ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,600, issued on Feb. 24.

"Game system for a projectile launching game" was invented by Keith Miller (Chesterfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game system for playing a game in which players launch projectiles by throwing them or striking them with a club in attempt to land the projectiles in particular zones to score points includes a platform and a plurality of containers positioned on the platform. Each container has a hole extending downwardly into the container which has a size such that each projectile is receivable alternately into each of the containers through the associated hole."

The patent was filed on June 19,...