Ring toss game and system including pierced ring

Abstract

A highly-portable and stylized ring toss game which includes a pierced ring. The piercing in the ring allows a string to be threaded directly through the ring, thereby removing the need to tie a string to the ring and removing the element of string tension from the game, thus allowing for more creative tricks and more uniform gameplay. The ring is suspended from the string a distance away from a backboard with a hook. The ring is tossed along a path toward the backboard with the intent of hooking the ring onto the hook. The ring may be spun or flipped to perform this feat in more dramatic fashion.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
         1 . A ring toss game system comprising:
 a backboard with a front face;   a ring having a generally toroidal body;   a single hole piercing the body of said ring;   said ring suspended from a string threaded through said hole, wherein the distance said string is located from said backboard is approximately equal to the length of said string; and   a hook located in proximity to the center of said backboard front face, said hook adapted for receiving said ring.   
     
     
         2 . The ring toss game system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 said backboard including a rear face; and   said backboard mounted to a wall, wherein said back face is placed facing said wall.   
     
     
         3 . The ring toss game system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pole having a proximal end and a distal end, said pole extending generally horizontally above said backboard; and   said string being suspended from said distal end of said pole.   
     
     
         4 . The ring toss game system of  claim 1 , wherein said backboard is comprised of bamboo. 
     
     
         5 . A method of setting up and playing a ring toss game, the method comprising the steps:
 mounting a backboard having a front face and a rear face to a wall such that said backboard rear face is facing said wall;   locating a hook in said backboard front face such that said hook is centrally located in said backboard front face;   threading a length of string through a pierced hole located in a ring and securing said ring to an end of said string via a knot located in the end of said string;   suspending the ring from said string at a distance away from said backboard approximately equal to the length of said string; and   tossing said ring toward said backboard such that said ring engages with said hook.