Indoor activity games
OwnerRichard M. BLOCKinventor
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Abstract
Indoor activity games for contests of skill and amusement. A soft, foam ball or cube is suspended by a cord and can be wrapped around a releasable device or temporary pole secured within a doorway. The ball can be struck by the players using their hands or using soft, foam paddles, in order to wrap the cord and the ball around the pole. In one embodiment the game played can be tetherball, and opposing players, on opposite sides of the doorway, attempt to strike the ball and propel it around the pole until the cord is completely wrapped around the pole. In another embodiment tennis or volleyball can be played, and a net is suspended across the open doorway.
Claims20
An indoor activity game kit having component parts adapted to be easily assembled and reversibly mounted within an open doorway, the kit comprising the combination of:
- a) a releasable device for being reversibly secured substantially in the center of an open doorway;
- b) a ball for striking by a player;
- c) a cord having a proximal end pivotally attached to the releasable device and a distal end attached to the ball.
An indoor activity game, comprising:
- a) an open doorway;
- b) a releasable device for being reversibly secured substantially in the center of the doorway;
- c) a cord having a first end pivotally attached to the releasable device;
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- d) a ball attached to a second end of the cord.
An indoor activity game kit having component parts adapted to be easily assembled and reversibly mounted within an open doorway, the kit comprising the combination of:
- a) a releasable device for being reversibly secured substantially in the center of an open doorway, wherein the releasable device comprises:
- i) a scissors-type clamp for engaging an overhead door frame;
- ii) a rope having a proximal end attached to the clamp;
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- iii) a weight attached to the distal end of the rope for causing the rope to hang taut from the clamp to the floor;
- b) a ball for striking by a player;
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- c) a cord pivotally attached to the releasable device, the cord having a proximal end attached to the releasable device and a distal end attached to the ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.