Recreational flying disk apparatus for enhanced flight enabling and traversing land and water surfaces

• US 7,682,214 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Issued: 03/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas John Jr. Barniak
• Original Assignee: Thomas John Jr. Barniak
• Inventors: Barniak, Thomas John Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGESSE, NINI F
• Application Number:
  US11/891,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20080125001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• Field of Search: 446/34, 446/46, 446/47, 446/48, 446/236, 446/238, 446/241, 446/153, 473/588, 473/593, 473/594
• US Class Current: 446/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/18 Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys discs used in athletics A63B65/10as part of a game A63F9/02; sling weapons F41B3/00; spring toy guns F41B7/08

Abstract

An accessory for affixmentation to a recreational flying disk is disclosed in the form of a separate apparatus that is readily compatible and adaptable to any flying disk that will greatly enhance the flight distance length and the other flight characteristics of that retrofitted disk because of the centrifugal power, ballast stabilization and lift capability that the disclosed invention apparatus transmutes to the said flying disk. The disclosed apparatus, in conjunction with it being the aforementioned aerodynamic catalyst that it becomes once it is affixed to the said thrown flying disk, also can transform the said disk into a flying disk that can skip across the surface of a body of water not unlike a flat stone used for centuries for the same results—that same body of water that would render an ordinary flying disk as immobile upon contact with it now can be considered as just another obstacle to cross just as easily as flying aerially. The many variations of embodiments that are possible and probable are capable of being manufactured in an inexpensive method or manner such as by plastic molding or injection in and as a lightweight composite, which is a proven material both in the durability and safety factorage in the art of recreational flying disks.

Claims

1. A recreational flying disk comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;

a fastener comprising a head and a threaded shank with a free end;

a threaded nut;

an auxiliary threaded nut; and

a reservoir bladder with a threaded portion;

wherein the flying disc can be any new or old flying disk;

wherein the disk is provided with a hole at its center;

wherein the shank is inserted in the hole with the fastener head resting on the top surface of the disk;

wherein both the threaded nut and auxiliary nuts are threaded on the shank;

wherein the free end of the shank is threaded into the threaded portion of the bladder; and

wherein the threaded nut is positioned against the bottom surface of the disk and the auxiliary nut is threaded to rest against a top surface of the bladder.

2. A recreational flying disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reservoir bladder structure is formed of a hollow interior that is capable of storing a liquid or solid material;

and wherein the bladder has a hole that is sized to allow the liquid or the solid material to be stored inside the interior of the bladder.

3. A recreational flying disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reservoir bladder comprises a single solid structure.

4. A recreational flying disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein a threaded bushing of a predetermined length replaces the threaded nut and the auxiliary threaded nut;

and wherein one end of the bushing contacts the bottom surface of the disk and the other end of the bushing contacts the bladder.

5. A method of converting a recreational flying disk into a flying disk that is capable of skipping over the surface of a body of water or land comprising the steps of obtaining a flying disk that has a top surface and a bottom surface, drilling a hole at the center of the disk;

providing a fastener comprising a head and a threaded shank with a free end;

providing a threaded nut;

providing an auxiliary threaded nut; and

providing a reservoir or single solid structure bladder with a threaded portion;

inserting the shank in the hole with the fastener head resting on the top surface of the disk;

threading both the threaded nut and auxiliary nuts on the shank;

threading the free end of the shank in the threaded portion of the bladder;

positioning the threaded nut against the bottom surface of the disk and positioning the auxiliary nut to rest against a top surface of the bladder.