Grand Slam Bean Bag Baseball

Abstract

This bean bag tossing baseball game has qualities and features resembling a baseball game and it's played like a baseball game. Each player/team will be playing offense and defense, either trying to score or trying to prevent the other team from scoring (by throwing at the offensive board or the defensive board). This game is played using skill and strategy as player/teams play defense to try to get three outs against the opposing player/team. They also play offense to try to score runs before the opposing player/team gets three outs against them. The player/teams will alternately take turns throwing. The defense will throw a bag then the offense until all four bags are thrown and then continue until three outs are registered. Players or teams will switch from playing offense to playing defense and vice versa just as they do in a real baseball game.

Claims

1-3. (canceled)

4-6. (canceled)

7. This invention is a baseball themed bean bag tossing game that has two game boards that are different. The boards (Apparatus) are not identical. One board is an offensive board and the other board is a defensive board. The targets for one board are different than the targets for the other board. Both player's or teams will not be throwing bean bags at the same targets. Targets meaning the actual holes in the board the players will be aiming for. That is what is considered the targets not the boards themselves. Sure players are throwing bean bags at the boards, but it's the targets on the boards that are different. When a player on offense (the batter) throws a bean bag at the offensive board they are aiming for targets labeled single, double, triple etc. But when a player on defense (the pitcher) throws a bean bag at the defensive board they are aiming for targets labeled out, strike, double play, etc. The team on defense can not score runs they can only try to stop the offensive team from scoring by getting three outs. The team on offense can only try to score runs. They can't get outs against the other team because the other team is not on offense they are on defense. It plays out just like a real game of baseball. The drawings show that the two boards are not the same. When I say this game is different it is because the boards are not identical. That means the targets (holes) on the two boards are different. Players or teams will alternate between playing offense and defense because the boards and their targets are not identical. One board is specifically for offense to score runs and one board is specifically for defense to try to get three outs against the offense. It's the Apparatus, the boards that make this game different, that make this game play out like a real baseball game. Both player's or teams can not try to throw a bean bag at a target to get on base or to hit a homerun when it's their turn, only the offensive team or batter can. The offensive team (batter) is throwing bean bags at the offensive board. And the defensive player or team can only try to stop the offensive team or player by throwing at the defensive board and trying to throw for strikes, outs or double plays and so on to get three outs as the teams or player's alternate throws.

8. This baseball themed bean bag tossing game has a homerun wall on the board. In order for the offensive team to hit a homerun they would have to toss a bean bag up and over the home run wall and in to the target hole labeled homerun On the defensive board there is also a homerun wall and there are positive targets behind it as well but the defensive team can not throw for a homerun because they are throwing at the defensive board. The defensive team would have to throw a bean bag up and over the wall and in to the hole labeled double play. They would only attempt this of course if there was a chance for a double play.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF VIEWS IN THE DRAWINGS

[0006] First drawing of four is FIG. 1A and this is the front or top view of the games offensive board (the playing surface).

[0007] FIG. 1The frame which is a rectangular box which is 48 inches long and 26 inches wide and made from 24's and the top covering is made from plywood with a thickness of inch up to 1 inch

[0008] FIG. 2Homerun wall which is approximately 3-4 inches high and partially covers the front of the hole in which it sits in front of. It's a plastic piece that snaps into the cut out groove.

[0009] FIG. 3A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled homerun beneath the circle.

[0010] FIG. 4A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled hit into double play/fly out beneath the circle.

[0011] FIG. 5A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled homerun beneath the circle.

[0012] FIG. 6Homerun wall which is approximately 3-4 inches high and partially covers the front of the hole in which it sits in front of. It's a plastic piece that snaps into the cut out groove.

[0013] FIG. 7A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled hit into double play/fly out beneath the circle.

[0014] FIG. 8A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled double beneath the circle

[0015] FIG. 9A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled Flyout beneath the circle

[0016] FIG. 10A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled triple beneath the circle

[0017] FIG. 11A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled swing & a miss strike beneath the circle

[0018] FIG. 12A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled single beneath the circle

[0019] FIG. 13A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled ground out beneath the circle

[0020] FIG. 14A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled stolen base beneath the circle

[0021] FIG. 15A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled swing & a miss strike beneath the circle

[0022] FIG. 16This area is labeled strike. If a bean bag lands in this area the player gets penalized for a strike.

[0023] Second drawing of four is FIG. 1B and this is the front or top view of the games defensive board (the playing surface).

[0024] FIG. 1The frame which is a rectangular box which is 48 inches long and 26 inches wide and made from 24's and the top covering is made from plywood with a thickness of inch up to 1 inch

[0025] FIG. 2A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled fly out/double play beneath the circle

[0026] FIG. 3A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled hit by pitch walk beneath the circle

[0027] FIG. 4A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled flyout beneath the circle

[0028] FIG. 5A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled fielding error advance 2 bases beneath the circle

[0029] FIG. 6A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled strike beneath the circle

[0030] FIG. 7A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled ball beneath the circle

[0031] FIG. 8A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled strike beneath the circle

[0032] FIG. 9A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled ball beneath the circle

[0033] FIG. 10A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled ground out beneath the circle

[0034] FIG. 11A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled hit by pitch walk beneath the circle

[0035] FIG. 12A circle cut out which is 5 inches in diameter and labeled strike beneath the circle

[0036] FIG. 13A circle cut out which is 7 inches in diameter and labeled fielding error single beneath the circle

[0037] FIG. 14This area is labeled walk. If a bean bag lands in this area the player gets penalized and a walk is awarded to the offensive player

[0038] Third drawing of four is FIG. 1C and this is the side view of the game board on its playing surface (grass, cement, wooden deck, etc)

[0039] FIG. 1This is the ground that the game sits on.

[0040] FIG. 2This is the back leg (one of two, the other side also has a leg) they elevate the game board approximately 18-24 inches off the ground and are made with 24 wood

[0041] FIG. 3This is the front or top of the board and is the playing surface.

[0042] FIG. 4This is the side view of the 24 frame that makes the rectangular box.

[0043] FIG. 5This is the front leg (one of two, the other side also has a leg) it stand 2-4 inches from the ground and are made with 24 wood

[0044] Fourth drawing of four is FIG. 1D and this is the Back view of the game board

[0045] FIG. 1This is one of the back legs made with 24 wood and is approximately 18-24 inches

[0046] FIG. 2This is the top of the front of the board

[0047] FIG. 3This is a back panel that goes across the back and attaches to the back legs. This is can be used for added support and to put the opposite boards layout on it so players can see better as to what they are aiming for

[0048] FIG. 4This is the other back leg made with 24 wood and is approximately 18-24 inches

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0049] The game of Corn Hole or bean bag toss is a game where players try to toss a bean bag through a hole in the center of a playing board. This game involves skill but does not involve thinking or strategy.

[0050] Grand Slam Bean Bag Baseball is a game that involves skill and strategy. This bean bag tossing game is a bean bag tossing baseball game in that it has qualities or features resembling a baseball game and it is played like a baseball game. Each player or team will be alternating playing offense and defense, either trying to score or trying to prevent the other team from scoring, just like the game of baseball.

[0051] This game can be played one on one or have teams of players on each side. In this description I will use teams as an example. The game has two boards like a regular Corn Hole game, but these boards are not identical like the Corn Hole game. One board is an offensive board and the other board is a defensive board. To start the game one team will be on offensive (the batter) and one team will be on defense (the pitcher). Each team will have an easy wipe plastic handheld coaching board to keep track of men on base, outs, strikes, balls and the score and the innings. These boards will have a layout of a baseball diamond. So as an example if the offense throws a bean bag in a hole labeled single, the player can put an X on the second base on the whiteboard.

[0052] The game boards will be placed a certain distance from one another. The players can decide how far apart they want the boards to be. If young kids are playing the boards would be closer together than when adults would play. Each board has twelve holes. Six of the holes are the same size as the bean bags and are the holes that each team will try to aim for as these holes will bring positive results. The other six holes are about two inches larger than the smaller holes and these holes are the holes each team will want to try to avoid, as these holes bring negative consequences. Each hole will have a net attached to it from underneath the board so players can confirm what hole the bean bag went through. The game comes with eight five inch tossing bags and each team gets four bags each.

[0053] Defense throws first. The defense will try to get three outs before the offense scores any runs. One team (the defense) will try to throw for fly out's, ground out's, and strikes while the other team (the offense) will try to throw for homeruns, singles, doubles, triples and stolen bases. When the game starts and the pitching/defensive team goes first, they will toss a bean bag at the defensive board. If the bean bag lands in a hole labeled strike then each team will mark a strike on the coach's whiteboard. Whatever the outcome is from a toss it will be marked on the coach's whiteboard. After the defense throws a bag the offense will throw a bag. If the batting/offensive team throws a bean bag at the offensive board and it lands in a hole labeled double it will be marked down on the coach's handheld whiteboard. Then the defense or pitching team throws again followed by the batting team, alternating throws until there are 3 outs and then the teams will switch sides to throw at the opposite board switching from defense to offense and offense to defense.

[0054] The game plays out just like baseball rules. If a player on offense throws a bean bag in the hole labeled double and the next throw from the offense lands in the hole labeled triple then the man on second base will score a run. The defense will try to get 3 outs and the offense will try to score runs before the 3 outs. Players will decide how many innings are to be played prior to the start of the game. Any bag that lands on the defensive board (not landing in a hole) will be marked as a ball while any bag that lands on the offensive board (not landing in a hole) will be marked as a foul ball. The exception to that rule is the zone at the bottom of the board where there are no holes. On the offensive board this zone is labeled strike and if a bean bag lands here it is a strike to the batter. On the defensive board this zone is labeled walk and if a bean bag lands here it is a walk to the batter. Whichever player or team has the most runs after the last inning ends wins the game. Game rules will be included in the game.