Abstract: A hockey puck with locking runners of various shapes is self-orienting and highly visible. The puck has runners with notches disposed in holes with protrusions such that the notches and protrusion mate, locking the runners in the puck and aligning the runners in the holes. The puck has a perimeter side wall with a radius of curvature such that the puck self-orients to a horizontal orientation when it rises up on its side. The puck also has a protrusion formed on the side wall that forces the puck into a precessing motion pattern such that the puck self-orients to a horizontal orientation when rolling on its side. The runners may have a portion that extends through the curved perimeter wall past an edge of the puck to prevent the edge from catching on the playing surface and flipping the puck. An indentation is formed in each of a upper and lower surfaces of the puck. The indentations have an interior side wall and bottom wall defining a primary and secondary visible surface respectively.

Abstract: A combination for a parlour game includes two circular pieces of different colors, one of which has an open cavity in its main face, the other of which has a detachable portion adapted to fit into the open cavity. The combination can also include a launching tool.

Abstract: A toy object has an articulated shell structure which can change from a three-dimensional, polyhedral shape into a flattened shape. A biasing device applies force to the shell, that force tending to urge the shell structure into the three-dimensional, polyhedral shape. A holding device holds the shell structure in the flattened shape in opposition to the force applied by the biasing device, and a regulator regulates the period of time for which the holding device holds the shell structure in its flattened shape.

Abstract: A hockey puck for use on unsmooth surfaces such as streets and parking lots consisting of two generally equal sized halves. Sandwiched between the two halves is an energy absorbing member or members. Springs or foam washers can serve as these members. The two halves 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 halves. This results in a puck which can travel across rough surfaces with a greatly reduced likelihood of tumbling or bouncing.

Abstract: A throwable disk is formed out of a wire ring and a thin fabric sheet in the space circumscribed by the ring. The ring concentrates the disk weight on the outer edge of the disk, so that the disk can be thrown comparatively great distances even though it is relatively light in weight.

Abstract: A roller hockey puck for use in playing the sport of roller hockey on paved surfaces is disclosed which exhibits a minimized coefficient of friction and is thus capable of more freely rolling on an irregular surface, thereby better simulating the behavior of a conventional ice hockey puck on ice. The preferred embodiment roller hockey puck of the present invention uses a spherical roller which is supported by an array of bearings located in the puck body and which extends slightly above the opposing faces of the puck body to minimize friction as the roller hockey puck glides on a paved surface. Annular arrays of runners made of material having a low coefficient of friction are located on and extend out from each of the opposing faces of the preferred embodiment roller hockey puck of the present invention to stabilize the roller hockey puck as it glides on the paved surface.

Abstract: An improved hockey puck particularly for street or court play has a cylindrical body and includes on each of its pair of planar faces three or more pistons or deflectable members attached to the puck body and extending above the face surfaces and acting as the sliding surfaces for the puck. Vertical forces applied to this puck are absorbed by springs or other resilient members supporting the pistons allowing the puck to slide with a minimized tendency to roll. In another embodiment, a plurality of resiliently mounted balls absorb vertical forces.

Abstract: A puck includes a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral surface, the top side having a plurality of first vent holes defined therein, the bottom side having a plurality of second vent holes defined therein and the peripheral surface having a plurality of third vent holes defined therein, a first passage defined through the puck and communicating with each pair of the closest first vent hole and third vent hole, a second passage defined through the puck and communicating with each pair of the closest second vent hole and the third vent hole such that when the puck slides on a surface, the first passages and the second passages guide air to flow therethrough so as to let the puck slide smoothly and in a straight direction.

Abstract: A game puck including an integrally-constructed core, core-circumscribing spring and spring-circumscribing shell. The core has a central throughbore in which a center weight may be received. The center weight has interchangeable logo surfaces. The spring is formed by a plurality of concentric folds. The shell has a plurality of throughbores radially diverged therein, each receiving a glide pin. The glide pins each have heads which protrude from each face of the puck. The invention provides a method for making the game pucks including providing a mold for forming a puck and injecting material therein via a centrally-disposed fan gate for discouraging angularly anisotropic properties and cold joint formation.

Abstract: An ice hockey puck being generally in the shape of a disk and having several voids passing from the upper to the lower surface. Preferably the puck also has beveled corners. The result is a puck which is safer to use, faster and more accurate than the conventional ice hockey puck and yet which handles in a very similar manner to a conventional ice hockey puck.

Abstract: This invention relates to a game/hockey type puck which utilizes a friction reducing top and bottom surface to reduce the amount of friction and wear when the puck is used on non-ice playing surfaces. In addition a series of side, wing type, slots are provided which aerodynamically enhance the stability of the puck as it travels through the air when hit by a player. Two wing slots or a complete peripheral slot may be provided. The outer cylindrical surface of the puck is curved so that it easily falls over during playing and this curved surface can have several radiuses so that the extreme outermost portion of the curve on which the puck would roll is offset from the central plane of the puck to aid it in tipping over if it was rolling on end. The side friction reducing surfaces of the puck protrude slightly from the sides of the rubber type pucks so that the leading edge of the friction reducing surface is the first to contact and be effected by a variation in the surface quality of the playing surface.

Abstract: A saucer-shaped water skipping device including an upper disc and a lower disc with each disc having a concave shape formed of a lightweight and generally rigid material, each disc further having a central axis, an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a peripheral edge interconnecting the exterior surface and the interior surface; an annular flexible edging positioned in axial alignment with the disks; and a coupling mechanism for coupling the discs together with the edging positioned therebetween and in contact with the peripheral edges to create a saucer and with the edging having an exteriorly positioned outer portion serving as a grip for throwing the saucer to place it in flight and further serving as a bumper for cushioning the saucer when it strikes a recipient external object when in flight.

Abstract: A composite gaming chip which includes a strong frame made of a brass ring with axial protrusions and a central aperature with notches. A display or electronic transponder is situated between two clear polycarbonate disks each having a recessed face surrounded by a rim. Tabs radially extending from each disk engage the notches in the brass ring. The assembly is inserted into the cavity of a plastic injection mold where it is bonded together by an injected thermoplastic. The gaming chip can be ground flat without scratching the clear recessed face of either disk.

Abstract: A flying saucer including a crossed base frame, four sector blades sliding on the four elongated radial frame sections of the crossed base frame and coupled to one another by a respective slip joint, and an expansible member connected between two sector blades to pull them toward each other. The sector blades are forced radially outwards along the four elongated radial frame sections of the crossed base frame by centrifugal force when the flying saucer is thrown into the air.

Abstract: A game playing piece is described for playing a game laid out on a flat street, sidewalk or driveway surface, having a generally rounded disc shape of diameter 3-4 times greater than its thickness, a flat bottom, and composed substantially entirely of glass, adapted for finger actuating propulsion along the laid-out playing field.

Abstract: A flexible toss device disclosed has a one-piece dished body with a flat top portion and a relatively short side portion with an outer bead portion. The body is of a soft elastomer material with relatively thin, tear-resistant walls. The top portion and the side portion having sufficient rigidity so that as the side portion flexes outwardly on spinning, during flight, causes the top portion to flex down.

Abstract: A game comprising a plurality of substantially rigid playing discs each having an upper and lower surface bound by a circumferential ridge which is up-raised with respect to the upper and lower surfaces so as to provide a recess in the upper surface for accommodating therein a corresponding protrusion in the lower surface of an adjacent playing disc placed thereon, the upper surface having a visual image thereon. In use, the playing discs are stacked one top of another and each player is provided with a turn for striking a topmost one of the playing discs towards a periphery thereof so as thereby to upturn a number of the playing discs in the stack, the player claiming for himself those discs whose upper surface is downmost. An object of the game is to maximize the number of upturned playing discs.

Abstract: A puck for use on a non-ice surface such as cement. The puck has an outer ring made from plastic or other elastic material so that it will deform slightly when the side of the puck is struck against a wall or other object. The runners extend upwardly from the upper and lower surfaces of the puck to reduce the friction of the puck against the floor surface.