US 4,323,250 AGranted

Target game

OwnerDelbert B. Lansberryinventor

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Abstract

A target game wherein a ball or similar missile is tossed and rolled, in a bowling manner, over a horizontal surface toward a target element. The target element comprises side frames, a rear gate assembly, a top webbing and a scoring grid to provide a plurality of scoring sectors and may further include a ramp adjacent the target element in combination with wind up ribbons and cranks extending between at least two target elements. Each scoring sector may be identified by a number or a color. The target element is collapsible or foldable for storage and transport. Provisions for keeping score and for bonus scoring may be included. The game, in its mode of play, may be related to space travel, baseball, jackpot, bowling, lunar ball, or black jack by the designation of apparatus with appropriate names for targets and scoring sectors. Scoring may be measured in terms of various space-related or conventional point units, depending upon the type of game chosen for playing.

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Dependent claims

A target game comprised of ball missiles and a target element divided into a plurality of scoring sectors;

a mesh attached to the underside of said scoring sectors;
side frame members movable between an open and closed position attached to opposite sides of said scoring sectors a rear gate assembly movable between an open and closed position attached to the rear of said plurality of scoring sectors;
and a first lock means to secure said side frame members to said rear gate assembly when said side frame members and said rear gate assembly are in said open position, said side frame members and said rear gate assembly cooperatively forming a retainer means to secure said ball missiles therein when said side frame members and said rear gate assembly are in said closed position, said retainer means comprises a plurality of apertures formed in said side frame members to form a seat to receive the lower portion of said ball missiles and a corresponding plurality of apertures formed in said rear gate assembly to receive the mid-portion of said ball missiles when in said closed position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.