Ball game played on a regularly tiled surface

Abstract

One embodiment of a game between a plurality of teams typically played with a ball on a court composed of a plurality of tilings typically composed of plastic rings of alternating, contrasting colors to form a checkerboard style playing court. Each team occupies a different set of colored tiling rings. In order to score points, players on the offensive team attempt to move the ball from one predetermined location on the court to another while remaining within their set of colored tiling rings. The opposing defensive team members attempt to impede the offensive team's progress from within their own colored tiling rings and gain possession of the ball in order to become the offensive team and score points. Play progresses until one team achieves a predetermined number of points and is declared the winner of the game.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A game played with a freely movable object between a plurality of teams on a surface of a plurality of regular adjacent tilings in a pattern of a plurality of alternating and contrasting colors forming a playing court. 
     
     
         2 . The game of  claim 1  wherein said movable object is a ball. 
     
     
         3 . The game of  claim 2  wherein said ball is a beachball or similarly sized ball. 
     
     
         4 . The game of  claim 1  wherein said playing court has a plurality of sides to form a regular geometric shape such as a square or hexagon. 
     
     
         5 . The game of  claim 4  wherein said square is in the form of a checkerboard of said tilings. 
     
     
         6 . The game of  claim 5  wherein said checkerboard is in a pattern of regularly alternating colors of said tilings. 
     
     
         7 . The game of  claim 5  wherein said checkerboard has an equal and even number of said tilings on each of its sides. 
     
     
         8 . The game of  claim 1  wherein said tilings create spaces large enough for a person to stand and move about freely within. 
     
     
         9 . The game of  claim 8  wherein said tilings are of a regular polygon shape and lying on a substantially flat surface. 
     
     
         10 . The game of  claim 9  wherein said tilings are formed of durable material resistant to weather and physical abuse. 
     
     
         11 . The game of  claim 10  wherein said durable material is a piece of plastic tubing of length sufficient to substantially form a circle when the ends of said piece of tubing are substantially joined together to form a ring to create a tiling for said space. 
     
     
         12 . The game of  claim 11  wherein said plastic tubing is made of polyethylene, polypropylene, vinyl, or other plastic. 
     
     
         13 . The game of  claim 11  wherein said circle is of sufficient diameter as to allow a person to stand and move about freely within said circle. 
     
     
         14 . The game of  claim 11  wherein said tubing ends are permanently or temporarily joined together at their ends. 
     
     
         15 . The game of  claim 14  wherein said tubing ends are substantially joined by couples of tubing which fit over or rods or tubes which fit within the ends of the tubing when the ends are brought into proximity with each other. 
     
     
         16 . The game of  claim 11  wherein said rings are held together by fasteners between the rings to hold the rings into a predefined shape and pattern such as a square checkerboard. 
     
     
         17 . The game of  claim 16  wherein said fasteners are Velcro straps, tie-wraps, or other bindings. 
     
     
         18 . A method of playing a game, comprising:
 (a) A playing court surface of regular adjacent tilings in a pattern of alternating and contrasting colors of tilings.   (b) Two of more teams of persons, each person of which team occupies the space within a tiling of a regularly tiled playing court surface, each team occupying the set of tilings on the surface of which all are the same color of tiling.   (c) An object such as a ball which can be moved about by teammates on the court from one tiling to another in order to score points according to predefined rules.   (d) A set of predefined rules for playing a game.