Football bola game

• US 6,808,175 B1
• Filed: 03/08/2004
• Issued: 10/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bradford J Gleeson
• Original Assignee: Bradford J Gleeson
• Inventors: Gleeson, Bradford J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US10/795,718
• Time in Patent Office: 232 Days
• Field of Search: 273/343, 273/401, 273/407, 473/575, 473/576, 473/514, 473/476, 473/477, D21/301, D21/436, D21/465, D21/466, D21/712
• 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 2243/0066 Rugby; American football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/007 Arrangements on balls for connecting lines or cords
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/008 Goals for rugby or American football
• 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 portable football inspired bolo throwing game of skill wherein two tethered miniature footballs are tossed onto a runged stand bearing resemblance to a football goalpost. The base of the runged stand accepts a placard with the name, insignia or logo of well known college or professional teams. In this way the owner can display his loyalty. The miniature footballs are similarly adorned. The ratio of the dimensions of the game pieces lead to a lively game where luck plays a greater role than does skill.

Claims

1. A bolo tossing amusement device comprised of:

a plurality of the arrangements of two miniature footballs joined by a tether cord extending between one end of each football;

a miniature goalpost resembling a single support football goalpost adapted to have least two horizontal bars,

a circular plywood base adapted to support said miniature goalpost; and

a sheet material bearing a football team identifying emblem and adapted for attachment to said base,

wherein a score is determined by the final resting positions of bolos that have been tossed so as to entwined themselves upon an upright goalpost.

2. The throwing game of skill of claim 1 wherein said tether cord is rope, said rope having a diameter between one eighth inch and one half inch.

3. The throwing game of skill of claim 1 wherein said footballs are fabricated of an elastically deformable material approximately 2 inches in width and 3.5 inches in length.

4. The throwing game of skill of claim 1 wherein said footballs are fabricated of an elastically deformable material approximately 1.5 inches wide and 2.6 inches long.

5. A tethered miniature football toss game, the combination which includes a plurality of parallel horizontal and parallel vertical bars emulating a single support football goalpost which is held generally upright by a circular base and is adapted to receive by entwinement upon said bars a thrown bolo, said bolo fashioned from two miniature sponge footballs and a flexible rope extending between one pointed end of each football.

6. The tethered miniature football toss game of claim 5 wherein said single support football goalpost is arched.

7. The tethered miniature football toss game of claim 5 wherein the number of parallel horizontal bars is three and the number of parallel vertical bars is two.

8. The tethered miniature football toss game of claim 7 further comprising a sheet good bearing a football team'"'"'s identifying emblem and adapted for attachment to a top surface of said base.

9. The tethered miniature football toss game of claim 8 wherein said base and said miniature footballs bear a football team identifying emblem.

10. A throwing game of skill comprising:

at least one bolo consisting of two miniature footballs, fabricated from a spongy, foam material tethered apart by a flexible resilient cord;

a mechanical fastener;

a goalpost emulating a football goalpost wherein said goalpost is formed from a pair of round, vertical bars held in parallel and angular alignment by a pair of round, parallel, horizontal bars mechanically affixed normal to said vertical bars, said vertical bars having a peg extending therefrom, and a curved vertical support post adapted to receive said mechanical fastener and projecting normally from the approximate midpoint of a horizontal bar, said horizontal bar having distal ends with cylindrical cavities projecting vertically upwards and adapted for receiving said pegs; and

a circular base having a central cylinder projecting normally from said base adapted to receive said curved support post and said mechanical fastener,

wherein points of this game are determined by the final resting positions of bolos that have been tossed so as to ensnare themselves on the bars of the goalpost.

11. The throwing game of skill of claim 10 further comprising a fabric bearing a football team identifying emblem and adapted for attachment to said base.

12. The throwing game of skill of claim 11 wherein said cord is a polyester rope, and when full extended, separates said miniature footballs by approximately one foot.

13. The throwing game of skill of claim 12 wherein said round, vertical bars are approximately 2.5 feet high.

14. The throwing game of skill of claim 13 wherein said horizontal bars are approximately 2 feet long.

15. The throwing game of skill of claim 14 wherein said round, parallel, horizontal bars are mechanically affixed normal to said vertical bars at positions approximately 1 foot and 2 feet from a bottom end of said vertical bars.

16. The throwing game of skill of claim 15 wherein said mechanical fastener is a bolt and wingnut and said base and said curved support post define orifices that matingly align to receive said fastener.

17. The throwing game of skill of claim 16 wherein said base is formed from plywood and is approximately two feet in diameter.

18. The throwing game of skill of claim 17 wherein the number of bolos is six.

19. The throwing game of skill of claim 18 wherein said miniature footballs are approximately 50 mm wide and 90 mm long.

20. The throwing game of skill of claim 18 wherein said miniature footballs are approximately 40 mm wide and 66 mm long.