Projectile ramp-launching game and method of play
AssigneePizzy Products, LLC
InventorAndrew J. Pizzullo
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Abstract
A first game apparatus for inside or outdoor use comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway at the back of the ramp, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway from the rear end, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus. In one embodiment, the target is mounted on a U-shaped frame with ends forming a dogleg out of the plane of the frame for positioning the target at an incline or vertically. In most embodiments the target includes at least one aperture for receipt of a projectile such as bean bag.
Claims15
A first game apparatus comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway before the ramp at the front end, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus.
A first game apparatus comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway before the ramp at the front end, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus, said runway and ramp of each game apparatus having a bottom surface, a top surface, sidewalls and an S-shape in a side elevation with a flat middle section and a first inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the front end and a second inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the rear end, said first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs received in opposing cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses in the middle section of the bottom surface, each of first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs held in a preselected inclined position by sloped shoulders formed at an open end of each of said cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses.
A first game apparatus comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway before the ramp at the front end, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus, said runway and ramp of each game apparatus having a bottom surface, a top surface and sidewalls and an S-shape in a side elevation with a flat middle section and a first inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the front end and a second inwardly foldable U-shaped leg mounted on the bottom surface in the middle section at the rear end, said first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs received in opposing cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses in the middle section of the bottom surface, each of the first and second inwardly foldable U-shaped legs held in a preselected inclined position by sloped shoulders formed at an open end of each of said cooperatively shaped U-shaped recesses, said target of each game apparatus mounted on a U-shaped frame having ends received in a rearwardly angled receiver positioned on the sidewalls and straddling the runway, said U-shaped frame having a dogleg in the ends and out of the plane of U-shaped frame.
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