Game method with velcro-receptive balls and velcro-bearings disks

• US 5,452,902 A
• Filed: 07/18/1994
• Issued: 09/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elliot A. Rudell
• Original Assignee: Elliot Rudell
• Inventors: Osborne, Ian, Foster, George, Rudell, Elliot
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US08/276,818
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 273/342, 273/346, 273/DIG. 30, 273/344, 273/345, 273/347
• US Class Current: 273/348.4
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/005 with adhesive type surfaces, e.g. hook-and-loop type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/002 Games using balls, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/30 Hooked pile fabric fastener

Abstract

An action game whereby the players throw a ball at a plurality of disks so that one of the disks becomes attached to the ball. The ball and disks are covered with hook and loop material, wherein the disks will become attached to the ball when the ball comes into contact with a disk. A variety of games can be played with the game set of the present invention. For example, the disks can all be placed in an area of a playing surface. Each player throws the ball at the disks, trying to get a disk to stick to the ball. The ball is bounced off of the playing surface and caught by the opposing player. If a disk sticks to the ball, the opposing player must keep the disk. When all of the disks have been removed from the playing surface, the player with the least amount of disks wins the game.

Claims

1. A toy kit, comprising:

a disk that has a pair of opposing flat surfaces with an attachment material on at least one of said flat surfaces, wherein said disk lies flat on a playing surface when either flat disk surface is placed onto the playing surface; and

,

a ball with a surface area covered with said attachment material such that said disk becomes attached to said ball when any area of said ball comes into contact with said disk.

2. The toy kit as recited in claim 1, further comprising a string with a pair of ends that can be attached to form a circle, wherein said disk is located within said circle.

3. The toy kit as recited in claim 1, wherein said attachment material is hook and loop material.

4. The toy kit as recited in claim 1, wherein the kit has a plurality of disks.

5. The toy kit as recited in claim 4, wherein some disks have a larger diameter than other disks.

6. The toy kit as recited in claim 1, wherein the kit includes two balls covered with said attachment material and ten disks covered with said attachment material.

7. A method for playing a game, comprising the steps of:

a) placing a disk onto a first playing surface, wherein said disk has a pair of flat surfaces with an attachment material on at least one of said flat surfaces, wherein said disk lies flat on the first playing surface when either flat disk surface is placed onto the first playing surface; and

,

b) throwing a ball that has a surface area that is covered with said attachment material at said disk, such that said disk becomes attached to said ball when any area of said ball comes into contact with said disk, and said disk is removed from the first playing surface.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein a plurality of disks are placed onto the first playing surface.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising the step (c) of catching said ball by an opposing player, wherein each player is credited with at least one point when that player attaches one of said disk to said ball, steps (b) and (c) are repeated until all of said disks have been removed from the first playing surface, the player with the most points wins the game.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said ball must be bounced off of a second playing surface.

11. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising the steps (c) and (d) of catching said ball by an opposing player, removing said disk that is attached to said ball, the player that removes said disk is credited with at least one point for each removed disk, steps (b), (c) and (d) are repeated until all of said disks have been removed from the first playing surface, the player with the least points wins the game.

12. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the game has two balls and two sets of players that each throw one of said balls at said disks and off of the first playing surface so that said ball can be caught by the other player in the player set, wherein each set of players is credited with at least one point when one of the players within the player set attaches one of said disks to said ball, the steps of throwing and catching said ball are repeated until all of said disks have been removed from the first playing surface, the player set with the most points wins the game.