Inflatable balancing game

Abstract

A toy game set that includes an inflatable, fully collapsible sealed housing. The game set also contains a plurality of game pieces that can be thrown into, pulled out of, etc. the inflated housing in a game where a player can win or lose. The housing is inflated to a sufficient size so that the players can physically interact with the game set. The fully collapsible feature of the housing minimizes the storage space required to store an unused game set.

1 . An inflatable toy game set that is used by a plurality of players, comprising: 
 an inflatable, fully collapsible sealed housing; and,    at least one game piece that is manipulated by the players to interact with said inflatable, fully collapsible housing in a game where at least one of the players wins.    
   
   
       2 . The toy game set of  claim 1 , wherein said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed housing is shaped as a tree and said game pieces are shaped as monkeys that can be hung from said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed tree shaped housing.  
   
   
       3 . The toy game set of  claim 1 , wherein said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed housing is shaped as a bowl and said game pieces are shaped as balls that can be removed from said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed bowl shaped housing.  
   
   
       4 . The toy game set of  claim 1 , wherein said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed housing is shaped as a gumball machine and said game pieces are sticks that can be removed from said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed gumball machine shaped housing to release one or more balls within said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed gumball machine shaped housing.  
   
   
       5 . The toy game set of  claim 1 , wherein said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed housing is shaped as a pig and said game pieces are shaped as food that can be bounced into said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed pig shaped housing.  
   
   
       6 . An inflatable toy game set, comprising: 
 an inflatable, fully collapsible sealed tree shaped housing;    a plurality of monkey shaped game pieces that can be hung from said inflatable fully collapsible sealed tree shaped housing; and,    a spinner.    
   
   
       7 . The toy game set of  claim 6 , wherein said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed tree shaped housing has color coded branches and said spinner contains color coded areas that correspond to said branches and numbers that indicate the number of monkey shaped game pieces that are to be hung from said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed tree shaped housing.  
   
   
       8 . An inflatable toy game set, comprising: 
 an inflatable, fully collapsible sealed bowl shaped housing;    a plurality of balls located within said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed bowl shaped housing, each ball having a letter indicia;    a plurality of trays that support said balls;    a scoop that can remove said balls from said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed bowl shaped housing; and,    a plurality of word cards, each card provides a word that is to be spelled by said balls removed from said inflatable collapsible sealed bowl shaped housing and placed in said trays.    
   
   
       9 . An inflatable toy game set, comprising: 
 an inflatable, fully collapsible sealed gumball shaped housing that has an inner chamber and a plurality of apertures;    a plurality of sticks that can be inserted into said apertures;    a plurality of balls located within said inner chamber; and,    a bucket that can collect one or more balls released from said inner chamber when one or more sticks are released from said apertures.    
   
   
       10 . The toy game set of  claim 9 , wherein one of said balls is a penalty ball.  
   
   
       11 . An inflatable toy game set, comprising: 
 an inflatable, fully collapsible sealed pig shaped housing with an opening;    a bouncer; and,    a plurality of food shaped game pieces that can be bounced into said inflatable, fully collapsible sealed pig shaped housing opening with said bouncer.    
   
   
       12 . The toy game set of  claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of locators and a simulated mud pit.  
   
   
       13 . A method for playing with an inflatable toy game set that is used by a plurality of players, comprising: 
 inflating a sealed housing;    manipulating at least one game piece to interact with the inflated sealed housing in a game until at least one of the players wins; and,    fully collapsing the inflated sealed housing.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the manipulation of the game pieces includes hanging monkey shaped game pieces from a tree shaped sealed housing, the location and number of monkeys hung from the tree shaped sealed housing being determined by a spinner, a player wins when another player hangs at least one monkey that causes the tree shaped sealed housing to tip over.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the manipulation of the game pieces include scooping a plurality of balls from a bowl shaped sealed housing and placing the balls in a tray, each ball having a letter indicia, a player wins by spelling a word with the balls.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the manipulation of the game pieces includes pulling sticks from a gumball shaped sealed housing to release one or more balls from an inner chamber of the gumball machine shaped sealed housing, the balls include a penalty ball that causes a player to return their balls to the inner chamber, the player with the most balls after all the balls are removed from the inner chamber wins the game.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the manipulation of the game pieces includes bouncing a plurality of food shaped game pieces into an opening of a pig shaped sealed housing, the first player to bounce all of their food shaped game pieces into the pig shaped sealed housing opening wins the game.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising spinning a spinner to determine a location from which to bounce the food shaped game pieces.