Abstract: An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with holes formed therein. Items are provided for being tossed toward and into the holes, and the game automatically keeps track of and displays running scores based on which holes the bags fall into. In some embodiments the items are bags containing pellets, "bean bags", and at least some of the pellets have magnetic properties. A wire coil is provided for each hole, disposed beneath the surface, for sensing the passage of the bag into one of the holes and producing a signal corresponding to that hole. An electronic circuit is provided for calculating and displaying a score based upon those signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 1989
Date of Patent:
May 22, 1990
Assignees:
Thomas W. Nichol, Arlyn Johnson
Inventors:
Thomas W. Nichol, Edward T. Gisske, Arlyn Johnson
Abstract: An automated bag toss game, having a game board surface, with a plurality of holes formed therein. Bags are provided, each containing pellets, at least some of those pellets having magnetic properties. A wire coil is provided for each hole and disposed beneath the game board surface, for sensing the passage of the bag into one of the holes and producing a signal corresponding to that hole. An electronic circuit is provided for receiving the signal and calculating and displaying a score based upon that hole.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 1989
Date of Patent:
May 8, 1990
Assignees:
Thomas W. Nichol, Arlyn Johnson
Inventors:
Thomas W. Nichol, Edward T. Gisske, Arlyn Johnson