Tabletop horseshoes game system
OwnerTerry L. Wielandinventor
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Abstract
A tabletop miniature horseshoes game for use in private residences which includes a substantially horizontal playing surface and a pair of miniature posts to be used as the target for tossed miniature horseshoes. An embodiment for use in commercial establishments provides a token means to activate the game, a means to change and display each players score, a means to keep track of and display game time, and a means to lower the posts when the game is over. The commercial establishment game may also incorporate a vending machine to dispense the 1/10th scale horseshoes to be used with the game.
Claims20
A horseshoes game system comprising:
- a. playing board means for providing a substantially horizontal playing surface adapted to be impinged by tossed miniature horseshoes;
- b. attached to said playing board means, miniature post means for providing a vertical impingeable target for tossed miniature horseshoes;
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- c. wherein said playing board means comprises a padding means for providing a compressible surface for effecting impingement of said tossed miniature horseshoes.
A horseshoes game system comprising:
- a. playing board means for providing a substantially horizontal playing surface adapted to be impinged by tossed miniature horseshoes;
- b. attached to said playing board means, miniature post means for providing a vertical impingeable target for tossed miniature horseshoes;
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- c. post activation means for:
- i. raising said miniature post means sufficiently above said playing surface to a target position to act as an impingeable target for tossed miniature horseshoes;
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- ii. lowering said miniature post means to a non-target position.
A horseshoes game system, comprising:
- a. a playing board comprising a substantially horizontal playing surface adapted to be impinged by tossed miniature horseshoes, wherein said playing board is substantially longitudinal and has a pair of transverse ends;
- b. a pair of vertical miniature posts constructed and arranged to provide an impingeable target for tossed miniature horseshoes, each said miniature post being located near a said transverse end;
- c. a support means for elevating said playing surface to a tabletop level;
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- d. a padding structure substantially covering a top surface of said playing board;
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- e. wherein said padding structure comprises a substantially foam material.
A horseshoes game, comprising:
- a. a playing board comprising a substantially horizontal playing surface adapted to be impinged by tossed miniature horseshoes, wherein said playing board is substantially longitudinal and has a pair of transverse ends;
- b. a pair of vertical miniature posts constructed and arranged to provide an impingeable target for tossed miniature horseshoes, each said miniature post being located near a said transverse end;
- c. a support means for elevating said playing surface to a tabletop level;
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- d. post activation means for:
- i. raising said pair of vertical miniature posts sufficiently above said playing surface to a target position to act as an impingeable target for tossed miniature horseshoes;
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- ii. lowering said pair of vertical miniature posts to a non-target position.
A method of playing a tabletop horseshoes game, comprising the steps of:
- a. users inserting a token in a game activation structure to raise miniature horseshoes posts to a playing position on a flat tabletop, to reset a scoring structure, to reset a game timing structure, and to activate a scoring and timing display;
- b. users tossing miniature horseshoes at said miniature horseshoes posts;
- c. users entering scores in said scoring structure at the end of each turn;
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- d. users finishing said game when said display indicates that a winner has achieved a selected score or when said game timing structure registers no time left, whichever first occurs, thereby lowering said miniature horseshoes posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.