Flying disc
AssigneeZipChip Sports, LLC
InventorsAlex Peru, Richard Opalenik
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Abstract
A flying disc includes a substantially circular body having a top and a bottom and a groove extending around a perimeter of the body between the top and the bottom. The top of the body has an edge member around the outer perimeter of the top, and a domed portion in a central area of the top. A portion of the top between the edge member and the domed portion is inwardly curved. The bottom has an edge member around the outer perimeter of the bottom, a substantially planar portion in a central area of the bottom, and an inwardly curved portion between the edge member and the substantially planar portion.
Claims26
A flying disc, comprising:
- a substantially circular body having a top and a bottom and a groove extending around a perimeter of the body between the top and the bottom;
- the top of the body comprises a first edge member around an outer perimeter of the top, and a domed portion in a central area of the top, wherein a portion of the top between the first edge member and the domed portion comprises a first curved portion, the first curved portion being concave;
- the bottom comprising a second edge member around an outer perimeter of the bottom, a substantially planar portion in a central area of the bottom, and a second curved portion between the second edge member and the substantially planar portion, the second curved portion being concave;
- a first thickness between the first and second edge members is greater than a second thickness between the first curved portion and the substantially planar portion;
- the first and second edge members being vertically aligned;
- a diameter of the disc is in the range of 2 inches to 2.5 inches;
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- a ratio of a height of the disc as measured between the top of the domed portion and the bottom of the second edge member to the diameter of the disc is at least 0.15.
A flying disc, comprising:
- a substantially circular body having a top and a bottom and a groove extending around a perimeter of the body between the top and the bottom;
- the top of the body comprises a first edge member around an outer perimeter of the top, and a domed portion in a central area of the top, wherein a portion of the top between the first edge member and the domed portion comprises a first curved portion;
- the bottom comprising a second edge member around the outer perimeter of the bottom, a first portion in a central area of the bottom located at a height above the second edge member, and a second curved portion between the second edge member and the first portion extending in an upward direction from the second edge member towards the domed portion;
- wherein a weight-to-area ratio of the flying disc is in the range of approximately 2.5 to 18 grams per square inch.
A flying disc, comprising:
- a cylindrical body with a diameter that is greater than its height, the body comprising an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface;
- the upper surface comprising a first outer edge member extending around a perimeter of the body and a central dome member, an area between the first outer edge member and central dome member being inwardly curved such that a portion of the area that is inwardly curved is located below both the first outer edge member and the central dome member;
- the lower surface comprising a second outer edge member around the perimeter of the body and an inwardly cupped portion within the second outer edge member, the inwardly cupped portion extending towards a central portion of the lower surface in a direction of the upper surface such that the central portion is positioned at a height above the second outer edge member;
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- wherein a thickness of the disc at a center of the central dome member is greater than a smallest thickness of the portion of the area that is inwardly curved.
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