Projectile and target game

• US 5,165,694 A
• Filed: 07/06/1992
• Issued: 11/24/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James E. Kraushaar
• Original Assignee: James E. Kraushaar
• Inventors: Kraushaar, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAPIRO, PAUL
• Application Number:
  US07/908,086
• Time in Patent Office: 141 Days
• Field of Search: 273/343, 273/327, 273/338
• 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 target-game device comprising a target-support housing having a rear wall and a pair of forwardly extending side walls, a plurality of target crossbars being mounted between the side walls, and spaced one above the other to provide a plurality of target rungs for projectiles that are thrown for scoring as the projectiles are caught on the marked portions of the target rungs which represent various point values.

Claims

1. A target-game device comprising:

a target housing defined by a rear support wall and pair of outwardly extending side walls;

a plurality of target crossbar members fixedly positioned between said side walls and spaced one above the other, wherein each target crossbar defines a target rung;

means for scoring formed on each of said target rungs; and

a plurality of projectiles, each formed by a pair of identically weighted bags interconnected by an elongated flat, elastic, web member which allows said projectile to engage and catch on one or more of said target rungs.

2. A target-game device as recited in claim 1, wherein said scoring means is defined by applying indicia selectively to each of said target rungs.

3. A target-game device as recited in claim 1, wherein said scoring means is defined by applying indicia selectively to each of said target rungs, said indicia being defined by color-coded markings, wherein each of said color-coded markings is provided with a given score rating, whereby points are awarded to a player of said target game.

4. A target-game device as recited in claim 3, wherein said color-coded markings are randomly positioned along one or more target rungs.

5. A target-game device as recited in claim 4, wherein one or more of said color-coded markings are applied along the length of said target rung.

6. A target-game device as recited in claim 5, wherein each of said elastic bands stretches longitudinally when said web engages one of said target rungs, whereby the stretching of the web causes the distance between the weighted bags to extend and then slacken, whereby the action of the projectile becomes unpredictable.

7. A target-game device as recited in claim 5, wherein said target rungs are positioned in various horizontal and inclined positions relative to each other.

8. A target-game device as recited in claim 5, wherein said target housing includes means for mounting said target housing to a fixed structure.

9. A target-game device as recited in claim 5, wherein said target rungs are mounted adjacent the forward portion of said outwardly extending side walls, whereby said rear wall is spaced rearwardly thereof to allow said projectiles to freely wrap around said target rungs.