Title: Horseshoe type game device

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Claims: What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A game device wherein annular disks are pitched at a target area comprising:

a pair of target areas each being formed only of resilient, artificial grass-like carpet material for absorbing the shock of landing disks and providing for compact storage thereof, each of said target areas disposed in a horizontal plane;

a pair of stakes, one of said stakes extending vertically from each of said target areas providing first targets which an annular disk may be tossed toward;

a depression disposed within each of said target areas providing second targets for an annular disk to be pitched toward;

a plurality of annular disks for pitching at said target areas; and

further wherein said depression is circular in shape and has a diameter which is larger than the outside diameter of said annular disk so as to enable said disk to fit wholly within said depression, and the lateral dimensions of said stake are much less than the inside diameter of said annular disk and thus enabling said annular disk to fit easily over and surround said stake.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said stakes and depressions associated with each target area are disposed in alignment with one another.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein each of said target areas is in the form of a flexible panel disposed on a generally planar support surface, a rigid plate underlying an edge portion of the panel and including an outer edge coinciding with a portion of the outer edge of the panel, said stake being rigid with the plate and extending up through the panel to a point substantially above the upper surface thereof, said depression being formed in the panel inwardly of and in alignment with the stake.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said plate includes an inner edge extending across said hole with the plate and stake being stabilized by the panel.

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Inventors: Quatkemeyer, Tony (Sarasota, FL, US)

Application Number: 936181
Filing Date: 1978-08-23
Publication_date: 1980-05-20
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 273/336 273/398
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

163845	Jun, 1875	Browne	273/100.
1089872	Mar, 1914	Schultze	416/98.
1513968	Nov, 1924	Crandall	273/100.
1705501	Mar, 1929	Sas	273/100.
2538128	Jan, 1951	Simmons	273/104.
2666642	Jan, 1954	Ward	273/100.
3119619	Jan, 1964	Frank	273/104.
3332828	Jul, 1967	Faria et al.	273/DIG.
3540730	Nov, 1970	Kerr	273/104.
3815915	Jun, 1974	Chapman	273/104.
3964745	Jun, 1976	Ogg	273/105.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Grieb, William H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: O'Brien; Clarence A., Jacobson; Harvey B.