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US 7,621,530 B2Granted
Disc game apparatus and method of playing the same
OwnerMark Lany, Robert Bratinainventors
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Abstract
A game apparatus of the type where a projectile, such as a disc is hand propelled across an elongated playing surface from a launch area to a target area and a new method of playing such a game. The method of playing including awarding points to a player for each disc that is successfully slid across the playing surface from the launch area to the target area and positions the disc to hang over the edge of the playing surface without falling off the playing surface.
Claims3
A method of playing a disc game, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a game apparatus having a horizontal rectangular base about whose periphery are mounted walls which serve to contain the discs on the game apparatus, a smooth and hard playing surface is located above the base and within the rectangular area bounded by the walls, the raised playing surface is spaced from the interior surfaces of the walls to form a gutter zone into which discs may fall, the playing surface is separated into three zones by a pair lines each extending transversely across the playing surface at a spaced distance from each end of the playing surface;
- (b) providing a plurality of discs adapted to be slid across a playing surface;
- (c) individually sliding all of the discs one disc at a time from a first end of the playing surface towards the opposite second end of the playing surface in an attempt to position each disc at the opposite end so that discs hang over the edge but do not fall off the playing surface;
- (d) calculating a first set of points scored for each disc that is positioned to hang off the edge of the playing surface;
- (e) individually sliding all of the discs one disc at a time from the second end of the playing surface towards the first end thereof in an attempt to position each disc at the first end so that the discs hang over the edge but do not all off the playing surface;
- (f) calculating a second set of points scored for each disc that is positioned to hang off the edge of the playing surface;
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- (g) repeating steps (c)-(f) until one set of points reaches a predetermined point value required to win the game
- wherein steps (b) and (e) each disc must be slid past the closest transverse line to the end from which the discs are being launched, thereby avoiding becoming a dead disc;
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- wherein steps (b) and (e) should a subsequently slid disc strike a dead disc the discs remaining to be slid are not slid and steps (c) and (f) respectively are skipped.
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