Patent ID: 8216091
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
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.