Skill ball tossing game

• US 20070257438A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clifton Deal
• Original Assignee: Clifton Deal
• Inventors: Deal, Clifton
• Application Number:
  US11/479,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20070257438A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/343
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2067/063 tossing, e.g. rings or horseshoes around or on, e.g. posts, hooks
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/06 Ring or disc tossing games , e.g. quoits; Throwing or tossing games, e.g. using balls; Games for manually rolling balls, e.g. marbles

Abstract

A skill tossing game with at least one horizontal bar generally located a predetermined distance away from the players and a predetermined height above the ground. The preferred setup contains two bars separated vertically by around 12 inches with the top bar being around 32 inches above the ground. The bars can have legs for support or can be driven into the ground. A pair of balls are tied together with a flexible connection such as a string or cord, and the players toss the balls onto one of the horizontal bars to earn points. In one embodiment of the game, the top bar equals 2 points, and the bottom bar equals 1 point. The first player to reach a predetermined score (such as 21 points) wins. The balls can be wiffle balls, tennis balls, golf balls or the like. The preferred balls are tennis balls. The preferred separation for the balls is around 12 inches.

Claims

1. A skill tossing game comprising, in combination:

at least one horizontal bar adapted to be located a predetermined distance from a player and a predetermined height;

a pair of balls tied together with a flexible connection wherein at least one player tosses said balls onto said horizontal bar to earn points.

2. The skill tossing game of claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of horizontal bars at different heights spaced predetermined distances from each other vertically.

3. The skill tossing game of claim 1 wherein said balls are wiffle balls.

4. The skill tossing game of claim 1 wherein said balls are tennis balls.

5. The skill tossing game of claim 1 wherein said flexible connection is a cord.

6. The skill tossing game of claim 2 wherein there is an upper bar and a lower bar.

7. The skill tossing game of claim 6 wherein said upper bar and said lower bar are separated by around 12 inches.

8. The skill tossing game of claim 1 wherein said bar is around 32 inches above the ground.

9. The skill tossing game of claim 1 wherein said flexible connection is around a foot long.

10. A skill tossing game comprising, in combination:

at least one horizontal receiving means for receiving tossed ball pairs located a predetermined distance from a player and a predetermined height;

a balls pair comprising two balls tied together with a connection means wherein at least one player attempts to toss said balls onto said horizontal receiving means to earn points.

11. The skill tossing game of claim 10 wherein said receiving means comprises a plurality of horizontal bars at different heights spaced predetermined distances from each other vertically.

12. The skill tossing game of claim 10 wherein said balls are wiffle balls.

13. The skill tossing game of claim 10 wherein said balls are tennis balls.

14. The skill tossing game of claim 10 wherein said connection means is a cord.

15. The skill tossing game of claim 11 wherein there is an upper bar and a lower bar.

16. The skill tossing game of claim 15 wherein said upper bar and said lower bar are separated by around 12 inches.

17. The skill tossing game of claim 10 wherein said receiving means is around 32 inches above the ground.

18. The skill tossing game of claim 14 wherein said cord is around a foot long.

19. A game wherein players toss ball pairs onto a plurality of horizontal rungs to earn points, each rung being a predetermined distance above the ground and a predetermined distance from said players, said ball pairs comprising two balls connected together by a cord.

20. The game of claim 19 wherein a top bar of said plurality of bars is around 32 inches above the ground.