US3942798A
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Disc tossing game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-04-30
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Granted: 1976-03-09
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Expires: 1995-04-30
Abstract
Abstract An amusement apparatus used in conjunction with projectiles thrown at the apparatus including a plurality of target orifices, projectile receiving containers and tubes connecting the orifices and the containers. Each container is slidably supported in the apparatus so it can be pulled out thereof and the projectiles therein can be counted. A catch pan is mounted below the containers and an ejection mechanism is provided for ejecting the projectiles from the containers and allowing them to fall by gravity into the catch pan for easy retrieval.
Inventors
- 👤 Dale H. Koski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:15
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B63/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
233 words
An amusement apparatus used in conjunction with projectiles thrown toward the apparatus, the combination comprising: a substantially horizontal base wall; an upstanding wall coupled to said base wall; a plurality of target orifices located in said upstanding wall at which a plurality of projectiles are sequentially thrown; point value indicia associated with each of said target orifices; a plurality of projectile receiving means, located above said base wall and below said target orifices, for receiving the projectiles passing through said target orifices, each one of said plurality of receiving means being associated with at least one of said target orifices; channel means for selectively conducting projectiles passing through said target orifices from each of said target orifices into the receiving means associated therewith; and a plurality of drawer means, each for slidably supporting at least a part of one of said plurality of projectile receiving means between a first position wherein said part of said receiving means is on a first side of said upstanding wall and can receive a projectile from said channel means, and a second position wherein said part of said receiving means at least partially extends past the second side of said upstanding wall and projectiles therein are visible, each of said drawer means having point value indicia associated therewith corresponding to the point value indicia associated with the target orifice associated with the receiving means slidably supported thereby.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
233 words
An amusement apparatus used in conjunction with projectiles thrown toward the apparatus, the combination comprising: a substantially horizontal base wall; an upstanding wall coupled to said base wall; a plurality of target orifices located in said upstanding wall at which a plurality of projectiles are sequentially thrown; point value indicia associated with each of said target orifices; a plurality of projectile receiving means, located above said base wall and below said target orifices, for receiving the projectiles passing through said target orifices, each one of said plurality of receiving means being associated with at least one of said target orifices; channel means for selectively conducting projectiles passing through said target orifices from each of said target orifices into the receiving means associated therewith; and a plurality of drawer means, each for slidably supporting at least a part of one of said plurality of projectile receiving means between a first position wherein said part of said receiving means is on a first side of said upstanding wall and can receive a projectile from said channel means, and a second position wherein said part of said receiving means at least partially extends past the second side of said upstanding wall and projectiles therein are visible, each of said drawer means having point value indicia associated therewith corresponding to the point value indicia associated with the target orifice associated with the receiving means slidably supported thereby.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said target orifices are circular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said target orifices are horizontally elongated slots.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of projectile receiving means includes a container formed of an upstanding open ended housing and a bottom member slidably positioned below and closing the bottom open end of said housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said apparatus further includes a plurality of spaced, horizontally oriented intermediate support members extending from said upstanding wall, each of said plurality of drawer means includes a plate slidably supported on the top of a support member, and a handle coupled to one end of said plate, and each of said receiving means housings is coupled to the other end of one of said plates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said channel means includes a plurality of tubes, each of which is mounted adjacent a target orifice at one end and in a position at the other end to guide a projectile passing therethrough into the receiving means associated with the target orifice.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 1, and further including a catch pan slidably received in said upstanding wall and extending below said plurality of receiving means, and ejection means for ejecting from each of said receiving means the projectiles located therein so that the projectiles fall by gravity into said catch pan for convenient retrieval.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
83 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 7, wherein each of said receiving means includes an upstanding open ended housing and a bottom member slidably positioned to open and close the bottom open end of said container, and said ejection means comprises cord means for connecting said bottom member in each of said receiving means with a handle, wherein slidable movement to an extended position of said handle moves said bottom members away from their position closing the bottom open end of said housings.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said ejection means further includes a plurality of bias restoring means for restoring said bottom members to their positions closing the bottom open ends of said housings when said handle is released from its extended position.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
An amusement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein some of said plurality of target orifices have the same point value indicia associated therewith, and said channel means includes a plurality of tubes, each extending from one of said target orifices having the same point value indicia and communicating with a main tube, said main tube having an end located above one of said receiving means.
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