comprises:
- a mount;
- a goal;
- a plurality of connectors;
- a left net;
- a right net;
- the mount comprises a plurality of braces and a plurality of extension rods;
- the goal comprises a top section, a bottom section, a left connecting tube, and a right connecting tube;
- the plurality of extension rods comprises a first section, a second section, and a tube cuff;
- the top section comprises a top center tube, a top left tube, a top right tube, and a plurality of T-shaped attachments;
- the bottom section comprises a bottom center tube, a bottom left tube, and a bottom right tube;
- the plurality of extension rods being attached to the plurality of T-shaped attachments;
- the second section traversing into the first section;
- the plurality of extension rods being perpendicularly connected to the plurality of braces;
- the top center tube and the bottom center tube each comprise a center, a left end, and a right end;
- the left end and the right end being symmetrically angled from the center;
- the top left tube being collinearly connected to the left end of the top center tube;
- the top right tube being collinearly connected to the right end of the top center tube;
- the bottom left tube being collinearly connected to the left end of the bottom center tube;
- the bottom right tube being collinearly connected to the right end of the bottom center tube;
- the left connecting tube and the right connecting tube each comprise a first end and a second end;
- the first end of the left connecting tube being perpendicularly connected to the top left tube;
- the second end of the left connecting tube being perpendicularly connected to the bottom left tube;
- the first end of the right connecting tube being perpendicularly connected to the top right tube;
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- the second end of the right connecting tube being perpendicularly connected to the bottom right tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.