U.S. patent application number 09/945968 was filed with the patent office on 2003-03-06 for golfrisbee: swiveling club to launch flying disk to fly.
Invention is credited to Lin, Mei Jech, Nieh, Shun-Yu, Tarng, Angela Yu-Shiu, Tarng, Huang-Chang, Tarng, Jwu-Ing, Tarng, Min Ming.
Application Number | 20030045200 09/945968 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25483766 |
Filed Date | 2003-03-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030045200 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tarng, Min Ming ; et
al. |
March 6, 2003 |
Golfrisbee: swiveling club to launch flying disk to fly
Abstract
The golfrisbee emulates the human throwing process to launch the
disk to fly. The golfrisbeer swivels the club to launch the
golfrisbee to fly. The golfrisbee is launched to fly with the waist
force to swivel the club at very high speed. With the high-speed
swiveling club, the golfrisbee flies much farther and higher than
the hand-throwing flying disk does. The complicated throwing
process of human brain and hand cooperation mechanism is emulated
with the simple screw mechanism. With the screw mechanism, we make
the technology breakthrough in the swivel-to-launch technology. As
the golfrisbeer swivels the club, the golfrisbee disk automatically
rotates due to the eccentric force. As the club reaches the
designated launching point, the golfrisbee automatically takes off
and launches to fly in the sky. With the integrated multimedia
device, the rainbow-like shining light and whistling harmonic sound
make the golfrisbee much more fun to play with. Furthermore,
reverse the club and upside down of the golfrisbee, the golfrisbee
can be pushed to skid into the hole as the ice hockey does.
Therefore, without any new special facility, the golfrisbee sport
is the combination of the golf, flying disk, baseball, ice hockey,
etc. Golfrisbee is a market-pull product and technology--the market
is already there and no proper product. Therefore, the golfrisbee
is proposed to be and will be the standard of the disk-golf
sport.
Inventors: |
Tarng, Min Ming; (San Jose,
CA) ; Lin, Mei Jech; (San Jose, CA) ; Tarng,
Angela Yu-Shiu; (San Jose, CA) ; Tarng, Jwu-Ing;
(San Jose, CA) ; Tarng, Huang-Chang; (San Jose,
CA) ; Nieh, Shun-Yu; (San Jose, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Min Ming Tarng, Ph.D.
4225 Borina Drive
San Jose
CA
95129
US
|
Family ID: |
25483766 |
Appl. No.: |
09/945968 |
Filed: |
September 4, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/46 ; 124/5;
473/131; 473/588 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 65/12 20130101;
A63B 65/10 20130101; A63B 67/06 20130101; A63B 59/30 20151001 |
Class at
Publication: |
446/46 ; 124/5;
473/131; 473/588 |
International
Class: |
A63B 065/10 |
Claims
We claim:
1. A golfrisbee sport means comprises of a golfrisbee disk means
and a golfrisbee club means, said golfrisbee club means being
constituted of a pole means and a head means, said golfrisbee disk
means being constituted of a disk means and a fitting means, said
fitting means being underneath of said disk means; said fitting
means being pivotally mounted on said head means of said golfrisbee
club means; swiveling said pole means of said golfrisbee club
means, said golfrisbee disk rotating that said head means releasing
said fitting means to launch said golfrisbee disk means to fly.
2. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 of which said head
means of said golfrisbee club comprises screw means and said
fitting means of golfrisbee fits on said screw means.
3. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 2 of which said
screw means is a linear screw.
4. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 2 of which said
screw means is a nonlinear screw.
5. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 2 of which said
screw means has the length about 1/2 to 3/4 turns to release said
fitting means of said golfrisbee disk means.
6. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 of which said
golfrisbee club means further comprises a motor means and a switch
means, pushing said switch means to drive said head to rotate and
stop.
7. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 6 of which said
golfrisbee club means further comprises a stopping position
specifying means, said motor means driving said head means of said
golfrisbee club to rotate and stop at a specified position
specified by said stopping position specifying means.
8. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 6 further comprises
a battery means embedded in said golfrisbee club means.
9. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 8 of which battery
means is embedded in a handle portion of said golfrisbee club
means.
10. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 of which
golfrisbee disk means further comprises airfoil means mounted on
said golfrisbee disk means.
11. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 of which fitting
means is at the rim portion of said golfrisbee disk means.
12. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 further
comprising an adjustable weight means seating at the center portion
of said golfrisbee disk means.
13. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 of which position
of said fitting means is adjustable from center to rim of said
golfrisbee disk means.
14. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 of which said
golfrisbee club means further comprises a motor mounted on said
pole, said motor driving a wire means to rotate, said wire means
driving said head to rotate.
15. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 14 of which said
wire means sliding to push said golfrisbee disk means to launch and
fly.
16. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 15 of which said
wire means further comprises hook means to pull to hold and push to
launch said golfrisbee disk.
17. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 further comprises
an integrated multimedia means, said integrated multimedia means
comprising a vibration tongue means and a vibration enlightened
means, said vibration enlightened means is attached to the
vibration tongue means to stimulate said vibration enlightened
means to light.
18. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 17 of which said
vibration enlightened means is constituted of a coil means wrapping
around a LED means vibrating in a magnetic field means.
19. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 1 further comprises
a harmonic sound generator means, said harmonic sound generator
means being constituted of a string means crossing wind blowing
direction.
20. A golfrisbee sport means according to claim 18 of which said
vibration tongue means is constituted of a fork means and a tongue
means, said fork means having ends attaching to said vibration
enlightened means and said tongue means seating between said fork
means.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of Invention
[0002] The golfrisbee sport is to swivel the golfrisbee club to
increase the throwing distance and flying height of the golfrisbee
disk. The inventors make the technology breakthrough in the
swivel-to-launch techniques to make the dream of Golfrisbee become
true. To differentiate from the hand-throwing "disk-golf" game, we
call this new game to be golfrisbee. The player of disk-golf is
disk-golfer. The player of golfrisbee is golfrisbeer. In the
golfrisbee sport, the golfrisbeer swivels the golfrisbee club to
launch the golfrisbee disk to fly. For convenience, the golfrisbee
disk is simply referred as golfrisbee. The golfrisbee club is
simply referred as club. The sport of golfrisbee is also mentioned
as golfrisbee.
[0003] Golfrisbee is the hybrid game combining the sports of golf,
flying disk, baseball, and hockey together to be a new game. The
player swivels the golfrisbee club as the golfer or baseball player
does. The golfrisbee disk is launched to fly as the flying disk
does. The golfrisbee game rule is the same as golf. The disk can
also be pushed to skid as the hockey.
[0004] Being similar to golf history, originally, human uses the
hand to throw the stone. To increase the throwing distance, people
swivel the long pole/club to hit the stone/golf ball. Today, the
disk-golfer still uses the hand to throw the flying disk to fly. To
increase the flying distance, people should swivel the pole to
launch the flying disk to fly. However, due to the technology
barrier of swiveling to launch, the dream of disk-golf never
becomes true. Instead of launching the flying disk with the long
pole, the disk-golfer still uses the hand to throw the flying disk.
The throwing distance is short. The disk-golf is only adopted the
form of golf. However, there is no reality of golf, i.e., swiveling
pole to launch the object to fly for a long distance.
[0005] The golfrisbee combines the merits of golf, baseball, and
flying disk. Even much better, it is safer and more fun to play.
The golf and baseball are dangerous sports that they need special
places to play, i.e., the golf court or baseball field. As the golf
ball or baseball hits on the head of people, it will kill people.
So, the dangerous golf sport is forbidden to play in the public
park. However, you can play the flying disk in the park. The high
fly disk is not dangerous. The flying disk drifts smoothly with
soft-landing. It will not hurt anybody. You cannot see the golf
ball as the golf ball flies high in the sky. However, for the
golfrisbee player, you will enjoy seeing the flying disk drifting
in the sky.
[0006] Furthermore, the golfrisbee player no more throws and
catches the golfrisbee disk with hand. Therefore, it is safe to add
the advanced multimedia device and lifting blades to the golfrisbee
disk. The golfrisbee disk can generate the high lift with harmonic
sound and shiny rainbow light as the golfrisbee glides in the
sky.
[0007] 2. Description of Prior Art
[0008] The name of disk-golf is very similar to the name of
golfrisbee. However, the name of the disk-golf is not proper. The
disk-golf is not any kind of golf sport at all. The disk-golf does
not use the club. The disc golf only uses the form golf rule.
Instead of swiveling club to increase the disk flying range, the
disk-golfer still uses the hand to throw a disc from a tee pad to a
basket on a pole. The disk-golf has to use the special nets to
catch the flying disk. The score is based on the number of throws
it takes to get the disc to land in the basket.
[0009] No golf club, golf is no more a golf sport. It is a
stone-golf. It just throws the golf ball with hand. Stone-golf has
no fun. It is funny. The stone golf is an unfair game, either. For
the stone-golf, the stone-golfer uses the hand to throw the stone
to play golf. Whoever is stronger will win the game.
[0010] Disk-golf is similar to stone-golf. No club, the disk-golf
is no more disk-golf. The disk-golfer still throws the disk with
hand. It has no fun, either. As our golfrisbee sport becomes
popular, it is hardly believe that the disk-golf will survive any
more.
[0011] However, using key words "disk-golf" to search on the
Internet, it is easily to find out millions of web sites addressing
on disk-golf. It is a hot sport. Therefore, Golfrisbee is a
market-pull product and technology. The market is already there.
However, there is no proper product and suitable technology to fit
for the requirements of the demanding market. Definitely, our
golfrisbee is the right market-pull product for the demanding
market. The consumers have waited for our golfrisbee for a long
time. However, due to the technology barrier of swiveling-to-fly,
until now, no body can invent such a simple mechanism to emulate
the complicated process of human's throwing disk to fly. Therefore,
people have to accept the disk-golf sport as a poor substitutive
solution.
[0012] Our first inventor had invented U.S. Pat. No. 6,193,620, the
multi-media Frisbee-golf. It is the first patent to use the swivel
techniques to launch a disk to fly. Comparing our patent with
previous patents, our invention is to use a simple screw mechanism
to emulate human's throwing disk process. We make the technology
breakthrough in the emulation of human throwing flying disk to fly.
It is the most efficient way to launch the flying disk with our
golfrisbee club.
[0013] Furthermore, we make the system integration of the
swivel-to-launch technology with golf to be the sport of
golfrisbee. The golfrisbee sport is similar to the golf. The golfer
swivels the golf club to hit the ball to fly or push the ball to
roll into the hole. The golfrisbeer swivels the golfrisbee club to
launch the golfrisbee disk to fly or push the disk to skid with
club into the hole.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
[0014] Swivel-to-launch with club increases the flying distance of
the disk. A new golfrisbee and a new golfrisbee sport are invented.
Golfrisbee is the combination of the baseball, golf, flying disk,
and hockey together to be a new sport. The golfrisbee is similar to
golf. The golfrisbeer swivels the club to launch the golfrisbee to
fly. However, the safe golfrisbee sport can play in the park. Even
one single player still can play and practice the golfrisbee sport
in the park safely. It converts the conventional disk-golf to be
the golfrisbee. The integrated multimedia device can be embedded in
the golfrisbee to have the attracting and interesting multimedia
effect.
[0015] The inventors have built a prototype and made many
experiments. As we expect, the golfrisbee disk flies much farther,
much higher and much better than the hand-throwing flying disk.
Furthermore, the flying performance of golfrisbee is steady and
repetitive. The golfrisbee always makes the successful flight each
time.
[0016] It is well known that the human player cannot repeat the
same performance every time. The golfrisbee does not have the
unsteady problems as hand-throwing flying disk has. The reason is
the launching parameters such as angle, speed, direction, etc. have
been cast in the golfrisbee. These parameters have very narrow
working ranges. The human cannot repeat all these narrowly ranged
parameters all the time. However, all these narrowly ranged
parameters are calibrated and cast in the basic golfrisbee club and
disk. As the golfrisbeer swivels the club, these parameters repeat
the same values all the time. Therefore, the golfrisbee has much
better performance than the hand-throwing flying disk.
[0017] Therefore, the adjustment of these parameters is very
important. For the basic golfrisbee club and disk, the manufacture
will use the model casting process to fix all the parameters to be
the optimum values. The beginner golfrisbeer does not need to
calibrate these parameters. For the customized golfrisbee, the
expert golfrisbeer can make the fine tune and adjustment to his
personal preference.
[0018] Furthermore, the golfrisbee does not need the special net
equipment as the disk-golf does. The only modification for the
traditional golf course is to enlarge the hole of golf ball to be
the hole of golfrisbee disk. However, even this tiny modification
can be optional. The golfrisbee disk can play as either hockey disk
or flying disk. Therefore, the golfrisbee can share the same golf
course with golf. The golfrisbee sport uses many different kinds of
golfrisbee clubs and many different kinds of golfrisbee disks. As
the golfrisbee becomes popular, a new industry will emerge. We
create new market chances for the manufacturers and the owners of
the golf courses
DRAWING FIGURES
[0019] FIG. 1 is the partially exposed sectional view of the
universal golfrisbee disk and the universal golfrisbee club; (1A)
is the sectional view of the universal golfrisbee disk; (1B) is the
partial exposure of right-hand golfrisbee club; (1C) is the partial
exposure of left-hand golfrisbee club; (1D) is the bottom view of
the universal golfrisbee disk.
[0020] FIG. 2 is the basic golfrisbee; (2A) is the sectional view
of the basic golfrisbee disk; (2B) is the side view of the basic
golfrisbee club; (2C) is the bottom view of the basic golfrisbee
disk.
[0021] FIG. 3 is the open platform of customized golfrisbee with
different kinds of launching screw and weight systems; (3A) is the
linear launching screw mechanism; (3B) is the jumping type
nonlinear launching screw mechanism; (3C) is the speedy type
nonlinear launching screw mechanism; (3D) the adjustable weight is
a unit package to be replaced; (3E) the weight in the weight packet
can be adjustable; (3F) is the partial exposure view of the
customized golfrisbee club; (3G) is the sectional view of
customized golfrisbee is the open platform for the different screw
mechanism; (3H) is the personalized golfrisbee is the open platform
for both adjustable weight and different screw mechanism.
[0022] FIG. 4 is the adjustable golfrisbee with the fitting cap
position being adjustable from the middle to the rim; (A) is the
sectional view taken at the line A-A in FIG. 4C; (4B) is the motor
enhanced golfrisbee club for the adjustable golfrisbee disk; (4C)
is the bottom view of the adjustable golfrisbee disk.
[0023] FIG. 5 is the partially exposed sectional view of the pick
& throw golfrisbee club.
[0024] FIG. 6 is the partially exposed sectional view of the
helicopter type of golfrisbee; (6A) is the helicopter type
golfrisbee; (6B) is the helicopter type golfrisbee club.
[0025] FIG. 7 is the integrated multimedia device for the
golfrisbee; (7A) is the sectional view of the integrated multimedia
device; (7B) is side view of the integrated multimedia device; (7C)
is the top view the integrated multimedia device.
[0026] FIG. 8 is the operations of the golfrisbee; (8A) mounting
the golfrisbee on the club head; (8B) rotating golfrisbee half
cycle with the club head being pivotal center to have the
golfrisbee to be in the locked position; (8C) swiveling the
golfrisbee club backward slowly; (8D) swiveling the golfrisbee club
forward fast to launch the golfrisbee disk; (8E) at the designated
launching point, the golfrisbee disk takes off and flies in the
sky.
[0027] FIG. 9 is to use the golfrisbee club to push the golfrisbee
skid into the hole.
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
[0028] The flying disk is very difficult to launch to fly. The
human throwing to fly is the only efficient way to launch the
flying disk to fly. However, the human arm is short. The force of
human arm is weak. Therefore, the flying distance is short. To
increase force, we use the waist force. To increase speed, we
swivel a long pole to launch the flying disk to fly. In other
words, to increase the flying distance, as the golf does, we need
swivel the club to launch the flying disk. It will increase both
the swiveling force and speed.
[0029] The most difficult challenge of the swivel-to-fly technology
is to use the pole to emulate the human throwing-to-fly process.
However, the human hand is the most complicated and delicate
mechanism with the most sophisticated controller, brain. The
combination of the human hand and brain, it is almost impossible to
emulate such complicated human throwing process with a simple
mechanism. The most important issue is the simple mechanism needing
to grasp the disk tightly before the launch and suddenly release
the disk at the designated launching position. Usually, the
designated launching position is the club being swiveled at the
highest speed. It is an impossible mission to emulate the human
hand and brain with a simple mechanism. Furthermore, to be
practical, the simple mechanism has no moving part. The simple
mechanism is sturdy. Otherwise, it will be easily broken in the
high-speed operation of the club. That is the reason why the
conventional disk-golf sport still uses the hand-throwing flying
disk to play the golf-disk sport. They cannot overcome the
technology barrier to have a simple, efficient and practical way to
swivel and launch the flying disk.
[0030] So, until now, there is no disk-golfer using the pole to
launch the disk to fly. We are the only team dedicating our efforts
to make the golfrisbee dream to become true. After a lot of trials
and tests, finally, we make a breakthrough in concept and we have
built a prototype to launch the disk to fly with the club. We have
verified the innovative idea with the prototype to make the
golfrisbee dream to become true. The verified innovative ideas and
efforts becomes the core of our invention.
[0031] We have built many prototypes and made field tests for these
prototypes successfully. The working principle of the
swiveling-to-launch-to-fly golfrisbee is to use the simple screw
mechanism to emulate the complex human throwing way to launch the
flying disk. The screw mechanism is simple and having no moving
part. The invention of screw was the most important invention in
history. However, nobody think the screw mechanism has such kind an
important application which can emulate the complex process of
human throwing disk to fly.
[0032] The golfrisbee sport includes two components, the golfrisbee
disk, and the golfrisbee club. FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 illustrate the
operations of golfrisbee. FIG. 1 is the value-added universal
golfrisbee. FIG. 2 is the basic golfrisbee; FIG. 3 is the
customized golfrisbee disk, etc.
[0033] From our experience, for a beginner golfrisbeer, he had
better to start to play the basic golfrisbee first. For the basic
golfrisbee, all the important parameters have been cast into the
golfrisbee disk and club as an integrated unit. With these preset
parameters, the beginner golfrisbeer can swivel and launch the
golfrisbee successfully without any problem. However, these
parameters are the results of our numerous tests. The calibration
processes for these parameters are professional and very tedious.
The beginner golfrisbeer had better not to go through these
parameters calibration process. They should leave the calibration
process to the manufacturer until they become the experts
golfrisbeer. Then they can adjust the parameters with the
value-added universal golfrisbee, adjustable golfrisbee as shown in
FIG. 1, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, etc.
[0034] Referring to FIG. 1, depending on the golfrisbeer is
right-hand user or left-hand user; the golfrisbee club has the
right hand golfrisbee club 2 and the left-hand golfrisbee club 7.
The right-hand user will swivel the golfrisbee club 2 on the right
side of his body; the left-hand user will swivel the golfrisbee
club 7 on the left side of his body.
[0035] As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, for the right-hand
golfrisbeer, he uses the right hand golfrisbee club 2 together with
the right hand fitting cap 11. The right hand screw 34 is notched
on the club head 3. The right hand screw 32 is notched in the fit
cap means 11. The fitting cap 11 having the right-hand screw 32
fits on the head 3 having the right hand screw 34.
[0036] As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1C, for the left-hand
golfrisbeer, he uses the left-hand golfrisbee club 7 together with
the left-hand fitting cap 16. The left-hand screw 84 is notched on
the left-hand club head 8. The left-hand screw 62 is notched in the
left-hand fitting cap 16. For the left-hand golfrisbee system, the
screw 84 is left-hand screw system. Accordingly, the fitting cap
means 16 having the left-hand screw 62 fits on the head 8 having
the left-hand screw 84.
[0037] In the following description, we make a lot of discussion is
based on the right-hand golfrisbee. However, the same principles
can be applied to left-hand golfrisbee.
[0038] Referring to FIG. 1, the golfrisbee 1 is a special design
disk to rotationally mount on the club head 3 with the screw
mechanism. The screw 32 of the fitting cap 11 is rotationally fit
on the right-hand screw 34 of the golfrisbee club head 3. The club
head is constituted of a screw 34 notched on a pole 36. The pole 36
can be locked not to rotate with the locking screw 35. Releasing
the locking screw 35, the pole 36 can rotate to adjust the
designated launching point of the golfrisbee 1. The fitting cap 11
fitting on the club head 3 is mounted beneath the universal
golfrisbee 1. The fitting cap 11 is constituted of the tube wall 31
and the right hand screw 32. The fitting cap 11 can be fixed with
the locking screw 33. Releasing the locking screw 33, the fitting
cap means can rotate to change the designated launching point of
the golfrisbee 1, too. However, to make the adjustment of the
designated launching point, both the fitting cap 11 and the club
head 3 have to make the necessary adjustments together. The
operation range is very narrow. It is easily out of range.
Therefore, we strongly suggest the beginner golfrisbeer to start
with the basic golfrisbee. As shown in FIG. 1C, the shield 10 is
the airflow guiding plate to reduce the air drag force.
[0039] As shown in FIG. 2A, all the value-added components are
removed from the universal golfrisbee to be the basic golfrisbee.
The cap fitting 11b is cast to be one unit with the basic
golfrisbee 1b. The basic golfrisbee has only one fitting cap 11b
having the screw to be either right-hand screw or left-hand screw.
Correspondingly, the golfrisbee club 2b has the club head 3b having
the notched screw to be either right-hand screw or left-hand
screw.
[0040] Just like the golf having many different clubs, the
golfrisbee not only has many different kinds of clubs but also has
many different kinds of golfrisbees. To understand the
swivel-to-launch and push-to-skid working principle of the
golfrisbee, the universal golfrisbee as shown in FIG. 1 is
simplified to be the basic golfrisbee as shown in FIG. 2. It had
better to understand the operation principle of golfrisbee
principle with the basic golfrisbee. The operations of the basic
golfrisbee are illustrated in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9. The golfrisbee is
similar to the golf. The golfer swivels the golf club to hit the
golf ball to fly or push the golf ball to roll into the hole. The
golfrisbeer swivels the golfrisbee club to launch the golfrisbee
disk to fly or push the golfrisbee to skid into the hole.
[0041] As shown in FIG. 8, it shows the operations of the
right-hand golfrisbee. In FIG. 8A, the disk fitting cap 11b mounts
on the head 3b with the screw 32 engaging with the screw 34. As
shown in FIG. 8B, rotates the basic golfrisbee 1b about 1/2 circle
to 3/4 circle in the right-hand screw direction, i.e., in the
clockwise direction. The club head 3b holds the basic golfrisbee 1b
with the screw mechanism. As shown in FIG. 8C, swiveling the club
2b backward slowly as the golfer or baseball player does. As shown
in FIG. 8D, swiveling the club 2b forward fast as the golfer or
baseball player does. Due to the eccentric force, the golfrisbee 1b
rotates in the counterclockwise direction with the club head 3b
being the pivotal center. As shown in FIG. 8E, as the golfrisbee 1b
points forward and the club 2b is at the highest speed, it is the
designated launching point set by the parameters of the golfrisbee.
The cap fitting 11b of the golfrisbee 1b automatically takes off
and the golfrisbee 1b launches to fly in the sky.
[0042] As the golfrisbee disk is in the neighborhood of the target
flag 121, as shown in FIG. 9, the golfrisbeer pushes the golfrisbee
1b to skid into the hole 122 with the club 2b. The hole 122 is at
the foot of the flag 121.
[0043] There are two kinds of flying styles: the airplane and the
helicopter. Similarly, there are two kinds of flying style for the
golfrisbee. As the fitting cap is located at the rim of the
golfrisbee disk, the golfrisbee flies as the airplane; as the
fitting cap position is at the center of the golfrisbee disk, the
golfrisbee flies as helicopter. As shown in FIG. 2, the basic
golfrisbee 1b mainly flies as the airplane. As shown in FIG. 1, the
universal golfrisbee 1 can fly as either airplane or helicopter.
Referring to FIG. 1B and FIG. 4B, as the fitting cap is located at
the center of the golfrisbee, the golfrisbee 1 needs to use the
motor enhanced club 2 or 2a. For the club having screw mechanism,
the launching point must be set at a designated launching point on
the swiveling trajectory of the club. Referring to FIG. 1A, the
fitting cap 11 at the rim is for the airplane type golfrisbee; the
fitting cap 12 at the center is for the helicopter type golfrisbee.
With the motor enhanced golfrisbee club 2, the fitting cap 11 at
the rim can be used to launch the golfrisbee to fly as the airplane
or the fitting cap 12 at the center can be used to launch the
golfrisbee to fly as the helicopter.
[0044] Different screws have different launching effects. Different
weights have different launching and fly effects. Different people
have different swiveling styles. Under different weather
conditions, the golfrisbee has different optimum "weight to aspect
ratio" for best performance. To meet the different requirements, we
need to have an open platform to meet the different requirements of
the versatile working conditions. To understand the open platform
principle, the universal golfbrisbee 1 is simplified to be the
customized golfrisbee 1c in FIG. 3G and the personal golfrisbee 1p
in FIG. 3H.
[0045] As shown in FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, and FIG. 3C, there are
different screw systems. FIG. 3D and FIG. 3E show the different
weight systems. FIG. 3F, FIG. 3G and FIG. 3H show the golfrisbees
with the open platform for the different screw and weight
systems.
[0046] FIG. 3A is the linear screw system. The linear screw shown
in FIG. 3A is the screw system shown in FIG. 1. The screw 34 is
notched on the pole of club head 3. The screw 32 notched on the
inside wall 31 of cap fitting 11. For the linear system, the
vertical take-off speed of the golfrisbee disk 1 is only a fraction
of the horizontal rotational speed.
[0047] For the non-linear screw system, the screw notched on the
fitting cap 11 is different from the screw notched on the club head
3. To increase the vertical take-off speed of the disk 1, the
nonlinear screw system 340 is used. The horizontal rotation
momentum will convert to the vertical take-off momentum. As shown
in FIG. 3B, the jumping type screw 340 is in parabolic shape
notched on the club head 3. The corresponding nonlinear screw 320
is a circle spot notched on the fitting cap 11.
[0048] FIG. 3C is the non-linear screw system 341 designed for the
throwing distance. As shown in FIG. 3C, the speeding type
golfrisbee nonlinear screw 341 is notched on the cap fitting means;
the nonlinear screw is notched on the club head is only one
circular spot 321, or vice versa. The golfrisbee 1a will not start
the take off process until the club 2a swiveling at very high
speed. The momentum is transmitted from the club 2a to the
golfrisbee 1a effectively. The golfrisbee 2a with the nonlinear
screw 341 will fly farther than the golfrisbee 2a with linear screw
system 34.
[0049] In the windy day, we need to increase the weight of the
golfrisbee. As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 3H, the universal
golfrisbee disk 1 and the personal golfrisbee disk 1p are the open
platform for different weight package 13. The adjustable weight
package is fit in the central fitting cap 12.
[0050] As shown in FIG. 3F, FIG. 3G and FIG. 3H, to fit for the
different requirements in the versatile conditions, the fitting cap
11c and the club head 3c can be exchanged. The customized
golfrisbee 1c or the personal golfrisbee 1p and the customized club
2c provide the open platform for the different screw and/or weight
system. Releasing the locking screw 33, the fitting cap 1c can be
exchanged for different screws. Releasing the lock screw 35, the
club head 3c can be exchanged for different screws. Exchanging the
fitting cap 11c or the club head 3c, the screw 34c needs to match
with the screw 32c. They should be changed in pair. Since it is
difficult to calibrate, there is an alignment mark marked on the
disk 1c to suggest the alignment of the fitting cap 11c. There is
an alignment mark marked on the club 2c to suggest the alignment of
the club head 3c, too.
[0051] Referring to FIG. 3H, as the golfrisbeer uses cap fitting
11c at the rim, the weight package 13 is screwed in the central
fitting cap 12. As shown in FIG. 3D and FIG. 3E, the weight package
13 has two different types, packages 13s and 13t. As shown in FIG.
3D the adjustable weight 13 is a sealed package. Different package
13s has the different weight 130. The weight 130 is sealed inside
the package. Depending on the wind condition, the golfrisbee player
will select different weight package 13s. The notch 131 is to
remove or install the weight package 13s. If the golfrisbeer wants
to have fine tune for the weight, he can use the personal weight
package 13t. The weight plate 133 can be added to the stud 135. The
screw 134 locks the weight plates to the package 13t.
[0052] Referring to FIG. 1, to increase the lift, there are the
blades 101 attaching to the disk body. To increase the rotating
angular momentum of the golfrisbee 1, the motor 70 can be embedded
in the head 3 of golfrisbee club 2. In the motor enhanced
swivel-to-launch mode, the lock screw 35 will be released to let
the axle 36 freely spin. The working principle of the motor
enhanced golfrisbee is very smart. The screw mechanism has both
driving and launching capabilities. The push button 51 is the
switch for the motor 70. There is one launching point indicator 71
which is the launching position and the rotating stop position
indicator for the motor. On the launching point indicator 71, there
is a stopping position mark. The motor will stop at the position
specified by the stopping position mark. As the push button 51 is
pushed to run, the digital motor will continuously run; as the push
button 51 is pushed again, the digital motor will stop at the
position specified by the stopping mark 71. As the motor 70 runs
and drives the golfrisbee disk 1 to rotate, the golfrisbee disk 1
is engaged and held by the screw 34. As the motor 70 suddenly stop
running and holds the axle 36 still, the golfrisbee disk 1
continues rotating due to the angular momentum. The golfrisbee disk
1 is released to launch to fly at the launching point specified by
the launching point indicator 71. Such kind of an operation can be
easily implemented with the modification of the traditional
stepping motor. The battery pack 5 is to supply the electrical
power to the motor 70. It can be rechargeable battery pack or
conventional battery pack or fast exchangeable battery pack.
[0053] As shown in FIG. 4, it shows the adjustable golfrisbee 1a.
Depending on the position of the fitting cap 11a, the golfrisbee
disk can fly as an airplane or a helicopter. As the fitting cap 11a
is located at the center, the golfrisbee 1a flies as the helicopter
does. As the fitting cap 11a is located at the rim, the golfrisbee
1a flies as the airplane does. As shown in FIG. 4C, there is a slot
17 guiding the adjustable fitting cap 11a to change the position.
As shown in FIG. 4A, releasing the locking screw 171, the
adjustable fitting cap 11a can slide on the slot 17. On the
vertical wall of the guiding slot, there are the multimedia means
9a. The integrated multimedia device 9a has the similar structure
as the integrated multimedia device 9 as shown in FIG. 1. The
opening on the vertical wall for the multimedia means 9a not only
reduces the aerodynamic drag but also has the multimedia effects.
The adjustable golfrisbee 1a is launched to fly with the motor
enhanced club 2a as shown in FIG. 4B.
[0054] As the golfrisbee 1 flies into the bush or fall into the
pond, the pick-and-throw club 17 is needed. As shown in FIG. 5, the
pick-and-throw club 17 is constituted of the finger 135 and the
palm 178 to grasp the rim of the golfrisbee to pick up the
golfrisbee and throw the golfrisbee. The finger 135 is pivotally
mounted on the axle 171. Pressing on the handle 176, the steel wire
172 slides inside the guide tube 173 to pull the finger 135 to
grasp the golfrisbee disk. The extension pole 174 slides in the
handle pole 175 to adjust the pole length. The locker 176 is to
lock the extension pole 174. As the locker 176 is released, the
extension pole 174 can slide in the handle pole 175.
[0055] As the golfrisbeer does not have enough room to swivel the
golfrisbee club, the golfrisbee has to fly out of the limited space
as the helicopter does. Referring to FIG. 6, the club 2h having no
screw, the club 2h must be the motor enhanced club. The launching
point can be at any point on the swiveling trajectory of the club
2h. As shown in FIG. 6A, the golfrisbee 1h has the fitting cap 275
locating at the center. The fitting cap 275 fits on the cone 270 of
the club 2h. The motor 232 slides on the pole of the golfrisbee
club 2h. The motor 232 drives the steel wire 235 to rotate in the
guided tube 234. The steel wire 235 drives the flat key 271 to
rotate. The key 271 is inside the cone 270 to drive the cone 270 to
rotate. Attaching to the flat key 271, there are two wires 236
having the hooked ends to grasp the protrude 276 at the top of the
cone 275. First, mount the golfrisbee 1h with the fitting cap 275
fitting on the cone 270. As the motor 232 is pulled backward, the
steel wire 235 pulls the wire 236 downward. Under the constraint of
the tube confinement 237, the steel wire hooks 236 close to grasp
the protrude 235. Pressing on the button 51h, the motor 232 drives
the steel wire 235 to rotate. The steel wire 235 drives the key 271
to rotate. The key 271 drives the cone 270 to rotate. The cone 270
drives the golfrisbee 1h to rotate. As the motor 232 is pushed
forward, the spring 272 pushes the key 271 upward. The hooks 236
will push the golfrisbee 1h to launch and release the golfrisbee 1h
to fly. Under the lift force of the blade 101, the helicopter type
golfrisbee 1h takes off to fly.
[0056] As shown in FIG. 1D, FIG. 4C or FIG. 4A, as the air passes
the slot blowing on the integrated multimedia device 9 or 9a, it
generates the multimedia effects. The multimedia device 9 can be as
simple as the string 91 tied to the pole 92 or as complex as the
integrated multimedia device 9m as shown in FIG. 7. For the simple
string 91, it can be string ties two ends of poles 92. As the wind
blows on it, it will generate sound. For the multimedia means 9m,
it is a flat tongue means has one free end to vibrate.
[0057] As shown in FIG. 7, the integrated multimedia device 9m is
constituted of the vibration lighting LED 83, the magnets 801 and
802, the vibration tongue 90 and/or the vibration fork 911. The
principle of the vibration enlightened LED 83 has already fully
disclosed in the FIG. 19 of U.S. Pat. No. 6,193,620. In this
patent, we further integrate the harmonic vibration sound mechanism
with the vibration enlightened mechanism to be an integrated
multimedia mechanism 9m. As the air flow 950 flows through the
slot, it blows on the vibration tongue 90 and/or the vibration fork
911 to generate the harmonic vibration and sound. The vibration
enlightened LED 83 can be either attached to the free end of the
vibration tongue 90 or attached to the vibration fork 911. There
are many different designs and alignments. As the wind 95 blows on
the tongue 90, it generates the harmonic vibration of whistle
sound. The vibration of the tongue 90 will make the fork 911 to
have the harmonic resonance. The harmonic resonance of the fork 911
causes the vibration enlightened LED 83 to shine light. As the
vibration enlightened LED 83 vibrates in the magnetic field 94
generated by the magnet poles 801 and 802, the coil 81 wrapping
around the LED 83 cuts the magnetic field line 94 to generate the
electrical voltage. Due to the harmonic oscillator circuit being
constituted of the LED and the coil, the electrical voltage will
build up and enlighten the LED. The vibration enlightened LED 83
have different colors. As the golfrisbee disk flies and rotates, it
looks beautiful.
[0058] While the invention has been particularly shown and
described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it
will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes
in form and details may be made therein without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention.
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