Weighted flying disc attachment
OwnerHans Dieter Wedinginventor
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Abstract
A flying disc attachment comprises an upper piece and a lower piece, with a hinge mechanism connecting the upper piece to the lower piece. The hinge mechanism is operable to facilitate movement of the upper piece with respect to the lower piece while biasing the upper piece with respect to the lower piece. One or more weights are attached to at least one of the upper piece and the lower piece, and a grip is coupled to at least one of the upper piece and the lower piece, the grip comprising a slip-resistant material and configured to engage a surface of a flying disc.
Claims29
A flying disc attachment for attachment to a flying disc having a flight plate and a depending rim, the flying disc attachment comprising:
- a first clamp member;
- a second clamp member;
- a hinge mechanism connecting the first clamp member to the second clamp member, and operable to facilitate movement of the first clamp member with respect to the second clamp member while biasing the first clamp member with respect to the second clamp member;
- one or more weights attached to at least one of the first clamp member and the second clamp member;
- and
- a grip coupled to at least one of the first clamp member and the second clamp member, the grip comprising a slip-resistant material and configured to engage a surface of the flying disc;
- wherein:
- the one or more weights are secured within a cavity formed in a grip head of the at least one of the first clamp member and the second clamp member.
A method of using a flying disc attachment with a flying disc having a flight plate and a depending rim extending around an outer periphery of the flight plate, comprising:
- attaching a removable flying disc attachment to the flying disc by causing an upper piece and a lower piece of the flying disc attachment to grip a portion of the flying disc, the flying disc attachment comprising one or more weights secured within a cavity formed in a grip head of at least one of the upper piece and the lower piece;
- at least one of stretching or warming up a flying disc user's body by simulating a throwing motion using the flying disc with the removable flying disc attachment attached thereto;
- and
- removing the removable flying disc attachment from the flying disc prior to throwing the flying disc.
A flying disc attachment for attachment to a flying disc having a flight plate and a depending rim, the flying disc attachment comprising:
- a first clamp member including a first grip head, a first neck portion, a first hinge portion and a first handle, the first neck portion connecting the first grip head to the first hinge portion;
- a second clamp member including a second grip head, a second neck portion, a second hinge portion and a second handle, the second neck portion connecting the second grip head to the second hinge portion;
- the first hinge portion pivotally connected to the second hinge portion such that the first grip head and the first neck portion connected thereto are pivotable about a hinge axis and relative to the second grip head and the second neck portion connected thereto;
- a spring on the flying disc attachment biasing the first grip head toward the second grip head;
- one or more weights secured within a first cavity formed in at least one of the first grip head of the first clamp member and the second grip head of the second clamp member;
- and
- the first handle and the second handle are engageable by a user to pivot the first grip head and the first neck portion connected thereto against a biasing force of the spring, about the hinge axis and away from the second grip head and the second neck portion connected thereto;
- wherein:
- at least the second neck portion projects outward from a plane extending between the first grip head and the second grip head when biased together to form a relief space between first and second neck portions, the relief space sized to receive the depending rim of the flying disc when the first grip head and the second grip head are clamped onto the flight plate of the flying disc, and
- the first grip head includes a first flight plate engaging face and the second grip head includes a second flight plate engaging face, and the first flight plate engaging face and the second flight plate engaging face each engage an opposite surface of the flying disc when the first grip head and the second grip head are clamped onto the flight plate of the flying disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.