Multi-media frisbee-golf

• US 6,193,620 B1
• Filed: 07/31/1998
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TANG System
• Original Assignee: TANG System
• Inventors: Tarng, Min Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Chapman, Jeanette
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US09/127,255
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 473/465, 473/588, 473/590, 124/5, 446/47, 446/46, 273/348.4
• US Class Current: 473/465
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/74 with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/30 forming hand-held throwing or catching aids for use with rings, discs, wheels or cylindrical throwing-bodies, or for use with balls having a central bore
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/0081 Substantially flexible shafts; Hinged shafts
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/10 Discus discs; Quoits
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/00 Sporting games or accessories therefor, not provided for in groups A63B1/00 - A63B65/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/14 Starting or launching devices for toy aircraft; Arrangements on toy aircraft for starting or launching for launching objects from an aircraft A63H27/004
• 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

A multi-media flying-saucer-golf game comprises a golf-flying-saucer and flying-saucer pole. The golf-flying-saucer spins on the launching pad of the flying-saucer pole at high speed. Swinging the flying-saucer pole, the spinning golf-flying-saucer takes off from the launching pad of the flying-saucer pole. The golf-flying-saucer has the bell shape body with the flare wrapping around the ring band externally. The ring band has the foam segments wrapped around the tube externally. The player can catch the soft flying-saucer hat with his head. The size of the ring band can be adjusted with the interlocking means to fit the different size of the player'"'"'s head. The vibration-energized LED installed in the transparent plastic tube of the ring band. The shining harmonica-whistles are installed on the golf-flying-saucer. As the golf-flying-saucer glides in the sky, the harmonica-whistle and the spinning color rainbow will attract many people'"'"'s attention.

Claims

1. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system comprising a flying-saucer pole means and flying-saucer means,

said flying-saucer pole comprising a pole and a launching pad means;

said launching pad being at one end of said flying-saucer pole said launching pad further comprising a spinning axle means,

said flying-saucer further comprising a fitting hub means in a middle of said flying-saucer means,

said flying-saucer spinning on a launching pad of said flying-saucer pole with said fitting hub being fitted on said spinning awe means of said flying-saucer launching pad;

first turning said flying-saucer to rotate, said flying-saucer spinning very fast on said launching pad, then swiveling said flying-saucer pole many cycles to launch said variable size flying-saucer to fly;

as swiveling said pole with a negative angle of attack of said flying-saucer, said flying saucer not taking off, twisting said pole with a small angle to adjust an angle of said flying-saucer to have a positive angle of attack, said flying-saucer producing lift force and taking off from said launching pad means as an airplane doing.

2. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 1 said launching pad further comprising a swiveling axle means and a biasing spring means;

said launching pad being pivotally mounted on said flying-saucer pole with a swiveling axle means;

said biasing spring means having one end biasing against said pole and having other end biasing against said launching pad, as said lift force increasing, under a drag force induced by said lift force, said launching pad swiveling at an angle and biasing against said second spring means;

said angle being proportional to said lift force;

said angle making said flying-saucer taking off smoothly.

3. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 1 said flying-saucer pole is in a twisted Z-shape,

said Z-shape flying-saucer pole being composed of said launching pad and an L-shape pole;

said launching pad means being at end of said L-shape pole and being in one angle to said L-shape pole;

said variable-size-flying-saucer launching pad swiveling direction being in the tangential plane of the swiveling circle of said variable-size-flying-saucer pole.

4. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying saucer-golf game system according to claim 1 said flying-saucer launching pad further comprising a holding keeper means;

said holding means being pivotally mounted on said launching pad;

said holding means having functions of bias and keeper;

under biasing force of said holding means, said holding means biasing against said fitting hub means of said variable-size-flying-saucer

to hold said variable-size-flying-saucer to said launching pad;

before launching said variable-size-flying-saucer,

said spinning axle means spinning together with said variable-size-flying-saucer;

during swiveling said flying-saucer pole, as said angle of attack being positive and lift force of said variable-size-flying-saucer increasing, said lift force overcoming said biasing force of said holding means, said holding means releasing said variable-size-flying-saucer and said variable-size-flying-saucer taking off under said lift force from said launch pad means,

said holding keep means being pivotally mounted on said launching pad;

said holding keeper means further comprising holding bias means;

under biasing force of said holding biasing means, said holding keeper means biasing against said fitting hub means of said flying-saucer to hold said flying-saucer to said launching pad said holding keeper holding said flying-saucer to spin on said flying-saucer launching pad before launching said flying-saucer to take off from said variable-size-flying-saucer launching pad;

before launching said flying-saucer, said spinning axle means spinning together with said flying-saucer;

during swiveling said flying-saucer pole, as said angle of attack being positive and a lift force of said flying-saucer increasing, said lift force overcoming said biasing force of said holding bias means, said holding keeper means releasing said flying-saucer and said flying-saucer taking off under said lift force from said launch pad means.

5. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 1 said flying-saucer pole further comprises an extension pole means and latching means,

said launching pad being mounted at end of said extension pole means,

said latching means being mounted on said flying-saucer pole to latch said extension pole;

releasing a latch means, said flying-saucer pole being able to adjust its length, said extension pole means being able to slide in-and-out to change length of said flying-saucer pole according to a need of individual player.

6. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying -saucer-golf game system according to claim 1, said flying-saucer further comprising a variable-size-flying-saucer with a bell shape body means and an adjustable ring band means, said adjustable ring band means being composed of a plurality of tube means and said adjustable ring band means being adjustable;

one end of said tube means being able to slide in an other end of a neighboring said tube means, adjusting the length of overlapping portion of said tube means, said adjustable ring band means being able to adjust a size of said adjustable ring band means;

said bell shape body being one unit piece;

a flare portion of said bell shape body wrapping around said adjustable ring band means to form said variable-size-flying-saucer;

as said adjustable ring band means being adjusted to be a new size, said flare portion of said bell shape body means wrapping around said adjustable ring band means several turns to be a new size of flying-saucer, a smaller size of said variable-size-flying-saucer needing to have said flare portion wrapping around said adjustable ring band means more turns;

since said bell shape body means being one unit piece that said size of said variable-size-flying-saucer varying continuously and having a range of different sizes of said variable-size-flying-saucer;

said variable-size-flying-saucer being able to be thrown as a flying-saucer and be worn as a hat;

said variable-size-flying-saucer further being able to be played as a flying-saucer and being caught with a player'"'"'s head.

7. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 6, said adjustable ring band means further including interlocking means,

said interlocking means being composed of locking means and locked means to interlock said tube means with each other;

said locking means being located at one end of said tube means and said locked means being distributed on said tube means;

adjusting size of said adjustable ring band with sliding of one end of said tube means in a other said tube means, said locking means interlocking with said locked means on said tube means;

the size of said variable-size-flying-saucer being adjusted accordingly;

said interlocking means fixing said size of said variable-size-flying-saucer that said size not changing during operations of said flying-saucer.

8. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 7, said foam means are in segments and sliding on said adjustable ring band to adjust the size of said variable-size-flying-saucer;

as said adjustable ring band means changing size, said foam means needing to be rearranged to have the even distribution of said foam means on said adjustable ring band means, it being critical for performance of said variable-size-flying-saucer.

9. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 7, said adjustable ring band means further comprises a foam means wrapping outside of said adjustable ring band;

said flare of bell shape body means wrapping around said foam means;

said foam means serving as buffer to protect other object from damages and making said variable-size-flying-saucer having a shape of air foil to increase the lift force of said variable-size flying-saucer.

10. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 9, said locking means further comprises a knot means at end of said locking means, said locked means further comprising knothole being notched on said locked means;

as said knot means fitting inside said knothole, said adjustable ring band being interlocked to a new size for said adjustable ring band, as said flare portion wrapping around said adjustable ring band, said variable-size-flying-saucer having a new size accordingly.

11. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 10, said locking means further comprises longitudinal cuts at an end of said locking means, said locking means being made of resilient material that said locking means being able to be distorted in shape and size to slide in said locked means;

for said tube means having similar radius dimension to fit tightly, said longitudinal cut making a change of size of said locking means easier and faster;

said knot means having larger radius dimension than said inner dimension of said locked means to interlock in said knothole, with said longitudinal cut, said knot means being able to change radius dimension to slide in said locked means to change from one interlocking position to another interlocking position;

said longitudinal cut providing a changing capability for a radial direction to adjust said adjustable ring band means.

12. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 6 further comprises harmonica-whistle means attaching on said variable-size-flying-saucer,

said harmonica-whistle comprising a resonant cavity and a nozzle means;

said resonant cavity having opening connecting to said nozzle;

as air flowing said nozzle generating sound;

said sound propagating into said resonant cavity through said opening;

said resonant cavity amplifying a whistling sound induced by said air flowing through said nozzle.

13. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 12, said harmonica-whistle further comprising a vibrating tongue, said vibrating tongue being mounted in said nozzle with a frame means attached to a wall of said resonant cavity;

as air flowing across said vibrating tongue, it generating sound being amplified by said resonant cavity;

adjusting a length of said vibrating tongue changing a pitch of whistle sound.

14. A multi-media adjustable variable-size-flying-saucer-golf game system according to claim 6, said adjustable ring band means further comprises vibration energized LED;

said vibration energized LED comprising magnet means, spring means, wire coil means and light emitting diode means;

said wire coil wrapping around said light emitting diode means;

said wire coil having two terminals connecting to terminals of said light emitting diode means;

said spring means connecting to said vibration energized LED and said magnet means;

as said wire coil means vibrating in a magnetic field of said magnet means, said wire coil means cutting magnetic field line of said magnet means to generate electric voltage to light up said light emitting diode means.