Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Peg and ring game or pegged target therefor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-16
2001-05-29
Chiu, Raleigh W. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Peg and ring game or pegged target therefor
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237918
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to games and amusement devices, and more particularly to ring and ball tossing games and the objects and methods used in playing such games.
BACKGROUND
A large number of tossing games exist which test the skill of each player to aim, throw or roll, and properly land rings, balls, or other objects in relationship to each other and/or to other objects or surroundings. Examples of such games include lawn bowling, horseshoes, boccie ball, and croquet. Though each of these games provide entertainment, each requires either a large amount of playing space which must usually be outdoors, a playing area of a particular nature (e.g., flat, grassy lawn, etc.), or several game pieces which are often cumbersome or inconvenient to carry. For apartment dwellers or those who live in homes with small yards or no yards at all, such games often require players to leave their homes or neighborhoods to find suitable playing areas.
Other problems exist with each of the games mentioned above. For example, the game of horseshoes typically results in damage to the playing area from horseshoes impacting the lawn or yard on which the game is played. In addition, heavy metal stakes driven into the playing surface also cause damage to the lawn or yard. Most of the games mentioned above require little to no strategy, and for those that do, children can very rarely play competitively with adults.
Therefore, there is a need for a tossing game which may be played in almost any location (indoors or outdoors), which does not require large amounts of space, which has very few playing parts, which does not cause damage to the surface on which the game is played, which requires a degree of real strategy in game play, but in which playing competitiveness is largely independent of the age of players. The present invention provides such a game.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A ring and ball tossing game apparatus is provided for use in playing a ring and ball tossing game according to a method of play. Elements of the apparatus include at least two stakes, a ball, and a ring-shaped object called a “root”. The “root” has a front portion which is preferably sloped in a downward direction to more easily permit the ball to roll up and into the center of the root when the root is resting on a playing surface. The “root” may have a hand grip and/or finger grips for a player to more comfortably and securably hold the “root”. The stakes may be one-piece or dismantle able into multiple pieces, and may be of a type to be driven into the ground or may be supported on bases to be used on hard surfaces or indoors. One or more parts of the stakes may be hollow to generate louder sounds when impacted by the root or ball during play.
When playing the game, players on opposing teams stand behind their own respective stakes which are located a distance apart from one another. Game play commences by a player from one team first tossing or rolling the root from behind the player's stake toward the opponent's stake and then tossing or rolling the ball from behind the player's stake toward the root or the opponent's stake. Points are tallied according to where the root and ball land, how they land, what they contact, and where the ball travels when it is tossed or thrown. Unless the game has been tied at the end of a round of play (in which case the game continues until the tie is broken), the first person scoring a set number of points or who causes the ball to land inside the root which itself encircles the opponent's stake wins.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4898392 (1990-02-01), Goletz
patent: 5779567 (1998-07-01), Durso
patent: 5938202 (1999-08-01), Williams
Copyright Certificate of Registration Dated Mar. 27, 1995 (8 pages).
Nondisclosure Agreement dated May 10, 1996 (2 pages).
Chiu Raleigh W.
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
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