Dart board for safety darts

• US 5,169,158 A
• Filed: 02/13/1992
• Issued: 12/08/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John J. Neville
• Original Assignee: John J. Neville
• Inventors: Neville, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US07/835,225
• Time in Patent Office: 299 Days
• Field of Search: 273/408, 273/409, 273/347
• US Class Current: 273/408
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 3/009 made of plastic or foam

Abstract

A dart board for use with soft or blunt-tipped safety darts. The dart board includes a rigid backboard, a foam layer of low density foamed polystyrene attached to a surface of the backboard and which presents a target surface. A mesh screen covers the target surface and has a plurality of openings therein sized to allow penetration of a dart tip for retention in said foam layer and sized to prevent dart tip penetration of a depth at which a dart tip would contact said backboard.

Claims

1. A dart board for use with safety darts, comprising:

a rigid backboard;

a foam layer of low density foamed polystyrene material attached to a surface of said backboard, said foam layer presenting a target surface; and

a mesh screen covering said target surface and having a plurality of openings therein sized to allow penetration of a dart tip such that retention of said dart tip is accomplished by said foam layer and said openings being sized to prevent dart tip penetration of a depth at which a dart tip would contact said backboard.

2. The dart board of claim 1, further comprising a paper layer positioned between said foam layer and said mesh screen.

3. The dart board of claim 2, wherein said paper layer includes target indicia thereon.

4. The dart board of claim 1, wherein said mesh screen is formed of a flexible material.

5. The dart board of claim 1, wherein said mesh screen is affixed by an adhesive to said target surface.

6. The dart board of claim 1, wherein said mesh screen is attached along edges of said dart board to said backboard.

7. The dart board of claim 6, wherein said mesh screen is affixed by an adhesive to said target surface.

8. The dart board of claim 2, wherein said paper layer includes target indicia thereon.

9. The dart board of claim 1, further comprising a dart storage cavity formed in said foam layer such that darts may be stored therein without projecting outwardly beyond said target surface.

10. The dart board of claim 1, wherein said target surface further comprises an area with indicia for recording a game'"'"'s score.

11. The dart board of claim 10, wherein said area is devoid of said mesh screen covering.