Patent Application
20220168629
The present disclosures relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses of a ring toss apparatus and system.
Outdoor activities, commonly referred to as lawn games, such as horseshoes, ring toss, cornhole, lawn darts, croquet, and the like, can be found in backyards and tailgates across the country. Such activities are among the most popular of today's recreational and social activities. Not only are they a great entertainment value, they also serve to bring families and friends closer together for conversation and interaction that is just not possible when watching television, reading a book, surfing the Internet, or playing an electronic game. However, most backyard games are quickly figured out by even the youngest of players, and one quickly becomes bored.
There are numerous approaches to playing games, although most of the games utilize a series of chance features, typically being dice as the most common example of a chance feature. Thus, the typical dice or die contains six sides, in that each of the sides normally has indicia in the form of a letter or a particular number of dots indicating a number. The dice are then rolled by the player with the top side of the dice counting as letters or numbers that the player can utilize in an attempt to utilize the various indicated letters or numbers for some type of scoring scheme that eventually will lead to a game winner. One problem with existing ring toss games is that the string can become wound up over time as the ring twists and spins. This can cause the string to shorten and wear out prematurely. This can also affect the outcome of a game as the string unwinds and places unnatural spin onto the ring. Despite the developments of the traditional ring-toss systems, there have not been significant improvements.
In light of the foregoing background, the following presents a simplified summary of the present disclosure to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosure. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure. It is not intended to identify key or critical elements of the disclosure, or to delineate the scope of the disclosure. The following summary merely presents some concepts of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description provided below.
The aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to an articulated portable ring toss apparatus and system. Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, apparatus, and methods of a portable articulated ring toss system that is designed to be suspended over a door or other vertical barrier or panel.
In one aspect, an articulated toss and catch apparatus, may include a hanger member with a receiver to releasably engage a planar barrier and a cantilever armature being pivotally and a slidably mounted to the hanger member. The apparatus may include a vertical armature that is mounted to the hanger member and the cantilever armature may be configured to rotate from a gaming position extending away from the hanger member to a stowage position to receive the vertical armature therein.
In one aspect, an articulated toss and catch apparatus, may include a hanger member with a receiver to releasably engage a planar barrier. The apparatus may include a cantilever armature being pivotally and a slidably mounted to the hanger member. A vertical armature may be mounted to the hanger member and a toss member may be tethered to the cantilever member. The apparatus may further include a catch-member disposed at an end portion of the vertical armature. And the cantilever armature may be configured to rotate from a first fixed position extending away from the hanger member to a second fixed position to receive the vertical armature therein.
In one aspect, an articulated ring and hook apparatus, may include a hanger member with a receiver to releasably engage a planar barrier and a cantilever armature being pivotally and a slidably mounted to the hanger member. The apparatus may include a vertical armature that is mounted to the hanger member. The apparatus may include a ring tethered to the cantilever member and a hook disposed at an end portion of the vertical armature. In this arrangement, the cantilever armature is configured to rotate from a first position extending away from the hanger member to a second position to receive the vertical armature therein.
In one aspect, the articulated ring toss system may be comprised of a unibody rectilinear armature with an articulated hanger with variable spacer. In another aspect, the articulated ring toss system may be comprised of a rectilinear armature with an open rectangle cross-section channel, an open square cross-section channel, an open trapezoidal cross-section channel, an open circular cross-section channel or an open parabolic cross-section channel, recess configured for receiving a vertical armature therein.
In other aspects, the articulated ring toss system may be comprised of a vertical armature being pivotally attached to an articulated hanger of sufficient weight to support the system with a variable spacer.
In yet other aspects, the articulated ring toss system may be comprised of a unibody rectilinear armature with an articulated hanger with a variable insert and a receiving hook.
In yet other aspects, the articulated ring toss system may be comprised of a u-shaped cantilever beam being supported by a u-cross-sectional shaped receiver which may have a pivot component that allows the beam to be rotated to a vertical resting position.
In yet other aspects, the articulated ring toss system may be comprised of a U-cross-sectional shaped cantilever beam having one or more pre-cut openings at the unhinged end for attaching a tethered ring.
The foregoing summary as well as the following detailed description of the invention, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, provide a better understanding of the disclosure, in which like reference numbers refer to like elements, and wherein:
In the following description of various aspects, a reference is made to the accompanying drawings to demonstrate various ways the disclosure may be used. It is understood that modifications or alternative methods may be used, but those modifications and alternatives do not detract from the present disclosure.
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To maintain the apparatus 100 in the at least one gaming position, the pivotal end 119 of the armature 101 includes an elongated through-hole 121 (in the form of an oval racetrack shaped hole/cavity) which enables the pivotal horizontal armature 101 to be laterally extended when abutted under a flange component 123 affixed to the hanger component 103. To place in the locked gaming position, the armature 101 is slid towards the direction of the hanger flange component 123. In some constructions, the hanger component 103 and flange component 123 are unibody or one-piece molded or casted in metal or plastic. The flange component 123 includes a rod or cylinder 125 which extends through the hole 121 in the armature 101. The armature 101 is pivotally and slidably mounted in the flange component 123 via the cylinder 125 with the mating hole 121 arrangement. In one construction referring to
In one construction shown, the articulated portable ring toss apparatus 100 may comprise a variable spacer system 107 disposed in a hanger component 103 that enables the articulated portable ring toss apparatus 100 to be mounted over barriers or doors of varying widths for gaming maneuvers shown in
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In an alternative construction, the U-shaped cantilever armature 101 may be pivoted into the stowage position, with or without tethered ring 111 at the exposed end, received by an open channel rectangular or U-shaped hanger component 103, which is hung over a door, abutting the vertical armature 105 with extended hook 109 at the exposed end.
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In one construction, the u-shaped cantilever articulated hanger component 103 includes the flange component 123 that allows an armature 101 to pivot horizontally and vertically for gaming and stowage, respectively. In this configuration, the armature 101 is pivoted in a vertical position, with tethered ring 111 attached to the exposed end, with tethered ring 111 received by extended hook 109. Also, in this configuration, the variable spacer 107 is disposed in the hanger component 103. Nevertheless, in another configuration, the tethered ring 111 may be detached from u-shaped armature 101 and not received by extended hook 109. Also, in another configuration, the variable spacer 107 disposed in hanger 103 may be omitted.
In an alternative construction, the channel section armature 101 may be attached to a tethered ring for gaming position P1. In the alternative construction, the tethered ring may be received by extended hook 109 when the articulated portable ring toss apparatus 100 is in stowage position. In yet another construction, the vertical armature 8105 extends vertically beyond the length of armature 101 when in stowage position P2.
Some aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to an articulated portable ring toss apparatus and system can be designed to be hung over a door or other vertical barrier or panel. The apparatus 100 is a great entertainment value, that serves to bring families and friends closer together for conversation and interaction that is just not possible when watching television, reading a book, surfing the Internet, or playing an electronic game. In one method of game play, a player moves the ring 111 away for the hook 109 by tightening the string 115 to its furthest point. The player swings or tosses the ring 111 in the direction of the hook 109. To score, the ring 111 is received on the hook 109. And the process is repeated.
In some constructions, an articulated tethered ring and hook apparatus 100 may include a pivotally mounted armature 101, the armature may have a U-cross-section shaped. The u-shaped armature 101 may have of a string connection component at one end and an elongated horizontal hole at the other end that may be supported by a cantilever hanger 103. In some constructions, a U-shaped cantilever hanger 103 may include a flange that receives a u-shaped armature 101 and may allow an attached armature 101 to pivot to and from a vertical position and a horizontal position.
In some constructions, the articulated ring-and-hook apparatus 100 may include a ring 111 tethered by string 115 of sufficient length to reach the hook 109 on the vertical armature. In some constructions, a u-shaped armature extends 90° with a string attached to one end and may be supported by cantilever.
In some constructions, a cantilever hanger member 103 allows the supported horizontal armature to be collapsed vertically when not in use. In some constructions, an articulated hanger 103 may be affixed to the top of the vertical armature for hanging the apparatus vertically on a door. In some constructions, the hanger 103 may contain a variable spacer 107 to accommodate a standard or thin-depth door.
In some constructions, a ring toss system 100 may include a base 103, which mounts over a planar barrier 600. A vertical arm 105 with hook 109 may be mounted to the base and an inverted u-shaped hanger mounted on the base. A horizontal extension arm 101 may be mounted to the base and tethered ring 111. The base may have inserts 107 for mounting on variable width doors.
While illustrative apparatus, systems and methods as described herein embodying various aspects of the present disclosure are shown, it will be understood by those skilled in the art, that the disclosure is not limited to these embodiments. Modifications may be made by those skilled in the art, particularly in light of the foregoing teachings. For example, each of the elements of the aforementioned embodiments may be utilized alone or in combination or sub-combination with elements of the other embodiments. It will also be appreciated and understood that modifications may be made without departing from the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure. The description is thus to be regarded as illustrative instead of restrictive on the present disclosure.
