Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Peg and ring game or pegged target therefor
Patent
1990-11-19
1991-08-20
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Peg and ring game or pegged target therefor
273400, A63B 6706
Patent
active
050408011
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of playing a lawn game uses washer-shaped projectiles which are tossed by players towards target receptacles placed on the ground. The target receptacles are held in place by a nail or spike driven into the ground and each include two or more cups attached together, the cups being of different diameters for presenting different degrees of difficulty. The cups may also be of different heights so that the taller cup can act as a "backboard" for deflecting a tossed washer into the shorter cup, or, depending upon the orientation of the target receptacle, the taller cup can partially shield the shorter cup and, thereby, increase the difficulty of hitting the shorter cup. Each of the cups has a plurality of raised nodes on the bottom thereof to support a washer tossed therein and to act as an aid in removal of the washer by spacing the washer from the bottom of the cup. The nodes permit the player to insert a finger through the bore in the washer and easily remove the washer from the cup. The varying sizes of the cups make the game more versatile, since they can be given different scoring values commensurate with the degree of difficulty, or the rules can be modified to permit players of differing skill levels to compete fairly with each other by assigning different cups as targets to different players.
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