Article tossing game assembly

• US 8,162,318 B1
• Filed: 08/13/2010
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Layne, Kevin W. Peterson
• Original Assignee: Charles Layne, Kevin W. Peterson
• Inventors: Peterson, Kevin W., Layne, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): GRAHAM, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US12/855,852
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 273398-402, 273/343
• US Class Current: 273/402
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2067/063 tossing, e.g. rings or horseshoes around or on, e.g. posts, hooks
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/74 with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• 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

An article tossing game assembly includes a frame with a first elongated member and a second elongated member. A plurality of bracing members is attached to and extends between the first and second elongated members. A mount is attached to one of the bracing members. A light emitting apparatus is attached to the mount. A panel is positioned on an upper side of the frame and covers the frame. The panel has a top side and a bottom side and has an aperture therein extending into the top side and outwardly of the bottom side. The aperture is positioned adjacent to the light emitter. The panel is comprised of a translucent material. The light emitter is visible through the panel to direct a person where to aim when attempting to throw articles through the aperture.

Claims

1. A game station assembly for receiving tossed articles, said assembly including:

a frame including a first elongated member and a second elongated member being spaced from each other and being orientated parallel with respect to each other, a plurality of bracing members being attached to and extending between said first and second elongated members, each of said first and second elongated members having a first end and a second end;

a mount being attached to one of said bracing members;

a light emitting apparatus being attached to said mount;

a panel being positioned on an upper side of said frame and covering said frame, said panel having a top side and a bottom side, said panel having an aperture therein extending into said top side and outwardly of said bottom side, said aperture being positioned adjacent to said light emitter, said panel being comprised of a translucent material; and

wherein said light emitter is visible through said panel to direct a person where to aim when attempting to throw articles through said aperture.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a first leg being attached to and extending downwardly from said first end of said first elongated member and a second leg being attached to and extending downwardly from said first end of said second elongated member, said legs supporting said frame in an angular relationship with respect to a ground surface and being angled downwardly from said first ends to said second ends of said elongated members.

3. The assembly according to claim 2, further including a brace being attached to and extending between distal ends of legs with respect to said first ends.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said mount is positioned nearer said first ends than said second ends and being positioned approximately an equal distance from said first and second elongated members.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said light emitting apparatus includes a loop having light emitters therein, said loop bounding an opening through said loop, said aperture being aligned with said opening.

6. The assembly according to claim 5, said aperture having a diameter equal to or less than a diameter of said opening.

7. The assembly according to claim 6, wherein said aperture has a circular shape.

8. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said first and second elongated members are translucent, said bracing members being translucent, a plurality of light emitters being mounted within said frame.

9. A game station assembly for receiving tossed articles, said assembly including:

a frame including a first elongated member and a second elongated member being spaced from each other and being orientated parallel with respect to each other, a plurality of bracing members being attached to and extending between said first and second elongated members, each of said first and second elongated members having a first end and a second end, a first leg being attached to and extending downwardly from said first end of said first elongated member and a second leg being attached to and extending downwardly from said first end of said second elongated member, said legs supporting said frame in an angular relationship with respect to a ground surface and being angled downwardly from said first ends to said second ends of said elongated members, a brace being attached to and extending between distal ends of legs with respect to said first ends;

a mount being attached to one of said bracing members, said mount being positioned nearer said first ends than said second ends and being positioned approximately an equal distance from said first and second elongated members;

a light emitting apparatus being attached to said mount, said light emitting apparatus including a loop having at least one light emitter therein, said loop bounding an opening through said loop;

a panel being positioned on an upper side of said frame and covering said frame, said panel having a top side and a bottom side, said panel having an aperture therein extending into said top side and outwardly of said bottom side, said aperture being aligned with said opening, said panel being comprised of a translucent material, said aperture having a diameter equal to or less than a diameter of said opening, said aperture having a circular shape; and

wherein said light emitter is visible through said panel to direct a person where to aim when attempting to throw articles through said aperture.

10. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said first and second elongated members are translucent, said bracing members being translucent, a plurality of light emitters being mounted within said frame.

11. A game kit assembly including:

a frame including

a first elongated member and a second elongated, each of said first and second elongated members having a first end and a second end;

a plurality of bracing members being attachable to and extendable to said first and second elongated members such that said bracing members are perpendicularly orientated to said first and second elongated members, each of said bracing members being translucent;

a first leg and a second leg, said first leg being attachable to said first end of said first elongated member and said second leg being attachable to said first end of said second elongated member such that said frame is supported in an angular relationship with respect to a ground surface and being angled downwardly from said first ends to said second ends of said elongated members;

a mount being attachable to one of said bracing members;

a light emitting apparatus being attached to said mount, said light emitting apparatus including a loop having at least one light emitter therein, said loop bounding an opening through said loop;

a pair of posts, each of said posts having a length being equal to less than one half a length of said braces, each of said posts being attachable to said first and second elongated members or one of said braces, each of said posts being translucent;

a pair of supports, each of said supports being removably attachable to one of said first and second elongated members to support said first and second elongated members in a vertical orientation extending upwardly from the ground surface;

a panel being positionable on an upper side of said frame and covering said frame when said frame is in said angular relationship to the ground surface, said panel having a top side and a bottom side, said panel having an aperture therein extending into said top side and outwardly of said bottom side, said aperture being alignable with said opening, said panel being comprised of a translucent material, said light emitter is visible through said panel to direct a person where to aim when attempting to throw articles through said aperture;

a plurality of light emitters being mounted within said frame;

a plurality of rings for throwing at one of said posts;

a plurality of horseshoe shaped members for throwing at said posts;

a plurality of bags for throwing through said aperture; and

a plurality of bolas for throwing at said light emitting apparatus, said braces and said posts.