Patent ID: 7121963
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A game adapted to be played on a grass surface, the game comprising: one or more portable solid-surface game obstacles structured to cause a game ball to change vertical position relative to a playing field to which the obstacles are attached after said ball has been struck; wherein at least one of the game obstacles is structured to cause a ball to travel in a helical loop and is further structured to be temporarily affixed to the playing field by removable securing stakes; wherein the one or more obstacles each include receivers, the securing stakes each having a lower portion structured to pass through one of the receivers and each having an upper portion that is separated from the lower portion by a projection structured to mechanically interfere with an entrance of one of the receivers; and wherein the upper portion is approximately the same length as the lower portion and the projection includes a diameter larger than a radial diameter of the upper or lower portions.