HOOK-SHAPED THROWING MEMBERS AND HORIZONTAL RECEIVING SUPPORT ROD

• US 3,774,911 A
• Filed: 02/12/1973
• Issued: 11/27/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Donald C. Benfield
• Original Assignee: Donald C. Benfield
• Inventors: Benfield, Donald C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Siskind, Marvin
• Application Number:
  US05/331,548
• Time in Patent Office: 288 Days
• Field of Search: 273/16C,16R,100,104,95R,12R,12S 211/105.2,123,177
• 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 game system having a plurality of throwing members engageable with a horizontal rod. Each throwing member has a hook-shaped end with an enlarged opposite end and a constant thickness therebetween. A horizontal rod is received into the hollow horizontal end portions of two identical right angle posts. The bottom portion of each post extends vertically and has a lower stake formed end. The horizontal rod includes three scoring areas marked thereon to receive the throwing members.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a pair of identical post members, each post member having a hollow main body with a closed and tapered bottom end forming a stake for driving into the ground, each main body having a right angle configuration with a lower vertical portion and an upper horizontal portion;

a horizontal rod with opposite ends slidably received into and supported by upper horizontal portions of each post member; and

, at least one throwing member having a hook-shaped end sized to hookingly engage said rod and having an enlarged opposite end with a constant thickness between said hook-shaped end and said enlarged opposite end.

2. The game system of claim 1 wherein:

said rod has markings along the length thereof dividing said rod into at least three separate scoring areas to receive said throwing member.

3. The game system of claim 2 wherein:

said rod has a circular cross section allowing said hook-shaped end to rock thereon when thrown and engaged on said rod; and

, each first main body has a joining portion which is smoothly radiused and which integrally joins said upper horizontal portion to said lower vertical portion allowing said throwing member to slip off of said joining portion when thrown thereon.

4. The game system of claim 3 and further comprising:

a plurality of throwing members identical to said one throwing member, each throwing member being plastic.

5. The game system of claim 4 wherein:

each separate scoring area extends 8 inches along the length of said rod.