US 2025/0128146 A1Published application

Competitive knockdown target game apparatus

OwnerArlen J. Lowranceinventor

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Abstract

A competitive knock-down target and fish catching game is provided wherein all players will have the same number of catchable fish and upright knockdown targets. Players will knock down targets and catch fish using a provided fishing pole/lure, or finger attached length of line/bungee cord/and lure, or hand-held kendama-style toy with a line attached ball/lure combination. After a player has knocked down all of the upright targets and caught the requisite number of fish, the player will try to catch and retrieve that player's designated target fish, retrieval of which signals the end of the game. In some embodiments, before the designated target fish can be caught, the player will be required to also catch and return to an upright position the previously knocked-down targets. In other embodiments, the fish targets must be caught and restocked before catching the target fish.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A fishing game apparatus, wherein is provided a flat game field, comprising:

(a) a first support bar situated on said game field;
(b) a second support bar spaced apart from said first support bar on said game field and oriented to be parallel to said first support bar;
(d) a one or more first targets rotatably mounted on said first support bar and a same number of second targets rotatably mounted on said second support bar, wherein,
(d1) each of said at least one first targets and at least one second targets has a front side and a back side, with said back side of said first targets facing said back side of said second targets across said game field,
(d2) each of said first targets is rotatable backward toward said second support bar, and
(d3) each of said second targets is rotatable backward toward said first support bar;
(e) a first platform attached to said first bar and a second platform attached to said second bar;
(f) a first designated target mounted on said first platform and a second designated target mounted on said second platform, wherein said first and second designated targets both have an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface having an engaging member affixed thereto;
(g) a line attached at a first end to said first designated target and at a second end to said second designated target;
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(h) at least two player poles, each of said at least two poles being connected by a line to a lure, said lure,
(h1) being suitable for engaging with said engaging member on said back side of said first and second designated targets with sufficient attaching force to allow said rod to pull said an engaged designated first or second target away from its support member, and
(h2) being heavy enough to strike said at least one first target and said at least one second target to rotate them from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation.

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A fishing game apparatus, wherein is provided a flat game field, comprising:

(a) a first support bar situated on said game field;
(b) a second support bar spaced apart from said first support bar on said game field and oriented to be parallel to said first support bar;
(d) a one or more first targets rotatably mounted on said first support bar and a same number of second targets rotatably mounted on said second support bar, wherein,
(d1) each of said at least one first targets and at least one second targets has a front side and a back side, with said back side of said first targets facing said back side of said second targets across said game field,
(d2) each of said first targets is rotatable backward toward said second support bar, and
(d3) each of said second targets is rotatable backward toward said first support bar;
(e) a first platform attached to said first bar and a second platform attached to said second bar;
(f) a first designated target mounted on said first platform and a second designated target mounted on said second platform, wherein said first and second designated targets both have an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface having an engaging member affixed thereto, and,
(g) a line attached at a first end to said first designated target and at a second end to said second designated target.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/928,594Filed 28 Oct 2024
Priority: 21 Sep 2023
Published: 24 Apr 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A63F 9/0243
Targets therefor: movable targets
A63F 9/0208
Targets therefor: the projectile being connectable to the target, e.g. using hook and loop-type fastener, hooks
A63F 9/305
Capturing games for grabbing or trapping objects, e.g. fishing games: fishing games
A63F
Card, board, or roulette games