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US 4,460,179 AGranted
Educational target game
OwnerLinda B. Haferinventor
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Abstract
A fun game that can teach players important dietary information. Soft projectiles are shaped like food items of the food groups (e.g. a number of projectiles are shaped like fruits and vegetables, a number shaped like dairy products, etc.). The target utilized is one having an opening simulating a smiling mouth, and the players attempt to throw the projectiles through the opening. Scorecards indicate the number of food items from each group to be tossed through the opening to have a good "diet", and playing cards may be utilized to change the number of items from each group.
Claims8
A game comprising:
- a first group of projectiles comprising a plurality of differently shaped soft projectiles, each projectile in said first group shaped to simulate an item of food in a first food group;
- a second group of projectiles comprising a plurality of differently shaped soft projectiles, each projectile in said second group shaped to simulate a food item in a second food group;
- a target comprising a piece of sheet material with means defining a generally crescent-shaped opening therein, said opening being significantly larger than the largest dimension of any of said soft projectiles;
- indicia means formed on said target face to simulate a human face with said crescent-shaped opening defining the mouth of said simulated human face;
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- a plurality of scorecards, each scorecard having first and second food groups listed in a row or column thereof, said first and second food groups corresponding to the simulated projectiles of said first and second groups of projectiles, respectively, and each food group indicia on said scorecard including a numerical value corresponding to the desired periodic human consumption of units of the food group with which said numerical indicia is associated.
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