Football playing piece

Abstract

A game piece includes a substantially triangularly-shaped housing, an impact detection apparatus which generates a signal in response to an impacting blow to the housing, and a signaling apparatus which produces an audio or visual signal in response to the signal produced by the impact detection apparatus. A kit includes a first triangular game piece, a set of stickers sized to fit within the bounds of the triangular game piece, and an instruction set for playing a game with the first triangular game piece. Some kits include a second game piece.

1 . A game piece equipped for signaling an impacting blow against the game piece, said game piece comprising:
 a body sized for manually impacting the body with a human finger;   an electronic impact sensing unit for generating an electronic signal in response to an impacting blow struck against the body;   a relay for relaying the electronic signal; and   a signaling unit which produces a second signal in response to receipt of the electronic signal from the relay.   
   
   
       2 . The game piece of  claim 1  wherein the signaling unit includes a light emitting diode. 
   
   
       3 . The game piece of  claim 1  wherein the signaling unit includes a chip for making sound. 
   
   
       4 . The game piece of  claim 2  further equipping a printed circuit board having the relay, the impact sensing unit, and a power source communicatively coupled to said sensing unit and the signaling unit. 
   
   
       5 . The game piece according to  claim 4  wherein the circuit board has a center of gravity that substantially corresponds to the center of the game piece. 
   
   
       6 . The game piece of  claim 1  wherein the body further comprises a first half and a second half. 
   
   
       7 . The game piece of  claim 6  further including a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board includes the electronic impact sensing unit, the relay for relaying the electronic signal, and the signaling unit. 
   
   
       8 . The game piece of  claim 6  further including a printed circuit board sandwiched between the first half and the second half. 
   
   
       9 . The game piece of  claim 1  further comprising a bumper formed about the periphery of the game piece. 
   
   
       10 . A game piece comprising:
 a substantially triangularly-shaped housing;   an impact detection apparatus which generates a signal in response to an impacting blow to the housing; and   a signaling apparatus which produces an audio or visual signal in response to the signal produced by the impact detection apparatus.   
   
   
       11 . The game piece of  claim 10  further comprising at least one light emitting diode, wherein the signaling apparatus produces signals that light the light emitting diode. 
   
   
       12 . The game piece of  claim 10  further comprising at least one light emitting diode, wherein the signaling apparatus produces random signals that light the light emitting diode. 
   
   
       13 . The game piece of  claim 10  further comprising a battery carried within the housing and communicatively coupled the at least one light emitting diode, the impact detection apparatus and the signaling apparatus. 
   
   
       14 . The game piece of  claim 10  further comprising a bumper positioned at the periphery of the game piece. 
   
   
       15 . The game piece of  claim 10  having a weight in the range of 0.50 ounces to 6 ounces. 
   
   
       16 . The game piece of  claim 10  further comprising:
 a first major surface;   a second major surface;   and a label sized to substantially cover one of the first major surface and the second major surface.   
   
   
       17 . The game piece of  claim 10  further comprising at least one sound emitting device, wherein the at least one sound emitting device producing audible signals in response to a signal from the impact sensing apparatus. 
   
   
       18 . A kit including:
 a first triangular game piece;   a set of stickers sized to fit within the bounds of the triangular game piece; and   an instruction set for playing a game with the game piece.   
   
   
       19 . The kit of  claim 18  further comprising a second game piece, the instruction set further comprising instructions for playing a game with a first game piece and a second game piece. 
   
   
       20 . The kit of  claim 18  further comprising a goal.