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US 5,516,098 AGranted
Sport ball for roller hockey
AssigneeJeffrey A. Aiello
InventorJeffrey A. Aiello
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Abstract
A sport ball for use as a puck in roller hockey or street hockey has a substantially smooth spherical outer surface and a substantially smooth inner surface. The hollow interior is filled to 10 to 25% with a liquid, such as water.
Claims3
A sport ball for roller or street hockey comprising:
- a hollow spherical body adapted to withstand impacts and made of a dense elastomeric material having a substantially smooth outer surface and a substantially smooth inner surface, said substantially smooth inner surface defining a predetermined inside volume free of solid particles;
- and means for inhibiting bouncing of said hollow spherical body as said body rolls on rough surfaces, including a predetermined quantity of water in said predetermined inside volume sufficient to occupy between approximately 10 to 22% of said predetermined inside volume, wherein said ball is approximately 2.6 inches in diameter and has a wall thickness of approximately 0.15 inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.