Disc Golf Basket Target and Improvement Thereof

Abstract

An improvement to a disc golf basket target or goal, the improvement comprising the construction of the target or goal with a plurality of interconnected horizontal chains perimetrally latched onto each vertical chain. The two categories of chains are linked together at regular, symmetrical intervals so as to form, in the preferred embodiment, an essentially cylindrically-shaped assembly of chains, being referred to as a “basket target.” The basket target and its interconnected receiving grill are concentrically positioned along a vertically-oriented pole. A plurality of connector rings provide, regularly-spaced connections of junctions of the vertical and horizontal chains, so as provide a uniformly increasing resistance as a tossed disc initially strikes and begins penetrating some part of the assembly of chains in the basket target. In this manner, a tossed disc or other object is more readily prevented from traveling through the entirety of the interior of the target or goal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A disc golf game system comprising a target fixed about a vertical support pole, the target further comprising a spaced-apart series of vertical chain-segments and horizontal chain-segments which form an interior space for receiving a thrown disc or other game item used for throwing toward the target. Further, chain-segments of the formed target comprise regularly-spaced, symmetrical intersections which are formed by means of joining the vertical chain segments and the horizontal chain segments. The two categories of chain segments, upon being joined, form essentially an assembly of chains attached to the upper end of the vertical support pole. 
     
     
         2 . The disc golf game of  claim 1 , wherein the intersection means of joining vertical chain segments and horizontal chain segments comprises connector rings constructed so as to be insertable as a connector between two successive links of a vertical chain segment, while simultaneously being insertable as a connector between two successive links of a horizontal chain segment. 
     
     
         3 . The disc golf game of  claim 1 , wherein a retaining grill is affixed about the vertical support pole directly below the cylindrical assembly of chains. 
     
     
         4 . The disc golf game of  claim 1 , wherein the assembly of chains may form a generally cylindrical shape, a cuboid shape, a spherical shape, or any other geometric shape. 
     
     
         5 . A disc golf game system comprising (a) a plurality of vertical chain segments and a plurality of horizontal chain segments, both types of chain segments being connected, at regular, symmetrically-spaced intervals; (b) a vertical support pole connected, at its upper end, to a horizontally-oriented, support rim by means of a plurality of beams extending outward from the vertical support pole and connecting to the interior surface of the support rim; (c) a means for connection, proximate the support rim, of the first end of each of the vertical chains to one of the beams; (d) a lower support pole extending from, and concentric to, the first pole; (e) a plurality of horizontal spokes extending outward from the lower vertical support pole, each spoke, at a uniform distance, being bent so as to extend upward forming symmetrically-spaced vertical bars; (f) an upper railing, a mid-railing, and a bottom railing, connected, perimetrally, to the vertical bars, thereby forming a retaining grill about the lower support pole; and (g) a means of connecting the second end of each of the vertical chains to the lower support pole. 
     
     
         6 . The disc golf game of  claim 5  wherein (a) the means for connection, proximate the support rim, of the first end of each of the vertical chains to one of the beams comprises a hook affixed to the inner surface of the support rim; and (b) the means of connecting the second end of each of the vertical chains to the lower support pole comprises a coupling, the coupling encircling the outer circumference of the support pole, and being freely movable vertically along the support pole. 
     
     
         7 . An improvement to a disc golf game system of the type wherein the disc golf goal or target comprises primarily, a plurality of uninterrupted vertical chains, the improvement being a means of connection, at regularly-spaced planar intervals between the vertical chains, of a series of horizontally-oriented chains, such that the horizontally-oriented chains thereby restrain the maximum attainable lateral opening between consecutive vertical chains. 
     
     
         8 . The improved disc golf game system of  claim 7  wherein the means of connection, at regularly-spaced intervals between vertical chains, comprises a circular connector ring, wherein the connector ring substitutes for, and performs as, a connection between two successive vertical chain links, while simultaneously substituting for, and performing as, a connection between two successive horizontal chain links.