US 5,839,724 AGranted

Portable target game apparatus

OwnerFelix Juan Bunac, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

Portable target game apparatus positionable on a pool table or other support includes an inclined board having target holes for receiving balls rolled onto the board. Straight side walls and a straight back wall are attached to the board and extend upwardly from the board. Connector walls are diagonally disposed relative to the back and side walls and interconnect the back and side walls. Resilient material is connected with the back wall, the side walls and the connector walls to redirect movement of balls on the ball support surface.

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Portable target game apparatus comprising, in combination:

a board positionable on a support, said board having a substantially flat, upwardly directed ball support surface defining a plurality of target holes for receiving balls rolled onto said ball support surface, said ball support surface having indicia thereon located adjacent to said target holes designating game or score values assigned to said target holes and said board including a board front, a board back, and board sides, said target holes being spaced from one another and spaced from said board front, said board back, and said board sides, said ball support surface being inclined and said board front located lower than said board back when said board is positioned on a support;
a straight back wall attached to said board and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said ball support surface and linearly along said board back;
straight side walls attached to said board and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said ball support surface and linearly along said board sides, said side walls being disposed at right angles to said back wall and parallel to one another;
resilient material connected to said back wall and said side walls engageable by balls rolled onto said ball support surface from said board front to redirect movement of said balls on said ball support surface;
a pair of double-ended straight connector walls attached to said board and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said ball support surface, each connector wall of said pair of connector walls connected at the ends thereof to, extending between, and diagonally disposed with respect to one of said side walls and said back wall, and resilient material connected to said connector walls and extending between the ends thereof engageable by balls rolled onto said ball support surface from said board front to redirect movement of the balls;
a ball entry rams attached to said board at said board front and having a ramp surface adjacent to said ball support surface and inclined upwardly in the direction of said ball support surface;
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a plurality of resilient bumper members connected to said board with a resilient bumper member extending upwardly from said ball support surface immediately adjacent to each of the ends of said connector walls for impact by balls on said ball support surface received from said ball entry ramp and capable of redirecting the motion of said balls after impact along said ball support surface toward any of said target holes.

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Abstract

Portable target game apparatus comprising, in combination:

a board positionable on a support, said board having a substantially flat, upwardly directed ball support surface defining a plurality of target holes for receiving balls rolled onto said ball support surface, said ball support surface having indicia thereon located adjacent to said target holes designating game or score values assigned to said target holes and said board including a board front, a board back, and board sides, said target holes being spaced from one another and spaced from said board front, said board back, and said board sides, said ball support surface being inclined and said board front located lower than said board back when said board is positioned on a support;
a straight back wall attached to said board and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said ball support surface and linearly along said board back;
straight side walls attached to said board and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said ball support surface and linearly along said board sides, said side walls being disposed at right angles to said back wall and parallel to one another;
resilient material connected to said back wall and said side walls engageable by balls rolled onto said ball support surface from said board front to redirect movement of said balls on said ball support surface;
a pair of double-ended straight connector walls attached to said board and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said ball support surface, each connector wall of said pair of connector walls connected at the ends thereof to, extending between, and diagonally disposed with respect to one of said side walls and said back wall, and resilient material connected to said connector walls and extending between the ends thereof engageable by balls rolled onto said ball support surface from said board front to redirect movement of the balls;
a ball entry rams attached to said board at said board front and having a ramp surface adjacent to said ball support surface and inclined upwardly in the direction of said ball support surface;
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a plurality of resilient bumper members connected to said board with a resilient bumper member extending upwardly from said ball support surface immediately adjacent to each of the ends of said connector walls for impact by balls on said ball support surface received from said ball entry ramp and capable of redirecting the motion of said balls after impact along said ball support surface toward any of said target holes.

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