Patent ID: 7703771

Claim:
A projectile toss and target game comprising: two substantially vertical goals posts serving as targets, the goal posts spaced apart on a playing field by a defined distance, each goal post comprising: a plurality of vertical distally spaced side rails, two of the side rails forming the side edges of the goal post; and a plurality of crossbars extending between and side rails, the cross bars substantially horizontal, cross bars arranged in a vertically spaced relationship, opposing ends of the crossbars secured to the goal posts; a plurality of tethered projectiles for tossing towards and entangling around the goal posts, each projectile comprising: a flexible cord having two ends; and two spherical balls, each ball secured at opposing ends of the cord, the cord and two spheres forming a bola; and a removable support means for holding the goal posting in a vertical position; wherein the game is played by one or more players or team of players, wherein the game is played in rounds, wherein each player tosses one or more tethered projectiles towards the target in a round with a goal of hanging or wrapping the tethered projectiles on a crossbar, wherein each crossbar is assigned a point score, wherein the player scores points according to the crossbar entwined by the projectile in the toss, wherein game play proceeds until a defined number high score is reached or until a defined number of rounds have taken place, wherein the side rails consist of tubular side rails having a notch through sidewalls at a bottom portion of the side rail; and the removable support means comprises: an elongated goal post support shoe having a side rail receiving hole on a top face of the shoe and an alignment locking hole on a side of the shoe, the hole extending directly and linearly through opposing sides of the shoe, the alignment locking hole through support shoe sides, the alignment locking hole in the shoe positioned to be alignable with the notch in the bottom portion of the sidewall when the side rail is installed into the sidewall receiving hole in the support shoe, length of the support shoe selected to support the goal post in a vertical position during game play each; an alignment locking pin, the pin sized and fitted to be removably received through the alignment locking hole and notch; and one or more anti-skid rubber pads secured to a bottom face of each shoe.