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US 2016/0101334 A1Published application
Application and method for sanitary beer pong
OwnerDarion LaSean Worthyinventor
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Abstract
A more sanitary application and method of playing beer pong that permits the drinking beverage to remain contained within the cups in play by resting within the cups in play insert cups having catch flaps that let ping pong balls in and keeps them from bouncing out.
Claims20
A beer pong system comprising:
- a ping pong ball;
- a first cup configured to contain an uncontained liquid in a bottom portion of said first cup;
- a second cup configured to rest within said first cup without extending into said bottom portion of said first cup, said second cup including a base, a sidewall, and at least one catch flap, wherein a first catch flap has a proximal and a distal end, wherein a portion of said first catch flap proximal end is connected to a portion of said sidewall and said first catch flap distal end is oriented towards a center point of said second cup;
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- wherein said first catch flap is configured such that, when the system is arranged with said second cup resting within said first cup and said ping pong ball is projected into said second cup, when said ping pong ball contacts said first catch flap, said first catch flap will deflect enough such that said ping pong ball is slowed enough such that it will not bounce back out of said second cup after contacting said base.
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A beer pong insert cup comprising:
- a base;
- a sidewall connected to said base;
- and
- a catch flap having a first end connected to a first portion of said sidewall and a second end extending toward a second portion of said sidewall.
1 more element
A method for playing a more sanitary version of classic beer pong wherein a ping pong ball passes through a cup rim of a cup containing a beverage without contacting the beverage and without bouncing back out past the cup rim, comprising:
- placing an insert cup having at least one catch flap disposed therein into the cup containing the beverage;
- projecting the ping pong ball towards the cup rim;
- and
- retaining the ping pong ball within said insert cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.