# US 7,070,184 B2 · Ball game > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,070,184 B2 - Document ID: US7070184B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/985,990 - Filed: 2004-11-12 - Published: 2005-05-19 - Granted: 2006-07-04 - Earliest claimed: 2003-11-13 - Assignees: Disainiabi Ou - Inventors: Mati Pollu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7070184B2 ## CPC - A63B 57/40: Golf cups or holes - A63B 63/08: with {substantially} horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball {(A63B57/40, A63B63/06 take precedence)} - A63B 67/002: {Games using balls, not otherwise provided for} - A63B 57/357: {for golf cups or holes, e.g. flags} - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A ball game includes a scoring path, a ball, and device for hitting the ball. A player uses the device to hit the ball in the scoring path. The scoring path includes a portable flat goal unit having a group of holes with different diameters. The ball has a diameter smaller than the diameters of the holes in the goal unit. The ball has sides with different symbols, representing points earned by hitting the ball into the hole. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A ball game apparatus, comprising: a scoring path, a ball, and a means for hitting the ball, the ball being hit by the means for hitting into the scoring path when playing the game, wherein, the scoring path comprises a portable flat goal unit having a group of holes with different diameters, the ball has a diameter smaller than the diameters of the holes in the goal unit, the ball comprises sides with different symbols, each symbol meaning points when achieving a hole and showing up the symbol, the goal unit has an inclined edge along at least one side, each hole in the group of holes is marked by a different symbol, and the ball is a solid homogeneous cube with rounded arcuate corners having six sides with different symbols in each side. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the goal unit is a plate unit with a geometrical form taken from the group consisting of a rectangular form, a round form and an elliptic form. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein the thickness of the goal unit is between 0.5–1.0 inches. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the group of holes is located in the middle area of the goal unit in short distances with each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein the group of holes is in line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein the holes in the goal unit have different diameters. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein five symbols of the six symbols are numbers from 1 to 5 and the sixth symbol is another graphical sign having a special meaning. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the sixth symbol is one of a letter and a figure having a special meaning indicating extra high score in the game. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A ball game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means for hitting the ball is a club. ### Claim 10 A ball game apparatus, comprising: a ball having smoothly rounded corners free of flat surfaces and planar faces, each face marked with a different scoring symbol; a portable goal unit with, along a longest longitudinal axis, a single straight-line row of at least three differently diametered and marked scoring holes, the goal unit having a flat planar uppermost surface and a tapered edge along an entire outermost perimeter; and a ball-hitting part for hitting the ball into the goal unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, the ball has a diameter smaller than a diameter of any of the holes, and the ball has a shape of a sphere planed to present eight smoothly rounded corners free of flat surfaces and six planar faces. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, goal unit is a plate having in a thickness from 0.5 to 1.0 inches, a length from 1.5 to 2 feet, and a width no more than half the length. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, a first of the holes has a first diameter, a second of the holes has a diameter 1.5 times the first diameter, and a third of the holds has a diameter 3 times the first diameter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, the ball has a shape of a sphere planed to present smoothly rounded corners free of flat surfaces and one of four planar sides, five planar sides, seven planar sides, and eight planar sides.