ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,637, issued on Feb. 10.
"Game piece tossing target game" was invented by Patrick Cooper (Arcade, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game piece tossing game having a first plurality of offensive game targets, where each of the offensive targets comprises a playing surface and a target aperture within the playing surface, a second plurality of defensive game targets, where each of the defensive targets comprises a playing surface and a target aperture within the playing surface, at least one game piece, arranged to be tossed toward the playing surface of at least one of the offensive game targets, and preferably arranged to be tosse...