Ball pick-up game
OwnerDiane Sneedinventor
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Abstract
A game for children where the players roll a hook and loop receptive ball (such as a large tennis ball) at a plurality of hook and loop covered game pieces placed on a game board, so that the game pieces become attached to the ball. The game board can be in the form of a zoo, an ark, a house, etc. and the game pieces can be in the form of animals, numbers, letters, words, family members, etc. Players roll the ball to pick up the game pieces, and then place them in a collection area (such as a zoo cage for an animal). The first player to place all of their game pieces in their collection area is the winner. The game is a learning tool aimed at children ages 3-9 years old.
Claims11
A ball pick-up game set for one or more players, the game set comprising:
- a) a ball having a first attachment material covering the surface thereof;
- b) a game board including a playing surface, the playing surface including a plurality of collection areas for placement of game pieces, the first attachment material covering the playing surface;
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- c) a plurality of game pieces, each game piece being substantially flat and including a first side and a second side, the first side including a second attachment material for attaching the game piece to the first attachment material covering the ball surface or the playing surface.
A method of playing a ball pick-up game for one or more players, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a ball, a game board, and a plurality of game pieces for at least one player, the ball having a first attachment material covering the surface thereof, the game board including a playing surface, the playing surface including a plurality of collection areas for placement of game pieces, the first attachment material covering the playing surface, each of the plurality of game pieces being substantially flat and including a first side and a second side, the first side including a second attachment material for attaching the game piece to the first attachment material covering the ball surface or the playing surface, the second side having a substantially even surface which will not stick to the ball or the playing surface;
- b) placing the plurality of game pieces onto the playing surface so that the first side of each substantially flat game piece faces upward;
- c) directing the at least one player to roll the ball onto the playing surface in order to cause the ball to attach to at least one of the plurality of game pieces when any area of the at least one game piece comes into contact with the ball as it rolls along the playing surface;
- d) allowing the ball to stop rolling or to travel off of the playing surface;
- e) directing the player to remove game pieces that have attached to the ball and to place the removed game pieces in one of the plurality of collection areas so that the first side of each removed game piece faces downward;
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- f) repeating steps (c) through (e) until all of the at least one player's game pieces have been placed in the collection areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.