Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1996-09-20
1998-07-07
Harrison, Jessica
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
A63B 6502, F41J 300
Patent
active
057756945
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a U.S. application claiming foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) and 35 U.S.C. 365(a)-(b) of PCT International Application No. PCT/SE94/00691 filed on Jul. 13, 1994, Swedish Patent Application 94 00504-8 filed on Feb. 11, 1994, and Swedish Patent Application 94 01776-1 filed on May 20, 1994.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dart game comprising safe darts and a board.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A conventional dart game consists of darts having a sharp tip which is between 20 and 30 millimeters long, and a board adapted thereto. When hitting the board the tips of the darts penetrate into the board which in the most simple embodiment consists of helically wound paper strips or straw, or, for more professional boards, of staple fibres, the board being about 30 mms thick. A common feature of known boards is that they cannot withstand damp, and therefor they are quickly destroyed when used outdoors. However, the main problem is that the sharp tips, especially in the summertime, cause many and serious eye damages. A direct hit in an eye will in most cases lead to blindness. This is emphasized by the fact that in e.g. Germany the sale of darts is prohibited to anyone under 18 years of age.
Because of the above many different solutions to the problem of providing safe darts have been suggested, but still no solution has been presented being a perfectly satisfactory substitute, not even for the most simple types of conventional dart games and even less so for the sport of darts.
There have been attempts of introducing darts with a ferritic magnet in the tip, which is intended to attach to a metal board. These require a rather great mass in order to obtain a sufficient amount of energy for obtaining the desired attraction force to the board. This type of magnet is demagnetisized by blows. This system soon disappeared because of poor function and very short time of life. Indeed, a magnetization equipment was offered in order to prolong the length of life of the darts, which however increased the costs considerably while the other drawbacks still remained.
Other solutions brought forward during the last few years are the use of Velcro tape systems with female/male part. This requires light darts, since the holding force of the Velcro system is not very strong, and at the same time the hit must be almost straight towards the board for the dart to get hooked. The hit pattern becomes difficult to read, since the hitting surface of the dart is comparatively large. Another aspect on this theme was balls with Velcro strips, where it is less important how the ball is thrown. The Velcro system, however, gets worn very quickly and this solution is not experienced as a good substitute for games using conventional darts.
Another variation on this subject is use of darts with a suction cup, wherein there is a problem with the low adhesion force; the suction cup has to be wetted; and the material is aged quickly, especially when the game is left outdoors.
One recent solution comprises a board consisting of plastic quills between which a plastic tip of a dart should wedge-in itself at a hit. Once again a straight hit is required in order to obtain said wedging in between the quills. However, the probability for the dart to hit onto a quill instead of between the quills, is great and the number of re-throws will therefor be great. The result is difficult to read, since the board consists of pins, 15 to 20 mms long, where the dart is supposed to wedge in. Experiments also show that in most cases the previous dart will fall off from the board when the next dart hits the board, and an interaction is obtained where basically one dart is exchanged for the other.
It is common for the above disclosed systems that they are not experienced as fun, and especially not by children throwing carelessly and therefore rarely getting the darts to stay on the board, and further, because the above systems cannot be used for the sport of
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patent: 2683037 (1954-07-01), Ruczynski et al.
patent: 2863665 (1958-12-01), Gerosolina
patent: 3147976 (1964-09-01), Millar
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