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US 4,579,336 AGranted
Spherical rolling cage for recreation and entertainment
OwnerDennis Morininventor
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Abstract
A spherical recreational rolling cage comprised of at least three mutually orthogonal hoops is presented. The spherical cage includes an axle attached between two of the hoops and a rotatable seating assembly connected to the axle via a bearing whereby the seating assembly swivels freely relative to the spherical cage. Novel braking means, preferably of the disk type, and steering means are also incorporated into the rolling cage of the present invention.
Claims13
A recreational device for rolling along a surface comprising:
- at least three first hoops, said hoops being mutually orthogonal, said hoops defining a spherical cage, said spherical cage being adapted to freely roll in any direction along the perimeters of said hoops such that any portion of said cage can engage said surface;
- axle means attached between two of said hoops;
- rotatable seating assembly means connected to said axle means via bearing means wherein said seating assembly means rotates freely relative to said spherical cage;
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- means for braking, said braking means being located between said axle means and said rotatable seating assembly means, said braking means frictionally acting on said bearing means.
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