Game puck with crosshairs

Abstract

Handheld gaming pucks and handheld gaming bean bags each have crosshairs for determining location of the given gaming puck or location of the given gaming bean bag upon some gaming surface. The gaming pucks may be slidable across some smooth portion of the gaming surface. The gaming bean bags may be tossed onto some portion of a gaming surface. The gaming pucks and the gaming bean bags may each have a main central hole. The gaming pucks and the gaming bean bags may each have a crosshairs-member that is located within the given main central hole. Crosshairs may be located on the given crosshairs-member. Aside from the crosshairs, the crosshairs-member may be at least mostly visually transparent. At least a portion of the crosshairs may be visible from a top (or a bottom) of the given gaming puck or the given gaming bean bag.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A puck with crosshairs configured for sliding across a portion of a gaming surface that is smooth; wherein the crosshairs are located within the puck such that when the puck is stationary above and at least proximate to a region of the gaming surface, at least a portion of that region of the gaming surface is visible through a main-central-hole of the puck with at least a portion of the crosshairs disposed above and at a fixed distance from the region of the gaming surface, wherein the at least the portion of the region of the gaming surface and the at least the portion of the crosshairs are both visible from a top of the puck. 
     
     
         2 . The puck according to  claim 1 , wherein an exterior shape of the puck is that of a first cylindrical disk with the main-central-hole; wherein the main-central-hole houses a crosshairs-member, wherein the puck comprises the crosshairs-member, wherein the crosshairs-member comprises the crosshairs. 
     
     
         3 . The puck according to  claim 2 , wherein an exterior shape of the crosshairs-member is that of a second cylindrical disk, wherein a diameter of the second cylindrical disk is less than a diameter of the first cylindrical disk, wherein a height of the second cylindrical disk is less than a height of the first cylindrical disk. 
     
     
         4 . The puck according to  claim 2 , wherein the second cylindrical disk, other than the crosshairs, is substantially optically transparent. 
     
     
         5 . The puck according to  claim 2 , wherein the first cylindrical disk is comprised of a top-cylindrical-member and of a bottom-cylindrical-member; wherein both the top-cylindrical-member and the bottom-cylindrical-member are cylindrical disk members that are stacked such that a bottom of the top-cylindrical-member is in physical contact with a top of the bottom-cylindrical-member and with the main-central-hole running through the centers of both the top-cylindrical-member and the bottom-cylindrical-member. 
     
     
         6 . The puck according to  claim 5 , wherein the crosshairs-member is kept fixed in place within the puck by attachment of the bottom-cylindrical-member to the top-cylindrical-member. 
     
     
         7 . The puck according to  claim 5 , wherein the top-cylindrical-member comprises a cavity that is located around a portion of the main-central-hole; wherein the cavity is sized and shaped to receive the crosshairs-member; wherein the crosshairs-member is kept fixed in place within the cavity by attachment of the bottom-cylindrical-member to the top-cylindrical-member. 
     
     
         8 . The puck according to  claim 5 , wherein both the top-cylindrical-member and the bottom-cylindrical-member each comprises at least one fastener-hole that are colinear with each other; wherein the puck comprises at least one fastener that is received into each of the at least one fastener-holes that are colinear to each other, to attach the bottom-cylindrical-member to the top-cylindrical-member. 
     
     
         9 . The puck according to  claim 5 , wherein the puck further comprises a low-friction-member; wherein a top of the low-friction-member is attached is attached to a bottom of the bottom-cylindrical-member; wherein the low-friction-member is another cylindrical disk member. 
     
     
         10 . The puck according to  claim 9 , wherein a bottom of low-friction-member is configured to be of substantially low friction with respect to the portion of the gaming surface that is smooth. 
     
     
         11 . The puck according to  claim 9 , wherein a bottom of low-friction-member is at least substantially constructed of felt. 
     
     
         12 . The puck according to  claim 1 , wherein the crosshairs are comprised of at least a pair of lines that intersect each other at least once. 
     
     
         13 . The puck according to  claim 1 , wherein the puck comprises at least one light-source, wherein at least a portion of the at least one light-source is oriented to provide illumination upon a surface. 
     
     
         14 . The puck according to  claim 13 , wherein the surface is selected from one or more of: the at least the portion of the region of the gaming surface or the at least the portion of the crosshairs. 
     
     
         15 . The puck according to  claim 13 , wherein the at least one light-source is selected from one or more of: a region comprising tritium or at least one electrically operable light source that is operatively coupled to at least one battery. 
     
     
         16 . A gaming bean bag with crosshairs that is configured to be handheld; wherein the gaming bean bag comprises a covering and filler; wherein the covering covers over and contains the filler; wherein the crosshairs are located within the gaming bean bag such that when the gaming bean bag is stationary above and at least proximate to a region of a gaming surface, at least a portion of that region of the gaming surface is visible through a main-central-hole of the gaming bean bag with at least a portion of the crosshairs disposed above and at a fixed distance from the region of the gaming surface, wherein the at least the portion of the region of the gaming surface and the at least the portion of the crosshairs are both visible from a top of the gaming bean bag. 
     
     
         17 . The gaming bean bag according to  claim 16 , wherein the main-central-hole houses a crosshairs-member, wherein the gaming bean bag comprises the crosshairs-member, wherein the crosshairs-member comprises the crosshairs. 
     
     
         18 . The gaming bean bag according to  claim 16 , wherein the crosshairs-member, other than the crosshairs, is substantially optically transparent. 
     
     
         19 . The gaming bean bag according to  claim 16 , wherein the crosshairs are comprised of at least a pair of lines that intersect each other at least once. 
     
     
         20 . The gaming bean bag according to  claim 16 , wherein the gaming bean bag has a top flat surface and a bottom flat surface, wherein the top fat surface is disposed away from bottom flat surface.