Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1992-07-27
1994-05-24
Graham, Mark S.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
273372, F41J 300
Patent
active
053141954
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a dart game for several players, the game comprising a dart board composed of segments that are movably arranged between radial and concentric ribs so as to receive the thrown darts, each segment having an associated switch that is actuated by the impact of a dart and is connected by way of a switching device with a hit display.
Dart games are known in various embodiments. The darts are always thrown at a dart board that is divided into a number of segments. Each segment is provided with a switch which is actuated when a dart hits it. With every hit on a segment, a certain number of points is scored. The playing and scoring rules are different and frequently relatively complicated.
German Unexamined Published Patent Application DE-OS 3,341,303 discloses a dart game of the above-mentioned type in which the recording, counting and display of the points scored by each player is performed automatically. For this purpose, the dart board has an associated switching matrix that is connected with a microcomputer. A display is also provided which includes display fields for indicating the scores of the various players and the number of points scored at the moment.
The dart game disclosed in Unexamined Published Patent Application WO-OS 88/03638 includes a display for the progression and status of a game. The display provides information about the number of coins fed in and the available games and leads the player through the selection of a game and the number of players.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to make the playing of the game in a dart game device of the above-mentioned type more interesting, attractive and suspenseful and thus offer more entertainment and make playing the game more enticing to the players.
A dart game according to the invention includes at least two target fields which are each formed of segments that are arranged between adjacent radial and concentric ribs, with each segment of the target fields having an associated display lamp. All of the display lamps of each target field can be actuated only by a hit from the player who is the first to hit this target field. The display lamps of the respective target field can no longer be actuated upon and after a hit by another player.
In the dart game according to the invention a target field thus includes segments which are defined by ribs and which are able to actuate a switch when hit by a dart. The segments of a target field are here each to be hit by one player, with the associated switch in each case being actuated and the hit display lighting up accordingly. If, however, it is another player's turn and this player hits a segment of a target field in which some segments have already been hit by the one player, the one player loses the opportunity to hit all segments of the target field and he thus loses this target field and the corresponding points won.
According to the object of the game, it is thus not only the hitting of segments that is important but also the throwing skill and tactics during selection of the segments at which to aim. On the one hand, it is important to fill a target field by hitting its segments, and on the other hand,, hitting one of the segments at which the opponent is aiming will prevent the opponent from filling this target field. Successful hitting of expedient segment combinations leads to a high number of points and to a reduction of the opponent's points. The competitive attraction in this game is high due to the many variations in the progression of the game and the game is played quickly.
The observation of the progression of the game is made possible by the display lamps which each light up as soon as a segment of a player's target field is hit. Thus it is possible to see the segment combinations that are being developed.
In an advantageous embodiment of the dart game according to the invention, the game ends with a win when all display lamps of a target field are lit up. In this case, one or several target fields are provide
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Graham Mark S.
NSM Aktiengesellschaft
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