US 6,554,277 B1 · Pocketed parachute game

Abstract

An amusement device including a sheet of flexible material defining an opening, and a pocket defining a mouth joined to the sheet around the opening. The sheet is grasped by participants during a game in which the sheet is held substantially horizontally and selectively tilted to maneuver a ball along the sheet, through the opening, and into the pocket. In one embodiment, the amusement device includes first and second sheets of flexible material joined along their respective longitudinal edges. Each sheet defines an opening. A pocket may optionally be joined to the sheet around each opening. A game may be played by opposing teams, each of which guards the opening on its sheet, and attempts to guide the ball into the opening on the opposing team's sheet. A game including an amusement device and a ball is also provided.

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Dependent claims

An amusement device for use by multiple participants, comprising:

a flexible sheet having an outer perimeter, said sheet being of sufficient size to be grasped around said outer perimeter by said multiple participants;
said sheet being made of a material capable of acting substantially as a parachute for retarding the movement of the device through air, said sheet having a pair of opposing slits extending partially inwardly from said perimeter toward a center of said sheet of material;
and
at least one opening disposed in said flexible sheet, said opening having a pocket capable of catching a ball falling through said opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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