US3784200A - Projectile including a cylindrical body with one flanged end and a target board - Google Patents

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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
  • A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games

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• ABSTRACT A multiplayer game for several persons which is comprised of and basedaround a square playing board which has on its upper playing and planar surface a plurality of circular target areas randomly distributed thereon and a centrally elevated launch area from and upon which a hollow cylindrical member, enclosed at one end, is propelled in a vertical path from a position with the open end upwards by a flip of a players finger in order to cause the cylindrical member 'to land on one of the target circles in a position with its closed portion upright.
• FIG. 1 is a top elevational view of the playing board.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cylindrical projectile which is flipped into the air.
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the playing board showing how the game is played.
• the invention is a game of both chance and skill, being comprised of a planar surfaced playing board having multiple scoring targets thereon and a central launch area thereon from which a cylindrically shaped projectile is flipped vertically into the air by a flip of the players finger.
• Playing board 10 is preferably of a planar cardboard construction and can be folded in one half in the middle as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 3.
• On the upper surface of playing board 10 are placed a plurality of randomly placed circular target areas 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E and 12F.
• Each such circular target zone has a scoring number placed therein, as represented, and these numbers may become progressively larger as each such circular target reaches to the outer, upper periphery of the board.
• a central launch 14 which preferably may be circular.
• the launch pad may be elevated to a degree above the planar surface of the playing board 10, however, it may be on the same planar surface as the board 10.
• a cylindrically shaped cuplike projectile I6 is provided, with an open end having a lip 17 surrounding said upper circumferences.
• the lower portion 18 of projectile 16 is enclosed, as shown.
• each player would preferably have a differently colored cap in order to provide optimal differentiation.
• Projectile 16 is initially placed on the launch area 14 and a player 20 may start the game by using his finger or fingers to flip the projectile I6 vertically upwardly so that projectile 16 will land with enclosed end I8 upright on one of the target areas.
• the player In scoring the game, if the projectile l6 lands with the enclosed end upwards the player will get a score, for instance, of five. If, in addition, the projectile lands with the enclosed end upwards, wholly within a target zone I2, the player gets a score of five plus the indicated score in the respective target zone. No additional score is registered if the cap lands just partially in a target zone.
• the player obtains a score of five and the additional score indicated in the target zone 12, and, in addition, get a repeat turn, and thus continues until a flip of the cap is in the position with the enclosed end downwards. At this latter point, the player loses his turn if the cap lands with the enclosed end downward. Furthermore, if the cap is flipped into the air and misses the board, the player gains no score and loses his turn completely.
• the game is played to a predetermined score with the persons having the highest score winning the game. Any number of players can play, but play must be conducted in alternate fashion.
• a game comprising:
• a hollow cylindrical projectile having and enclosed end and an open end, said open end having a flange extending outward around the circumference of said open end, said cylindrical projectile being adapted to be placed on said playing board in a position with the open end upward so that the projectile can be flipped upwardly by a player manipulating the flanged lip portion so as to land into one of the circular targets on the board with the open end of projectile being downward.

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• 1973
  • 1973-03-15 US US00341570A patent/US3784200A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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