Claims for Patent: 8,216,091

Summary for Patent: 8,216,091

Title:	Sliding impulse device
Abstract:	A structure motivated by an impulse to slide over a surface, including: an impulse-receiving portion for receiving the impulse, the impulse-receiving portion defining a section of a generally semi-hemispherical structure and produced from a foam material patterned to represent at least a portion of a sports ball; and a sliding portion, coupled to the impulse-receiving portion, for sliding contact with the surface on a contact surface of the sliding portion responsive to the impulse the contact surface having a generally planar smooth surface having a periphery surrounded by an extension of the impulse receiving portion, wherein a tumbling of a coupled combination of the impulse-receiving portion and the sliding portion is inhibited by shifting a center of gravity downward by a greater weighting of the sliding portion relative to the impulse-receiving portion.
Inventor(s):	Neal; Phillip H. (San Rafael, CA), Nelson; Royce (Oakland, CA)
Assignee:	Diggin Active, Inc. (Emeryville, CA)
Application Number:	12/791,775
Patent Claims:	1. An apparatus motivated by an interaction to slide over a support surface, comprising: an upper interaction receiving portion for receiving the interaction when applied by a person interacting with said interaction portion with a body appendage of said person, wherein said interaction receiving portion has a diameter in a range of about two inches to about fifteen inches, wherein said interaction-receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a portion of an athletic ball wherein said athletic ball includes an outer surface generally shaped as a hemisphere and said portion consists of an outer surface generally shaped as a section of said hemisphere; and a lower sliding portion for sliding contact with the support surface responsive to the interaction, said sliding portion including a generally planar component having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said interaction-receiving portion, wherein said interaction-receiving portion at least partially overlaps a periphery of a circumference of said sliding portion to cushion said sliding portion when striking an object; wherein a center of gravity of said interaction-receiving portion and said sliding portion is shifted towards the surface by use of a low- density material for said interaction-receiving portion and a high- density material for said sliding portion. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said sliding portion includes an exposed lateral edge extending from the support surface to said interaction-receiving portion wherein said exposed lateral edge forms an angle with respect to the support surface that is angled inwardly. 3. An apparatus motivated by an interaction to slide over a support surface, comprising: an upper interaction receiving portion for receiving the interaction when applied by a person interacting with said interaction portion with a body appendage of said person, wherein said interaction receiving portion has a diameter in a range of about two inches to about fifteen inches, wherein said interaction-receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a portion of an athletic ball wherein said athletic ball includes an outer surface generally shaped as a hemisphere and said portion consists of an outer surface generally shaped as a section of said hemisphere; a lower sliding portion for sliding contact with the support surface responsive to the interaction, said sliding portion including a generally planar component having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said interaction-receiving portion, wherein said interaction-receiving portion at least partially overlaps a periphery of a circumference of said sliding portion to cushion said sliding portion when striking an object; and means for matingly attaching said upper interaction-receiving portion to said lower sliding portion; wherein a center of gravity of said interaction-receiving portion and said sliding portion is shifted towards the surface by use of a low- density material for said interaction-receiving portion and a high- density material for said sliding portion. 4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an electronics module incorporated into an element of the apparatus for providing effects to said person. 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a center of gravity of said interaction-receiving portion coupled to said sliding portion is shifted towards the support surface by use of a low-density material for said interaction-receiving portion and a high-density material for said sliding portion. 6. An apparatus motivated by a physical interaction between a person and the apparatus to slide over a support surface, comprising: an upper interaction-receiving portion for receiving the physical interaction from the person, wherein said interaction-receiving portion has an interaction-receiving portion width in a range of at least about two inches to no more than about fifteen inches and, wherein said interaction-receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a representative portion of an athletic device used in athletic events, said athletic device including one of a ball or a puck, said athletic ball symmetric about a plane dividing said athletic device into an upper hemisphere portion and a lower hemisphere portion and wherein said representative portion consists of a section of said upper hemisphere portion of said athletic device; and a lower sliding portion for sliding contact with the support surface responsive to the physical interaction, said sliding portion including a generally planar component having a width no greater than the width of said impulse-receiving portion; and wherein said interaction-receiving portion at least partially overlaps a periphery of a perimeter of said sliding portion to cushion said sliding portion when interacting with an object; and wherein a center of gravity of said interaction-receiving portion coupled to said sliding portion is shifted towards the support surface by use of a low-density material for said impulse-receiving portion and a high-density material for said sliding portion. 7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the physical interaction includes application of an impulse by the person by contacting the interaction-receiving portion with a portion of a body of the person. 8. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the physical interaction includes application of an impulse by the person by contacting the interaction-receiving portion with a portion of an implement held in at least one hand of said person. 9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said implement includes an electronics module providing effects to said person. 10. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising an electronics module incorporated into an element of the apparatus for providing effects to said person. 11. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising a contextualizer subassembly providing one or more interactive goals for the person wherein said one or more interactive goals include one or more interactions between the interaction-receiving portion and said contextualizer subassembly. 12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said contextualizer subassembly includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of a basketball goal, a hockey goal, a soccer goal, a strike zone, a golf hole, a bowling alley including a set of simulated bowling pins, a tennis court, an end zone, a volley ball court, a horseshoe stake, a croquet wicket, a cricket wicket, an athletic goal, and combinations thereof. 13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said implement includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of a golf club, a bat, a lacrosse pole, a hockey stick, a polo mallet, a croquet mallet, other athletic implement, and combinations thereof. 14. A method for motivating an object by an interaction to slide over a support surface, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the interaction at an upper interaction-receiving portion applied by a person interacting with said interaction portion with a body appendage of said person, wherein said interaction receiving portion has a diameter in a range of about two inches to about fifteen inches, wherein said interaction-receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a representative portion of an athletic device, said device including one of a ball or a puck, said athletic device symmetric about a plane dividing said athletic device into an upper hemisphere portion and a lower hemisphere portion and wherein said representative portion consists of a section of said upper hemisphere portion of said athletic device and wherein said device further includes an electronics module for providing effects to said person; and (b) contacting slidingly a lower sliding portion with the support surface responsive to the interaction producing a sliding, non-tumbling motion of the object over the support surface, said sliding portion including a generally planar component having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said interaction-receiving portion, wherein said interaction- receiving portion at least partially overlaps a periphery of a circumference of said sliding portion to cushion said sliding portion when striking an object. 15. An apparatus motivated by an interaction to slide over a support surface, comprising: an upper interaction receiving portion for receiving the interaction when applied by a person interacting with said interaction portion with a body appendage of said person, wherein said interaction receiving portion has a diameter in a range of about two inches to about fifteen inches, wherein said interaction-receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a portion of an athletic ball wherein said athletic ball includes an outer surface generally shaped as a hemisphere and said portion consists of an outer surface generally shaped as a section of said hemisphere; and a lower sliding portion for sliding contact with the support surface responsive to the interaction, said sliding portion including a generally planar component having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said interaction-receiving portion, wherein said interaction-receiving portion at least partially overlaps a periphery of a circumference of said sliding portion to cushion said sliding portion when striking an object; and means for matingly attaching said upper interaction-receiving portion to said lower sliding portion; wherein a center of gravity of said interaction-receiving portion and said sliding portion is shifted towards the surface by use of a low- density material for said interaction-receiving portion and a high- density material for said sliding portion. 16. A toy system, comprising: a sliding non-tumbling impulse device including an upper interaction receiving portion mated to a lower sliding portion, wherein said interaction-receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a representative portion of an athletic device used in an athletic venue, said device including one of a ball or a puck, said athletic device symmetric about a plane dividing said athletic device into an upper hemisphere portion and a lower hemisphere portion and wherein said representative portion consists of a section of said upper hemisphere portion of said athletic device; a contextualizer having a theme consistent with effecting a score using said sliding non-tumbling impulse device in said athletic venue; and an electronics module coupled to one of said sliding non-tumbling impulse device and said contextualizer to measure said score responsive to a proximity of said sliding non-tumbling impulse device to said contextualizer. 17. The toy system of claim 16 wherein said athletic device is a golf ball, and wherein said contextualizer includes a moveable base supporting an upwardly extending flag. 18. The toy system of claim 16 further comprising a sports implement having a theme consistent with effecting an interaction with said sliding non-tumbling impulse device in said athletic venue. 19. The toy system of claim 18 wherein said athletic device is a golf ball, and wherein said sports implement includes a golf club.

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