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US4893822A
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Electronic throwing dart football
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-07-27
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Granted: 1990-01-16
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Expires: 2004-07-27
Abstract
Abstract An electronic throwing dart football game is provided and consists of a combination of a dart board and football game. When a dart is thrown at the dart board the score on the dart board is automatically electrically transmitted by electric circuit routers to a score board and the position of the football is indicated on the football field by yard indicating lamps.
Inventors
- 👤 J. Rudolph Tesa
- 👤 George Spector
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 09:58
CPC Classifications
F; F41; F41J; F41J5/00; F41J5/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
360 words
A throwing dart football game which comprises : (a) a vertical football playing field board having a plurality of yard indicating lines; (b) a dart board having a plurality of moveable spring loaded pie shaped scoring pieces and a touchdown bulls-eye piece activated by a dart, said dart board is mounted in center of said football playing field board; (c) a plurality of contact members, each said contact member is located on back of each said pie shaped scoring piece and said touchdown bulls-eye piece; (d) a score board mounted above said football playing field board; (e) a plurality of darts to be thrown by players at said dart board to make contact with said pie shaped scoring pieces and said touch-down bulls-eye piece thereby activating said contact members; (f) means responsive to activation of contact members for carrying information between said activated contact members and said score board and automatically registering and displaying said information on said score board to indicate to said players the status of play of said football game, said means including a spaced pair of aligned indicators on each side of the board indicating ball positions and including score indicators coordinated with the ball positions and information conveyed as a result of a thrown dart hitting a particular scoring piece; (g) two sets of intermediate yard round shaped indicating lamps one said set placed above said dart board on each said intermediate yard indicating line for one team and other said set placed below said dart board on each said intermediate yard indicating line for other team; (h) two switches mounted to said football playing field board, each said switch to control one said set of ten yard football shaped indicating lamps and one said set of intermediate yard round shaped indicating lamps; and (i) means for carrying information electronically between said activated contact members and said ten yard football shaped indicating lamps and said intermediate yard round shaped indicating lamps to automatically display said information on said football playing field board to indicate to said players the position of football on said football playing field board and the score after each dart is thrown.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
360 words
A throwing dart football game which comprises : (a) a vertical football playing field board having a plurality of yard indicating lines; (b) a dart board having a plurality of moveable spring loaded pie shaped scoring pieces and a touchdown bulls-eye piece activated by a dart, said dart board is mounted in center of said football playing field board; (c) a plurality of contact members, each said contact member is located on back of each said pie shaped scoring piece and said touchdown bulls-eye piece; (d) a score board mounted above said football playing field board; (e) a plurality of darts to be thrown by players at said dart board to make contact with said pie shaped scoring pieces and said touch-down bulls-eye piece thereby activating said contact members; (f) means responsive to activation of contact members for carrying information between said activated contact members and said score board and automatically registering and displaying said information on said score board to indicate to said players the status of play of said football game, said means including a spaced pair of aligned indicators on each side of the board indicating ball positions and including score indicators coordinated with the ball positions and information conveyed as a result of a thrown dart hitting a particular scoring piece; (g) two sets of intermediate yard round shaped indicating lamps one said set placed above said dart board on each said intermediate yard indicating line for one team and other said set placed below said dart board on each said intermediate yard indicating line for other team; (h) two switches mounted to said football playing field board, each said switch to control one said set of ten yard football shaped indicating lamps and one said set of intermediate yard round shaped indicating lamps; and (i) means for carrying information electronically between said activated contact members and said ten yard football shaped indicating lamps and said intermediate yard round shaped indicating lamps to automatically display said information on said football playing field board to indicate to said players the position of football on said football playing field board and the score after each dart is thrown.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
An electronic throwing dart football game as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for carrying information electronically between said activated contact members and said score board and said means for carrying information electronically between said activated contact members and said ten yard football shaped indicating lamps being a pair of electric circuit routers, one said electric circuit router for each said player, further including means for varying the difficulty of scoring when the ball is inside a predesignated yard line.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1993-01-15 | 1993-07-17 | 1994-01-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1997-01-15 | 1997-07-17 | 1998-01-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2001-01-15 | 2001-07-17 | 2002-01-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |