Cornhole game difficulty modification

• US 8,915,498 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2014
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William B. Hynds
• Original Assignee: William B. Hynds
• Inventors: Hynds, William B.
• Primary Examiner(s): GRAHAM, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US14/176,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20140333026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 318 Days
• Field of Search: 473/179, 473190-192, 273/381, 273/382, 273/354, 273398-402, 273390-392
• US Class Current: 273/381
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2067/065 used tossed devices of different sizes giving different degrees of difficulty for fitting in or over a target
• 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

The invention is a device that modifies the target aperture for the standard game board for the traditional lawn game known as cornhole or bean bag toss. The device, when inserted into the game board'"'"'s target aperture, replaces the open hole with a circular shaped “trapdoor” that opens only when directly struck by a tossed game bag. When opened, the trapdoor allows the passage of the game bag through the game boards target aperture. The device includes a spring hinge mechanism that returns the trapdoor to the closed position after the bag has passed through the opening. The device is designed so that it can be quickly and easily inserted into and removed from the target aperture of the game board without moving or damaging the game board.

Claims

1. An apparatus for insertion into the target aperture of a standard cornhole game board, where said apparatus is comprised of a thin circular disk which has an outer diameter of 8 to 9 inches and an inner diameter of 5.5 to slightly less than 6 inches, and said circular disk is affixed to a ring which has an outer diameter slightly smaller than the standard cornhole gameboard 6 inch diameter target aperture and a minimum inner diameter of 5.5 inches, and a solid circular plate located in the open space of said circular disk and ring and is attached to said ring by means of a spring hinge mechanism and where said solid circular plate will partially move downwards into said disk'"'"'s and ring'"'"'s open space and allow passage of a cornhole game bag through said disk and ring when said solid circular plate is impacted by a tossed cornhole game bag with sufficient momentum.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, where a celebratory sound is played by means of a sound mechanism that is activated when the circular solid plate of claim 1 is moved by the direct impact of a thrown cornhole game bag.