Patent ID: 9573048
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A shuffle board game apparatus comprising: a base; a shuffle board having a horizontal surface, side portions, four corners and a target pattern located at the top center surface of the shuffle board; four separate ramps each including a first outermost ramp portion having a first wall portion and a second inner ramp portion having a second wall portion, said second wall portion extending above the horizontal surface of the shuffle board and having higher walls than said first wall portion, each separate ramp extending away from one of the four corners of the shuffle board with its axes directed toward the center of the shuffle board, each of said four separate ramps being in the same horizontal plane as the shuffle board; a cross bar that separates the first ramp portion and the second ramp portion of each of said separate ramps; a gutter having inner and outer edges and being positioned and located between each pair of the separate ramps adjacent a side portion of the shuffle board, each gutter being defined by the respective second wall portions of each respective pair of ramps, a side portion of the shuffle board, and a third wall portion extending adjacent the outer edge of each gutter, each gutter being in a lower horizontal plane than the separate ramps and the shuffle board top center surface, the respective second wall portions of each respective pair of ramps defining each gutter forming an opening to each gutter; and at least one playing piece.