Lawn dart, lawn dart caddy and target
AssigneeEastPoint Sports Ltd., LLC
InventorMichael J. Nally
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Abstract
A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target. The caddy carries and stores the safety darts and targets in a convenient manner to keep all of the game components together.
Claims24
A lawn dart, comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end;
- a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft between the first and second ends;
- a head assembly attached to the second end of said shaft, said head assembly comprising:
- an upper head portion;
- a resilient lower head portion attached to said upper head portion;
- a weight received in said resilient lower head portion;
- a spring biasing said weight and resilient lower head portion axially away from said first head portion;
- whereby, when the lawn dart is thrown, landing with said resilient lower head portion of said head assembly on a ground or floor surface at an impact point, said spring, said weight and said resilient lower head portion cooperate by collapsing with respect to said upper head portion to absorb impact of the ground or floor surface and thereby causing the dart to substantially remain at said impact point.
A lawn dart caddy assembly for carrying safety lawn darts of a lawn dart game, each safety lawn dart having a blunt head and a shaft, the caddy assembly comprising:
- a base having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive a portion of one of the blunt heads of the safety lawn darts;
- a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain the shafts of the safety lawn darts;
- a handle;
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- a target hoop restraint for securing a target hoop to the caddy assembly.
In combination, a lawn dart game and a caddy assembly, the lawn dart game comprising a plurality of safety lawn darts, each of the safety lawn darts having a blunt head and a shaft, the caddy assembly comprising:
- a base having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive a portion of one of the blunt heads of the safety lawn darts;
- a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain the shafts of the safety lawn darts;
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- a handle;
- wherein the lawn dart game further includes a pair of target hoops;
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- wherein the caddy assembly further comprises a target hoop restraint for securing the pair of target hoops to the caddy assembly.
In combination, a lawn dart game and a caddy assembly, the lawn dart game comprising a plurality of safety lawn darts, each of the safety lawn darts having a blunt head and a shaft, the caddy assembly comprising:
- a base having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive a portion of one of the blunt heads of the safety lawn darts;
- a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain the shafts of the safety lawn darts;
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- a handle, wherein the handle is collapsible.
A lawn dart game comprising:
- (a) a plurality of safety lawn darts, wherein each lawn dart comprises:
- (i) an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end;
- (ii) a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft between the first and second ends;
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- (iii) a head assembly attached to the second end of said shaft, said head assembly having a weighted, spring biased, lower resilient head portion;
- whereby, when one of said plurality of safety lawn darts is thrown in an arched trajectory and lands on a ground or floor surface at an impact point, said weighted, spring biased, lower resilient head portion collapses to absorb impact of the ground or floor surface thereby causing the dart to substantially remain at said impact point;
- (b) at least one target;
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- (c) a caddy comprising:
- (i) a base having a plurality of openings corresponding to said plurality of safety lawn darts, each of said openings receiving a portion of one of said plurality of safety lawn darts;
- (ii) a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain each one of said shafts of said plurality of safety lawn darts;
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- (iii) a handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.