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US 9,770,637 B2Granted
Word forming ball game and target mixer
AssigneeAim 4 Pie, LLC
InventorCarol Johnson Cranford
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Abstract
The present disclosure is a game that has a mixer positioned at a first location on a gaming area and a plurality of balls randomly dispersed throughout the gaming area. In response to a command, a player on a team collects one or more of the plurality of balls, the score is incremented based upon the balls collected, the player throws the collected ball(s) into the mixer, and the mixer disperses the ball(s) back into the gaming area.
Claims10
A game, comprising:
- a mixer positioned at a first location on a gaming area, the mixer comprising a floor mat, a ball receiver opening, a ball disperser ramp, and a plurality of flexible poles coupled on their first ends to the floor mat and on their second ends to the ball receiver opening;
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- a plurality of balls randomly dispersed throughout the gaming area, each ball is inscribed with a letter;
- a plurality of playing cards, each card indicating a word to be spelled, such that in response to a word on one of a selected playing cards, a player on a team collects one or more of the plurality of balls, once the balls are collected to spell the entire word, a score card is collected that indicates a point for the team, the player throws the collected ball(s) into the mixer, and the mixer disperses the collected balls back into the gaming area via the ball dispenser ramp,
- wherein the ball disperser ramp is two nettings coupled at an angle on a first end to the flexible poles, and on a second end the two nettings are coupled together.
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A game, comprising
- a mixer positioned at a first location on a gaming area, the mixer comprising a floor mat, a ball receiver opening, a ball disperser ramp, and a plurality of flexible poles coupled on their first ends to the floor mat and on their second ends to the ball receiver opening;
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- a plurality of balls randomly dispersed throughout the gaming area, each ball inscribed with a letter;
- a plurality of playing cards, each card indicating a word to be spelled, such that in response to a word on one of a selected playing card, a player on a team collects one or more of the plurality of balls, once the balls are collected to spell the entire word, a score card is collected that indicates a point for the team, the player throws the collected ball(s) into the mixer, and the mixer disperses the collected balls back into the gaming area via the ball dispenser ramp,
- wherein the ball disperser ramp comprises first netting and second netting, each extending in opposing directions in a slope.
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A game, comprising:
- a mixer positioned at a first location on a gaming area, the mixer comprising a floor mat, a ball receiver opening, a ball disperser ramp, and a plurality of flexible poles coupled on their first ends to the floor mat and on their second ends to the ball receiver opening;
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- a plurality of balls randomly dispersed throughout the gaming area, each ball inscribed with a letter;
- a plurality of playing cards, each card indicating a word to be spelled, such that in response to a word on one of a selected playing card, a player on a team collects one or more of the plurality of balls, once the balls are collected to spell the entire word, a score card is collected that indicates a point for the team, the player throws the collected ball(s) into the mixer, and the mixer disperses the collected balls back into the gaming area via the ball dispenser ramp,
- wherein the ball disperser ramp further comprises:
- a funnel coupled to the ball receiver opening;
- and
- a tube attached to the funnel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.