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A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target.

A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target. The caddy carries and stores the safety darts and targets in a convenient manner to keep all of the game components together.

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1. A lawn dart, comprising: an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end;a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft between the first and second ends;a head assembly attached to the second end of said shaft, said head assembly comprising: an upper head portion;a resilient lo

1. A lawn dart, comprising: an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end;a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft between the first and second ends;a head assembly attached to the second end of said shaft, said head assembly comprising: an upper head portion;a resilient lower head portion attached to said upper head portion;a weight received in said resilient lower head portion;a spring biasing said weight and resilient lower head portion axially away from said first head portion;whereby, when the lawn dart is thrown, landing with said resilient lower head portion of said head assembly on a ground or floor surface at an impact point, said spring, said weight and said resilient lower head portion cooperate by collapsing with respect to said upper head portion to absorb impact of the ground or floor surface and thereby causing the dart to substantially remain at said impact point. 2. The lawn dart of claim 1 wherein said lower resilient head portion is rounded. 3. The lawn dart of claim 2 wherein a lower surface of said weight is rounded. 4. The lawn dart of claim 3 wherein said weight is attached to said lower resilient head portion. 5. The lawn dart of claim 1 wherein a lower end of said spring is restrained with respect to said weight. 6. A lawn dart caddy assembly for carrying safety lawn darts of a lawn dart game, each safety lawn dart having a blunt head and a shaft, the caddy assembly comprising: a base having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive a portion of one of the blunt heads of the safety lawn darts;a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain the shafts of the safety lawn darts;a handle; anda target hoop restraint for securing a target hoop to the caddy assembly. 7. The lawn dart caddy assembly of claim 6 wherein said lawn dart shaft restraint includes a horizontal bar with laterally spaced clips, each clip sized to engage one of the shafts of one of the safety lawn darts. 8. The lawn dart caddy of claim 6 wherein the handle is collapsible. 9. The lawn dart caddy of claim 8 wherein the collapsible handle includes a middle section that is slidably movable relative to end sections of the handle. 10. The lawn dart caddy of claim 8 wherein the collapsible handle is slidably movable relative to the lawn dart shaft restraint. 11. In combination, a lawn dart game and a caddy assembly, the lawn dart game comprising a plurality of safety lawn darts, each of the safety lawn darts having a blunt head and a shaft, the caddy assembly comprising: a base having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive a portion of one of the blunt heads of the safety lawn darts;a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain the shafts of the safety lawn darts; anda handle;wherein the lawn dart game further includes a pair of target hoops; andwherein the caddy assembly further comprises a target hoop restraint for securing the pair of target hoops to the caddy assembly. 12. The combination of claim 11 wherein said lawn dart shaft restraint includes a horizontal bar with laterally spaced clips, each clip sized to frictionally receive one of the shafts of one of the safety lawn darts. 13. In combination, a lawn dart game and a caddy assembly, the lawn dart game comprising a plurality of safety lawn darts, each of the safety lawn darts having a blunt head and a shaft, the caddy assembly comprising: a base having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive a portion of one of the blunt heads of the safety lawn darts;a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain the shafts of the safety lawn darts; anda handle, wherein the handle is collapsible. 14. The combination of claim 13 wherein the collapsible handle includes a middle section that is slidably movable relative to end sections of the handle. 15. The lawn dart caddy of claim 14 wherein the collapsible handle is slidably movable relative to the lawn dart shaft restraint. 16. A lawn dart game comprising: (a) a plurality of safety lawn darts, wherein each lawn dart comprises: (i) an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end;(ii) a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft between the first and second ends; and(iii) a head assembly attached to the second end of said shaft, said head assembly having a weighted, spring biased, lower resilient head portion;whereby, when one of said plurality of safety lawn darts is thrown in an arched trajectory and lands on a ground or floor surface at an impact point, said weighted, spring biased, lower resilient head portion collapses to absorb impact of the ground or floor surface thereby causing the dart to substantially remain at said impact point;(b) at least one target; and(c) a caddy comprising: (i) a base having a plurality of openings corresponding to said plurality of safety lawn darts, each of said openings receiving a portion of one of said plurality of safety lawn darts;(ii) a lawn dart shaft restraint disposed a distance vertically above said base, said lawn dart shaft restraint adapted to restrain each one of said shafts of said plurality of safety lawn darts; and(iii) a handle. 17. The lawn dart game of claim 16 wherein said at least one target is a target hoop. 18. The lawn dart game of claim 16 wherein said at least one target is an electronic target. 19. The lawn dart game of claim 18 wherein said electronic target further comprises: a controller adapted to produce output in response to an electrical signal;a top surface layer having at least one scoring area;a bottom surface layer;an upper layer having an electrically conductive area in general alignment with said at least one scoring area of said top surface layer, said electrically conductive area electrically connected to a electric source;a lower layer having an electrically conductive area in general alignment with said at least one scoring area of said top surface layer, said electrically conductive area electrically connected to said electric source;a non-electrically conductive middle layer disposed between and electrically insulating said electrically conductive areas of said upper and lower layers, said nonelectrically conductive middle layer having a plurality of apertures in an area in general alignment with said at least one scoring area of said top surface layer;whereby upon application of a force at a point within said at least one scoring area of said top surface layer, said upper electrically conductive layer is caused to come into contact with said lower electrically conductive layer through at least one of said plurality of apertures, generating said electrical signal and causing said controller to produce said output. 20. The lawn dart game of claim 19 wherein said output is audio output. 21. The lawn dart game of claim 19 wherein said output is visual output. 22. The lawn dart game of claim 19 wherein said top surface layer comprises a plurality of defined scoring areas each associated with assigned point values. 23. The lawn dart game of claim 22 wherein said output is audio output corresponding to said assigned point value of said scoring area to which said force is applied. 24. The lawn dart game of claim 22 wherein said output is visual output corresponding to said assigned point value of said scoring area to which said force is applied.