# US 5,348,298 A · Combination roller ball and hockey puck

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- Number: US 5,348,298 A
- Document ID: US5348298A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/161,885
- Filed: 1993-12-03
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1993-12-03
- Inventors: Robert D. Montgomery
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5348298A

## CPC

- A63B 67/14: Curling stone; Shuffleboard; Similar sliding games
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The combination puck of claim 1 in which said plug is formed in the shape of a inverted top-hat, said top-hat having a first non-inserted position and a second inserted position, said top-hat having a first and second end, said first end of said top-hat having a brim and when said top-hat assumes said second inserted position, said brim forms a space apart from said top, whereby:
said space is of a shape and size to allow insertion of a screwdriver for removal of said top-hat.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The combination puck of claim 1 in which said means to attach said weight, is by glue.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The combination puck of claim 1 in which said means to attach said weight, is by friction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The combination puck of claim 1 in which said weight is a magnet.