Target game

Abstract

An improved ring toss target game and method of playing a ring toss target game utilizes a target assembly including two elongate members that are releasably connected together in an intersecting relationship, wherein each of the two elongate members has a plurality of posts projecting perpendicularly from a plane defined by the intersecting elongate members. In accordance with certain variations of the invention, the posts may be of different heights and the target assembly can be made of material that allows the target assembly to float on water.

1 . A tossing target game, comprising:
 a target assembly including two elongate members that are connected together in an intersecting relationship, each of the two elongate members having a plurality of posts projecting perpendicularly from a plane defined by the intersecting elongate members, the target assembly being floatable on water; and   a plurality of circumscriptive elements that are floatable on water, wherein the spacing between adjacent posts and each of the plurality of circumscriptive elements is configured to allow each of the circumscriptive elements to circumscribe either any one post or two adjacent posts.   
     
     
         2 . The game of  claim 1 , in which the posts are of different heights. 
     
     
         3 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of circumscriptive elements are rings. 
     
     
         4 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the posts are arranged in intersecting rows along each of the elongate members and the posts along each row are equally spaced apart. 
     
     
         5 . The game of  claim 4 , wherein each intersecting row includes five posts, including one common center post located at the intersection of the elongate members. 
     
     
         6 . The game of  claim 1 , in which the elongate members are comprised of wood having threaded female inserts for receiving a treaded male end of one of the posts. 
     
     
         7 . A method of playing a game comprising:
 providing a target assembly including two elongate members that are connected together in an intersecting relationship, each of the two elongate members having a plurality of posts projecting perpendicularly from a plane defined by the intersecting elongate members, the target assembly being floatable on water; and   tossing a circumscriptive element at the target assembly, the circumscriptive element being floatable on water, and wherein the target assembly and the circumscriptive element are configured to allow the circumscriptive element to circumscribe either one post or two adjacent posts.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising keeping score by assigning a point value for circumscribing a post, or more than one post at the conclusion of a toss, the score for a toss being zero if none of the posts are circumscribed by the tossed circumscriptive element, the point value of a single circumscribed post, or the sum of the point value of two circumscribed posts. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the posts are arranged in intersecting rows along each of the elongated members and the posts along each row are equally spaced apart. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein each row includes five posts, including one common center post located at the intersection of the elongate members. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the point value for circumscribing only the center post is an integer multiple of the nominal point value of the center post when both the center post and an adjacent post are circumscribed. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7  wherein point accrual is contingent on correctly answering a randomly selected question or performing a randomly selected task. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein each of the randomly selectable questions or randomly selectable tasks is printed or written on a card and the cards are arranged in a stack or deck.