Floating word game in a body of water

• US 5,615,887 A
• Filed: 07/02/1996
• Issued: 04/01/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas W. Park
• Original Assignee: Thomas W. Park
• Inventors: Park, Thomas W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierce, William M.
• Application Number:
  US08/677,446
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 273/272, 273/411, 273/350, 273/DIG. 2, 446/153, 446/220, 472/128, 434/159, 434/172
• US Class Current: 273/272
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/205 for being played in the swimming pool, e.g. floatable games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0098 Word or number games A63F3/0415, A63F3/0421, A63F3/0423 take precedence

Abstract

A word game to be played in a body of water. The body of water has a surface, the game is played by two teams, each team having at least one player. The game includes the steps of positioning the players in the body of water. A plurality of gaming pieces is randomly distributed on the surface of the water. The gaming pieces have letters of the alphabet formed thereon. A word is identified. The players of each team collect gaming pieces to spell the identified word. The first team to have collected all gaming pieces to spell the identified word is the game winner.

Claims

1. A method for playing a word game to be played in a body of water, the water having a surface, the game played by two teams, each team having at least one player, comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of players and dividing them into two teams;

positioning the teams in a body of water,

providing a plurality of gaming pieces and randomly distributing them on a surface of the body water, the gaming pieces having a letter of the alphabet formed thereon;

identifying a word; and

players of each team moving within the body of water and among the gaming pieces in order to collect gaming pieces to spell the identified word, and declaring a winner to be the first team to have collected and arranged the collected gaming pieces to spell the identified word.

2. The method for playing a word game of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying a word includes:

one of the players selecting a word.

3. The method for playing a word game of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying a word includes:

a game referee providing clues by which the players guess a word.

4. The method for playing a word game of claim 1 and further including:

placing the collected gaming pieces in a rack disposed adjacent to the body of water after each gaming piece is collected.

5. The method for playing a word game of claim 1 and further including:

placing gaming pieces that represent a specific letter of the alphabet outside the body of water.

6. The method for playing a word game of claim 1 wherein the gaming pieces are shaped in the form of letters of the alphabet.