Sport ball for roller hockey

• US 5,516,098 A
• Filed: 08/17/1994
• Issued: 05/14/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey A. Aiello
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey A. Aiello
• Inventors: Aiello, Jeffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Millia, V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDERSON, CHARLES WENDELL
• Application Number:
  US08/292,103
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 273/231, 273/58 H, 273/58 R, 273/57, 273/58 B, 273/58 BA, 273/128, 273/56
• US Class Current: 473/594
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/08 Liquid cores; Plastic cores

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.

Claims

1. 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.

2. A street hockey ball as claimed in claim 1, wherein a total weight of said hollow spherical body and said predetermined quantity of liquid is in a range of 45 to 90 grams.

3. A street hockey ball as claimed in claim 2, wherein said total weight is in a range of 55 to 85 grams.