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US 5,474,293 AGranted
Gliding object for game of curling
AssigneeChubu Bearing Kabushikikaisha
InventorKoichi Tanaka
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Abstract
A gliding object as recreational sporting goods comprises a body, hollows which are formed at the front and rear of the bottom of the body, rolling members which are detachably fixed in the hollows, and wheel members which are equipped in the rolling members.
Claims20
A gliding object for use in a recreational sporting game comprising:
- a body having a top and bottom surface, each surface having a front and rear end;
- hollows formed in the body through the bottom surface and positioned toward the front or rear ends of said bottom surface;
- rolling units each received within one of the hollows and having a cassette and a wheel member rotatably secured within said cassette, said wheel member adapted to project a predetermined distance below said bottom surface and below said cassette for rolling contact with a playing surface when said rolling unit is received within one of said hollows, each said cassette being positioned within a respective hollow, and mounting means being provided for detachably engaging said rolling unit with said body upon insertion of said rolling unit into said hollow, said mounting means including a resilient detent arrangement coacting between said body and said cassette and disposed within said hollow;
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- each said hollow defining an access space adjacent at least one side of said cassette to access said cassette for releasably detaching said rolling unit from said body.
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A gliding object for use as recreational sporting goods comprising:
- a body having a top and bottom surface, each surface having a front and rear end;
- hollows formed in the body through the bottom surface and positioned toward the front or rear ends of said bottom surface;
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- rolling units each received within one of the hollows and having a cassette and a wheel member rotatably secured within said cassette, said wheel member adapted to project a predetermined distance below said bottom surface and below said cassette for rolling contact with a playing surface when said rolling unit is received within one of said hollows, each said cassette being positioned within a respective hollow, and mounting means being provided for engaging said rolling unit with said body when said rolling unit is disposed within said hollow, at least one of said rolling units including adjustment means for selectively adjusting the arrangement of said wheel member thereof relative to the other of said rolling units to selectively vary a gliding path over which said gliding object travels when propelled by a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.