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US 2004/0166764 A1Published application
Flexible flying disc
OwnerSteven Patrick Starkinventor
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A flexible soft flying disc toy that is molded and having a recessed and/or raised and recessed centrally located region on the center bottom of the disc to encourage and facilitate the spinning of the disc on one's finger and give the illusion of being a professional type player in technique for amusement. The general nature of the spinning of the disc on one's finger in a flexible soft flying disc has the potential to wear into the disc material and having a raised center bottom allows for increased thickness in the disc in that area to improve firmness and durability with this function. The flexible soft flying foam material offers the users more safety features than previous relatively hard plastic flying disc type products by now allowing the molded material composite to compress when being hit by the disc or when used for catching of the disc. The compression allows the disc to conform more to the hand allowing for the disc to be caught easier and without the fear of being hurt. The disc is configured with a rim that is much thicker on the edge of the disc than the flight plate and allows for the gripping and rotating of the disc from the inside rim edge with ones finger which is called “paddling” and allows for more advanced throws and gripping of the disc. The addition of a stabilizing ring or smaller plastic disc located on the underside of the flexible soft flying disc would offer advanced flight stabilizing characteristics and still maintain the advantages of the cushion aspects of the outer disc. When a smaller plastic stabilizing type disc is located within the underside of the flexible soft flying disc it could also have a recessed center located on the bottom of the stabilizing disc for facilitating the spinning of the disc on ones finger without the potential of wearing thru the disc with ones finger. The addition of a coating to reinforce the bottom center area that is recessed on the flexible flying disc for which your fingers can easily spin the disc on will offer a unique barrier and less potential wear to the flexible flying disc material.
An aerodynamic toy comprising, in combination, a body formed of a soft, flexible, homogeneous, thermoplastic, resilient, foam material having a circular peripheral edge and a substantially flat upper surface and a lower surface, said peripheral edge comprising a convex surface formed of said foam material defining an aerodynamic lift surface, said lower surface being recessed throughout said central region defining a rim of foam material adjacent said peripheral edge having a body thickness between said upper and lower surfaces greater than at said central region, and a recessed area within said lower surface to facilitate the placement of a finger for purpose of spinning of the disc on ones finger.
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