Lawn game using hand-thrown projectiles
AssigneeParadigm International, Inc.
InventorRussell W. Kettelson
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Abstract
A game apparatus includes a series of hand-thrown projectiles and two cooperating ground targets. Each projectile includes a hollow-elongated projectile body that forms a tubular handle and a hollow bulbous nose. A quantity of water is located within the nose to concentrate the projectile weight in the nose. The projectile is thrown with an underhanded swinging motion so that the weighted nose constitutes the leading end of the projectile during flight. End surfaces of the projectile are blunt or rounded so that if the projectile should forcibly strike a person, there will be minimal injury to the struck person.
Claims20
A hand-thrown projectile comprising an elongated hollow projectile body having a central axis;
- said hollow projectile body having a relatively long hollow tubular handle portion symmetrical about the central axis, and a relatively short hollow nose portion extending forwardly from said tubular handle portion, said hollow nose portion being symmetrical around said central axis;
- said hollow nose portion having a diameter that is appreciably greater than the diameter of said handle portion;
- and a quantity of high density filler material located within the hollow nose portion whereby the relatively short nose portion is significantly heavier than the relatively long handle portion;
- the handle portion of said projectile being adapted to be grasped by a person's hand, whereby the projectile can be thrown with an underhand swinging motion, such that the projectile flies out into space, with the nose portion constituting the leading end of the projectile;
- said hollow nose portion having a blunt front end surface, such that if the nose portion strikes a person's body the blunt end surface is incapable of penetrating the person's skin.
The projectile of claim 31 and further comprising at least one filler hole in said tubular handle portion in near proximity to said hollow nose portion, whereby the projectile nose portion can be inserted downwardly into a body of water so that water can flow through said filler hole to form the filler material for the projectile.
A ground target for a hand-thrown projectile having a nose portion comprising a target body having a lower surface adapted to rest on the ground, and an upper deformable surface adapted to grip the nose portion of a thrown projectile;
- said target body upper surface having at least one depression therein, said depression having opposed deformable side surfaces, and a bottom surface spanning said side surfaces;
- said opposed side surfaces being angled away from each other in the upward direction, whereby the depression converges in the downward direction;
- said opposed side surfaces having a minimum spacing that is substantially less than the diameter of the nose portion on the thrown projectile, whereby the projectile nose portion is enabled to have a wedge fit in the target depression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.