Patent classifications
A63F11/0051
PUNCHING GAME APPARATUS
Disclosed is a punching game apparatus and, more particularly, a punching game apparatus which converts a moving time of a hitting part into a score and outputs the score to a scoreboard. The present disclosure may increase the interest in a game by converting the moving time of a shift at the time of hitting by means of a sensor to accurately score the hitting power of a user. The present disclosure can increase the interest by accumulating the score converted from the hitting power and allowing users to compete for the highest score through score recording. In addition, as the present disclosure allows a game to be played with the hitting power of a finger, unlike conventional punching game apparatuses, the punching game apparatus is small in size and thus easy to carry. A restart button is provided, thereby allowing users to easily restart a game.
Dartboard scoring system
A system for scoring darts that includes multiple cameras placed substantially parallel to the surface of a dartboard. With a field of view extending across the board, the cameras can be configured to capture images of darts projecting outwardly from the board as they are thrown, and the system can use this image data to calculate the location of each dart, and the corresponding score. Various algorithms may be used to orient the system and calibrate the system to account for irregularities in the images captured by the cameras to accurately determine the location. Proper scoring may be achieved for a variety of dartboards with different patterns of scoring regions based on game rules and corresponding board configurations maintained by the system.
Card game and holder
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for playing a multiplayer card game that includes a deck of cards and a holder. The card game utilizes a unique deck of cards and more than one option for gameplay. The variety of card combinations results in a novel and different experience every time the game is played. The primary method for scoring points is by forming time values. Numbered cards are written in a digital type font from a combination of short, straight lines. Instead of the numbers themselves, these lines are counted and subsequently used for scoring. The winner is awarded elongated sticks for each set of points earned based on the time value formed. The elongated sticks are placed into open storage container until the containers are transformed into a solid shape with the final elongated stick protruding to indicate a player has won the game.
MEDIA FILE PLAY GAME
Disclosed is a media file play game, the media files being advantageously audio and/or video files, the game including: at least two game theme baseplates, each including a radio-communicating chip that contains data including a first identifier intended to correspond to at least one game media file; and a game base including: at least one chip reader associated with at least one reading surface, a memory device in which are recorded game media files, audio and/or video player, adapted to play game media files, a human/machine interface; and a controller designed to play at least one of the game media files, via the audio and/or video player, which is associated with the first identifier collected by the at least one chip reader.
Simplified Craps Game with a Color Coded and or Related Coded System of Wagering, Utilizing a Pay Grid Multiplier Payout and Bonus Bets
A portable craps game incorporating a color-coding or other indicia system of wagering, which includes a game mat, the game mat incorporating various sections, for participatory play, including a pay grid, a roll area, placed bets area, a pass bets area, and a location for field bets during game play. The game is played with 1-6 players, and a dealer, and each player commits to selection of one of the colors or indicia in front of them, which committed to color remains with the player during participation in the said game. The player also selects the coloration in the pay grid area, so that the odds can increase, during participation in the game, so long as the player participates and is successful in their selection of the placed bets area. The throw of the dice by the various participants generally progresses clockwise around the game mat, during participation in this portable craps game. The game mat may be a pair of back-to-back tables, with a divider provided therebetween, and the pay grid area may be electronically displayed upon the divider.
TEBO The Fun Dice Game For Thinking Adults
TEBO is a dice game played by one or more players; 2 to 4 players are the ideal number. The game is played within a dice scoring court that is 10 inches by 10 inches with a 1 inches wide raised border 1 inches high.
The game court is where the players, taking their full turn of three throws per turn, one throw at a time; pour their dice out of a sturdy, plastic, round dice shaking cup 3 inches high with a diameter of 2 inches. 42 Player Turns is a complete game. A game of TEBO can be won by one point. TEBO is a fun way to exercise your brain.
Counting and scoring device
A counting and scoring device has a housing with its interior divided into right and left chambers by a vertical partition. A wheel is vertically mounted and rotatable within each chamber of the housing using a threaded bolt and hexagonal nut. The wheels have a plurality of flat outer surfaces on which to display indicia in the form of the numerals 0 through 9 viewed through a three-sided window on each side of the top portion of the housing. Ball bearings activated by a compression spring within a tapered opening in the partition are in contact with depressions in the inside walls of the wheels below each flat surface so that as each wheel rotates a numeral is centered in a window. A hexagonal cavity within the hub portion enables the left wheel to act as a wrench to tighten the hexagonal nut when assembling the device.
Adjustable Tabletop Sports Goal
The present disclosure provides a goal secured to a table configured to receive a projectile from a tabletop game with a playing surface. The goal includes a net portion, at least one bracket, and a tray portion. The net portion has a first end and a second end. The net portion is movable between a first position and a second position. The net portion is configured to receive a first projectile in the first position and a second projectile in the second position. The at least one bracket is configured to receive at least one of the first end or the second end of the net portion. The tray portion is configured to store the first projectile and the second projectile.
Scoring device for scoring a snowball fight
A scoring device for scoring a snowball fight. The device worn by a person has a target portion and a scoring chamber portion. The target portion includes a target, and the scoring chamber portion is coupled below the target portion and is arranged to accumulate and store snow falling from the target portion. In some embodiments the target portion also includes a permeable layer coupled to the target in a spaced apart construction to form an interior region between the permeable layer and the target, the permeable layer configured to allow snow from snowballs to pass through the permeable layer and into the interior region before falling into the scoring chamber portion. In some embodiments a stopper element at least partially separates the target portion from the scoring chamber portion, to limit the amount of snow that exits the scoring chamber portion when the person bends over.
Team Tracking Kits and Associated Methods
Team tracking kits, methods of using a team tracking kits, and methods or providing team tracking kits are described. An example embodiment of a team tracking kit includes an elongate member, a first token, and a first plurality of tokens. The first token includes a representation of a first team. Each token of the first plurality of tokens includes a representation of a rival team, a representation of an event within a postseason within which the first team can participate, or a representation of an event within a tournament within which the first team can participate.