| 摘要 |
A game adapted to be played on a playing surface by one or more players, the game comprising one or more balls to be propelled by direct contact of a player's body part, one or more gates through which the balls may be propelled, one or more targets into which the balls may be propelled, and a set of rules for game play, the rules establishing the placement of the gates and targets and the order of game play, and optionally, scoring rules. The game may also be adapted to use implements to propel the balls, and the rules for game play may be adapted to correspond to the standard rules of croquet. |
| 主权项 |
1. A game adapted to be played on a playing surface by one or more human players, the game comprising:
one or more balls, each said ball being substantially resilient and having a hollow interior and a diameter, with each of the one or more balls suitably configured to be propelled about the playing surface by the one or more players; one or more gates, each said gate adapted to be placed onto the playing surface,
with each said gate having a first end and a second end and a medial portion separating said first and second ends,with the first end of each said gate being suitably configured to be placed in contact with the playing surface and the second end of each said gate being suitably configured to be placed in contact with the playing surface and the medial portion of each said gate being shaped to define an opening between the playing surface and at least a portion of the medial portion of said gate, whereby said opening of each said gate has a dimension greater than the diameter of each of the one or more balls such that when each said gate is placed on the playing surface each of the one or more balls is capable of passing through each said gate beneath at least a portion of the medial portion of each said gate without touching any portion of said gate,with each said gate having an anchoring means, wherein the anchoring means of each said gate comprises a first anchoring component and a second anchoring component, with the first anchoring component of the anchoring means of each said gate being located proximate to the first end of said gate and the second anchoring component of the anchoring means of each said gate being located proximate to the second end of said gate, whereby the anchoring means of each said gate is suitably configured to maintain said gate on the playing surface in a substantially vertical orientation substantially perpendicular to the playing surface; one or more targets, each said target adapted to be placed onto the playing surface,
with each said target having a first end and a second end,with the first end of each said target being suitably configured to be placed in contact with the playing surface and the second end of each said target being located above the playing surface,with each said target having an anchoring means, wherein the anchoring means of each said target comprises an anchoring component, with the anchoring component of the anchoring means of each said target being located proximate to the first end of said target means, whereby the anchoring means of each said target is suitably configured to maintain said target on the playing surface in a substantially vertical orientation substantially perpendicular to the playing surface; and a set of rules for game play, said rules being the following:
A. select a playing surface,B. place the one or more gates onto the playing surface,C. place the one or more targets onto the playing surface,D. assign each of the one or more balls to a corresponding number of players, andE. have each of the players proceed in turns, each player propelling the ball assigned to said player selectively through the one or more gates, into the one or more targets, into one or more other balls, if any, and to different locations on the playing surface, as desired, whereby each of the one or more balls is propelled about the playing surface by direct contact of a body part of said player. |
