Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Utility Patent
1999-05-28
2001-01-02
Chiu, Raleigh W. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
C273S359000, C273S336000, C273S378000, C273S381000, C273S369000, C273S370000, C446S268000, C446S297000, C446S298000, C446S376000
Utility Patent
active
06168160
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
Ring toss games such as the game of quoits are well known. In the game of quoits, a player pitches iron or rope rings at a stake with a goal of encircling the stake with a ring.
SUMMARY
The invention provides a movable target for a throwing game in which the target is intended to receive a thrown object. To this end, the target includes a first movable element, a second movable element, a switch actuated by the thrown object, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism switches from moving the first movable element to moving the second movable element in response to actuation of the switch.
Embodiments may include one or more of the following features. For example, the target may be in the shape of an animal, such as a seal. The first movable element may include one or more first movable sub-elements (e.g., a body, a neck, and a head). Furthermore, moving the first movable element may include moving one of the first movable sub-elements relative to another one of the first movable sub-elements.
Similarly, the second movable element may include one or more second movable sub-elements (e.g., arms and a sound element). Moving the second movable element may include moving one of the second movable sub-elements relative to another one of the second movable sub-elements.
The movable target may further include a base element that supports the movable elements. Additionally, the first movable element may include a lower element, a middle element attached to the lower element, and an upper element attached to the middle element. Thus, moving the first movable element may include moving the lower element relative to the base, moving the middle element relative to the lower element, and moving the upper element relative to the middle element.
Moving the lower element relative to the base may include moving the lower element forward and backward relative to the base. Likewise, moving the middle element relative to the lower element may include moving the middle element from side to side relative to the lower element. Lastly, moving the upper element relative to the middle element may include moving the upper element from side to side relative to the middle element.
The second movable element may include one or more arm elements attached to the first movable element and a sound element housed in the movable target. Moving the second movable element may include moving one or more arm elements relative to the first movable element, and moving the sound element, which may cause sounds to be emitted from the sound element. Moving an arm element may occur in synchronization with moving the sound element. The thrown object may include a ring and the switch may be activated when the ring encircles the movable target and strikes an appendage. Moving the second movable element may include doing so for a predetermined time after the switch is activated.
The thrown object may include a ring. The ring may include two releasable semi-circular sections that fit together to form the ring.
Other features and advantages will be apparent from the following description, including the drawings, and from the claims.
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DeOreo Daniel J.
Nagasaka Yoshizo
Chiu Raleigh W.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Hasbro Inc.
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