Ring sticks game system

A ring sticks game system (10) for bringing enjoyment to players and observers, and for increasing speed, agility, and endurance of the players, and for creating competition between individual players and teams of players, the bringing enjoyment and the increasing speed, agility, and endurance and the creating of competition being done in a safe, convenient and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination:

• four swords (14), two swords of the four swords for each of two players, all of the swords being similarly configured, each sword being formed of a handle section (16) and a blade section (18) and an intermediate section (20) between the handle and blade sections, the handle and intermediate and blade sections of each sword having a common central plane and forming a top surface (22) and a bottom surface (24) and also forming along each blade an interior edge (26) and an exterior edge (28);
• the handle section having a free lower end (32) and an upper end formed integrally with the intermediate section, the handle section being in a generally oval configuration with a thicker grasping region (34) on the interior edge and a thinner hand shielding region (36) on the exterior edge;
• the blade section having a free upper end (40) and a lower end formed integrally with the intermediate section, the blade section being thin and elongated in a curved configuration with the interior edge being convex and with the exterior edge being concave, the blade section having a plurality of oval slots (42) extending between the top and bottom surfaces along the length of the blade section;
• each intermediate section having an upper end formed integrally with the sword section, each intermediate section having a lower end formed integrally with the handle section, each intermediate section having a generally triangular large projection (46) for hand protecting purposes extending from the interior edge between the blade section and handle section, each intermediate section having a generally triangular small projection (48) for ring limiting purposes extending from the exterior edge between the large projection and the handle section;
• a major recess (52) formed in the top and bottom surfaces of the blade section between the upper and lower ends, a minor recess (54) formed in the top and bottom surfaces of the intermediate and handle sections, indicia (56) formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the intermediate section within the minor recess;
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• a ring (60) having an outer edge (62) in a circular configuration, the ring having an inner edge (64) with circumferential arcs 66, the arcs adapted to receive the exterior edges of blade sections when the blade sections are crossed, the blade sections when aimed and rapidly uncrossed adapted to project the ring toward the upper ends of the blade sections and beyond for receipt by the sword of another player for subsequent projecting, the ring being fabricated of a plastic with luminescent properties for utilizing the system at night, the swords being fabricated of plastic whereby when combined with the slots provides more flexibility to the interior edge of the blade section which results in an increased area of contact between the interior edge of the blade section and the inner edge of the ring being projected resulting in increased friction between the blade section and the ring which forces the ring to rotate faster after the launch and to better maintain its position in flight thereby making the ring easier to catch.