Projectile and Target Game and Method of Playing

Abstract

This invention is a projectile and target game that can employ beverage drinking, as well as a related method of use. The invention is adapted to allow at least three teams of players to participate in the game at a given time. The game includes a game surface that would be able to accommodate at least three distant sets of projectile receivers mounted above it. At least one projectile, such as a ping pong ball, that would be used to hit or land inside one of the projectile receivers.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A target game, the game comprising:
 a game surface adapted to receive at least three sets of projectile receivers.   
     
     
         2 . The game defined in  claim 1 , further comprising at least three sets of projectile receivers mounted above the game surface. 
     
     
         3 . The game defined in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one projectile. 
     
     
         4 . The game defined in  claim 1 , wherein the game surface is triangular. 
     
     
         5 . The game defined in  claim 1 , wherein the game surface is circular. 
     
     
         6 . The game defined in  claim 1 , wherein the game surface comprises a plurality of sections. 
     
     
         7 . The game defined in  claim 2 , wherein the at least three sets of projectile receivers are cups. 
     
     
         8 . The game defined in  claim 3 , wherein the at least one projectile is a sphere. 
     
     
         9 . The game defined in  claim 3 , wherein the at least one projectile is a ping pong ball. 
     
     
         10 . The game defined in  claim 1 , further comprising at least three target indicia mounted to the game surface. 
     
     
         11 . The game defined in  claim 10 , wherein the at least three target indicia are each adapted to delineate a placement of each of the at least three sets of projectile receivers. 
     
     
         12 . The game defined in  claim 11 , wherein the at least three target indicia are equidistant from each other. 
     
     
         13 . The game defined in  claim 11 , wherein the at least three target indicia are triangular. 
     
     
         14 . A method of playing a target game, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a target game, the target game comprising at least one projectile, a game surface, and at least three sets of projectile receivers;   mounting the at least three sets of projectile receivers to the game surface;   situating the at least three sets of projectile receivers distant to each other;   selecting at least three teams, each of the at least three teams comprising at least one player;   situating a player of a first of the three teams proximate to a first of the three sets of projectile receivers; and   launching the at least one projectile by the player of the first of the three teams towards a second of the three sets of projectile receivers.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising situating a player of a second of the three teams proximate to the second of the three sets of projectile receivers; and
 launching the at least one projectile by the player of the second of the three teams towards a third of the three sets of projectile receivers or towards the first of the three sets of projectile receivers.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising situating a player of a third of the three teams proximate to the third of the three sets of projectile receivers; and
 launching the at least one projectile by the player of the third of the three teams towards the second of the three sets of projectile receivers or towards the first of the three sets of projectile receivers.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein a successful launching of the at least one projectile results in removing at least one of the projectile receivers. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein a successful launching of the at least one projectile comprises the at least one projectile landing inside at least one of the projectile receivers. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein an unsuccessful launching of the at least one projectile results in a subsequent launching of at least one projectile by an opposing player. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein an unsuccessful launching of the at least one projectile results in a subsequent launching of at least one projectile by a teammate.