Pendulum horseshoe projector and target

Claim 2

A target type game, comprising: a plurality of playing pieces having means defining an opening for impalement on a post, the playing pieces being generally of a horseshoe configuration; a base including a target area having a post projecting outwardly therefrom; a launching area spaced from said target area, said launching area including means for releasably receiving a playing piece thereon and means for launching said playing piece toward said target, including a support and a striker element swingably connected to the support for movement in a path of travel which intersects said launching area, said support including a member having a keyhole-like opening therein and wherein the striker is suspended by a strand means having spaced apart enlarged and reduced portions.

Claim 3

A target type game, comprising: a plurality of playing pieces having means defining an opening for impalement on a post, said playing pieces being of an elongated horseshoe configuration having an open end and a central open area bounded on one side by a rounded bar-like portion opposite said open end; a base including a target area having a post projecting outwardly therefrom; a launching area spaced from said target area, said launching area including a pair of spaced apart uprights with each upright having a playing piece supporting surface with a forward end defining an opening between the uprights facing toward said target area, said opening being generally the same width as but less than the length of a horseshoe playing piece; and a rear end for receiving and orienting the playing piece, said uprights each have a rounded abutment at the rear end thereof generally of the same curvature as the rounded bar-like portion of a horseshoe playing piece for matingly receiving and orienting the rounded portion of the horseshoe-like playing piece at the end of said uprights opposite said target area; and means for launching the playing piece toward the target area including a strand support structure extending above the launching area and having a strand depending therefrom with a striker element on the strand, the strand being swingably connected to the support for movement in a pendulum-like fashion through a path of travel between the uprights for engaging a playing piece held thereat and launching the same toward the target area.

Claim 4

A target type game, comprising: a plurality of playing pieces having means defining an opening for impalement on a post, said playing pieces being of an elongated horseshoe configuration having an open end and a central open area bounded on one side by a rounded bar-like portion opposite said open end; a base including a target area having a post projecting outwardly therefrom; a launching area spaced from said target area, said launching area including a pair of spaced apart uprights with each upright having a playing piece supporting surface with a forward end defining an opening between the uprights facing toward said target area, said opening being generally the same width as but less than the length of a horseshoe playing piece; and a rear end for receiving and orienting the playing piece, said uprights each have a rounded abutment at the rear end thereof generally of the same curvature as the rounded bar-like portion of a horseshoe playing piece for matingly receiving and orienting the rounded portion of the horseshoe-like playing piece at the end of said uprights opposite said target area; and means for launching the playing piece toward the target area including a strand support structure extending above the launching area and having a strand depending therefrom with a striker element on the strand, the strand being swingably connected to the support for movement in a pendulum-like fashion through a path of travel between the uprights for engaging a playing piece held thereat and launching the same toward the target area.