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US 5,348,298 AGranted
Combination roller ball and hockey puck
OwnerRobert D. Montgomeryinventor
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Abstract
A combination roller ball and hockey puck which includes the following; a cylindrical hollow housing having an interior chamber, an arcuate shaped bottom, a circumfused sidewall and a top. The puck provides means for introducing a powder substance within the chamber and weep holes from the sidewall and bottom evenly disperse the powder onto a playing surface. A replacable rubber band surrounds the sidewall for inhanced rebound and a weight within the housing minimizes accidrental turn-over.
Claims5
A combination roller ball and hockey puck comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical puck housing having an interior chamber, said puck housing having a bottom, said bottom having an arcuate shaped external surface and a flat shaped interior surface, said bottom having multiple diagonal weep holes, said housing having a circumfused sidewall, said side wall having a height, said sidewall having multiple weep holes, said side wall being substantially vertically opposed to said bottom, a top, said top having means to engage and form a junction with said side wall, said junction forming an arcuate outer rim, said top having a filler hole for introducing a quantity of powder into said chamber, a plug, said plug being of a size and shape to mate with said filler hole, said plug having an outer exposed surface, said exposed surface when in an inserted position within said filler hole being spaced apart from a plane formed across said outer rim, a weight, said weight being of a shape and size to mate with said flat shaped interior surface, means to attach said weight, said weight including a bore centrally located which is of a size to allow passage of said powder through said diagonal weep holes, a replaceable rubber band, said band having a height less than said height of said sidewall, said band being of a size to longitudinally surround and capture said sidewall in a secure manner and said band having multiple horizontal weep holes which align with said weep holes of said sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.