Patent Application
20210197047
The disclosure relates to ring toss games and more particularly pertains to a new ring toss game for playing a game of ring toss on any type of support surface.
The prior art relates to ring toss games. The prior art discloses a panel with a plurality of vertical pegs for playing ring toss. The prior art discloses a game including a tree-like goal and an elastic member that is tossed at the tree-like goal. Additionally, the prior art discloses a disk toss game involving a panel with a plurality of recessed targets for receiving a tossed disk. The prior art discloses an electronic ring toss game including an electronic score keeper and a single, vertical peg. The prior art discloses a tree-like goal for playing ring toss that includes baskets for receiving a plurality of balls.
Additionally, the prior art discloses a tree like goal that includes a plurality of buckets for throwing balls therein.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of goals that each has a plurality of branches thereon such that each of the goals has a tree-like shape. Each of the goals is urgeable to penetrate a support surface having the goals spaced a pre-determined distance apart from each other and being vertically oriented. A plurality of first rings, second rings and third rings is distributed evenly among players. Each of the first rings, second rings and third rings is tossed toward a respective goal during game play. Each of the first rings, the second rings and the third rings scores a respective minimum number of point, a medium number of points and a maximum number of points when the first rings, second rings or third rings lands on a branch of the goal.
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
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Each of the goals 12 comprises a rod 18 that has a bottom end 20, a top end 22 and an outer surface 24 extending therebetween. The bottom end 20 has a first well 26 extending toward the top end 22 and the outer surface 24 has a plurality of second wells 28 each extending inwardly therein. The second wells 28 are positioned between the bottom end 20 and the top end 22, and the second wells 28 are positioned on opposite sides of the rod 18 from each other. Each of the goals 12 includes a point 30 that has a first end 32 and a second end 34, and the point 30 tapers to a point at the first end 32. The second end 34 releasably engages the first well 26 for piercing the support surface 16 and subsequently vertically orienting the rod 18 on the support surface 16.
Each of the goals 12 includes a pair of arms 36 that each has a primary end 38 and a secondary end 40. Additionally, each of the arms 36 is curved between the primary end 38 and the secondary end 40. The primary end 38 of each of the arms 36 releasably engages a respective one of the second wells 28 such that each of the arms 36 curves upwardly from the rod 18. The secondary end 40 of each of the arms 36 is aligned proximally with the top end 22 of the rod 18 when the arms 36 are coupled to the rod 18. As is most clearly shown in
A pair of stands 42 is provided and each of the stands 42 is positionable on a support surface 16 that the goals 12 cannot penetrate, such as concrete, wood or other similar type of flooring. Each of the goals 12 is insertable into a respective one of the stands 42 for retaining the goals 12 in a vertical orientation when the goals 12 cannot penetrate the support surface 16. Each of the stands 42 comprises a collar 44 which has an opening 46 extending therethrough. Each of the stands 42 includes a plurality of legs 48 that is each coupled to and extends downwardly from the collar 44. The legs 48 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the opening 46, and the legs 48 splay outwardly from the collar 44. The legs 48 support the collar 44 on a horizontal plane that is spaced upwardly from the support surface 16. Moreover, the rod 18 of a respective one of the goals 12 is insertable through the opening 46 thereby facilitating the collar 44 to restrain the rod 18 in a vertical orientation.
A plurality of first rings 50 is provided and the first rings 50 are distributed evenly among players at the beginning of game play. Each of the first rings 50 is tossed toward a respective goal 12 during game play. Moreover, each of the first rings 50 scores a minimum number of points for the player when the first rings 50 lands on any of the branches 14 on the respective goal 12.
A plurality of second rings 52 is provided and second rings 52 are distributed evenly among players. Each of the second rings 52 is tossed toward a respective goal 12 during game play. Additionally, each of the second rings 52 scores a medium number of points for the player when the second rings 52 lands on any of the branches 14 on the respective goal 12. Each of the second rings 52 has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the first rings 50.
A plurality of third rings 54 is provided and the third rings 54 are distributed evenly among players. Each of the third rings 54 is tossed toward a respective goal 12 during game play. Each of the third rings 54 scores a maximum number of points for the player when the third rings 54 lands on any of the branches 14 on the respective goal 12. Additionally, each of the third rings 54 has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the second rings 52. Each of the first rings 50 may have an inside diameter of approximately 2 5/16 inches, each of the second rings 52 may have an inside diameter of approximate 3 7/16 inches and each of the third rings 54 may have an inside diameter of approximately 4 9/16 inches.
In use, the goals 12 are placed on the support surface 16 and are spaced apart from each other a preferred distance that can easily be covered by throwing one of the first rings 50, second rings 52 or third rings 54. The goals 12 can be placed with or without the arms 36 being attached to the rod 18. Each player takes a turn throwing either a first ring 50, a second ring 52 or a third ring 54, based upon the level of difficulty the player chooses. Points are scored when the player is able to toss the first ring 50, the second ring 52 or the third ring 54 onto one of the branches 14 of the respective goal 12. In this way the player accumulates points until a pre-determined number of points are scored to win the game.
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.
