Modified bowling game and apparatus therefor

• US 3,887,183 A
• Filed: 04/24/1974
• Issued: 06/03/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Martin P. Saso
• Original Assignee: Martin P. Saso
• Inventors: Saso, Martin P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Oechsle, Anton O.
• Application Number:
  US05/463,664
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 273/37,38,41,58K,82R,95R,12R,12.1R,16R,127R,128R,DIG.25
• US Class Current: 473/76
• CPC Class Codes: A63D 9/00 Pins
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/25 Suction cups involved

Abstract

A modified bowling game and apparatus for such game wherein a projectile is directed toward a plurality of horizontally spaced targets arranged in a predetermined pattern and each target bears indicia indicative of the number of points the player receives if such target is struck by a tossed projectile; each target being relatively light in weight and generally in the configuration of one half a conventional bowling pin, and being supported on a slender, flexible rod having one end fixed to a base or support member in the form of a suction cup; and the projectile is made of rubber or rubber-like material and is formed to have ten faces, two of such faces being spaced and parallel and having a generally square form and the other eight faces having substantially isosceles trapezoidal forms.

Claims

1. Game apparatus for playing a modified bowling game of the kind wherein projectiles are manually tossed and directed toward a plurality of targets arranged in a predetermined pattern on a substantially flat and smooth playing field area surface from a position horizontally spaced from the targets in an attempt to strike the same, comprising, a projectile;

and a plurality of target assemblies, each of said target assemblies including a target having a configuration substantially resembling one vertical half of a bowling pin, said target being made of relatively lightweight non-metallic material, and means for supporting said target on said playing field area surface in a generally upright position vertically spaced above said playing area surface including an elongated, slender rod having a relatively long end section extending from one end of the rod and a relatively short end section extending from the opposite end of the rod, means for attaching said target to said relatively long end section of said rod, and an enlarged base member connected to said relatively short end section of said rod, said base member being detachably connectible to said playing field area surface solely by vacuum.

2. Game apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said rod includes a helically-wound section intermediate and connected to said long and short end sections of said rod, said helically-wound section permitting said long and short end sections to flex angularly with respect to each other.

3. Game apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said projectile is made of elastomer material and the outer surface of said projectile is in the form of ten plane faces, two of said plane faces being spaced and parallel with respect to each other and substantially square in shape, and the other eight plane faces being substantially in the shape of isosceles trapesoids.

4. Game apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein said base member is made of elastomer material and includes a generally cylindrical projection provided with a recess therein, said short end section having an end portion inserted into said recess and frictionally held therein by the wall surface of said projection partially defining said recess.

5. Game apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said base member includes a generally inverted cup-shaped portion, said projection being integrally formed therewith, said cup-shaped portion being defined by a relatively thin wall, said thin wall being resilient and deformable so as to be capable of assuming a substantially flat configuration on said playing field area surface in the manner of a suction cup.