Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
473588000 | Disk- or ring-shaped (e.g., ice hockey puck, etc.) | 11 |
20080300074 | Practice hockey puck - A practice hockey puck to be used by a young player to learn how to pick up a hockey puck off the ice with the blade of his hockey stick. The puck is like an ordinary puck but with a lower, outer, annular portion removed, thereby moving the outer perimeter of the bottom surface of the puck inwardly from the outer perimeter of the top portion of the puck. The outer perimeter of the bottom surface acts as a pivot edge. A portion of the puck lies outside this pivot edge. Pressing on this portion with the blade of the stick allows the player to easily pivot the puck about the pivot edge onto its side starting the process of picking the puck up with the stick. | 12-04-2008 |
20090029812 | DISC FOR A HOCKEY GAME TABLE - A disc for a hockey game table, including a main body which is a flat body and an annular outer ring with a certain flexibility. The outer ring is disposed around the main body, whereby an annular space is defined between the main body and the outer ring. In use, the disc is placed on a table face of the hockey game table and pushed with a pusher. When the outer ring of the disc is collided by the pusher, the outer ring of the disc is resiliently deformed and flexed and then restored. Accordingly, the disc can rebound and move faster. In addition, the outer ring is resiliently deformed to muffle the collision sound. Therefore, the noise produced when playing the hockey game can be reduced. | 01-29-2009 |
20100113197 | VIRTUAL SHUFFLEBOARD - A virtual shuffleboard table gaming apparatus including a housing having a playing field, a game acquisition circuit, and a display. As a puck is propelled towards a puck return at the distal end of the playing field, the puck temporarily obstructs at least two beams from transmitters. Sensors that receive the transmitted beams provide information to the game acquisition circuit indicative of the time when the beams were blocked and unblocked. The duration of time the beams are block are used by a game controller to calculate the angle of travel, location, and velocity of the puck. This information is then used by the game controller to determine the travel path and resting place of a virtual puck on a virtual playing field, as well as determine whether the virtual puck rests in a scoring zone and maintain a game score. | 05-06-2010 |
20100279804 | VIRTUAL SHUFFLEBOARD - A virtual shuffleboard table gaming apparatus including a housing having a playing field, a game acquisition circuit, and a display. As a puck is propelled towards a puck return at the distal end of the playing field, the puck temporarily obstructs at least two beams from transmitters. Sensors that receive the transmitted beams provide information to the game acquisition circuit indicative of the time when the beams were blocked and unblocked. The duration of time the beams are block are used by a game controller to calculate the angle of travel, location, and velocity of the puck. This information is then used by the game controller to determine the travel path and resting place of a virtual puck on a virtual playing field, as well as determine whether the virtual puck rests in a scoring zone and maintain a game score. | 11-04-2010 |
20120015766 | AERODYNAMIC FLYING TOY - The invention relates to an aerodynamic toy ( | 01-19-2012 |
20130345001 | UNIVERSAL HOCKEY PUCK - A hockey puck for use on both ice and non-ice surfaces. The puck has a plurality of conically shaped apertures extending at an angle from the top to the bottom of the puck to provide a stabilized cushion of air when the puck is in motion. The cushion of air reduces the friction between the puck and the surface, enabling the puck to remain at a high speed for a longer time period. The puck can be manufactured in a standard weight of 6 ounces for regular use or a lighter puck in the range of 4 to 4.25 ounces for junior hockey, street hockey or roller-hockey use. The annular side surface of the puck can be knurled or dimpled to enhance controllability and aerodynamics. Additionally, the corners of the puck can be rounded to reduce the effect of snow-plowing. | 12-26-2013 |
20150057116 | STREET HOCKEY PUCK - An improved hockey puck for use on unsmooth surfaces such as streets and parking lots consisting of two generally equal sized disks. Sandwiched between the two disks is an energy absorbing member or members. Springs or foam washers can serve as these members. The two disks are loosely connected together so that only one will receive the direct impact from striking a imperfection in the street or other playing surface. The energy absorbing members dampen the forces transferred between the two puck disks. This results in a puck which can travel across rough surfaces with a greatly reduced likelihood of tumbling or bouncing. The improvement of the hockey puck specifically consists of the addition of a fortifying member positioned within either or both disks of the improved hockey puck. | 02-26-2015 |
20150148155 | DISC-SHAPED TOY - A toy having a casing that includes at least one viewing opening and one rotating body arranged in the casing and rotatably mounted within the casing. Wherein the rotary body is designed with an imbalance and provided with at least two different markings that can be seen through the viewing opening and in the viewing area. The casing is designed substantially cylindrically with an upper side and a lower side, the diameter of the upper side and lower side being greater than the height of the casing, and in particular such that the casing has a disc-shaped design with the proportions of an ice hockey puck. | 05-28-2015 |
20150375076 | HOCKEY PUCKS WITH ENHANCED ABILITY TO SLIDE ON ICE AND NON-ICE SURFACES - This disclosure includes hockey pucks and methods of making hockey pucks. Some pucks include a shell having an upper shell member and a lower shell member coupled to the upper shell member to define a cavity and a ballast member disposed in the cavity such that at least a portion of the ballast member is translatable relative to the shell. Some pucks include a resilient material disposed in the cavity and configured to resist translation of the ballast member in at least one direction relative to the shell. Some pucks include a cylindrical outer housing surrounding the shell. Some pucks include first and third substantially cylindrical members, a second member, a first plurality of fasteners to couple the first member to the second member independently of the third member, and a second plurality of fasteners to couple the third member to the second member independently of the first member. | 12-31-2015 |
473589000 | Ring-shaped (e.g., deck-tennis quoit, etc.) | 2 |
20120094790 | Teardrop Ring Tossing Game - The present invention is a ring for a game of skill, generally comprising a single strip having first and second ends, wherein said first and second ends are attached to one another to form a single endless ring having a corner on one side of said ring and a teardrop-shaped opposing side opposite said corner. In some embodiments the ring is a single continuous piece. Alternative embodiments of the present invention call for the game piece to be flexible, and for utilizing attachment mechanisms and curvature retention mechanisms to further adjust and retain the curvature of the ring, all for the purpose of affecting the trajectory of the ring when thrown. | 04-19-2012 |
20120252611 | Projectile Launching Device - A sports and games apparatus consisting of two rods and an aerodynamic projectile with an opening which receives the two rods. The projectile is launched by manipulating the rods in an opposing fashion. The opening of the projectile is of the appropriate size to allow for the rods to slide through, but not large enough that the projectile exhibits unwanted motions that inhibit accuracy during the launching motion. The rods are used to propel the projectile towards a variety of targets which interact with the projectile in various ways. The projectile may comprise a multitude of aerodynamic shapes and a multitude of methods for interacting with targets. | 10-04-2012 |