{"number":"US12697541B1","kindCode":"B1","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Portable indoor-outdoor board game","english":"Portable indoor-outdoor board game"},"abstract":{"original":"The invention comprises a game with a playing surface containing cups for receiving balls thrown by a player. In the skill portion of the game, a player scores points by accurately throwing the balls into the cups. If the player misses any of the cups, in a chance portion of the game, the playing surface is sloped to direct the ball to fall into compartments which provide additional benefits or to incur penalties.When playing the game with the baseball theme, a player may score runs by successfully throwing the ball into cups on the playing surface positioned at the first base, second base, th…","english":"The invention comprises a game with a playing surface containing cups for receiving balls thrown by a player. In the skill portion of the game, a player scores points by accurately throwing the balls into the cups. If the player misses any of the cups, in a chance portion of the game, the playing surface is sloped to direct the ball to fall into compartments which provide additional benefits or to incur penalties.When playing the game with the baseball theme, a player may score runs by successfully throwing the ball into cups on the playing surface positioned at the first base, second base, th…"},"applicants":["Individual"],"inventors":["Michael Whelan"],"filingDate":"2023-12-06","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697541B1.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697541B1","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697541B1","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697541B1"}}