IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,603,560
Granted Patent B2
US 10,603,560 · App. 15/162,695 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Interchangeable gameboards

Inventor: Brian Edmund Poetter (Lowell, IN)
A63B67/06A63B2067/061A63B2071/0694A63B2210/50
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,603,560
App. No.
15/162,695
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cornhole game board providing an interchangeable faceplate display is provided. The game board includes a framework having a plurality of peripheral elements defining an opening into which a faceplate may be inserted. Each peripheral element may define a portion of a coplanar slot extending along the game board framework, wherein one of a plurality of faceplates may be slidably received or removed in the resulting coplanar slot. Thereby the game board provides a variety of interchangeable playing surfaces of cornhole.

Claims (41)

1. A cornhole gameboard, comprising:

two spaced apart longitudinal elements, said two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a vertex at a first end of both longitudinal elements;

a base element comprising two ends each having a vertex that are obliquely opposed to both longitudinal element's first ends, said obliquely opposed vertexes interconnecting the two longitudinal elements so as to define an opening, wherein the two base element ends are each independently connected near the respective first ends of each of the two longitudinal elements as to form two obliquely opposed vertex connections;

a longitudinal slot provided by each of the two longitudinal elements so that the longitudinal slots are coplanar;

a plurality of faceplates, each of said faceplates having at least one corn hole that passes from a top surface to a bottom surface and each of said faceplates dimensioned and adapted with a dado along a first and a second side to slide into the longitudinal slots so as to be substantially visible through the opening, wherein said dado is configured to facilitate the sliding reception within the coplanar slots of said plurality of faceplates having at least one cornhole; and

a top element, the element opposing the base element, the top element comprising two ends configured to provide lateral support for the longitudinal elements, the top element disposed downward such that that the plurality of faceplates is configured to slide over the top element;

at least one corn bag, wherein said at least one cornhole provided by each plurality of faceplates are configured to allow passage of said at least one corn bag from said top surface to a ground surface;

a base slot provided by the base element so that the base slot is coplanar with the longitudinal slots;

the two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a 45-degree vertex at the first end of both longitudinal elements;

the two ends of the base end each having a 45-degree vertex;

a leg connected to each of the longitudinal elements configured for propping up a respective second end of each of the two longitudinal elements off of the ground surface;

the legs connected to each of the longitudinal elements, when parallel with the ground surface, configured to be positioned in a recess created by the top element, the longitudinal elements, and the faceplate, the top element when in this position configured to be in contact with the ground surface, the legs when in this position configured to not be in contact with the ground surface.

2. The gameboard of claim 1 , further comprising: legs connected to the top element configured for propping up the gameboard.

3. The gameboard of claim 1 , the top element having a top surface and bottom surface, the bottom surface of the top element extending below the base element and longitudinal elements when the bottom surface is parallel with the ground surface, the base component extending above the top surface of the top element when the top element is parallel with the ground surface.

4. A cornhole gameboard, comprising:

two spaced apart longitudinal elements, said two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a 45 degree vertex at a first end of both longitudinal elements;

a base element comprising two ends each having a 45 degree vertex that are obliquely opposed to both longitudinal element's first ends, said obliquely opposed vertexes interconnecting the two longitudinal elements so as to define an opening, wherein the base elements two ends are each independently connected near the respective first ends of each of the two longitudinal elements as to form two obliquely opposed vertex connections;

a longitudinal slot provided by each of the two longitudinal elements so that the longitudinal slots are coplanar;

a plurality of faceplates, each of said faceplates having at least one cornhole that passes from a top surface to a bottom surface and each of said faceplates dimensioned and adapted with a dado along a first and a second side to slide into the longitudinal slots so as to be substantially visible through the opening, wherein said dado is configured to facilitate the sliding reception within the coplanar slots of said plurality of faceplates having at least one cornhole; and

a top element comprising two ends configured to provide lateral support for the longitudinal elements, the top element disposed downward such that that the plurality of faceplates are configured to slide over the top element, the top element having a top surface and bottom surface, the bottom surface of the top element extending below the longitudinal elements and the base component when bottom surface is parallel with the ground surface, the base element extending above the top of the top element when the top element is parallel with the ground surface;

at least one corn bag, wherein said at least one cornhole provided by each plurality of faceplates are configured to allow passage of said at least one corn bag from said top surface to a ground surface;

a base slot provided by the base element so that the base slot is coplanar with the longitudinal slots;

the two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a 45-degree vertex at the first end of both longitudinal elements;

the two ends of the base end each having a 45-degree vertex;

a leg connected to each of the longitudinal elements configured for propping up a respective second end of each of the two longitudinal elements off of the ground surface;

the legs connected to each of the longitudinal elements, when parallel with the ground surface, configured to be positioned in a recess created by the top element, the longitudinal elements, and the faceplate, the top element when in this position configured to be in contact with the ground surface, the legs when in this position configured to not be in contact with the ground surface.

5. The gameboard of claim 4 , further comprising a base slot provided by the base element so that the base slot is coplanar with the longitudinal slots.

6. The gameboard of claim 5 , further comprising: at least one corn bag, wherein said at least one cornhole provided by each plurality of faceplates are configured to allow passage of said at least one corn bag from said top surface to a ground surface.

7. The gameboard of claim 6 , further comprising: a leg provided by each of said two longitudinal elements configured for propping up a respective second end of each of the two longitudinal elements off of the ground surface.

8. The gameboard of claim 7 , further comprising: legs connected to the top element configured for propping up the gameboard.

9. A method of changing a faceplate for a cornhole gameboard, the method comprising:

sliding a first faceplate into two spaced apart longitudinal slots, said two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a vertex at a first end of both longitudinal elements, wherein the first faceplate visible through an opening in the framework, the framework comprising a base element comprising two ends each having a vertex that are obliquely opposed to both longitudinal element's first ends, said obliquely opposed vertexes interconnecting the two longitudinal elements so as to define an opening, wherein the base elements two ends are each independently connected near the respective first ends of each of the two longitudinal elements as to form two obliquely opposed vertexes connections, a longitudinal slot provided by each of the two longitudinal elements so that the longitudinal slots are coplanar, a top element comprising two ends configured to provide lateral support for the longitudinal elements, the top element disposed downward such that that the plurality of faceplates slides over the top element, the bottom surface of the top element extending below the base component when bottom surface is parallel with the ground surface, the base element extending above the top of the top element when the top element is parallel with the ground surface;

at least one corn bag, wherein said at least one cornhole provided by each plurality of faceplates are configured to allow passage of said at least one corn bag from said top surface to a ground surface;

a base slot provided by the base element so that the base slot is coplanar with the longitudinal slots;

the two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a 45-degree vertex at the first end of both longitudinal elements;

the two ends of the base end each having a 45-degree vertex;

a leg connected to each of the longitudinal elements configured for propping up a respective second end of each of the two longitudinal elements off of the ground surface;

the legs connected to each of the longitudinal elements, when parallel with the ground surface, configured to be positioned in a recess created by the top element, the longitudinal elements, and the faceplate, the top element when in this position configured to be in contact with the ground surface, the legs when in this position configured to not be in contact with the ground surface.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: sliding the first faceplate out from the two spaced apart longitudinal slots.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising: sliding a second faceplate into the two spaced apart longitudinal slots.

12. The method of claim 11 , the framework further comprising at least one corn bag, wherein said at least one cornhole provided by each plurality of faceplates are configured to allow passage of said at least one corn bag from said top surface to a ground surface, a base slot provided by the base element so that the base slot is coplanar with the longitudinal slots, two spaced apart longitudinal elements each having a 45-degree vertex at the first end of both longitudinal elements, the two ends of the base end each having a 45-degree vertex.

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