Tossing game system and method

• US 7,198,273 B1
• Filed: 09/07/2005
• Issued: 04/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William B. Hicks
• Original Assignee: William Hicks
• Inventors: Advocate, Wayne E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Legesse; Nini F.
• Application Number:
  US11/221,313
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 273/343, 273/398, 273/399, 273/400, 273/401, 273/402, 473/197, 473/454, 473/455, 473/456, 473/477
• 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 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/007 Arrangements on balls for connecting lines or cords
• 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 is disclosed for use in a tossing game. The target includes a base and a collapsible ladder assembly hingedly connected to the base. The ladder assembly includes a pair of telescoping vertical members and multiple horizontal rungs connected therebetween. A described tossing game system includes a pair of such targets.

Claims

1. A target for use in a tossing game, the target comprising:

a pair of base members, each of the pair of base members having a pair of side members;

a pair of hinge joints;

a collapsible ladder assembly fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the pair of hinge joints, wherein the ladder assembly comprises a pair of telescoping vertical members and a plurality of horizontal rungs connected therebetween;

a pair of pivot pins of each of the hinge joints, each of the pivot pins hingedly connecting the hinge joint to one of the side members of each of the pair of base members, such that the pair of base members can pivot with respect to the ladder assembly between a horizontal position and a folded position; and

a means for locking the pair of base members in the horizontal position with respect to the ladder assembly.

2. The target as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the hinge joints includes a pair of opposing outwardly extending sidewalls that each supports one of the base members in the horizontal position.

3. The target as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the hinge joints includes a pair of concave recesses that each receives one of the base members in the folded position.

4. The target as recited in claim 1 wherein the means for locking includes a push button biased outwardly with a spring to extend through both the hinge joint and one of the pair of base members for keeping the base members in the horizontal position, the spring allowing the push button to be pushed out of either the hinge joint or the base member and thereby enabling the base member to be returned to the folded position.