ILLUMINATED BALL TOSS GAME

• US 20110037226A1
• Filed: 08/11/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tracy Nickles
• Original Assignee: Tracy Nickles
• Inventors: Nickles, Tracy
• Application Number:
  US12/854,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037226A1
• 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 2225/74 with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/06 with illuminating devices ; with reflective surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/007 Target zones without opening defined on a substantially horizontal surface
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/10 Games with thread-suspended or swingably-mounted bodies, e.g. balls, pointed bodies shaped as birds, animals, or the like, for aiming at and hitting targets games using a bat with a ball tethered thereto A63B67/20, pin games with tethered balls A63D7/00 ; Games using tethered bodies, e.g. balls, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0084 the line or cord being fixed to at least two points

Abstract

A ball toss game includes a target that includes a first upright and a second upright. A base is adapted to support the first upright and the second upright and a cross piece is supported by the first upright and the second upright. The ball toss game includes an electrically powered light source located inside the target and configured to illuminate a portion of the target. The light from the light source is visible through the illuminated portion of the target. A switch is configured to be operable to turn the light source on and off. The ball toss game also includes a projectile adapted to be thrown at the target. The projective includes two weights joined by a flexible member.

Claims

1. A ball toss game comprising:

a target including a first upright and a second upright, a base adapted to support the first upright and the second upright, and a cross piece supported by the first upright and the second upright;

an electrically powered light source located inside the target and configured to illuminate a portion of the target such that light from the light source is visible through the illuminated portion;

a switch configured to be operable to turn the light source on and off; and

a projectile adapted to be thrown at the target, the projectile comprising two weights joined by a flexible member.

2. The ball toss game of claim 1, further comprising a colored filter that may be used to change the color of the light visible through the illuminated portion.

3. The ball toss game of claim 1, wherein the illuminated portion is located on the cross piece.

4. The ball toss game of claim 3, wherein the cross piece is a first cross piece, and the ball toss game further comprises a second cross piece including a second illuminated portion and a third cross piece including a third illuminated portion.

5. The ball toss game of claim 4, wherein the light visible through the first illuminated portion is a first color, the light visible through the second illuminated portion is a second color, and the light visible through the third illuminated portion is a third color.

6. The ball toss game of claim 5, further comprising a first colored filter that changes the color of the light visible through the first illuminated portion, a second colored filter that changes the color of the light visible through the second illuminated portion, and a third colored filter that changes the color of the light visible through the third illuminated portion.

7. The ball toss game of claim 6, wherein the first colored filter is integral with the first cross piece, the second colored filter is integral with the second cross piece, and the third colored filter is integral with the third cross piece.

8. The ball toss game of claim 6, wherein the first cross piece is adapted to enable a user to change the first colored filter, the second cross piece is adapted to enable the user to change the second colored filter, and the third cross piece is adapted to enable the user to change the third colored filter in order to change the color of the light visible through the first illuminated portion, the second illuminated portion, and the third illuminated portion.

9. The ball toss game of claim 4, wherein the electrically powered light source is a first electrically powered light source, and the ball toss game further includes a second electrically powered light source configured to illuminate the second illuminated portion, and a third electrically powered light source configured to illuminate the third illuminated portion.

10. The ball toss game of claim 9, wherein the first electrically powered light source may be set to automatically flash at a first strobe rate, the second electrically powered light source may be set to automatically flash at a second strobe rate, and the third electrically powered light source may be set to automatically flash at a third strobe rate.

11. The ball toss game of claim 10, wherein the first strobe rate, the second strobe rate, and the third strobe rate are independent of each other.

12. The ball toss game of claim 10, wherein the first strobe rate, the second strobe rate, and the third strobe rate are synchronized.

13. The ball toss game of claim 4, further comprising a first toe line supported by the base adjacent a support surface and a first toe line light configured to illuminate a portion of the first toe line.

14. The ball toss game of claim 13, further comprising a switch configured to allow the first toe line light to be selectively turned on or turned off.

15. The ball toss game of claim 13, further comprising a second toe line supported by the base adjacent the support surface and a second toe line light configured to illuminate a portion of the second toe line.

16. The ball toss game of claim 15, further comprising a toe line switch configured to allow the first toe line light and the second toe line light to be turned on and turned off simultaneously.

17. A ball toss game comprising:

a target including a first upright and a second upright, a base adapted to support the first upright and the second upright, and a cross piece supported by the first upright and the second upright;

a first toe line supported by the base;

a first toe line light configured to illuminate a portion of the first toe line; and

a switch configured to be operable to turn the first toe line light on and off.

18. The ball toss game of claim 17, further comprising a second toe line supported by the base and a second toe line light configured to illuminate a portion of the second toe line.

19. A ball toss game comprising:

a target, and

an illuminated bola having a first weight and a second weight tethered together by a cord, a first bola light source adapted to be retained within the first weight and to illuminate a portion of the first weight, and a switch adapted to allow the first bola light source to be turned on and turned off.

20. The ball toss game of claim 19, further comprising a second bola light source adapted to be retained within the second weight and to illuminate a portion of the second weight and a switch adapted to allow the second bola light source to be turned on and turned off.