Patent Application
20200384327
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The disclosure and prior art relates to game assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new game assembly for achieving a desired separation between platforms.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first platform and a tape measure. The tape measure is coupled to the first platform. A tape of the tape measure is selectively extensible so that the tape measure is configured to measure a distance between the first platform and a second platform to achieve a desired separation between the first platform and the second platform.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A coupler 28 is coupled to the first platform 12. The coupler 28 is positioned to selectively couple to the tape measure 16 so that the tape measure 16 is coupled to the first platform 12. The coupler 28 is coupled to a lower face 30 of the angled member 20 proximate to the vertical member 18 so that the tape is configured to be extended through a first hole 32 that is positioned in the angled member 20 to a centerpoint 34 of a second hole 36 that is positioned in the angular member 24 of the second platform 14, allowing a user to achieve the desired separation between the first platform 12 and the second platform 14.
The coupler 28 comprises a first plate 38, a second plate 40, and a third plate 42. The first plate 38 is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the lower face 30 of the angled member 20. The second plate 40 is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the first plate 38 distal from the angled member 20. The third plate 42 is coupled to and extends from the lower face 30 of the angled member 20 so that the third plate 42 is parallel to the first plate 38. The first plate 38, the second plate 40, and the third plate 42 define a slot 44 that is substantially complementary to the tape measure 16. The third plate 42 and the second plate 40 define an opening 46. The tape measure 16 is insertable into the slot 44 with a clip 48 of the tape measure 16 positioned to couple to the third plate 42 to couple the tape measure 16 to the first platform 12.
A hook 50 is coupled to an end 52 of the tape 26. An aperture 54 is positioned in the hook 50. A strap 56, which comprises a zip tie 58, is coupled to the hook 50 and is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user to extend the tape 26 from the tape measure 16.
A first slat 60, which comprises a first ruler 62, is rotationally coupled by a midpoint 64 to the lower face 30 of the angled member 20 proximate to the first hole 32, as shown in
A second slat 68, which comprises a second ruler 70, is rotationally coupled by a middle point 72 to a lower surface 74 of the angular member 24 of the second platform 14, as shown in
The assembly 10 pertains generally to a game commonly known as cornhole. The Official Cornhole Rules promulgated by the American Cornhole Organization state that the separation between the first platform 12 and the second platform 14 shall be 33 feet between the center 66 of the first hole 32 that is positioned in the first platform 12 and the centerpoint 34 of the second hole 36 that is positioned in the second platform 14. The task of measuring the distance between the center 66 of the first hole 32 and the centerpoint 34 of a second hole 36 is readily achieved using the embodiment of the invention described above. The distance of 33 feet between the center 66 of the first hole 32 and the centerpoint 34 of a second hole 36 corresponds to a distance of 27 feet from a front face 78 of the first platform 12 to a forward face 80 of the second platform 14. This measurement is readily achieved using another embodiment of the invention, described below and shown in
In this embodiment, the coupler 28 is coupled to the lower face 30 of the angled member 20 proximate to the front face 78 of the first platform 12 so that the tape 26 of the tape measure 16 extends through a slit 82 that is positioned in the front face 78. The hook 50 abuts the front face 78 and is configured to be grasped in digits of the hand of the user to extend the tape 26 through the slit 82.
A bracket 84 is coupled to the forward face 80 of the second platform 14. The bracket 84 is positioned to selectively couple to the hook 50 to couple the tape 26 between the first platform 12 and the second platform 14, positioning the user to adjust the distance between the first platform 12 and the second platform 14 to achieve the desired separation between the first platform 12 and the second platform 14.
In use, the first platform 12 and the second platform 14 are positioned at a separation approximate to that desired by the user. The tape 26 then is extended from the tape measure 16 through the first hole 32 to the second hole 36. The distance between the center 66 of the first hole 32 and the centerpoint 34 of the second hole 36 is determined, with the aid of the first ruler 62 and the second ruler 70, allowing the user to adjust the separation between the first platform 12 and the second platform 14 to achieve the desired separation.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
