US 12,458,855 B2
Cornhole board with load-distribution intersecting braces
Brandon Leigh Greba, Villa Rica, GA (US); and Benjamin Horton, Temple, GA (US)
Assigned to West Georgia Cornhole LLC, Villa Rica, GA (US)
Filed by West Georgia Cornhole LLC, Villa Rica, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/699,928.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,225, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296977 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 67/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 67/06 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cornhole board for use with toss bags to play cornhole games, comprising:
a peripheral frame;
a top panel supported by the peripheral frame, wherein the top panel includes an opening through which the toss bags can be received, a top surface upon which the toss bags can slide during game play, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
two support legs extending downward from a first end portion of the frame, wherein the legs elevate the first end portion of the frame to orient the top panel at an angle; and
an X-shaped bracing system adjacent to the bottom surface of the top panel, wherein the X-shaped bracing system reinforces and prevents flexing and bowing of the top panel when the top panel is impacted with the tossed bags during game play, wherein the X-shaped bracing system distributes and dissipates impact forces from the tossed bags during game play, wherein the X-shaped bracing system includes two braces arranged in the shape of an X, wherein the two braces each have a first end portion, an opposite second end portion, and a center portion therebetween, and wherein the first end portions extend to a respective first end portion of the top panel, the second end portions extend in a respective opposite second end portion of the top panel, and the center portions intersect in a center portion of the top panel between the top panel end portions.