U.S. patent application number 14/194696 was filed with the patent office on 2015-09-03 for multi-functional intelligent ball disk.
The applicant listed for this patent is YEN-PO CHIU. Invention is credited to YEN-PO CHIU.
Application Number | 20150246262 14/194696 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 54006288 |
Filed Date | 2015-09-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150246262 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
CHIU; YEN-PO |
September 3, 2015 |
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL INTELLIGENT BALL DISK
Abstract
A multi-functional intelligent ball disk discloses: a disk with
four surfaces, and an accommodating ball. Four different orbital
tracks are respectively provided on the inner edge surface, the
outer edge surface, the front surface, and the rear surface of the
disk. An operator blows and causes the ball to roll inside the
first track, or can also use both hands to hold the disk and cause
the bail to roll inside the second, third or fourth track.
Accordingly, the multi-functional intelligent ball disk is able to
provide functionality offering multi-functional and multi-variable
intelligent ball games.
Inventors: |
CHIU; YEN-PO; (TAIPEI,
TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
CHIU; YEN-PO |
TAIPEI |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
54006288 |
Appl. No.: |
14/194696 |
Filed: |
March 1, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/44 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 23/18 20130101;
A63B 2022/0092 20130101; A63B 23/03508 20130101; A63F 7/041
20130101; A63F 9/0079 20130101; A63B 23/14 20130101; A63F 2009/0089
20130101 |
International
Class: |
A63B 23/035 20060101
A63B023/035 |
Claims
1. A multi-functional intelligent ball disk, comprising: a disk, a
first track is provided on the outer edge surface of the disk, the
first track is indentedly provided with a plurality of
indentations, and the indentations are distributed along the inside
of the first track; and a ball, the ball is placed in one of the
indentations of the first track of the disk, and an operator blows
the ball using their mouth into the next adjacent indentation.
2. The multi-functional intelligent ball disk, according to claim
1, wherein a second track is provided on the inner edge surface of
the disk, and the second track is a continuous inner ring
groove.
3. The multi-functional intelligent ball disk according to claim 1,
wherein a third track is provided on the front surface of the disk,
and the third track is a curving shallow slot.
4. The multi-functional intelligent ball disk, according to claim
1, wherein a fourth track is provided on the rear surface of the
disk; the fourth track is a continuous ball groove, and at least
one stop piece and at least one protruding piece is disposed inside
the fourth track.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (a) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a multi-functional
intelligent ball disk, and more particularly to a balancing ball
disk with four surfaces that provides four different ball rolling
games to create different challenges and amusement, develop the
ability of the wrist for stable operation, and improve the capacity
for mouth and hand-eye coordination.
[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] The majority of conventional game apparatus for balancing a
rolling ball, which are suitable for use by people ranging from
infants to senior citizens, have only one function, and are
monotonous and boring, as well as being unable to strengthen
reactive movement ability or improve moving concentration of the
user. Hence, there is a need for improvement.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a multi-functional intelligent ball disk, which uses a balancing
ball disk with four surfaces. The outer edge surface, the inner
edge surface, the front surface and the rear surface of the ball
disk are respectively provided with different tracks to provide
balancing games that involve rolling a ball inside the tracks. Due
to the variation in designs of the track paths, the
multi-functional intelligent ball disk is replete with ingenuity
and creativity, and is able to train mouth and hand-eye
coordination and the operational capacity of the wrist of different
age groups ranging from children to senior citizens.
[0006] To enable a further understanding of said objectives and the
technological methods of the invention herein, a brief description
of the drawings is provided below followed by a detailed
description of the preferred embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of the external appearance of
the present invention.
[0008] FIG. 2 shows a rear schematic view of the present
invention.
[0009] FIG. 3 shows a schematic view of a first embodiment of the
present invention.
[0010] FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of the
present invention.
[0011] FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of a third embodiment of the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0012] Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention discloses a
multi-functional intelligent ball disk that comprises:
[0013] A disk 10, which is a design with four surfaces. A first
track 11 is provided on the outer edge surface of the disk 10, and
a plurality of indentations 111 are indentedly provided inside the
first track 11. The indentations 111 are distributed along the
inside of the first track 11. The inside of each of the
indentations 111 is marked with a number from 1 to 36. A second
track 12 is provided on the inner edge surface of the
aforementioned disk 10, and the second track 12 is a continuous
inner ring groove. A third track 13 is provided on the front
surface of the aforementioned disk 10, and the third track 13 is a
curving shallow slot. A fourth track 14 is provided on the rear
surface of the aforementioned disk 10, and the fourth track 14 is a
continuous ball groove. Two raised stop pieces 141 are installed
inside the fourth track 14. The stop pieces 141 are located in two
opposite sides of the fourth track 14, and the stop pieces 141 are
raised to a relatively high height. A plurality of protruding
pieces 142 of relatively small area and relatively low height are
distributed along the interior of the fourth track 14 forming
obstructions therein. The protruding pieces 142 are arranged
equidistantly along the fourth track 4.
[0014] And a ball 20, which is a circular ball made from plastic.
The ball 20 is held inside one of the four tracks 11, 12, 13, 14 of
the disk 10.
[0015] Referring to FIG. 3, in which the ball 20 of the present
invention is placed in one of the indentations 111 of the first
track 11 of the disk 10, and a child or senior citizen operating
the game blows the ball 20 using their mouth into the next adjacent
indentation 111. Such a ball blowing competitive game involves each
competitor blowing the ball 20 starting from the indentation 111
marked {circle around (1)}, and the highest marking of the
indentation 111 that the ball 20 is finally blown into determines
the winner. Apart from training the lung capacity of the
competitor, moreover, the game is able to demonstrate the
performance of young children or senior citizens.
[0016] Referring to FIG. 4, in which the ball 20 of the present
invention is placed inside the second track 12 of the disk 10, and
the game operator rapidly moves the disk 10 in a centrifugal manner
and in a horizontal or vertical fashion to cause the ball 20 to
rapidly roll inside the second track 12 without falling out.
[0017] Referring to FIG. 5, in which the ball 20 of the present
invention is placed inside the third track 13 of the disk 10, and
the operator holds the disk 10 with their two hands while the ball
20 rolls inside the third track 13, formed as a shallow slot,
without falling out, thereby training the balancing action of the
hands.
[0018] Referring to FIG. 2, in which the ball 20 of the present
invention is placed inside the fourth track 14 of the disk IA The
operator holds the disk 10 with their two hands and causes the ball
20 to roll inside the fourth track 14, thereby training the
balancing action of the hands. Movement of the ball 20 is impeded
when the ball 20 is obstructed by the stop pieces 141 or the
protruding pieces 142 inside the fourth track 14, thus training
tactility of the operator and the ability to overcome
obstacles.
[0019] In conclusion, the multi-functional intelligent ball disk of
the present invention comprises a ball disk with four surfaces, and
the ball disk is configured with four different orbital tracks to
provide four different types of ball games and amusement. The ball
disk of the present invention also improves the capacity to operate
and engage in gaming activities.
[0020] It is of course to be understood that the embodiments
described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the
invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be
effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following
claims.
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