Portable ball and pin game system

Abstract

A portable game system including a target pins, a throwing ball having a deflated state and an inflated state, and two platform sections each formed of a base and a planar playing surface. Each platform section having a handle disposed and having positioning indicia disposed thereon. The two platform sections configured to be held in abutting contact via a locking mechanism disposed thereon to hold the platform sections in a collapsed configuration in which the deflated throwing ball and game pins are held within a cavity defined between the platform sections. The game system further having a game play configuration in which the bottom of the first base is spaced apart from the bottom of the second base, the plurality of target pins are positioned on said first game pin positioning indicia and said second game pin positioning indicia, and the throwing ball is in its inflated state.

1 . A portable game system comprising:
 a plurality of target pins;   a throwing ball having a deflated state and an inflated state;   a first platform section formed of a first base and a first surface board forming a first planar playing surface, the first base having a top and a bottom, the first surface board coupled to the top of the first base;   a first handle disposed on said first platform section;   a second platform section formed of a second base and a second surface board forming a second planar playing surface, the second base having a top and a bottom, the second surface board coupled to the top of the second base;   a second handle disposed on said second platform section;   a first game pin positioning indicia disposed on the first planar playing surface of said first platform section, said first game pin positioning indicia being a plurality of circles arranged in a triangle shape;   a second game pin positioning indicia disposed on the second planar playing surface of said second platform section, said second game pin positioning indicia being a plurality of circles arranged in a triangle shape; and   a locking mechanism configured to secure said first platform section to said second platform in a collapsed configuration of said game platform;   said game system having the portable configuration in which the bottom of the first base abuts the bottom of the second base and said first platform section and said second platform section define a cavity therebetween configured to retain therein said plurality of target pins and said throwing ball in its deflated state;   said game system further having a game play configuration in which the bottom of the first base is spaced apart from the bottom of the second base, the plurality of target pins are positioned on said first game pin positioning indicia and said second game pin positioning indicia, and the throwing ball is in its inflated state.   
     
     
         2 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of target pins are twenty target pins. 
     
     
         3 . The portable game system of  claim 2  wherein two of the twenty target pins are visually distinct in color from the remaining target pins. 
     
     
         4 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of target pins are formed of a composite material. 
     
     
         5 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of target pins are shaped as a bowling pin. 
     
     
         6 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of target pins has a weight of between  0 . 5  to  1 . 5  pounds. 
     
     
         7 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said throwing ball is an oblong ball. FOWL- 0327 USCIP 
     
     
         8 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said throwing ball is a standard American football. 
     
     
         9 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said first platform section and said second platform section are each formed of a manufactured wood material. 
     
     
         10 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said first platform section and said second platform section each has a weight between  3  to  5  pounds. 
     
     
         11 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said first platform section and said second platform section each measures  30  inches by  34  inches. 
     
     
         12 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said first handle is a first rope handle attached to the first base at a first end of said first platform section, the first rope handle having a first center portion positioned on an exterior side of the first base. 
     
     
         13 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said second handle is a second rope handle attached to the second base at a first end of said second platform section, the second rope handle having a second center portion positioned on an exterior side of the second base. 
     
     
         14 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein said locking mechanism is a plurality of chest latches. 
     
     
         15 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of chest latches includes at least four chest latches. 
     
     
         16 . The portable game system of  claim 1  wherein the game system has a total weight of no more than  30  pounds. 
     
     
         17 . The portable game system of  claim 1  further comprising an air pump configured to inflate said throwing ball. 
     
     
         18 . The portable game system of  claim 1  further comprising a measuring device configured to facilitate proper spacing between said first platform section and said second platform section in the game play configuration. 
     
     
         19 . The portable game system of  claim 1  further comprising at least one bubble level positioned on at least one of said first platform section and said second platform section. 
     
     
         20 . The portable game system of  claim 1  further comprising a removable shoulder strap coupled to at least one of said first platform section and said second platform section.