ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,388, issued on Sept. 30.
"Ring toss game apparatus" was invented by John Randolph Anderson (Morehead City, N.C.) and Jonathan David Anderson (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ring toss game apparatus including a ring; a line suspending the ring from a support for manually induced movement of the ring; a housing for mounted disposition a predetermined length away from the ring; a hook mounted to the housing for ring capture through the hook opening; means for providing a control signal responsive to the hook operatively capturing the ring; and means for engaging the ring and moving the ring off the hook wherein games ma...