Patent ID: 7896349

Claim:
A hook and ring game apparatus, comprising: (a) a hook device including a mounting portion with a proximal end portion and a distal end portion having a longitudinal axis spanning therebetween that is positioned substantially transverse to a surface, wherein said proximal end portion is extending from the surface forming a proximal end portion and surface interface, said hook device further including an arcuate portion extending from said distal end portion wherein said arcuate portion forms a sweep of about one-hundred and eighty (180) degrees, said arcuate portion having a radius, wherein said arcuate portion terminates in a cantilever beam having a lengthwise axis, said cantilever beam approximately extending to said distal end portion, said lengthwise axis forms an acute angle in relation to the surface, wherein said acute angle is adjacent to said surface interface, said mounting portion includes threads to positively lock a selectable length into a selected length between said proximal portion and said distal portion, wherein a ratio of said selected length to said radius equals in the range of three (3) to four (4) that results in maximizing a chance that said ring will engage said hook, wherein said selected length results in said arcuate portion being in a selected position from the surface; and (b) a ring assembly including a flexible tether extension having a first end portion and a second end portion resulting in a defined length of said tether extension therebetween, with said tether having an extension axis, said extension first end portion is freely suspended from a selected position in an overhead support, said extension second end portion is adjacent to a ring, said ring assembly is operational to freely swing said ring through a pendulum type arc path of movement relative to the overhead support, the overhead support is placed in a selected position such that said extension length and ring further define a greater combined ring assembly length that spans from said hook proximal portion and surface interface to said selected position of the overhead support, said ring and hook are operational to form a chance element to removably engage one another as said ring moves through said arc path potentially coming into contact with said hook, with either said ring removably engaging said hook or not engaging said hook, wherein said ring will follow said arc path in a substantially reverse direction.