Projectile target game apparatus

Abstract

A projectile target game apparatus in which the object is to toss a projectile preferably one having a weighted forward end and a rearwardly extending grasping stick portion into the open face of a box-like enclosure having a lower target wall and a centrally disposed target disposed therein. The portions of the target wall surrounding the opening are provided with a resilient material or itself is resilient such that the incoming projectiles striking such surface will be rebounded therefrom to a position either against the upwardly extending walls or outwardly of the enclosure.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A target game including a target and at least one projectile, said target including a target enclosure having a floor in turn defining a downwardly recessed bottom target wall with a generally centrally disposed target opening therethrough, side walls extending upwardly from the periphery of said target wall to form said target enclosure and said side walls in turn terminating in a forward peripheral edge defining a forward entrance to said enclosure for receipt of said projectile adapted to be tossed from a position remote from the target enclosure into said enclosure and through said downwardly recessed target opening to a position outside said enclosure, said target wall having a resilient upper surface surrounding said target opening such that a tossed projectile striking such surface rather than cleanly passing through the target opening will tend to bounce back upwardly against the walls of said enclosure.  
     
     
         2 . The target game of  claim 1  wherein the upper surface of said target floor is a dense elastomeric material.  
     
     
         3 . The target game of  claim 1  wherein the target floor is comprised of a fabric mesh material.  
     
     
         4 . The target game of  claim 1  wherein said enclosure walls each includes a plurality of openings therethrough.  
     
     
         5 . The target game of  claim 4  wherein the projectile is of the type having a weighted forward portion from which a grasping handle longitudinally extends, the length of the handle being less that the height of the enclosure walls.  
     
     
         6 . The target game of  claim 5 , wherein the openings in said enclosure side walls are of an extent less than the size of the weighted forward portion of the projectile such that projectiles striking the upper surface of the target wall will rebound therefrom so as to enable portions of the handle portion thereof to extend through one of said enclosure wall openings but not permit the entire projectile to pass therethrough.